Multi-dayMenUpset 67

Somerset v Essex

Essex won by 8 wickets

County Championship14 April 2017 to 16 April 2017The County Ground, Taunton

SOM

Somersetbatted first

209 & 17450.2 ov

ESS

Essex

129 & 257/284.1 ov

Somerset won the toss and chose to bat

SOMSomerset innings

20972.2 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c AN Cook b RS Bopara	26	64	4	0	40.6
D Elgar	st AJA Wheater b Ashar Zaidi	34	96	4	1	35.4
TB Abell	c AN Cook b RS Bopara	1	10	0	0	10.0
JC Hildreth	c RS Bopara b JA Porter	36	56	6	0	64.3
SM Davies	b SR Harmer	12	32	2	0	37.5
PD Trego	c Ashar Zaidi b SR Harmer	48	85	5	1	56.5
L Gregory	c SR Harmer b N Wagner	3	16	0	0	18.8
RE van der Merwe	lbw b Ashar Zaidi	7	21	0	0	33.3
C Overton	c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	10	34	1	0	29.4
J Overton	b Ashar Zaidi	3	5	0	0	60.0
MJ Leach	not out	4*	18	0	0	22.2
Extras	b 10, lb 9, nb 6	25
Total	all out, 72.2 overs, run rate 2.89	209

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-52 ME Trescothick2-54 TB Abell3-108 D Elgar4-112 JC Hildreth5-130 SM Davies6-143 L Gregory7-176 RE van der Merwe8-188 PD Trego9-197 J Overton10-209 C Overton

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JA Porter	17	7	34	1	2.00	82	4	0	0
N Wagner	15.2	2	78	2	5.09	58	12	0	2
SR Harmer	23	10	51	2	2.22	112	5	2	0
RS Bopara	5	1	10	2	2.00	24	1	0	1
Ashar Zaidi	12	2	17	3	1.42	56	0	0	0

ESSEssex innings

12954.5 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	b C Overton	11	24	2	0	45.8
AN Cook	b L Gregory	52	92	9	0	56.5
T Westley	b RE van der Merwe	10	51	1	0	19.6
DW Lawrence	lbw b C Overton	0	8	0	0	0.0
RS Bopara	b MJ Leach	8	38	0	0	21.1
AJA Wheater	b RE van der Merwe	4	22	0	0	18.2
RN ten Doeschate	c JC Hildreth b L Gregory	4	22	0	0	18.2
Ashar Zaidi	c SM Davies b MJ Leach	23	43	2	1	53.5
SR Harmer	c SM Davies b RE van der Merwe	9	18	1	0	50.0
N Wagner	c SM Davies b J Overton	5	10	1	0	50.0
JA Porter	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 3	3
Total	all out, 54.5 overs, run rate 2.35	129

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-21 NLJ Browne2-60 T Westley3-64 DW Lawrence4-81 RS Bopara5-81 AN Cook6-91 RN ten Doeschate7-91 AJA Wheater8-119 SR Harmer9-129 N Wagner10-129 Ashar Zaidi

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
L Gregory	12	4	28	2	2.33	60	3	0
C Overton	12	6	17	2	1.42	66	3	0
J Overton	6	0	30	1	5.00	23	6	0
MJ Leach	16.5	5	25	2	1.49	87	2	0
RE van der Merwe	8	1	26	3	3.25	34	2	1

SOMSomerset innings

17450.2 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b SR Harmer	27	51	3	0	52.9
ME Trescothick	lbw b JA Porter	5	7	1	0	71.4
TB Abell	c AJA Wheater b JA Porter	0	6	0	0	0.0
JC Hildreth	c SR Harmer b RS Bopara	35	38	5	0	92.1
SM Davies	c JA Porter b N Wagner	11	31	1	0	35.5
PD Trego	c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	17	29	1	0	58.6
L Gregory	c NLJ Browne b N Wagner	16	25	2	0	64.0
RE van der Merwe	c RN ten Doeschate b N Wagner	2	7	0	0	28.6
C Overton	c Ashar Zaidi b N Wagner	22	59	2	0	37.3
J Overton	c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	2	9	0	0	22.2
MJ Leach	not out	27*	41	4	0	65.9
Extras	b 4, lb 4, nb 2	10
Total	all out, 50.2 overs, run rate 3.46	174

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-11 ME Trescothick2-25 TB Abell3-69 D Elgar4-71 JC Hildreth5-100 SM Davies6-109 PD Trego7-111 RE van der Merwe8-122 L Gregory9-124 J Overton10-174 C Overton

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
JA Porter	8	1	43	2	5.38	28	7	0
N Wagner	12.2	0	48	6	3.89	45	5	0
SR Harmer	14	4	26	1	1.86	64	2	0
RS Bopara	5	0	30	1	6.00	15	4	1
Ashar Zaidi	11	3	19	0	1.73	52	1	0

ESSEssex innings

257/284.1 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	c SM Davies b J Overton	35	113	4	0	31.0
AN Cook	c JC Hildreth b D Elgar	110	214	16	0	51.4
T Westley	not out	86*	146	15	1	58.9
DW Lawrence	not out	11*	33	1	0	33.3
Extras	b 8, w 5, nb 2	15
Total	2 wickets, 84.1 overs, run rate 3.05	257

Did not batRS Bopara, AJA Wheater, RN ten Doeschate, Ashar Zaidi, SR Harmer, N Wagner, JA Porter

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-82 NLJ Browne2-216 AN Cook

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
L Gregory	9.1	2	28	0	3.05	43	5	0	0	0
C Overton	11	2	54	0	4.91	45	9	1	0	0
MJ Leach	27	4	69	0	2.56	127	9	0	0	0
J Overton	11	5	30	1	2.73	53	3	0	1	1
RE van der Merwe	22	6	45	0	2.05	105	5	0	0	0
PD Trego	3	0	19	0	6.33	11	4	0	0	0
D Elgar	1	0	4	1	4.00	5	1	0	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Somerset, chose to bat
Umpires: GD Lloyd and MA Gough
Season: 2017

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 12 / 3°C, 0.7 mm rain
Day 2: 12 / 6°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 3: 13 / 5°C, 0.3 mm rain

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