Multi-dayMenUpset 63

Essex v Somerset

Somerset won by 3 wickets

County Championship, Match 213 May 2024 to 4 May 2024The County Ground, Taunton

ESS

Essexbatted first

156 & 13851.3 ov

SOM

Somerset

128 & 170/744.1 ov

Somerset won the toss and chose to field

ESSEssex innings

15651 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	b C Overton	9	15	1	0	60.0
D Elgar	lbw b JH Davey	5	7	1	0	71.4
T Westley	b L Gregory	43	84	6	0	51.2
JM Cox	c TA Lammonby b C Overton	7	8	1	0	87.5
MJJ Critchley	c SR Dickson b M Pretorius	9	16	2	0	56.3
NRM Thain	c C Overton b JT Ball	14	29	3	0	48.3
HG Duke	c JEK Rew b M Pretorius	25	79	4	0	31.6
SR Harmer	c JEK Rew b M Pretorius	5	31	0	0	16.1
S Snater	c T Banton b M Pretorius	13	28	3	0	46.4
SJ Cook	c JEK Rew b JT Ball	0	5	0	0	0.0
JA Porter	not out	6*	9	1	0	66.7
Extras	lb 9, w 1, nb 10	20
Total	all out, 51 overs, run rate 3.06	156

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 170

1-14 D Elgar2-18 NLJ Browne3-28 JM Cox4-45 MJJ Critchley5-88 NRM Thain6-111 T Westley7-132 SR Harmer8-145 HG Duke9-146 SJ Cook10-156 S Snater

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
C Overton	10	1	31	2	3.10	46	5	0	0
JH Davey	9	1	25	1	2.78	41	3	0	0
L Gregory	11	5	22	1	2.00	59	3	0	4
M Pretorius	12	2	36	4	3.00	57	6	0	1
JT Ball	9	0	33	2	3.67	40	5	1	0

SOMSomerset innings

12841.4 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MT Renshaw	c JM Cox b SJ Cook	1	4	0	0	25.0
SR Dickson	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	10	20	0	1	50.0
TA Lammonby	c D Elgar b JA Porter	38	116	2	0	32.8
ARI Umeed	c SR Harmer b SJ Cook	31	37	3	2	83.8
T Banton	c MJJ Critchley b SJ Cook	4	3	1	0	133.3
JEK Rew	lbw b JA Porter	4	11	1	0	36.4
L Gregory	lbw b JA Porter	9	32	1	0	28.1
C Overton	c MJJ Critchley b JA Porter	16	15	3	0	106.7
M Pretorius	c D Elgar b SJ Cook	1	10	0	0	10.0
JH Davey	not out	1*	2	0	0	50.0
JT Ball	c HG Duke b SJ Cook	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 5, nb 4	13
Total	all out, 41.4 overs, run rate 3.07	128

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 170

1-3 MT Renshaw2-15 SR Dickson3-53 ARI Umeed4-61 T Banton5-66 JEK Rew6-95 L Gregory7-121 C Overton8-126 TA Lammonby9-128 M Pretorius10-128 JT Ball

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JA Porter	16	6	37	5	2.31	78	4	1	0
SJ Cook	15.4	3	38	5	2.43	72	3	1	0
S Snater	8	1	33	0	4.13	34	3	1	1
NRM Thain	2	0	11	0	5.50	7	1	0	1

ESSEssex innings

13851.3 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SJ Cook	c ARI Umeed b C Overton	6	16	1	0	37.5
D Elgar	c JEK Rew b JH Davey	5	16	1	0	31.3
NLJ Browne	c TA Lammonby b L Gregory	23	31	3	0	74.2
T Westley	lbw b JH Davey	11	30	2	0	36.7
JM Cox	c TA Lammonby b C Overton	27	84	4	0	32.1
MJJ Critchley	c JEK Rew b JH Davey	21	36	4	0	58.3
NRM Thain	lbw b L Gregory	18	52	2	0	34.6
HG Duke	c JEK Rew b JT Ball	6	26	1	0	23.1
SR Harmer	lbw b JT Ball	0	13	0	0	0.0
S Snater	not out	1*	4	0	0	25.0
JA Porter	c JEK Rew b L Gregory	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 5, w 6, nb 4, pen 5	20
Total	all out, 51.3 overs, run rate 2.68	138

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 170

1-11 D Elgar2-15 SJ Cook3-37 T Westley4-67 NLJ Browne5-106 MJJ Critchley6-118 JM Cox7-137 HG Duke8-137 NRM Thain9-137 SR Harmer10-138 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
JH Davey	11	4	20	3	1.82	58	3	1	1
C Overton	13	1	45	2	3.46	55	7	0	0
M Pretorius	10	4	15	0	1.50	49	1	0	0
L Gregory	9.3	4	23	3	2.42	49	4	0	1
JT Ball	8	3	25	2	3.13	38	3	1	0

SOMSomerset innings

170/744.1 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MT Renshaw	lbw b SJ Cook	35	60	7	0	58.3
SR Dickson	c HG Duke b JA Porter	42	40	3	1	105.0
TA Lammonby	lbw b S Snater	0	24	0	0	0.0
ARI Umeed	c SR Harmer b S Snater	34	41	5	0	82.9
T Banton	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	29	50	3	0	58.0
M Pretorius	c JM Cox b SJ Cook	2	14	0	0	14.3
JEK Rew	b S Snater	6	21	1	0	28.6
L Gregory	not out	10*	13	2	0	76.9
C Overton	not out	5*	2	1	0	250.0
Extras	lb 7	7
Total	7 wickets, 44.1 overs, run rate 3.85	170

Did not batJH Davey, JT Ball

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 170

1-75 MT Renshaw2-83 SR Dickson3-99 TA Lammonby4-120 ARI Umeed5-135 M Pretorius6-152 JEK Rew7-163 T Banton

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
JA Porter	15.1	3	49	1	3.23	72	7	0
SJ Cook	15	1	55	2	3.67	60	8	0
S Snater	12	2	55	4	4.58	50	7	1
SR Harmer	2	0	4	0	2.00	8	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Somerset, chose to field
Umpires: AG Wharf and James Middlebrook
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Season: 2024

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 14 / 7°C, 0.3 mm rain
Day 2: 15 / 6°C, 0.1 mm rain

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