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Match summary

Vitality County Championship

Division 1 / Taunton

Somerset 128 & 170 for 7. Essex 156 & 138.

Somerset win by 3 wickets.

Essex 1st innings

Total

156 all out, from 51 overs.

Batting

  1. Browne b Overton; 9 runs, 15 balls, 1 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 60.00
  2. Elgar lbw b Davey; 5 runs, 7 balls, 1 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 71.43
  3. Westley (c) b Gregory; 43 runs, 84 balls, 6 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 51.19
  4. Cox c Lammonby b Overton; 7 runs, 8 balls, 1 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 87.50
  5. Critchley c Dickson b Pretorius; 9 runs, 16 balls, 2 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 56.25
  6. Thain c Overton b Ball; 14 runs, 29 balls, 3 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 48.28
  7. Duke (wk) c Rew b Pretorius; 25 runs, 79 balls, 4 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 31.65
  8. Harmer c Rew b Pretorius; 5 runs, 31 balls, 0 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 16.13
  9. Snater c Banton b Pretorius; 13 runs, 28 balls, 3 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 46.43
  10. Cook c Rew b Ball; 0 runs, 5 balls, 0 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 0.00
  11. Porter not out; 6 runs, 9 balls, 1 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 66.67

Extras

20 from 9 legbyes, 10 noballs, 1 wides.

Fall of Wickets

  • Dean Elgar at 14 for 1, from 3.1 overs
  • Nick Browne at 18 for 2, from 4.3 overs
  • Jordan Cox at 28 for 3, from 6.4 overs
  • Matthew Critchley at 45 for 4, from 13.1 overs
  • Noah Thain at 88 for 5, from 22.4 overs
  • Tom Westley at 111 for 6, from 33.1 overs
  • Simon Harmer at 132 for 7, from 42.3 overs
  • Harry Duke at 145 for 8, from 46.2 overs
  • Sam Cook at 146 for 9, from 47.6 overs
  • Shane Snater at 156 for 10, from 50.6 overs

Bowling

  1. Overton: 10overs, 1 maidens, 31 runs, 2 wickets, and an economy of 3.10.
  2. Davey: 9overs, 1 maidens, 25 runs, 1 wickets, and an economy of 2.77.
  3. Gregory: 11overs, 5 maidens, 22 runs, 1 wickets, and an economy of 2.00.
  4. Pretorius: 12overs, 2 maidens, 36 runs, 4 wickets, and an economy of 3.00.
  5. Ball: 9overs, 0 maidens, 33 runs, 2 wickets, and an economy of 3.66.

Match details

  • Toss: Somerset won the toss and elected to field
  • Venue: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
  • Umpire: James Middlebrook
  • Umpire: Alex Wharf
  • TV umpire: Phil Whitticase