f58759 cc21895	Somerset v Essex
	Specsavers County Championship 2018 (Division 1)
Venue	The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton on 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd August 2018 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 45 runs
Points	Somerset 22 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	BJ Debenham, JD Middlebrook, DJ Millns
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), LM Rhodes (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 308/7 (Gregory 42*, Overton 0*; 92 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 32/1 (Byrom 10*, Bess 11*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 147/1 (Browne 75*, Westley 43*; 43 overs)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
ME Trescothick	c Browne b Siddle	95	158	214	16	-	115
EJ Byrom	c Wheater b Siddle	16	38	48	3	-	31
Azhar Ali	c Lawrence b Harmer	17	38	42	2	-	28
JC Hildreth	lbw b Porter	9	16	28	1	-	12
*TB Abell	c Wheater b Bopara	70	143	169	9	-	106
+SM Davies	b Porter	45	81	111	8	-	62
L Gregory	b Siddle	47	58	81	7	-	34
DM Bess	c Lawrence b Siddle	8	22	22	1	-	18
J Overton	not out	3	14	54	-	-	11
MJ Leach	b Siddle	2	20	14	-	-	18
JH Davey	c Chopra b Porter	6	15	17	1	-	12
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Byrom, 11.3 ov), 2-63 (Azhar Ali, 22.4 ov), 3-104 (Hildreth, 29.6 ov), 4-180 (Trescothick, 54.1 ov), 5-244 (Abell, 76.3 ov), 6-285 (Davies, 84.3 ov), 7-298 (Bess, 89.3 ov), 8-313 (Gregory, 93.4 ov), 9-317 (Leach, 97.3 ov), 10-324 (Davey, 100.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	24.3	5	82	3	-	-	108	13	-
Cook	11	2	40	0	-	-	47	6	-
Siddle	26	7	80	5	-	-	120	14	-
Harmer	32	5	88	1	-	-	143	10	-
Westley	4	2	11	0	-	-	19	2	-
Bopara	3	0	17	1	-	-	10	3	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
NLJ Browne	c Davies b Davey	13	30	39	3	-	26
V Chopra	lbw b Gregory	16	32	47	2	-	25
T Westley	b Davey	0	6	10	-	-	6
DW Lawrence	lbw b Leach	28	55	82	3	1	44
RS Bopara	c Davies b Overton	15	17	21	3	-	12
*RN ten Doeschate	lbw b Overton	73	137	172	7	1	102
+AJA Wheater	c Gregory b Leach	10	31	31	2	-	27
SR Harmer	c and b Bess	4	8	10	1	-	7
PM Siddle	c Gregory b Azhar Ali	12	51	53	1	-	44
JA Porter	c Davies b Overton	2	26	32	-	-	24
SJ Cook	not out	6	7	11	1	-	4
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Browne, 9.4 ov), 2-29 (Chopra, 10.4 ov), 3-29 (Westley, 11.4 ov), 4-54 (Bopara, 16.4 ov), 5-106 (Lawrence, 29.2 ov), 6-132 (Wheater, 39.4 ov), 7-137 (Harmer, 42.1 ov), 8-174 (Siddle, 59.2 ov), 9-180 (ten Doeschate, 64.1 ov), 10-191 (Porter, 66.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Gregory	11	2	37	1	-	-	50	6	-
Davey	10	3	27	2	-	-	51	5	-
Leach	19	9	27	2	-	-	99	3	-
Overton	8.4	1	40	3	-	-	35	4	1
Bess	14	4	43	1	-	-	67	5	1
Azhar Ali	4	1	5	1	-	-	19	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
ME Trescothick	lbw b Cook	7	31	37	1	-	27
EJ Byrom	lbw b Harmer	42	113	154	4	-	91
DM Bess	c Harmer b Cook	12	36	40	2	-	31
Azhar Ali	c Bopara b Harmer	23	38	62	3	-	25
JC Hildreth	b Siddle	15	13	25	2	-	4
*TB Abell	c Bopara b Harmer	27	45	49	4	-	33
+SM Davies	c sub (MR Quinn) b Porter	29	71	98	4	-	56
L Gregory	c Chopra b Harmer	11	8	7	1	1	5
J Overton	b Siddle	10	13	14	2	-	9
MJ Leach	lbw b Westley	5	18	22	1	-	16
JH Davey	not out	10	14	17	-	1	9
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Trescothick, 9.2 ov), 2-33 (Bess, 19.4 ov), 3-85 (Azhar Ali, 33.6 ov), 4-96 (Byrom, 37.3 ov), 5-118 (Hildreth, 40.2 ov), 6-142 (Abell, 51.1 ov), 7-154 (Gregory, 53.3 ov), 8-169 (Overton, 56.4 ov), 9-183 (Leach, 62.2 ov), 10-202 (Davies, 66.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	11.3	2	44	1	-	-	50	7	-
Cook	12	6	23	2	-	-	62	4	-
Harmer	25	6	69	4	-	-	112	8	-
Siddle	15	1	49	2	-	1	66	5	1
Westley	3	1	8	1	-	-	15	-	1

