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Essex v Somerset

Essex won by 179 runs

County Championship28 August 2017 to 31 August 2017The County Ground, Chelmsford

ESS

Essexbatted first

159 & 293/9100.1 ov

SOM

Somerset

164 & 10937.5 ov

Essex won the toss and chose to bat

ESSEssex innings

15950.2 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
V Chopra	lbw b PA van Meekeren	9	21	2	0	42.9
NLJ Browne	c PA van Meekeren b C Overton	44	94	6	0	46.8
DW Lawrence	c JC Hildreth b PA van Meekeren	0	5	0	0	0.0
RS Bopara	lbw b C Overton	1	19	0	0	5.3
AJA Wheater	lbw b TD Groenewald	3	17	0	0	17.6
RN ten Doeschate	c ME Trescothick b C Overton	35	42	5	1	83.3
JS Foster	c JC Hildreth b TD Groenewald	4	13	0	0	30.8
PI Walter	b PA van Meekeren	17	40	3	0	42.5
SR Harmer	c ME Trescothick b PA van Meekeren	12	25	1	0	48.0
Mohammad Amir	not out	22*	18	5	0	122.2
JA Porter	b C Overton	10	8	2	0	125.0
Extras	lb 1, w 1	2
Total	all out, 50.2 overs, run rate 3.16	159

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-19 V Chopra2-21 DW Lawrence3-36 RS Bopara4-39 AJA Wheater5-90 RN ten Doeschate6-97 NLJ Browne7-98 JS Foster8-121 SR Harmer9-140 PI Walter10-159 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
C Overton	15.2	4	40	4	2.61	75	7	0	0
PA van Meekeren	14	2	60	4	4.29	60	10	0	1
TD Groenewald	13	5	25	2	1.92	66	3	0	0
TB Abell	5	1	15	0	3.00	25	3	0	0
MJ Leach	3	0	18	0	6.00	10	1	1	0

SOMSomerset innings

16464 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c JS Foster b JA Porter	2	15	0	0	13.3
EJ Byrom	b JA Porter	5	39	0	0	12.8
TD Rouse	c SR Harmer b RS Bopara	4	26	0	0	15.4
JC Hildreth	c RS Bopara b JA Porter	51	70	6	0	72.9
TB Abell	c V Chopra b JA Porter	30	75	4	0	40.0
SM Davies	c JS Foster b JA Porter	15	33	2	0	45.5
MJ Leach	c JS Foster b Mohammad Amir	8	18	1	0	44.4
C Overton	b Mohammad Amir	0	4	0	0	0.0
DM Bess	not out	22*	51	3	0	43.1
TD Groenewald	c JS Foster b SR Harmer	11	52	0	0	21.2
PA van Meekeren	c AJA Wheater b SR Harmer	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 4, w 6, nb 6	16
Total	all out, 64 overs, run rate 2.56	164

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-2 ME Trescothick2-10 TD Rouse3-20 EJ Byrom4-98 TB Abell5-101 JC Hildreth6-118 MJ Leach7-118 C Overton8-133 SM Davies9-164 TD Groenewald10-164 PA van Meekeren

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	17	4	40	5	2.35	78	3	1	0
Mohammad Amir	12	4	22	2	1.83	61	2	0	1
SR Harmer	22	10	42	2	1.91	114	7	0	0
RS Bopara	5	0	25	1	5.00	15	1	1	0
PI Walter	8	1	31	0	3.88	31	3	0	2

ESSEssex innings

293/9100.1 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
V Chopra	lbw b C Overton	1	16	0	0	6.3
NLJ Browne	b TD Groenewald	83	198	12	1	41.9
DW Lawrence	lbw b C Overton	0	2	0	0	0.0
RS Bopara	st SM Davies b MJ Leach	9	43	1	0	20.9
AJA Wheater	c SM Davies b C Overton	88	188	11	0	46.8
RN ten Doeschate	c ME Trescothick b MJ Leach	67	90	7	0	74.4
JS Foster	lbw b TD Groenewald	22	34	4	0	64.7
PI Walter	not out	7*	14	1	0	50.0
SR Harmer	lbw b DM Bess	2	15	0	0	13.3
JA Porter	c SM Davies b DM Bess	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 9, nb 4	14
Total	9 wickets, 100.1 overs, run rate 2.93	293

Did not batMohammad Amir

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-8 V Chopra2-8 DW Lawrence3-39 RS Bopara4-157 NLJ Browne5-234 AJA Wheater6-284 JS Foster7-284 RN ten Doeschate8-293 SR Harmer9-293 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
C Overton	25	8	68	3	2.72	120	8	1	0
PA van Meekeren	20	7	72	0	3.60	88	9	0	0
TD Groenewald	21	5	74	2	3.52	92	12	0	0
MJ Leach	25	8	52	2	2.08	117	5	0	0
DM Bess	9.1	3	17	2	1.85	47	2	0	2

SOMSomerset innings

10937.5 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	b JA Porter	0	2	0	0	0.0
EJ Byrom	c JS Foster b JA Porter	10	16	2	0	62.5
TD Rouse	c JS Foster b JA Porter	9	8	1	0	112.5
JC Hildreth	c JS Foster b JA Porter	22	22	4	0	100.0
TB Abell	lbw b SR Harmer	0	7	0	0	0.0
SM Davies	c NLJ Browne b JA Porter	19	51	2	0	37.3
C Overton	b SR Harmer	36	73	4	1	49.3
DM Bess	lbw b SR Harmer	0	5	0	0	0.0
MJ Leach	b JA Porter	8	20	2	0	40.0
TD Groenewald	b JA Porter	1	17	0	0	5.9
PA van Meekeren	not out	1*	6	0	0	16.7
Extras	lb 3	3
Total	all out, 37.5 overs, run rate 2.88	109

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-0 ME Trescothick2-10 TD Rouse3-31 EJ Byrom4-32 TB Abell5-42 JC Hildreth6-81 SM Davies7-82 DM Bess8-99 MJ Leach9-105 TD Groenewald10-109 C Overton

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
JA Porter	14	2	55	7	3.93	58	8	0
PI Walter	7	3	22	0	3.14	33	4	0
SR Harmer	15.5	6	29	3	1.83	79	3	1
RS Bopara	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Essex, chose to bat
Umpires: M Burns and NA Mallender
Season: 2017

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 25 / 15°C, dry
Day 2: 26 / 15°C, 5.9 mm rain
Day 3: 17 / 11°C, 7.5 mm rain
Day 4: 19 / 10°C, 0.7 mm rain

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