tt6322 engtt1361	Essex v Somerset
	NatWest T20 Blast 2017 (South Division)
Venue	The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford on 13th July 2017 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 22 runs
Points	Essex 2; Somerset 0
Umpires	JH Evans, MA Gough
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), GA Stickley (Somerset)
Player of the Match	RN ten Doeschate

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
DW Lawrence	b Gregory	16	9	14	3	-	2	177.78
V Chopra	c Groenewald b Overton	10	15	19	-	-	7	66.67
T Westley	b Groenewald	10	9	10	2	-	5	111.11
RS Bopara	c and b Waller	24	18	26	2	-	4	133.33
*RN ten Doeschate	c Overton b van der Merwe	56	37	49	6	1	6	151.35
Ashar Zaidi	run out (van der Merwe)	35	25	30	-	3	6	140.00
+JS Foster	not out	3	4	7	-	-	2	75.00
PI Walter	not out	8	3	5	2	-	1	266.67
SR Harmer	did not bat
Mohammad Aamer	did not bat
JA Porter	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 5 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Lawrence, 3.2 ov), 2-31 (Chopra, 4.3 ov), 3-36 (Westley, 5.3 ov), 4-86 (Bopara, 11.1 ov), 5-151 (ten Doeschate, 18.3 ov), 6-158 (Ashar Zaidi, 18.6 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
van der Merwe	4	0	43	1	-	-	4	4	2	24.00	10.75
Overton	4	0	25	1	1	-	9	2	-	24.00	6.25
Groenewald	4	0	29	1	-	-	9	4	-	24.00	7.25
Gregory	4	0	33	1	2	-	5	3	-	24.00	8.25
Waller	3	0	23	1	-	-	6	-	2	18.00	7.67
Allenby	1	0	14	0	1	-	-	2	-	-	14.00

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
JG Myburgh	c Harmer b Porter	7	10	13	1	-	7	70.00
*J Allenby	c ten Doeschate b Harmer	25	19	30	5	-	9	131.58
PD Trego	c Westley b Harmer	17	18	21	2	-	7	94.44
+SM Davies	c Foster b Bopara	4	5	8	-	-	2	80.00
JC Hildreth	c ten Doeschate b Harmer	27	16	19	1	2	3	168.75
AJ Hose	c Foster b Mohammad Aamer	15	17	22	1	-	6	88.24
RE van der Merwe	not out	14	16	29	1	-	6	87.50
L Gregory	c Foster b Walter	23	12	13	1	2	3	191.67
C Overton	c Lawrence b Walter	6	4	8	1	-	2	150.00
TD Groenewald	c Ashar Zaidi b Walter	0	2	3	-	-	2	0.00
MTC Waller	not out	0	1	2	-	-	1	0.00
Extras	(6 lb, 4 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Myburgh, 2.5 ov), 2-47 (Allenby, 7.2 ov), 3-53 (Trego, 7.6 ov), 4-58 (Davies, 8.6 ov), 5-96 (Hildreth, 13.4 ov), 6-100 (Hose, 14.5 ov), 7-133 (Gregory, 17.5 ov), 8-147 (Overton, 19.2 ov), 9-148 (Groenewald, 19.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Mohammad Aamer	4	0	17	1	-	-	15	2	-	24.00	4.25
Harmer	4	0	39	3	1	-	4	4	1	8.00	9.75
Porter	2	0	13	1	-	-	5	2	-	12.00	6.50
Walter	4	0	28	3	-	-	14	4	1	8.00	7.00
Bopara	4	0	27	1	3	-	9	1	1	24.00	6.75
Ashar Zaidi	2	0	18	0	-	-	1	-	1	-	9.00

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Notes
--> Essex innings: 50 in 7.3 overs
--> Essex innings: 100 in 13.3 overs
--> Essex innings: 150 in 18.2 overs
--> Somerset innings: 50 in 7.5 overs
--> Somerset innings: 100 in 14.4 overs
--> RN ten Doeschate 50 in 34 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> RN ten Doeschate passed 2500 runs in Twenty20 Blast matches when he reached 25
--> SR Harmer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Twenty20 Blast matches when he dismissed JC Hildreth in the Somerset innings (previous best was 2-21)
--> RS Bopara (24) and RN ten Doeschate (25) added 50 in 33 balls for the Essex 4th wicket
--> RN ten Doeschate (20) and Ashar Zaidi (25) added 50 in 36 balls for the Essex 5th wicket

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