f62261 cc22490	Essex v Warwickshire
	Vitality County Championship 2024 (Division 1)
Venue	The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford on 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th May 2024 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 4 wickets
Points	Essex 18 (Bowling 2); Warwickshire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	BJ Debenham, JD Middlebrook
Referee	JJ Swift
Scorers	P Parkinson (Essex), MD Smith (Warwickshire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 309/6 (Barnard 115*, Burgess 105*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 43/5 (Rae 1*; 17.3 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 224/4 (Cox 77*, Critchley 46*; 74 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RM Yates	c Harmer b Cook	8	14	21	1	-	9
*AL Davies	c Harmer b Porter	19	60	87	3	-	52
WMH Rhodes	c Harmer b Snater	16	16	22	2	-	9
SR Hain	b Snater	0	5	3	-	-	5
DR Mousley	c and b Harmer	7	15	23	1	-	12
EG Barnard	c Westley b Critchley	165	285	407	14	3	199
JG Bethell	lbw b Cook	17	72	76	2	-	64
+MGK Burgess	c Pepper b Snater	108	170	231	7	1	106
CB Simmons	b Harmer	17	38	43	3	-	31
MD Rae	b Harmer	16	17	16	-	2	11
OJ Hannon-Dalby	not out	2	20	19	-	-	18
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 12 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 480 minutes, 117.4 overs)	397
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Yates, 5.1 ov), 2-40 (Rhodes, 10.1 ov), 3-40 (Hain, 10.6 ov), 4-52 (Mousley, 16.2 ov), 5-64 (Davies, 19.3 ov), 6-104 (Bethell, 39.3 ov), 7-313 (Burgess, 98.1 ov), 8-351 (Simmons, 108.3 ov), 9-373 (Rae, 112.4 ov), 10-397 (Barnard, 117.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	26	6	89	1	-	-	115	12	1
Cook	24	3	82	2	-	-	106	8	-
Snater	25	8	58	3	-	6	125	4	-
Harmer	30	5	93	3	-	-	126	7	2
Critchley	12.4	1	65	1	-	-	40	2	3

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
D Elgar	c Hain b Hannon-Dalby	15	34	52	1	-	26
FIN Khushi	c Bethell b Rae	10	25	30	1	-	20
NLJ Browne	c Burgess b Simmons	19	50	70	2	-	39
*T Westley	c Hain b Simmons	5	24	31	-	-	20
JM Cox	b Yates	47	60	82	7	1	41
MJJ Critchley	c Burgess b Simmons	0	1	1	-	-	1
+MS Pepper	c Burgess b Hannon-Dalby	10	18	23	1	-	14
SR Harmer	c Burgess b Rae	13	38	61	1	-	29
S Snater	not out	21	43	49	1	-	30
SJ Cook	c Mousley b Yates	6	14	15	-	-	10
JA Porter	b Yates	0	3	7	-	-	3
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 4 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 218 minutes, 51.2 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Khushi, 7.4 ov), 2-34 (Elgar, 12.4 ov), 3-52 (Westley, 20.3 ov), 4-63 (Browne, 24.4 ov), 5-63 (Critchley, 24.5 ov), 6-77 (Pepper, 30.4 ov), 7-121 (Cox, 39.4 ov), 8-145 (Harmer, 46.1 ov), 9-160 (Cook, 49.5 ov), 10-162 (Porter, 51.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Hannon-Dalby	12	1	38	2	-	1	54	5	-
Rae	12	2	38	2	-	-	53	4	-
Barnard	6	2	14	0	-	-	29	2	-
Simmons	7	2	12	3	-	-	34	-	-
Rhodes	6	1	21	0	-	1	27	3	-
Yates	8.2	0	27	3	-	-	34	-	1

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RM Yates	lbw b Harmer	28	44	73	1	-	29
*AL Davies	c Harmer b Cook	0	2	3	-	-	2
WMH Rhodes	lbw b Porter	3	12	13	-	-	10
EG Barnard	c Pepper b Porter	0	1	5	-	-	1
DR Mousley	c and b Critchley	11	36	35	1	-	28
MD Rae	b Harmer	5	16	17	-	-	12
JG Bethell	c and b Critchley	17	44	64	1	1	37
+MGK Burgess	c sub (LM Benkenstein) b Critchley	18	35	36	1	-	21
CG Benjamin	c Cox b Critchley	2	7	6	-	-	5
CB Simmons	c Westley b Harmer	8	17	21	-	-	12
OJ Hannon-Dalby	not out	2	9	9	-	-	7
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 148 minutes, 37.1 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Davies, 0.5 ov), 2-12 (Rhodes, 3.6 ov), 3-12 (Barnard, 5.1 ov), 4-39 (Mousley, 14.2 ov), 5-43 (Yates, 17.3 ov), 6-48 (Rae, 19.1 ov), 7-71 (Burgess, 30.1 ov), 8-73 (Benjamin, 32.1 ov), 9-88 (Bethell, 34.3 ov), 10-94 (Simmons, 37.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Cook	8	1	14	1	-	-	37	-	-
Porter	4	1	17	2	-	-	15	1	-
Harmer	14.1	3	28	3	-	-	65	1	-
Snater	2	0	11	0	-	-	6	1	-
Critchley	9	0	24	4	-	-	41	1	1

