f62230 cc22463	Essex v Lancashire
	Vitality County Championship 2024 (Division 1)
Venue	The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford on 19th, 20th, 21st April 2024 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by an innings and 124 runs
Points	Essex 22 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Lancashire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	JD Middlebrook, AG Wharf
Referee	JJ Whitaker
Scorers	P Parkinson (Essex), C Rimmer (Lancashire)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 68/1 (Elgar 11*, Cook 2*; 12 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 10/1 (Wells 5*, Williams 2*; 10 overs)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
LWP Wells	lbw b Snater	23	31	38	1	1	22
*KK Jennings	c Critchley b Snater	5	12	30	1	-	10
JJ Bohannon	c Elgar b Snater	0	18	25	-	-	18
GP Balderson	c Pepper b Cook	10	30	39	1	-	26
TC Bruce	c Cook b Porter	26	62	93	4	-	51
GJ Bell	lbw b Snater	4	22	35	1	-	21
+MF Hurst	c Pepper b Cook	3	9	13	-	-	7
TE Bailey	c Harmer b Thain	19	23	24	3	-	15
JM Blatherwick	c Thain b Harmer	18	10	31	2	1	4
WSA Williams	not out	32	29	34	4	1	17
NM Lyon	c Snater b Cook	0	8	6	-	-	8
Extras	(2 b, 4 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 189 minutes, 42 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Jennings, 6.4 ov), 2-28 (Wells, 8.2 ov), 3-31 (Bohannon, 12.3 ov), 4-49 (Balderson, 17.3 ov), 5-62 (Bell, 26.1 ov), 6-71 (Hurst, 29.3 ov), 7-88 (Bruce, 33.6 ov), 8-92 (Bailey, 34.3 ov), 9-145 (Blatherwick, 40.2 ov), 10-146 (Lyon, 41.6 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	11	2	53	1	-	-	45	5	2
Cook	14	7	18	3	-	-	76	2	-
Snater	13	3	42	4	-	-	61	6	-
Thain	3	0	27	1	-	2	11	3	1
Harmer	1	0	4	1	-	-	5	1	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
D Elgar	c Hurst b Williams	79	137	221	10	-	98
FIN Khushi	c Bruce b Balderson	53	33	40	9	-	13
SJ Cook	c Jennings b Balderson	49	126	146	5	-	101
*T Westley	lbw b Lyon	81	138	212	12	-	98
JM Cox	c Bruce b Blatherwick	28	56	66	3	-	40
MJJ Critchley	c Wells b Lyon	5	12	12	-	-	8
+MS Pepper	c Hurst b Williams	30	31	45	3	2	20
NRM Thain	b Balderson	24	50	38	3	-	37
SR Harmer	lbw b Wells	9	34	29	-	-	27
S Snater	lbw b Wells	1	4	11	-	-	3
JA Porter	not out	2	5	6	-	-	3
Extras	(4 lb, 12 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 421 minutes, 103.2 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (Khushi, 9.2 ov), 2-182 (Cook, 45.1 ov), 3-206 (Elgar, 52.5 ov), 4-263 (Cox, 69.1 ov), 5-270 (Critchley, 72.1 ov), 6-323 (Pepper, 83.6 ov), 7-355 (Thain, 93.5 ov), 8-365 (Westley, 96.6 ov), 9-374 (Snater, 101.1 ov), 10-377 (Harmer, 103.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Bailey	20	3	82	0	-	1	87	11	1
Williams	22	4	54	2	-	-	100	5	-
Blatherwick	13	1	70	1	-	3	49	10	-
Balderson	19	3	75	3	-	2	82	10	-
Lyon	24	3	65	2	-	-	105	7	-
Wells	5.2	0	27	2	-	-	20	2	1

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
LWP Wells	b Snater	21	54	91	2	-	43
*KK Jennings	lbw b Porter	3	7	13	-	-	6
WSA Williams	c +sub (RJ McKenna) b Porter	6	36	34	1	-	33
JJ Bohannon	lbw b Cook	5	25	35	-	-	21
GP Balderson	lbw b Snater	4	7	10	1	-	6
TC Bruce	b Porter	5	7	8	1	-	5
GJ Bell	c Elgar b Cook	35	40	78	4	-	21
+MF Hurst	c Cook b Snater	13	33	39	2	-	26
TE Bailey	c and b Harmer	9	20	20	-	-	14
JM Blatherwick	c and b Harmer	0	10	8	-	-	10
NM Lyon	not out	2	4	4	-	-	2
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 177 minutes, 40.3 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Jennings, 3.2 ov), 2-22 (Williams, 11.5 ov), 3-39 (Bohannon, 20.1 ov), 4-43 (Wells, 21.1 ov), 5-48 (Balderson, 21.6 ov), 6-48 (Bruce, 22.4 ov), 7-78 (Hurst, 32.1 ov), 8-103 (Bailey, 37.2 ov), 9-105 (Blatherwick, 39.3 ov), 10-107 (Bell, 40.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Cook	13.3	2	28	2	-	-	66	3	-
Porter	12	4	24	3	-	-	59	2	-
Snater	8	2	17	3	-	-	39	2	-
Thain	2	0	14	0	-	-	4	2	-
Harmer	5	1	20	2	-	-	19	2	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Lancashire (1) 31/2 (Bohannon 0*, Balderson 3*; 10 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Lancashire (1) 62/4 (Bruce 18*, Bell 4*; 25 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) 182/1 (Elgar 76*, Cook 49*; 45 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Essex (1) 291/5 (Westley 55*, Pepper 12*; 76 overs)
--> Lancashire first innings: 50 in 18.2 overs, 83 minutes
--> Lancashire first innings: 100 in 35.4 overs, 160 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 8.3 overs, 36 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 20.4 overs, 85 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 36.6 overs, 154 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 200 in 49.6 overs, 208 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 250 in 67.1 overs, 279 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 300 in 77.5 overs, 323 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 350 in 93.3 overs, 387 minutes
--> Lancashire second innings: 50 in 24.5 overs, 110 minutes
--> Lancashire second innings: 100 in 35.6 overs, 156 minutes
--> NRM Thain made his debut in County Championship matches
--> TC Bruce (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> D Elgar (1) 50 in 89 balls, 139 minutes with 6 fours
--> D Elgar (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64
--> FIN Khushi (1) 50 in 30 balls, 37 minutes with 9 fours
--> SJ Cook (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> SJ Cook (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> T Westley (1) 50 in 84 balls, 125 minutes with 9 fours
--> JM Blatherwick (18) and WSA Williams (31) added 50 in 36 balls for the Lancashire 9th wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (7) and FIN Khushi (44) added 50 in 51 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (31) and SJ Cook (18) added 50 in 100 balls for the Essex 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (58) and SJ Cook (44) added 100 in 187 balls for the Essex 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> T Westley (23) and JM Cox (25) added 50 in 90 balls for the Essex 4th wicket in the first innings
--> T Westley (19) and MS Pepper (29) added 50 in 64 balls for the Essex 6th wicket in the first innings

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RJ McKenna kept wicket for Essex on day 3