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Somerset v Essex

Essex won by 7 wickets

County Championship, Match 6624 September 2025 to 27 September 2025The County Ground, Chelmsford

SOM

Somersetbatted first

433 & 9933.3 ov

ESS

Essex

438 & 99/318.1 ov

Somerset won the toss and chose to bat

SOMSomerset innings

433122.2 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AM Vaughan	c PI Walter b JA Porter	8	19	1	0	42.1
JF Thomas	b JA Porter	86	127	14	1	67.7
TA Lammonby	lbw b CE Bennett	47	129	3	0	36.4
JEK Rew	c b DAJ Bracewell	74	115	8	0	64.3
T Kohler-Cadmore	c b DAJ Bracewell	6	8	1	0	75.0
LP Goldsworthy	c CWJ Allison b CE Bennett	100	193	14	0	51.8
Kasey Aldridge	c b JA Porter	5	16	1	0	31.3
C Overton	b SR Harmer	60	70	11	0	85.7
MJ Leach	c b CE Bennett	14	44	1	0	31.8
L Gregory	c JA Porter b SR Harmer	9	11	0	1	81.8
JT Ball	not out	1*	5	0	0	20.0
Extras	b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 6	23
Total	all out, 122.2 overs, run rate 3.54	433

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 440

1-20 AM Vaughan2-141 JF Thomas3-167 TA Lammonby4-184 T Kohler-Cadmore5-274 JEK Rew6-281 Kasey Aldridge7-379 C Overton8-412 MJ Leach9-425 L Gregory10-433 LP Goldsworthy

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	27	8	66	3	2.44	132	9	0	0	0
DAJ Bracewell	22	2	87	2	3.95	87	11	0	0	1
SR Harmer	25	2	65	2	2.60	113	5	1	0	0
CE Bennett	16.2	1	73	3	4.47	65	10	1	1	1
NRM Thain	19	1	78	0	4.11	77	13	0	0	1
MJJ Critchley	13	1	48	0	3.69	51	6	0	0	0

ESSEssex innings

438106 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b Kasey Aldridge	118	227	17	1	52.0
PI Walter	c LP Goldsworthy b C Overton	158	167	21	3	94.6
SR Harmer	c Kasey Aldridge b C Overton	12	22	3	0	54.5
T Westley	c JF Thomas b C Overton	7	11	1	0	63.6
CWJ Allison	b C Overton	27	59	4	0	45.8
MJJ Critchley	lbw b L Gregory	29	54	4	0	53.7
MS Pepper	lbw b C Overton	17	24	2	0	70.8
NRM Thain	not out	15*	28	2	0	53.6
DAJ Bracewell	c b C Overton	0	18	0	0	0.0
CE Bennett	c & b MJ Leach	22	26	5	0	84.6
JA Porter	c JF Thomas b MJ Leach	6	4	0	1	150.0
Extras	b 8, lb 11, nb 8	27
Total	all out, 106 overs, run rate 4.13	438

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 440

1-277 PI Walter2-295 SR Harmer3-307 T Westley4-319 D Elgar5-369 CWJ Allison6-379 MJJ Critchley7-393 MS Pepper8-399 DAJ Bracewell9-432 CE Bennett10-438 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
C Overton	27	5	88	6	3.26	125	15	0	0
JT Ball	16	3	59	0	3.69	69	11	0	0
AM Vaughan	15	2	59	0	3.93	59	5	2	0
L Gregory	22.2	2	87	1	3.90	96	13	0	3
TA Lammonby	3	0	17	0	5.67	13	3	0	1
MJ Leach	8	1	47	2	5.88	26	3	3	0
Kasey Aldridge	14.4	1	62	1	4.23	55	9	0	0

SOMSomerset innings

9933.3 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AM Vaughan	b JA Porter	8	21	2	0	38.1
JF Thomas	lbw b JA Porter	39	65	7	0	60.0
TA Lammonby	lbw b CE Bennett	0	5	0	0	0.0
JEK Rew	c NRM Thain b CE Bennett	19	19	4	0	100.0
T Kohler-Cadmore	b DAJ Bracewell	0	4	0	0	0.0
LP Goldsworthy	b SR Harmer	19	58	1	0	32.8
Kasey Aldridge	c b JA Porter	0	5	0	0	0.0
C Overton	lbw b JA Porter	2	6	0	0	33.3
MJ Leach	run out (CWJ Allison)	1	7	0	0	14.3
L Gregory	not out	2*	3	0	0	66.7
JT Ball	b SR Harmer	1	8	0	0	12.5
Extras	lb 8	8
Total	all out, 33.3 overs, run rate 2.96	99

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 440

1-22 AM Vaughan2-23 TA Lammonby3-59 JEK Rew4-60 T Kohler-Cadmore5-89 JF Thomas6-89 Kasey Aldridge7-91 C Overton8-95 MJ Leach9-97 LP Goldsworthy10-99 JT Ball

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
JA Porter	12	5	18	4	1.50	59	2
DAJ Bracewell	7	1	33	1	4.71	29	6
CE Bennett	10	2	36	2	3.60	44	6
NRM Thain	2	2	0	0	0.00	11	0
SR Harmer	1.3	0	2	2	1.33	7	0
MJJ Critchley	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0

ESSEssex innings

99/318.1 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c L Gregory b JT Ball	30	31	3	0	96.8
D Elgar	lbw b L Gregory	0	1	0	0	0.0
T Westley	c JEK Rew b L Gregory	13	21	2	0	61.9
CWJ Allison	not out	32*	34	4	2	94.1
MJJ Critchley	not out	19*	24	3	0	79.2
Extras	lb 1, nb 4	5
Total	3 wickets, 18.1 overs, run rate 5.45	99

Did not batSR Harmer, MS Pepper, NRM Thain, DAJ Bracewell, CE Bennett, JA Porter

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 440

1-2 D Elgar2-30 T Westley3-56 PI Walter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
C Overton	5	0	25	0	5.00	20	4	0	0
L Gregory	9	2	43	2	4.78	39	5	0	2
JT Ball	4.1	0	30	1	7.20	16	3	2	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Somerset, chose to bat
Umpires: NJ Llong and RJ Warren
Match referee: Wayne Noon
Season: 2025

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 17 / 12°C, 0.3 mm rain
Day 2: 17 / 11°C, dry
Day 3: 16 / 10°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 4: 18 / 10°C, 0.1 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2025-09-24-somerset-v-essex/scorecard200

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  "result": "Essex won by 7 wickets",
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