f63078 cc22687	Essex v Somerset
	Rothesay County Championship 2025 (Division 1)
Venue	Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th September 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 22 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Somerset 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	NJ Llong, RJ Warren
Referee	WM Noon
Scorers	P Parkinson (Essex), LM Rhodes (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 339/6 (Goldsworthy 61*, Overton 31*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 295/2 (Elgar 111*; 66.4 overs)
Close of play day 3	Somerset (2) 99 all out
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
AM Vaughan	c Walter b Porter	8	19	28	1	-	16
JF Thomas	b Porter	86	127	165	14	1	92
TA Lammonby	lbw b Bennett	47	129	177	3	-	98
+JEK Rew	c +sub (SML Fernandes) b Bracewell	74	115	152	8	-	74
T Kohler-Cadmore	c +sub (SML Fernandes) b Bracewell	6	8	16	1	-	6
LP Goldsworthy	c Allison b Bennett	100	193	262	14	-	143
KL Aldridge	c +sub (SML Fernandes) b Porter	5	16	20	1	-	14
C Overton	b Harmer	60	70	84	11	-	44
MJ Leach	c sub (SML Fernandes) b Bennett	14	44	35	1	-	37
*L Gregory	c Porter b Harmer	9	11	11	-	1	7
JT Ball	not out	1	5	10	-	-	4
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 122.2 overs)	433
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Vaughan, 6.4 ov), 2-141 (Thomas, 40.5 ov), 3-167 (Lammonby, 49.6 ov), 4-184 (Kohler-Cadmore, 52.4 ov), 5-274 (Rew, 81.2 ov), 6-281 (Aldridge, 86.2 ov), 7-379 (Overton, 105.5 ov), 8-412 (Leach, 116.5 ov), 9-425 (Gregory, 119.6 ov), 10-433 (Goldsworthy, 122.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	27	8	66	3	-	-	133	9	-
Bracewell	22	2	87	2	-	1	90	11	-
Harmer	25	2	65	2	-	-	113	5	1
Bennett	16.2	1	73	3	1	1	66	10	1
Thain	19	1	78	0	-	1	79	13	-
Critchley	13	1	48	0	-	-	51	6	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
D Elgar	lbw b Aldridge	118	227	289	17	1	172
PI Walter	c Goldsworthy b Overton	158	167	230	21	3	92
SR Harmer	c Aldridge b Overton	12	22	25	3	-	19
*T Westley	c Thomas b Overton	7	11	15	1	-	9
CWJ Allison	b Overton	27	59	77	4	-	47
MJJ Critchley	lbw b Gregory	29	54	78	4	-	37
+MS Pepper	lbw b Overton	17	24	30	2	-	17
NRM Thain	not out	15	28	66	2	-	21
DAJ Bracewell	c sub (BGF Green) b Overton	0	18	18	-	-	18
CE Bennett	c and b Leach	22	26	28	5	-	19
JA Porter	c Thomas b Leach	6	4	3	-	1	3
Extras	(8 b, 11 lb, 8 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 106 overs)	438
Fall of wickets:
1-277 (Walter, 60.2 ov), 2-295 (Harmer, 66.4 ov), 3-307 (Westley, 70.1 ov), 4-319 (Elgar, 73.2 ov), 5-369 (Allison, 88.1 ov), 6-379 (Critchley, 91.5 ov), 7-393 (Pepper, 94.4 ov), 8-399 (Bracewell, 98.5 ov), 9-432 (Bennett, 105.2 ov), 10-438 (Porter, 105.6 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Overton	27	5	88	6	-	-	127	15	-
Ball	16	3	59	0	-	-	71	11	-
Vaughan	15	2	59	0	-	-	60	5	2
Gregory	22.2	2	87	1	-	3	97	13	-
Lammonby	3	0	17	0	-	1	13	3	-
Leach	8	1	47	2	-	-	26	3	3
Aldridge	14.4	1	62	1	-	-	56	9	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
AM Vaughan	b Porter	8	21	27	2	-	19
JF Thomas	lbw b Porter	39	65	118	7	-	48
TA Lammonby	lbw b Bennett	0	5	6	-	-	5
+JEK Rew	c Thain b Bennett	19	19	26	4	-	13
T Kohler-Cadmore	b Bracewell	0	4	4	-	-	4
LP Goldsworthy	b Harmer	19	58	78	1	-	45
KL Aldridge	c +sub (SML Fernandes) b Porter	0	5	3	-	-	5
C Overton	lbw b Porter	2	6	8	-	-	5
MJ Leach	run out (Allison->sub [SML Fernandes])	1	7	8	-	-	6
*L Gregory	not out	2	3	9	-	-	1
JT Ball	b Harmer	1	8	5	-	-	7
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 33.3 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Vaughan, 6.3 ov), 2-23 (Lammonby, 7.6 ov), 3-59 (Rew, 13.6 ov), 4-60 (Kohler-Cadmore, 14.5 ov), 5-89 (Thomas, 26.1 ov), 6-89 (Aldridge, 26.6 ov), 7-91 (Overton, 28.6 ov), 8-95 (Leach, 30.6 ov), 9-97 (Goldsworthy, 31.6 ov), 10-99 (Ball, 33.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	12	5	18	4	-	-	61	2	-
Bracewell	7	1	33	1	-	-	29	6	-
Bennett	10	2	36	2	-	-	45	6	-
Thain	2	2	0	0	-	-	12	-	-
Harmer	1.3	0	2	2	-	-	7	-	-
Critchley	1	0	2	0	-	-	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PI Walter	c Gregory b Ball	30	31	45	3	-	17
D Elgar	lbw b Gregory	0	1	5	-	-	1
*T Westley	c Rew b Gregory	13	21	19	2	-	17
CWJ Allison	not out	32	34	53	4	2	26
MJJ Critchley	not out	19	24	32	3	-	16
+MS Pepper	did not bat
NRM Thain	did not bat
SR Harmer	did not bat
DAJ Bracewell	did not bat
CE Bennett	did not bat
JA Porter	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 18.1 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Elgar, 1.1 ov), 2-30 (Westley, 5.5 ov), 3-56 (Walter, 10.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Overton	5	0	25	0	-	-	21	4	-
Gregory	9	2	43	2	-	2	39	5	-
