f61585 cc22374	Essex v Somerset
	LV= Insurance County Championship 2023 (Division 1)
Venue	The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th June 2023 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 196 runs
Points	Essex 22 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Somerset 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	NJ Llong, DJ Millns
Referee	WM Noon
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), LM Rhodes (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 360/4 (Critchley 119*, Allison 4*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 15/1 (AN Cook 9*, Westley 6*; 7 overs)
Close of play day 3	Somerset (2) 172/4 (Abell 54*; 58.3 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
NLJ Browne	c Kohler-Cadmore b Davey	33	69	74	6	-	56
AN Cook	lbw b Davey	128	244	351	19	-	180
*T Westley	c Rew b Overton	37	67	77	6	-	50
PI Walter	b Aldridge	27	46	56	4	1	36
MJJ Critchley	run out (Dickson->Overton)	121	143	172	19	1	90
BMJ Allison	b Overton	4	16	21	1	-	15
FIN Khushi	not out	56	69	90	2	4	44
SR Harmer	c Rew b Aldridge	17	30	36	2	-	21
+WEL Buttleman	c Lammonby b Davey	17	21	22	2	-	11
SJ Cook	c Lammonby b Bashir	2	6	6	-	-	4
JA Porter	not out	2	6	13	-	-	4
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 6 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 470 minutes, 119 overs)	462
Fall of wickets:
1-66 (Browne, 20.1 ov), 2-136 (Westley, 42.1 ov), 3-188 (Walter, 56.4 ov), 4-341 (AN Cook, 90.6 ov), 5-361 (Allison, 96.3 ov), 6-366 (Critchley, 98.2 ov), 7-389 (Harmer, 108.2 ov), 8-419 (Buttleman, 114.2 ov), 9-430 (SJ Cook, 115.6 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Henry	22	8	76	0	-	-	100	13	-
Overton	22.5	6	54	2	-	-	109	7	-
Aldridge	19.1	1	108	2	-	-	69	15	2
Davey	20	1	88	3	-	2	85	15	-
Bashir	35	6	124	1	-	1	146	11	4

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TA Lammonby	c Allison b Porter	0	4	2	-	-	4
SR Dickson	not out	82	180	231	10	-	141
*TB Abell	c Harmer b Porter	0	3	2	-	-	3
GA Bartlett	lbw b Porter	4	6	7	-	-	4
T Kohler-Cadmore	c Allison b Harmer	32	39	60	5	-	25
+JEK Rew	c Buttleman b Allison	6	15	18	1	-	12
KL Aldridge	c and b Harmer	1	17	24	-	-	16
C Overton	c Browne b Harmer	23	42	44	1	2	32
JH Davey	c Browne b Harmer	7	22	18	1	-	19
MJ Henry	c and b Harmer	0	1	1	-	-	1
S Bashir	c AN Cook b SJ Cook	4	41	40	-	-	38
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 235 minutes, 61.2 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Lammonby, 0.3 ov), 2-2 (Abell, 0.6 ov), 3-10 (Bartlett, 2.6 ov), 4-70 (Kohler-Cadmore, 18.2 ov), 5-85 (Rew, 23.3 ov), 6-102 (Aldridge, 30.1 ov), 7-142 (Overton, 42.6 ov), 8-154 (Davey, 48.2 ov), 9-154 (Henry, 48.3 ov), 10-167 (Bashir, 61.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	13	1	38	3	-	1	59	4	-
SJ Cook	11.2	2	32	1	-	-	55	4	-
Harmer	25	9	64	5	-	-	119	6	2
Allison	8	1	26	1	-	1	38	4	-
Critchley	4	2	3	0	-	-	22	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
NLJ Browne	lbw b Overton	0	7	6	-	-	7
AN Cook	c Lammonby b Aldridge	34	60	107	5	-	45
*T Westley	lbw b Henry	14	35	38	2	-	27
PI Walter	c Overton b Davey	25	37	30	5	-	29
MJJ Critchley	c Overton b Aldridge	52	72	97	5	2	48
FIN Khushi	c Abell b Aldridge	2	8	5	-	-	6
SR Harmer	c Kohler-Cadmore b Aldridge	21	46	53	2	-	32
+WEL Buttleman	not out	9	8	11	-	1	5
BMJ Allison	not out	11	3	3	1	1	0
SJ Cook	did not bat
JA Porter	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 181 minutes, 46 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Browne, 1.4 ov), 2-28 (Westley, 12.1 ov), 3-65 (Walter, 19.5 ov), 4-98 (AN Cook, 27.4 ov), 5-100 (Khushi, 29.1 ov), 6-150 (Harmer, 43.4 ov), 7-159 (Critchley, 45.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Henry	11	2	24	1	-	-	52	2	-
Overton	8	2	32	1	-	-	36	6	-
Davey	5	0	18	1	-	-	20	2	-
Bashir	14	0	58	0	-	-	56	6	2
Aldridge	8	3	36	4	-	-	35	4	2