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
NLJ Browne	c Overton b Leach	86	181	216	14	-	143
V Chopra	lbw b Leach	24	41	51	3	-	27
T Westley	lbw b Overton	56	128	170	9	-	102
DW Lawrence	b Leach	21	53	63	3	-	42
*RN ten Doeschate	b Leach	50	79	93	8	-	59
RS Bopara	b Leach	27	59	75	5	-	48
+AJA Wheater	c and b Leach	1	9	8	-	-	8
SR Harmer	c Trescothick b Bess	4	33	36	-	-	29
PM Siddle	c Overton b Leach	6	18	19	-	-	13
JA Porter	lbw b Leach	0	20	28	-	-	20
SJ Cook	not out	3	16	13	-	-	13
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 106 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Chopra, 13.4 ov), 2-171 (Browne, 57.5 ov), 3-171 (Westley, 58.3 ov), 4-225 (Lawrence, 75.4 ov), 5-256 (ten Doeschate, 85.1 ov), 6-258 (Wheater, 87.1 ov), 7-281 (Bopara, 95.6 ov), 8-281 (Harmer, 96.6 ov), 9-287 (Siddle, 101.2 ov), 10-290 (Porter, 105.6 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Gregory	5	1	20	0	-	-	23	4	-
Davey	18	4	53	0	-	-	85	9	-
Bess	26	3	78	1	-	-	117	11	-
Leach	48	16	85	8	-	1	242	10	-
Overton	9	0	44	1	-	-	36	8	-

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Notes
--> Somerset first innings: 50 in 19.3 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 100 in 29.3 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 150 in 45.5 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 200 in 60.4 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 250 in 78.1 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 300 in 90.1 overs
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 14.6 overs
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 26.6 overs
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 54.1 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 50 in 22.1 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 100 in 38.3 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 150 in 52.5 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 200 in 65.5 overs
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 10.6 overs
--> Essex second innings: 100 in 30.3 overs
--> Essex second innings: 150 in 46.4 overs
--> Essex second innings: 200 in 67.1 overs
--> Essex second innings: 250 in 82.5 overs
--> ME Trescothick (1) 50 in 83 balls with 10 fours
--> TB Abell (1) 50 in 89 balls with 8 fours
--> RN ten Doeschate (1) 50 in 108 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> RN ten Doeschate (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> NLJ Browne (2) 50 in 93 balls with 9 fours
--> T Westley (2) 50 in 117 balls with 8 fours
--> RS Bopara (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> RN ten Doeschate (2) 50 in 72 balls with 8 fours
--> PM Siddle reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MJ Leach, his 5th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> MJ Leach reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AJA Wheater, his 5th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> MJ Leach achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JA Porter in the Essex second innings (previous best was 7-106)
--> MJ Leach achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed JA Porter in the Essex second innings (previous best was 7-106)
--> ME Trescothick (22) and TB Abell (28) added 50 in 97 balls for the Somerset 4th wicket in the first innings
--> TB Abell (29) and SM Davies (24) added 50 in 109 balls for the Somerset 5th wicket in the first innings
--> DW Lawrence (17) and RN ten Doeschate (27) added 50 in 68 balls for the Essex 5th wicket in the first innings
--> EJ Byrom (25) and Azhar Ali (23) added 50 in 81 balls for the Somerset 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> NLJ Browne (26) and V Chopra (22) added 50 in 66 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the second innings
--> NLJ Browne (25) and T Westley (28) added 50 in 107 balls for the Essex 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> NLJ Browne (55) and T Westley (44) added 100 in 239 balls for the Essex 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> DW Lawrence (21) and RN ten Doeschate (31) added 50 in 99 balls for the Essex 4th wicket in the second innings

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JD Middlebrook stood as umpire in the place of DJ Millns on day 2 due to illness

 

 

 

 

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