f62969 cc22623	Worcestershire v Essex
	Rothesay County Championship 2025 (Division 1)
Venue	Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester on 16th, 17th, 18th May 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Worcestershire won by 225 runs
Points	Worcestershire 22 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	ID Blackwell, GD Lloyd
Referee	AJ Swann
Scorers	SM Drinkwater (Worcestershire), P Parkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 354/9 (Allison 34*, Yadvinder Singh 5*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 58/5 (Jones 13*, Yadvinder Singh 0*; 28 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+GH Roderick	lbw b Snater	17	38	40	2	-	29
JD Libby	c Pepper b Thain	16	51	93	2	-	42
HM Nicholls	c Pepper b Rajitha	0	9	11	-	-	9
Kashif Ali	b Snater	46	81	112	5	-	62
RP Jones	c Das b Thain	54	117	154	9	1	97
*BL D'Oliveira	c Pepper b Snater	3	6	6	-	-	4
EA Brookes	c Pepper b Porter	31	45	55	5	-	32
MJ Waite	c Pepper b Critchley	73	91	152	11	1	57
TAI Taylor	b Critchley	43	69	80	7	-	51
BMJ Allison	c Allison b Snater	38	66	89	3	1	44
Yadvinder Singh	not out	5	26	31	1	-	24
Extras	(8 b, 16 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	32
Total	(all out, 99.2 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Roderick, 9.6 ov), 2-36 (Nicholls, 12.4 ov), 3-58 (Libby, 21.1 ov), 4-119 (Kashif Ali, 39.3 ov), 5-123 (D'Oliveira, 41.2 ov), 6-182 (Brookes, 54.6 ov), 7-192 (Jones, 57.6 ov), 8-287 (Taylor, 79.2 ov), 9-334 (Waite, 91.4 ov), 10-358 (Allison, 99.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	25	6	57	1	-	-	121	7	-
Snater	24.2	5	78	4	-	-	109	10	-
Rajitha	21	6	81	1	2	1	98	14	1
Thain	13	0	71	2	-	2	52	10	1
Harmer	10	0	34	0	-	-	42	3	1
Critchley	6	0	13	2	-	-	26	1	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
D Elgar	c Brookes b Taylor	16	56	79	2	-	48
CWJ Allison	b Allison	0	2	5	-	-	2
*T Westley	c Roderick b Taylor	6	15	20	1	-	12
RJ Das	c Jones b Waite	44	91	137	7	-	72
MJJ Critchley	c Roderick b Allison	15	31	41	3	-	25
+MS Pepper	c Brookes b Taylor	13	37	37	3	-	33
NRM Thain	b Waite	15	61	87	2	-	54
SR Harmer	c Roderick b Brookes	14	30	38	2	-	24
S Snater	c Roderick b Yadvinder Singh	20	24	28	3	1	19
CAK Rajitha	not out	6	10	17	1	-	8
JA Porter	c Roderick b Waite	4	3	2	1	-	2
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Allison, 1.2 ov), 2-9 (Westley, 6.2 ov), 3-46 (Elgar, 18.6 ov), 4-75 (Critchley, 29.3 ov), 5-98 (Pepper, 38.3 ov), 6-98 (Das, 39.1 ov), 7-117 (Harmer, 48.2 ov), 8-142 (Snater, 55.5 ov), 9-153 (Thain, 59.3 ov), 10-157 (Porter, 59.6 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Taylor	15	5	23	3	-	-	78	3	-
Allison	15	6	27	2	-	-	79	5	-
Yadvinder Singh	12	1	55	1	-	-	54	10	1
Waite	12	3	34	3	-	-	58	5	-
Brookes	6	2	14	1	-	-	30	2	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+GH Roderick	c Critchley b Snater	0	7	7	-	-	7
JD Libby	lbw b Porter	10	40	55	1	-	35
HM Nicholls	lbw b Snater	2	5	6	-	-	4
Kashif Ali	lbw b Harmer	31	66	84	3	-	48
RP Jones	lbw b Snater	19	59	70	2	-	48
BMJ Allison	lbw b Harmer	0	5	2	-	-	5
Yadvinder Singh	lbw b Harmer	7	29	35	1	-	26
*BL D'Oliveira	c Rajitha b Harmer	4	5	3	1	-	4
EA Brookes	lbw b Porter	38	70	87	6	-	53
MJ Waite	c Pepper b Porter	8	54	68	-	-	46
TAI Taylor	not out	5	5	8	1	-	3
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Roderick, 1.5 ov), 2-3 (Nicholls, 3.4 ov), 3-26 (Libby, 13.3 ov), 4-58 (Kashif Ali, 26.1 ov), 5-58 (Allison, 26.6 ov), 6-66 (Jones, 33.3 ov), 7-71 (D'Oliveira, 34.3 ov), 8-80 (Yadvinder Singh, 36.5 ov), 9-125 (Waite, 55.3 ov), 10-134 (Brookes, 57.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	15.3	5	30	3	-	-	78	4	-
Snater	18	4	45	3	-	-	88	6	-
Rajitha	3	0	12	0	-	-	11	1	-
Harmer	21	5	37	4	-	-	102	4	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CWJ Allison	c Roderick b Waite	23	44	57	4	-	35
D Elgar	c Roderick b Allison	9	31	47	1	-	26
*T Westley	lbw b Yadvinder Singh	4	11	15	1	-	10
RJ Das	lbw b Waite	0	10	16	-	-	10
MJJ Critchley	c Roderick b Brookes	17	39	67	4	-	34