Ball	4.1	0	30	1	-	-	16	3	2

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Somerset (1) 111/1 (Thomas 71*, Lammonby 28*; 30 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Somerset (1) 211/4 (Rew 42*, Goldsworthy 11*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) 8/0 (Elgar 4*, Walter 4*; 2 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Essex (1) 159/0 (Elgar 49*, Walter 100*; 35 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Essex (1) 393/7 (Thain 2*; 94.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Somerset (2) 79/4 (Thomas 37*, Goldsworthy 7*; 23 overs)
--> Somerset first innings: 50 in 12.1 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 100 in 26.3 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 150 in 43.2 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 200 in 58.2 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 250 in 76.1 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 300 in 90.5 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 350 in 98.5 overs
--> Somerset score at 110 overs in the first innings was 387-7
--> Somerset first innings: 400 in 113.4 overs
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 11.2 overs
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 20.6 overs
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 32.5 overs
--> Essex first innings: 200 in 46.6 overs
--> Essex first innings: 250 in 54.3 overs
--> Essex first innings: 300 in 68.5 overs
--> Essex first innings: 350 in 83.1 overs
--> Essex first innings: 400 in 99.1 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 50 in 12.6 overs
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 8.5 overs
--> DAJ Bracewell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DAJ Bracewell made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CE Bennett made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CE Bennett made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JF Thomas (1) 50 in 51 balls with 9 fours and 1 six
--> JEK Rew (1) 50 in 89 balls with 5 fours
--> JEK Rew (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> JEK Rew (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 40
--> LP Goldsworthy (1) 50 in 120 balls with 8 fours
--> LP Goldsworthy (1) 100 in 191 balls with 14 fours
--> C Overton (1) 50 in 54 balls with 9 fours
--> C Overton (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> D Elgar (1) 50 in 122 balls with 9 fours
--> D Elgar (1) 100 in 184 balls with 15 fours and 1 six
--> D Elgar (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 73
--> PI Walter (1) 50 in 54 balls with 11 fours
--> PI Walter (1) 100 in 100 balls with 16 fours and 1 six
--> PI Walter (1) passed his previous highest score of 141 in County Championship matches
--> PI Walter (1) passed his previous highest score of 141 in First-Class matches
--> PI Walter (1) 150 in 154 balls with 20 fours and 3 sixes
--> SR Harmer (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> NRM Thain (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> LP Goldsworthy (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> CE Bennett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings
--> CE Bennett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings
--> C Overton reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed T Westley, his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> L Gregory reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed T Westley, his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JF Thomas (39) and TA Lammonby (11) added 50 in 54 balls for the Somerset 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> JF Thomas (63) and TA Lammonby (30) added 100 in 153 balls for the Somerset 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> JEK Rew (22) and LP Goldsworthy (24) added 50 in 106 balls for the Somerset 5th wicket in the first innings
--> LP Goldsworthy (17) and C Overton (27) added 50 in 48 balls for the Somerset 7th wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (19) and PI Walter (31) added 50 in 68 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (32) and PI Walter (63) added 100 in 127 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (46) and PI Walter (94) added 150 in 198 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (74) and PI Walter (116) added 200 in 283 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (93) and PI Walter (148) added 250 in 328 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the first innings
--> CWJ Allison (19) and MJJ Critchley (25) added 50 in 84 balls for the Essex 5th wicket in the first innings

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