Multi-dayMen

Essex v Middlesex

Essex won by 297 runs

County Championship4 September 2023 to 6 September 2023The County Ground, Chelmsford

ESS

Essexbatted first

304 & 319/7d81 ov

MID

Middlesex

179 & 14758.2 ov

Essex won the toss and chose to bat

ESSEssex innings

30498.2 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	c SD Robson b JM De Caires	59	108	9	0	54.6
AN Cook	lbw b JM De Caires	58	127	9	0	45.7
T Westley	b JM De Caires	19	27	4	0	70.4
DW Lawrence	c JA Simpson b ER Bamber	13	18	2	0	72.2
MJJ Critchley	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	36	85	6	0	42.4
PI Walter	b JM De Caires	2	15	0	0	13.3
AM Rossington	c LBK Hollman b JM De Caires	37	62	6	0	59.7
SR Harmer	c TS Roland-Jones b JM De Caires	16	50	2	0	32.0
UT Yadav	c MD Stoneman b JM De Caires	18	16	2	1	112.5
SJ Cook	c RF Higgins b JM De Caires	19	40	2	0	47.5
JA Porter	not out	10*	45	1	0	22.2
Extras	b 4, lb 7, nb 6	17
Total	all out, 98.2 overs, run rate 3.09	304

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-122 NLJ Browne2-135 AN Cook3-148 T Westley4-162 DW Lawrence5-169 PI Walter6-235 AM Rossington7-235 MJJ Critchley8-260 UT Yadav9-279 SR Harmer10-304 SJ Cook

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
ER Bamber	18	4	51	1	2.83	85	9	0	0
TS Roland-Jones	19	5	58	1	3.05	89	10	0	0
JM De Caires	39.2	8	106	8	2.69	178	12	1	0
RF Higgins	14	5	39	0	2.79	69	7	0	2
LBK Hollman	6	0	27	0	4.50	22	3	0	1
SD Robson	2	0	12	0	6.00	6	2	0	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

17953.5 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MD Stoneman	c PI Walter b JA Porter	8	13	1	0	61.5
SD Robson	b JA Porter	10	15	2	0	66.7
JB Cracknell	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	0	4	0	0	0.0
JLB Davies	lbw b SJ Cook	5	12	1	0	41.7
MDE Holden	c & b JA Porter	30	76	4	0	39.5
JA Simpson	lbw b JA Porter	16	54	3	0	29.6
RF Higgins	b SJ Cook	44	55	7	0	80.0
LBK Hollman	lbw b SJ Cook	20	38	3	1	52.6
JM De Caires	not out	29*	33	6	0	87.9
TS Roland-Jones	c MJJ Critchley b SR Harmer	11	15	2	0	73.3
ER Bamber	lbw b JA Porter	0	10	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 2, nb 4	6
Total	all out, 53.5 overs, run rate 3.33	179

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-8 MD Stoneman2-8 JB Cracknell3-21 SD Robson4-25 JLB Davies5-59 JA Simpson6-100 MDE Holden7-138 LBK Hollman8-143 RF Higgins9-168 TS Roland-Jones10-179 ER Bamber

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JA Porter	12.5	1	34	6	2.65	62	3	0	2
SJ Cook	10	1	43	3	4.30	44	9	0	0
SR Harmer	22	6	73	1	3.32	100	12	1	0
UT Yadav	9	2	27	0	3.00	43	5	0	0

ESSEssex innings

319/7d81 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	c JA Simpson b TS Roland-Jones	35	78	5	0	44.9
AN Cook	c JA Simpson b SD Robson	84	178	9	0	47.2
T Westley	lbw b ER Bamber	47	106	4	0	44.3
DW Lawrence	c SD Robson b JM De Caires	26	26	2	0	100.0
MJJ Critchley	st JA Simpson b RF Higgins	65	65	7	1	100.0
PI Walter	c JLB Davies b JM De Caires	2	4	0	0	50.0
AM Rossington	c JLB Davies b SD Robson	12	14	1	0	85.7
SR Harmer	not out	20*	14	2	1	142.9
UT Yadav	not out	5*	2	1	0	250.0
Extras	b 2, lb 19, nb 2	23
Total	7 wickets, 81 overs, run rate 3.94	319

Did not batSJ Cook, JA Porter

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-64 NLJ Browne2-178 T Westley3-182 AN Cook4-239 DW Lawrence5-249 PI Walter6-283 AM Rossington7-311 MJJ Critchley

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
ER Bamber	14	4	51	1	3.64	62	9	0	0
JM De Caires	27	4	84	2	3.11	104	7	0	0
RF Higgins	6	0	32	1	5.33	16	3	0	0
TS Roland-Jones	13	3	29	1	2.23	58	3	0	0
LBK Hollman	16	2	66	0	4.13	54	6	1	0
SD Robson	5	0	36	2	7.20	12	3	1	1

MIDMiddlesex innings

14758.2 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c DW Lawrence b SR Harmer	18	21	4	0	85.7
MD Stoneman	c MJJ Critchley b UT Yadav	6	47	0	0	12.8
JB Cracknell	lbw b SR Harmer	12	19	2	0	63.2
JLB Davies	c AN Cook b UT Yadav	1	10	0	0	10.0
MDE Holden	c AM Rossington b UT Yadav	12	23	1	0	52.2
JA Simpson	lbw b MJJ Critchley	32	72	5	0	44.4
RF Higgins	b MJJ Critchley	21	96	1	0	21.9
LBK Hollman	c NLJ Browne b SR Harmer	15	17	3	0	88.2
JM De Caires	c NLJ Browne b SR Harmer	1	7	0	0	14.3
TS Roland-Jones	c AM Rossington b SR Harmer	13	32	2	0	40.6
ER Bamber	not out	4*	8	1	0	50.0
Extras	b 8, nb 4	12
Total	all out, 58.2 overs, run rate 2.52	147

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-24 SD Robson2-36 JB Cracknell3-41 JLB Davies4-42 MD Stoneman5-55 MDE Holden6-97 JA Simpson7-113 LBK Hollman8-115 JM De Caires9-143 RF Higgins10-147 TS Roland-Jones

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
JA Porter	6	2	25	0	4.17	29	4	2
SJ Cook	9	3	22	0	2.44	43	3	0
SR Harmer	24.2	11	43	5	1.77	126	5	0
UT Yadav	12	2	32	3	2.67	55	4	0
MJJ Critchley	7	1	17	2	2.43	34	3	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Essex, chose to bat
Umpires: ID Blackwell and RJ Warren
Match referee: JJ Swift
Season: 2023

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 25 / 15°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 2: 25 / 16°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 27 / 17°C, 0.1 mm rain

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