+MS Pepper	c Jones b Waite	2	13	18	-	-	12
NRM Thain	c Roderick b Taylor	23	57	69	4	-	47
SR Harmer	lbw b Waite	9	34	55	1	-	30
S Snater	c Brookes b Waite	1	4	3	-	-	3
CAK Rajitha	not out	13	17	21	3	-	13
JA Porter	b Waite	4	3	2	1	-	2
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 43.5 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Elgar, 11.3 ov), 2-35 (Allison, 13.3 ov), 3-41 (Westley, 14.5 ov), 4-45 (Das, 17.1 ov), 5-47 (Pepper, 21.2 ov), 6-77 (Critchley, 30.1 ov), 7-92 (Thain, 38.3 ov), 8-93 (Snater, 39.1 ov), 9-106 (Harmer, 43.2 ov), 10-110 (Porter, 43.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Taylor	14	5	36	1	-	-	71	7	-
Allison	11	5	26	1	-	-	55	4	-
Yadvinder Singh	5	0	18	1	-	-	22	3	-
Waite	10.5	7	19	6	-	-	59	4	-
Brookes	3	1	6	1	-	-	15	1	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Worcestershire (1) 84/3 (Kashif Ali 29*, Jones 9*; 27 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Worcestershire (1) 223/7 (Waite 17*, Taylor 11*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) 57/3 (Das 27*, Critchley 6*; 23 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Essex (1) 147/8 (Thain 13*, Rajitha 2*; 58 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Worcestershire (2) 134 all out
--> Day 3 Tea: Essex (2) 89/6 (Thain 23*, Harmer 6*; 34 overs)
--> Worcestershire first innings: 50 in 19.3 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 100 in 34.6 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 150 in 47.1 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 200 in 59.4 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 250 in 71.3 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 300 in 84.6 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 350 in 94.4 overs
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 20.4 overs
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 41.6 overs
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 58.2 overs
--> Worcestershire second innings: 50 in 21.2 overs
--> Worcestershire second innings: 100 in 47.4 overs
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 23.1 overs
--> Essex second innings: 100 in 42.4 overs
--> Yadvinder Singh made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Yadvinder Singh made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RJ Das made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RJ Das made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RP Jones (1) 50 in 107 balls with 9 fours and 1 six
--> MJ Waite (1) 50 in 72 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> BMJ Allison (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> S Snater reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed BL D'Oliveira, his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> MJ Waite reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed NRM Thain, his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> SR Harmer reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed BL D'Oliveira, his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> MJ Waite reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed SR Harmer, his 5th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> MJ Waite achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JA Porter in the Essex second innings (previous best was 5-16)
--> MJ Waite achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed SR Harmer in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-21)
--> MJ Waite achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings
--> Kashif Ali (20) and RP Jones (14) added 50 in 85 balls for the Worcestershire 4th wicket in the first innings
--> RP Jones (26) and EA Brookes (25) added 50 in 78 balls for the Worcestershire 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MJ Waite (28) and TAI Taylor (19) added 50 in 72 balls for the Worcestershire 8th wicket in the first innings

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