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Worcestershire v Essex

Worcestershire won by 225 runs

County Championship, Match 3016 May 2025 to 18 May 2025New Road, Worcester

WOR

Worcestershirebatted first

358 & 13457.3 ov

ESS

Essex

157 & 11043.5 ov

Essex won the toss and chose to field

WORWorcestershire innings

35899.2 ov

Worcestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Roderick	lbw b S Snater	17	38	2	0	44.7
JD Libby	c MS Pepper b NRM Thain	16	51	2	0	31.4
HM Nicholls	c MS Pepper b CAK Rajitha	0	9	0	0	0.0
Kashif Ali	b S Snater	46	81	5	0	56.8
RP Jones	c RJ Das b NRM Thain	54	117	9	1	46.2
BL D'Oliveira	c MS Pepper b S Snater	3	6	0	0	50.0
EA Brookes	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	31	45	5	0	68.9
MJ Waite	c MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	73	91	11	1	80.2
TAI Taylor	b MJJ Critchley	43	69	7	0	62.3
BMJ Allison	c CWJ Allison b S Snater	38	66	3	1	57.6
Y Singh	not out	5*	26	1	0	19.2
Extras	b 8, lb 16, w 2, nb 6	32
Total	all out, 99.2 overs, run rate 3.60	358

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-31 GH Roderick2-36 HM Nicholls3-58 JD Libby4-119 Kashif Ali5-123 BL D'Oliveira6-182 EA Brookes7-192 RP Jones8-287 TAI Taylor9-334 MJ Waite10-358 BMJ Allison

Bowling to Worcestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	25	6	57	1	2.28	119	7	0	0	0
S Snater	24.2	5	78	4	3.21	106	10	0	0	0
CAK Rajitha	21	6	81	1	3.86	94	14	1	2	1
NRM Thain	13	0	71	2	5.46	52	10	1	0	2
SR Harmer	10	0	34	0	3.40	42	3	1	0	0
MJJ Critchley	6	0	13	2	2.17	26	1	0	0	0

ESSEssex innings

15760 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c EA Brookes b TAI Taylor	16	56	2	0	28.6
CWJ Allison	b BMJ Allison	0	2	0	0	0.0
T Westley	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	6	15	1	0	40.0
RJ Das	c RP Jones b MJ Waite	44	91	7	0	48.4
MJJ Critchley	c GH Roderick b BMJ Allison	15	31	3	0	48.4
MS Pepper	c EA Brookes b TAI Taylor	13	37	3	0	35.1
NRM Thain	b MJ Waite	15	61	2	0	24.6
SR Harmer	c GH Roderick b EA Brookes	14	30	2	0	46.7
S Snater	c GH Roderick b Y Singh	20	24	3	1	83.3
CAK Rajitha	not out	6*	10	1	0	60.0
JA Porter	c GH Roderick b MJ Waite	4	3	1	0	133.3
Extras	lb 4	4
Total	all out, 60 overs, run rate 2.62	157

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-0 CWJ Allison2-9 T Westley3-46 D Elgar4-75 MJJ Critchley5-98 MS Pepper6-98 RJ Das7-117 SR Harmer8-142 S Snater9-153 NRM Thain10-157 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
TAI Taylor	15	5	23	3	1.53	77	3	0
BMJ Allison	15	6	27	2	1.80	77	5	0
Y Singh	12	1	55	1	4.58	54	10	1
MJ Waite	12	3	34	3	2.83	58	5	0
EA Brookes	6	2	14	1	2.33	30	2	0

WORWorcestershire innings

13457.3 ov

Worcestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Roderick	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	0	7	0	0	0.0
JD Libby	lbw b JA Porter	10	40	1	0	25.0
HM Nicholls	lbw b S Snater	2	5	0	0	40.0
Kashif Ali	lbw b SR Harmer	31	66	3	0	47.0
RP Jones	lbw b S Snater	19	59	2	0	32.2
BMJ Allison	lbw b SR Harmer	0	5	0	0	0.0
Y Singh	lbw b SR Harmer	7	29	1	0	24.1
BL D'Oliveira	c CAK Rajitha b SR Harmer	4	5	1	0	80.0
EA Brookes	lbw b JA Porter	38	70	6	0	54.3
MJ Waite	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	8	54	0	0	14.8
TAI Taylor	not out	5*	5	1	0	100.0
Extras	b 7, lb 3	10
Total	all out, 57.3 overs, run rate 2.33	134

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-1 GH Roderick2-3 HM Nicholls3-26 JD Libby4-58 Kashif Ali5-58 BMJ Allison6-66 RP Jones7-71 BL D'Oliveira8-80 Y Singh9-125 MJ Waite10-134 EA Brookes

Bowling to Worcestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
JA Porter	15.3	5	30	3	1.94	78	4
S Snater	18	4	45	3	2.50	86	6
CAK Rajitha	3	0	12	0	4.00	11	1
SR Harmer	21	5	37	4	1.76	99	4

ESSEssex innings

11043.5 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CWJ Allison	c GH Roderick b MJ Waite	23	44	4	0	52.3
D Elgar	c GH Roderick b BMJ Allison	9	31	1	0	29.0
T Westley	lbw b Y Singh	4	11	1	0	36.4
RJ Das	lbw b MJ Waite	0	10	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	c GH Roderick b EA Brookes	17	39	4	0	43.6
MS Pepper	c RP Jones b MJ Waite	2	13	0	0	15.4
NRM Thain	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	23	57	4	0	40.4
SR Harmer	lbw b MJ Waite	9	34	1	0	26.5
S Snater	c EA Brookes b MJ Waite	1	4	0	0	25.0
CAK Rajitha	not out	13*	17	3	0	76.5
JA Porter	b MJ Waite	4	3	1	0	133.3
Extras	lb 5	5
Total	all out, 43.5 overs, run rate 2.51	110

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-34 D Elgar2-35 CWJ Allison3-41 T Westley4-45 RJ Das5-47 MS Pepper6-77 MJJ Critchley7-92 NRM Thain8-93 S Snater9-106 SR Harmer10-110 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
TAI Taylor	14	5	36	1	2.57	71	7
BMJ Allison	11	5	26	1	2.36	53	4
Y Singh	5	0	18	1	3.60	22	3
MJ Waite	10.5	7	19	6	1.75	58	4
EA Brookes	3	1	6	1	2.00	15	1

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Essex, chose to field
Umpires: GD Lloyd and ID Blackwell
Match referee: AJ Swann
Season: 2025

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 20 / 6°C, dry
Day 2: 17 / 8°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 18 / 6°C, dry

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