Multi-dayMen

Essex v Worcestershire

Essex won by 28 runs

County Championship, Match 1318 April 2025 to 21 April 2025The County Ground, Chelmsford

ESS

Essexbatted first

179 & 31795 ov

WOR

Worcestershire

202 & 26684.4 ov

Worcestershire won the toss and chose to field

ESSEssex innings

17958.4 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	b JA Duffy	1	11	0	0	9.1
CWJ Allison	lbw b JA Duffy	19	23	4	0	82.6
T Westley	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	28	44	5	0	63.6
JM Cox	c GH Roderick b JA Duffy	32	44	4	1	72.7
MJJ Critchley	c GH Roderick b MJ Waite	19	34	3	0	55.9
MS Pepper	lbw b MJ Waite	10	47	1	0	21.3
NRM Thain	lbw b MJ Waite	7	41	1	0	17.1
SR Harmer	c GH Roderick b BMJ Allison	28	77	4	0	36.4
S Snater	c EA Brookes b JA Duffy	24	27	2	1	88.9
CAK Rajitha	not out	2*	3	0	0	66.7
JA Porter	b BMJ Allison	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 6, w 1, nb 2	9
Total	all out, 58.4 overs, run rate 3.05	179

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-16 PI Walter2-21 CWJ Allison3-81 T Westley4-84 JM Cox5-106 MJJ Critchley6-113 NRM Thain7-146 S Snater8-177 MS Pepper9-179 SR Harmer10-179 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JA Duffy	16	4	39	4	2.44	75	5	0	1	0
TAI Taylor	13	4	46	1	3.54	63	10	0	0	0
BMJ Allison	12.4	4	37	2	2.92	61	4	1	0	1
MJ Waite	16	4	47	3	2.94	76	5	1	0	0
EA Brookes	1	0	4	0	4.00	3	0	0	0	0

WORWorcestershire innings

20254 ov

Worcestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Roderick	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	4	23	1	0	17.4
JD Libby	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	12	16	2	0	75.0
Kashif Ali	c NRM Thain b JA Porter	6	24	0	0	25.0
RP Jones	c JM Cox b CAK Rajitha	0	8	0	0	0.0
AJ Hose	c PI Walter b CAK Rajitha	48	78	7	0	61.5
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b CAK Rajitha	48	78	6	0	61.5
MJ Waite	c b JA Porter	32	38	5	0	84.2
EA Brookes	c PI Walter b NRM Thain	24	32	4	0	75.0
TAI Taylor	c S Snater b CAK Rajitha	3	19	0	0	15.8
BMJ Allison	c b NRM Thain	10	8	2	0	125.0
JA Duffy	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 9, nb 2	15
Total	all out, 54 overs, run rate 3.74	202

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-16 JD Libby2-19 GH Roderick3-22 RP Jones4-22 Kashif Ali5-124 AJ Hose6-131 BL D'Oliveira7-160 MJ Waite8-188 EA Brookes9-192 TAI Taylor10-202 BMJ Allison

Bowling to Worcestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
JA Porter	18	3	49	2	2.72	83	4	0
S Snater	15	5	44	2	2.93	74	8	0
CAK Rajitha	13	4	52	4	4.00	58	9	0
NRM Thain	6	0	29	2	4.83	18	3	1
SR Harmer	2	0	15	0	7.50	6	3	0

ESSEssex innings

31795 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	b TAI Taylor	104	154	13	0	67.5
CWJ Allison	c GH Roderick b MJ Waite	24	45	3	0	53.3
T Westley	lbw b MJ Waite	3	12	0	0	25.0
JM Cox	c MJ Waite b JA Duffy	24	22	5	0	109.1
MJJ Critchley	c & b EA Brookes	5	19	0	0	26.3
MS Pepper	b MJ Waite	1	7	0	0	14.3
NRM Thain	c GH Roderick b EA Brookes	54	143	6	0	37.8
SR Harmer	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	33	87	4	0	37.9
S Snater	b BMJ Allison	48	63	5	1	76.2
CAK Rajitha	lbw b TAI Taylor	3	11	0	0	27.3
JA Porter	not out	0*	7	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 11, w 2	18
Total	all out, 95 overs, run rate 3.34	317

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-53 CWJ Allison2-63 T Westley3-111 JM Cox4-127 MJJ Critchley5-128 MS Pepper6-211 PI Walter7-246 NRM Thain8-287 SR Harmer9-303 CAK Rajitha10-317 S Snater

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
JA Duffy	22	2	98	1	4.45	81	11	1	2
TAI Taylor	23	4	73	3	3.17	106	10	0	0
BMJ Allison	18	4	53	1	2.94	78	6	0	0
MJ Waite	18	6	40	3	2.22	86	4	0	0
EA Brookes	14	2	37	2	2.64	59	5	0	0

WORWorcestershire innings

26684.4 ov

Worcestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Roderick	lbw b JA Porter	0	2	0	0	0.0
JD Libby	c CWJ Allison b S Snater	14	27	3	0	51.9
Kashif Ali	c JM Cox b SR Harmer	50	91	9	0	54.9
RP Jones	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	4	22	0	0	18.2
AJ Hose	lbw b NRM Thain	21	42	4	0	50.0
BL D'Oliveira	c PI Walter b JA Porter	36	92	5	0	39.1
MJ Waite	b JA Porter	27	89	3	0	30.3
EA Brookes	c & b JA Porter	88	105	6	7	83.8
TAI Taylor	c PI Walter b JA Porter	1	16	0	0	6.3
BMJ Allison	b CAK Rajitha	0	12	0	0	0.0
JA Duffy	not out	0*	12	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 16, w 1, nb 4	25
Total	all out, 84.4 overs, run rate 3.14	266

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-0 GH Roderick2-18 JD Libby3-32 RP Jones4-78 AJ Hose5-119 Kashif Ali6-162 BL D'Oliveira7-186 MJ Waite8-192 TAI Taylor9-202 BMJ Allison10-266 EA Brookes

Bowling to Worcestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	24.4	8	52	6	2.11	125	7	1	0	0
S Snater	26	8	69	1	2.65	126	11	1	0	0
CAK Rajitha	18	3	67	1	3.72	77	8	2	1	0
NRM Thain	7	0	35	1	5.00	27	4	0	0	2
SR Harmer	9	5	23	1	2.56	45	0	3	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Worcestershire, chose to field
Umpires: Rob White and SJ O'Shaughnessy
Match referee: SJ Davis
Season: 2025

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 16 / 7°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 2: 13 / 7°C, dry
Day 3: 12 / 6°C, 1.4 mm rain
Day 4: 16 / 8°C, 1.4 mm rain

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