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
D Elgar	lbw b Barnard	60	113	146	7	-	81
FIN Khushi	lbw b Rae	0	1	5	-	-	1
NLJ Browne	c Simmons b Rae	8	9	10	1	-	6
*T Westley	lbw b Simmons	18	69	81	1	-	56
JM Cox	c Bethell b Simmons	112	192	257	14	1	132
MJJ Critchley	not out	99	184	247	9	2	130
+MS Pepper	b Rae	1	7	9	-	-	6
SR Harmer	not out	14	14	25	2	-	6
S Snater	did not bat
SJ Cook	did not bat
JA Porter	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 10 nb, 7 w)	19
Total	(6 wickets, 394 minutes, 97.2 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Khushi, 1.1 ov), 2-12 (Browne, 3.4 ov), 3-65 (Westley, 24.4 ov), 4-112 (Elgar, 36.3 ov), 5-288 (Cox, 90.1 ov), 6-293 (Pepper, 91.6 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Hannon-Dalby	15	4	27	0	-	1	72	1	-
Rae	20	1	86	3	-	-	78	11	1
Yates	26	4	90	0	-	-	109	9	2
Simmons	13.2	1	59	2	-	4	52	7	-
Barnard	13	2	31	1	-	-	58	3	-
Bethell	7	1	28	0	3	-	30	2	-
Mousley	3	1	8	0	-	-	14	1	-

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Notes
--> Warwickshire full substitute: CG Benjamin for SR Hain (after 17.3 overs of the Warwickshire second innings) (concussion)
--> Day 1 Lunch: Warwickshire (1) 76/5 (Barnard 19*, Bethell 1*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Warwickshire (1) 192/6 (Barnard 57*, Burgess 57*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) 10/0 (Elgar 6*, Khushi 4*; 5 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Essex (1) 121/7 (Harmer 7*; 39.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Essex (2) 20/2 (Elgar 7*, Westley 3*; 8 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Essex (2) 123/4 (Cox 30*, Critchley 1*; 42 overs)
--> Warwickshire first innings: 50 in 14.3 overs, 65 minutes
--> Warwickshire first innings: 100 in 37.5 overs, 157 minutes
--> Warwickshire first innings: 150 in 48.2 overs, 199 minutes
--> Warwickshire first innings: 200 in 64.5 overs, 257 minutes
--> Warwickshire first innings: 250 in 77.2 overs, 304 minutes
--> Warwickshire first innings: 300 in 92.5 overs, 370 minutes
--> Warwickshire first innings: 350 in 107.6 overs, 437 minutes
--> Warwickshire score at 110 overs in the first innings was 353-8
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 19.3 overs, 81 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 34.4 overs, 146 minutes
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 46.6 overs, 196 minutes
--> Warwickshire second innings: 50 in 20.4 overs, 86 minutes
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 20.5 overs, 85 minutes
--> Essex second innings: 100 in 32.2 overs, 128 minutes
--> Essex second innings: 150 in 53.1 overs, 205 minutes
--> Essex second innings: 200 in 66.6 overs, 258 minutes
--> Essex second innings: 250 in 82.6 overs, 320 minutes
--> Essex second innings: 300 in 93.2 overs, 374 minutes
--> CB Simmons made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CB Simmons made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MD Rae made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CB Simmons made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CB Simmons made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CG Benjamin made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CG Benjamin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EG Barnard (1) 50 in 92 balls, 133 minutes with 6 fours
--> EG Barnard (1) 100 in 198 balls, 258 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six
--> EG Barnard (1) 150 in 277 balls, 387 minutes with 13 fours and 2 sixes
--> EG Barnard (1) passed his previous highest score of 163 in First-Class matches
--> EG Barnard (1) passed his previous highest score of 163 in County Championship matches
--> MGK Burgess (1) 50 in 49 balls, 56 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> MGK Burgess (1) 100 in 149 balls, 204 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> MD Rae (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> SR Harmer (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> D Elgar (2) 50 in 85 balls, 118 minutes with 7 fours
--> JM Cox (2) 50 in 101 balls, 127 minutes with 6 fours
--> JM Cox (2) 100 in 185 balls, 249 minutes with 14 fours
--> MJJ Critchley (2) 50 in 122 balls, 148 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> MJJ Critchley (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> MD Rae made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> EG Barnard (20) and MGK Burgess (29) added 50 in 59 balls for the Warwickshire 7th wicket in the first innings
--> EG Barnard (33) and MGK Burgess (61) added 100 in 162 balls for the Warwickshire 7th wicket in the first innings
--> EG Barnard (57) and MGK Burgess (87) added 150 in 239 balls for the Warwickshire 7th wicket in the first innings
--> EG Barnard (88) and MGK Burgess (101) added 200 in 334 balls for the Warwickshire 7th wicket in the first innings
--> D Elgar (32) and T Westley (18) added 50 in 124 balls for the Essex 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> JM Cox (28) and MJJ Critchley (25) added 50 in 125 balls for the Essex 5th wicket in the second innings
--> JM Cox (53) and MJJ Critchley (41) added 100 in 191 balls for the Essex 5th wicket in the second innings
--> JM Cox (73) and MJJ Critchley (68) added 150 in 295 balls for the Essex 5th wicket in the second innings

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