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TA Lammonby	lbw b Critchley	59	99	119	9	-	73
SR Dickson	c Khushi b Porter	18	44	51	3	-	36
*TB Abell	c Buttleman b SJ Cook	83	207	214	12	-	165
GA Bartlett	c AN Cook b Critchley	15	28	26	1	1	23
T Kohler-Cadmore	lbw b Harmer	25	46	48	3	-	33
+JEK Rew	c AN Cook b Harmer	28	81	91	3	-	65
KL Aldridge	b SJ Cook	0	1	1	-	-	1
C Overton	c Critchley b Harmer	5	20	34	-	-	16
JH Davey	c Buttleman b Porter	14	34	40	2	-	27
MJ Henry	c Buttleman b Porter	3	16	17	-	-	14
S Bashir	not out	6	7	6	1	-	5
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 330 minutes, 97.1 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Dickson, 13.6 ov), 2-90 (Lammonby, 34.1 ov), 3-117 (Bartlett, 41.2 ov), 4-172 (Kohler-Cadmore, 58.3 ov), 5-228 (Abell, 81.2 ov), 6-228 (Aldridge, 81.3 ov), 7-232 (Rew, 86.3 ov), 8-241 (Overton, 90.1 ov), 9-258 (Henry, 95.4 ov), 10-269 (Davey, 97.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	14.1	5	31	3	-	-	74	6	-
SJ Cook	15	5	37	2	-	-	72	6	-
Harmer	42	8	114	3	-	-	198	14	1
Walter	6	1	15	0	-	-	28	2	-
Allison	4	1	13	0	-	-	18	2	-
Critchley	16	3	46	2	-	-	68	4	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Essex (1) 111/1 (AN Cook 47*, Westley 23*; 34 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Essex (1) 235/3 (AN Cook 94*, Critchley 35*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Somerset (1) 10/2 (Dickson 4*, Bartlett 4*; 2.5 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Somerset (1) 123/6 (Dickson 66*, Overton 8*; 39 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Essex (2) 118/5 (Critchley 38*, Harmer 3*; 38 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Somerset (2) 54/1 (Lammonby 30*, Abell 6*; 23 overs)
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 14.6 overs, 52 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 26.6 overs, 99 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 47.2 overs, 173 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 200 in 58.2 overs, 219 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 250 in 68.3 overs, 261 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 300 in 82.1 overs, 315 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 350 in 92.5 overs, 360 minutes
--> Essex score at 110 overs in the first innings was 397-7
--> Essex first innings: 400 in 110.3 overs, 431 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 450 in 118.1 overs, 464 minutes
--> Somerset first innings: 50 in 12.6 overs, 56 minutes
--> Somerset first innings: 100 in 28.2 overs, 115 minutes
--> Somerset first innings: 150 in 44.4 overs, 176 minutes
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 16.1 overs, 61 minutes
--> Essex second innings: 100 in 28.6 overs, 111 minutes
--> Essex second innings: 150 in 43.3 overs, 166 minutes
--> Somerset second innings: 50 in 21.1 overs, 74 minutes
--> Somerset second innings: 100 in 38.2 overs, 135 minutes
--> Somerset second innings: 150 in 52.4 overs, 180 minutes
--> Somerset second innings: 200 in 70.3 overs, 234 minutes
--> Somerset second innings: 250 in 92.5 overs, 312 minutes
--> S Bashir made his debut in First-Class matches
--> S Bashir made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AN Cook (1) 50 in 97 balls, 125 minutes with 9 fours
--> AN Cook (1) 100 in 210 balls, 291 minutes with 15 fours
--> PI Walter (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> MJJ Critchley (1) 50 in 45 balls, 47 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> MJJ Critchley (1) 100 in 116 balls, 127 minutes with 16 fours and 1 six
--> FIN Khushi (1) 50 in 68 balls, 87 minutes with 2 fours and 3 sixes
--> SR Harmer (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> SR Dickson (1) 50 in 86 balls, 106 minutes with 7 fours
--> MJJ Critchley (2) 50 in 64 balls, 78 minutes with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> TA Lammonby (2) 50 in 90 balls, 105 minutes with 7 fours
--> TB Abell (2) 50 in 124 balls, 135 minutes with 8 fours
--> SR Harmer reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed C Overton, his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> NLJ Browne (21) and AN Cook (28) added 50 in 90 balls, 52 minutes for the Essex 1st wicket in the first innings
--> AN Cook (24) and T Westley (23) added 50 in 90 balls, 52 minutes for the Essex 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> AN Cook (23) and PI Walter (27) added 50 in 75 balls, 53 minutes for the Essex 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> AN Cook (12) and MJJ Critchley (39) added 50 in 52 balls, 32 minutes for the Essex 4th wicket in the first innings
--> AN Cook (21) and MJJ Critchley (78) added 100 in 129 balls, 83 minutes for the Essex 4th wicket in the first innings
--> AN Cook (44) and MJJ Critchley (103) added 150 in 201 balls, 135 minutes for the Essex 4th wicket in the first innings
--> SR Dickson (21) and T Kohler-Cadmore (29) added 50 in 76 balls, 50 minutes for the Somerset 4th wicket in the first innings
--> MJJ Critchley (29) and SR Harmer (21) added 50 in 86 balls, 53 minutes for the Essex 6th wicket in the second innings
--> TA Lammonby (37) and TB Abell (13) added 50 in 105 balls, 56 minutes for the Somerset 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> TB Abell (28) and T Kohler-Cadmore (22) added 50 in 87 balls, 42 minutes for the Somerset 4th wicket in the second innings
--> TB Abell (25) and JEK Rew (25) added 50 in 126 balls, 62 minutes for the Somerset 5th wicket in the second innings

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