The perfect script for Essex, the division two champions, did not quite materialise. With two of their stalwarts, Graham Napier and David Masters, retiring at the end of the season, their supporters were hoping that either or both would see them to victory, but the Australian-born pace bowling duo of Mike Hogan and Timm van der Gugten won the game for Glamorgan with nine wickets between them. Napier, playing his last match for Essex, limped to the crease with a runner with the scoreboard reading 200 for seven, and 64 still needed. Effectively batting on one leg after pulling a…

Source: The Times September 15, 2016 23:47 UTC