f62251 cc22481	Somerset v Essex
	Vitality County Championship 2024 (Division 1)
Venue	The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton on 3rd, 4th May 2024 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 3 wickets
Points	Somerset 19 (Bowling 3); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	JD Middlebrook, AG Wharf
TV umpire	P Whitticase
Scorers	P Parkinson (Essex), LM Rhodes (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 6/0 (Cook 4*, Elgar 0*; 1 over)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
NLJ Browne	b Overton	9	15	23	1	-	11
D Elgar	lbw b Davey	5	7	16	1	-	5
*T Westley	b Gregory	43	84	127	6	-	64
JM Cox	c Lammonby b Overton	7	8	8	1	-	5
MJJ Critchley	c Dickson b Pretorius	9	16	28	2	-	13
NRM Thain	c Overton b Ball	14	29	37	3	-	24
+HG Duke	c Rew b Pretorius	25	79	99	4	-	68
SR Harmer	c Rew b Pretorius	5	31	39	-	-	28
S Snater	c Banton b Pretorius	13	28	35	3	-	24
SJ Cook	c Rew b Ball	0	5	6	-	-	5
JA Porter	not out	6	9	11	1	-	6
Extras	(9 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 222 minutes, 51 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Elgar, 3.1 ov), 2-18 (Browne, 4.3 ov), 3-28 (Cox, 6.4 ov), 4-45 (Critchley, 13.1 ov), 5-88 (Thain, 22.4 ov), 6-111 (Westley, 33.1 ov), 7-132 (Harmer, 42.3 ov), 8-145 (Duke, 46.2 ov), 9-146 (Cook, 47.6 ov), 10-156 (Snater, 50.6 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Overton	10	1	31	2	-	-	46	5	-
Davey	9	1	25	1	-	-	43	3	-
Gregory	11	5	22	1	-	4	61	3	-
Pretorius	12	2	36	4	-	1	58	6	-
Ball	9	0	33	2	1	-	40	5	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MT Renshaw	c Cox b Cook	1	4	5	-	-	3
SR Dickson	c Harmer b Porter	10	20	27	-	1	15
TA Lammonby	c Elgar b Porter	38	116	169	2	-	94
ARI Umeed	c Harmer b Cook	31	37	40	3	2	28
T Banton	c Critchley b Cook	4	3	7	1	-	2
+JEK Rew	lbw b Porter	4	11	13	1	-	10
*L Gregory	lbw b Porter	9	32	52	1	-	26
C Overton	c Critchley b Porter	16	15	19	3	-	8
M Pretorius	c Elgar b Cook	1	10	13	-	-	9
JH Davey	not out	1	2	5	-	-	1
JT Ball	c Duke b Cook	0	2	1	-	-	2
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 183 minutes, 41.4 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Renshaw, 1.2 ov), 2-15 (Dickson, 6.4 ov), 3-53 (Umeed, 16.6 ov), 4-61 (Banton, 18.3 ov), 5-66 (Rew, 21.5 ov), 6-95 (Gregory, 34.1 ov), 7-121 (Overton, 38.2 ov), 8-126 (Lammonby, 40.3 ov), 9-128 (Pretorius, 41.2 ov), 10-128 (Ball, 41.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	16	6	37	5	-	-	79	4	1
Cook	15.4	3	38	5	-	-	74	3	1
Snater	8	1	33	0	-	1	36	3	1
Thain	2	0	11	0	-	1	7	1	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SJ Cook	c Umeed b Overton	6	16	25	1	-	14
D Elgar	c Rew b Davey	5	16	19	1	-	14
NLJ Browne	c Lammonby b Gregory	23	31	64	3	-	20
*T Westley	lbw b Davey	11	30	29	2	-	25
JM Cox	c Lammonby b Overton	27	84	107	4	-	71
MJJ Critchley	c Rew b Davey	21	36	53	4	-	29
NRM Thain	lbw b Gregory	18	52	63	2	-	41
+HG Duke	c Rew b Ball	6	26	25	1	-	23
SR Harmer	lbw b Ball	0	13	17	-	-	13
S Snater	not out	1	4	9	-	-	3
JA Porter	c Rew b Gregory	0	3	4	-	-	3
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb, 6 w, 5 pen)	20
Total	(all out, 214 minutes, 51.3 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Elgar, 4.4 ov), 2-15 (Cook, 5.3 ov), 3-37 (Westley, 12.3 ov), 4-67 (Browne, 18.5 ov), 5-106 (Critchley, 32.6 ov), 6-118 (Cox, 39.3 ov), 7-137 (Duke, 46.3 ov), 8-137 (Thain, 49.4 ov), 9-137 (Harmer, 50.4 ov), 10-138 (Porter, 51.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Davey	11	4	20	3	1	1	60	3	-
Overton	13	1	45	2	-	-	56	7	-
Pretorius	10	4	15	0	-	-	50	1	-
Gregory	9.3	4	23	3	-	1	49	4	-
Ball	8	3	25	2	1	-	40	3	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MT Renshaw	lbw b Cook	35	60	62	7	-	48
SR Dickson	c Duke b Porter	42	40	68	3	1	22
TA Lammonby	lbw b Snater	0	24	32	-	-	24
ARI Umeed	c Harmer b Snater	34	41	52	5	-	28
T Banton	c Critchley b Snater	29	50	85	3	-	32
M Pretorius	c Cox b Cook	2	14	19	-	-	12
+JEK Rew	b Snater	6	21	21	1	-	18
*L Gregory	not out	10	13	20	2	-	10
C Overton	not out	5	2	3	1	-	0
JH Davey	did not bat
JT Ball	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 186 minutes, 44.1 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-75 (Renshaw, 15.4 ov), 2-83 (Dickson, 16.6 ov), 3-99 (Lammonby, 23.3 ov), 4-120 (Umeed, 29.6 ov), 5-135 (Pretorius, 34.5 ov), 6-152 (Rew, 39.6 ov), 7-163 (Banton, 43.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	15.1	3	49	1	-	-	72	7	-
Cook	15	1	55	2	-	-	63	8	-
Snater	12	2	55	4	-	-	51	7	1
Harmer	2	0	4	0	-	-	8	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in two.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Essex (1) 97/5 (Westley 41*, Duke 2*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Essex (1) 156 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (2) 95/4 (Cox 15*, Critchley 16*; 30 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Somerset (2) 45/0 (Renshaw 21*, Dickson 19*; 11 overs)
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 14.2 overs
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 29.3 overs
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 48.5 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 50 in 15.5 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 100 in 35.4 overs
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 16.2 overs
--> Essex second innings: 100 in 32.5 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 50 in 12.1 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 100 in 24.3 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 150 in 39.5 overs
--> HG Duke made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HG Duke made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MT Renshaw (2) passed 1500 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> M Pretorius achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed HG Duke in the Essex first innings (previous best was 2-56)
--> MT Renshaw (22) and SR Dickson (24) added 50 in 73 balls for the Somerset 1st wicket in the second innings

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Essex 2nd innings
Penalty awarded to Essex at Over 6.2: 5 runs, Law 28.3 - Ball striking fielding side helmet