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Match summary

Rothesay County Championship

Division 1 / Taunton

Somerset 145 & 325 for 7. Essex 206 & 259.

Somerset win by 3 wickets.

Essex 1st innings

Total

206 all out, from 88.2 overs.

Batting

  1. Elgar lbw b Pretorius; 30 runs, 76 balls, 3 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 39.47
  2. Walter c Davey b Overton; 22 runs, 43 balls, 3 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 51.16
  3. Westley (c) c Overton b Davey; 20 runs, 80 balls, 1 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 25.00
  4. Cox c Vaughan b Davey; 26 runs, 63 balls, 4 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 41.27
  5. Critchley lbw b Leach; 3 runs, 21 balls, 0 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 14.29
  6. Pepper (wk) c Overton b Leach; 0 runs, 8 balls, 0 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 0.00
  7. Thain c Rew b Pretorius; 41 runs, 112 balls, 3 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 36.61
  8. Harmer lbw b Leach; 3 runs, 17 balls, 0 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 17.65
  9. Cook c Vaughan b Pretorius; 8 runs, 73 balls, 1 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 10.96
  10. Rajitha not out; 7 runs, 20 balls, 1 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 35.00
  11. Porter b Overton; 19 runs, 22 balls, 3 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 86.36

Extras

27 from 10 byes, 7 legbyes, 10 noballs.

Yet to bat

Fall of Wickets

  • Paul Walter at 40 for 1, from 13.4 overs
  • Dean Elgar at 66 for 2, from 26.3 overs
  • Tom Westley at 115 for 3, from 42.3 overs
  • Jordan Cox at 118 for 4, from 44.3 overs
  • Michael Pepper at 121 for 5, from 47.3 overs
  • Matt Critchley at 122 for 6, from 49.2 overs
  • Simon Harmer at 136 for 7, from 55.2 overs
  • Sam Cook at 179 for 8, from 80.4 overs
  • Noah Thain at 180 for 9, from 82.1 overs
  • Jamie Porter at 206 for 10, from 88.2 overs

Bowling

  1. Overton: 13.2overs, 5 maidens, 35 runs, 2 wickets, and an economy of 2.62.
  2. Davey: 14overs, 3 maidens, 39 runs, 2 wickets, and an economy of 2.78.
  3. Gregory: 17overs, 3 maidens, 56 runs, 0 wickets, and an economy of 3.29.
  4. Pretorius: 14overs, 3 maidens, 24 runs, 3 wickets, and an economy of 1.71.
  5. Leach: 30overs, 12 maidens, 35 runs, 3 wickets, and an economy of 1.16.

Match details

  • Toss: Somerset won the toss and elected to field
  • Venue: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
  • Umpire: Nigel Llong
  • Umpire: Ben Debenham
  • Match referee: Phil Whitticase