da 888casino: Danny Law hit a six and four off consecutive balls to help keepEssex’s hopes of promotion from the National League Division Two
da pinup bet: Staff and agencies27-Aug-2000Danny Law hit a six and four off consecutive balls to help keepEssex’s hopes of promotion from the National League Division Two.Essex needed 12 in the last over with one wicket left against Durhamat Chester-le-street.Law swung two full tosses of Neil Killeen over square leg for six andfour to seal Essex’s victory.Earlier Durham made 188 for 8 in 43 overs. Simon Katich (63) and PaulCollingwood (50) were the main scorers with Ashley Cowan taking 3 for51. As rain interrupetd the match twice, the target for Essex wasrevised to 167 in 33 overs. Essex were at one stage 92 for 2 in the21st over and were making merry. Nicky Phillips then removed RonnieIrani (23), debutant Will Jefferson (50) and Steve Peters (2). Essexrecovered thanks to the stand of 30 in four overs between Law and PaulGrayson.When 31 were needed in 5 overs, Killeen removed Grayson (18), JamesFoster (10) and Ashley Cowan (0). In the penultimate over, Ian Hunterremoved Ricky Anderson (1) and just gave two runs with Law not gettingthe strike.But Law batted superbly in the last over to end with 27 not out in 20balls.






