Dhoni twice hit Lyon for two fours in an over, and using his powerful wrists and fearsome bat speed to full effect, dispatched left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc for three boundaries in five balls.
The second was a penalty after Alan Kimble had felled Luis Boa Morte, confidently dispatched left-footed.
The visitors were level as Lallana dispatched a left-foot half-volley low past Kasper Schmeichel's left after Morgan, under pressure from Lambert, had inadvertently headed the ball into the former Southampton's player's path.
A long ball was flicked on by Vokes and Bale dispatched a left-foot finish into the corner.
Expertly opening up his body and letting the ball run across him, the midfielder coolly dispatched a left-foot shot beyond Jack Butland.
Hussey's innings of 67 from 66 deliveries, six of which he hit for fours, ended when he dispatched the left-arm spinner Tim Phillips to Bopara at deep cover, a dismissal that paved the way for Matthew Wade to inflict further punishment on Essex's toiling bowlers.
In the 20th over, the 28-year-old thumped a six over long-on and in the next dispatched slow left-armer Shem Ngoche out of the ground.
It was a mixed afternoon for former Celtic midfielder Robson, who expertly dispatched a left-footed volley past Simon Mignolet, but then gave the ball away in the build-up to Campbell's equaliser.
One instant the ball is taken on his chest, the next it is dispatched with the left foot beyond the onrushing, but beaten, goalie Salvatore Sirigu.
Dispatched with his left boot, the ball curved elegantly over the wall and, much to the disgust of a wrong-footed Hennessey, into the far, top corner.
He led a flank of his Companion cavalry on the right, while the Thessalian cavalry were dispatched to the left, as a counter to Nabarsanes' mounted unit.
