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SOM flag SOMWon toss. Elected to bowl
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156 & 60-3 ESS flag
Overs: 41.4 RR: 3.07 vs seam: 2.86
 Overs: 17.4 RR: 3.40 vs seam: 3.00
Fri 03/05/24 Somerset v Essex, Vitality County Championship, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
LIVE Day 2, session 1Essex lead by 88 runs
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Essex - 1st Inns 156 (51.0; RR: 3.06)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NLJ Browne b Overton 9 15 1 0 60.00
D Elgar lbw b Davey 5 7 1 0 71.43
T Westley b Gregory 43 84 6 0 51.19
JM Cox c Lammonby b Overton 7 8 1 0 87.50
MJJ Critchley c Dickson b Pretorius 9 16 2 0 56.25
NRM Thain c Overton b Ball 14 29 3 0 48.28
HG Duke c Rew b Pretorius 25 79 4 0 31.65
SR Harmer c Rew b Pretorius 5 31 0 0 16.13
S Snater c Banton b Pretorius 13 28 3 0 46.43
SJ Cook c Rew b Ball 0 5 0 0 0.00
JA Porter not out 6 9 1 0 66.67
Extras (0b, 9lb, 1w, 10nb) 20  
TOTAL 156 all out (51.0 overs; RR: 3.06)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (D Elgar 3.1 ov), 18-2 (NLJ Browne 4.3 ov), 28-3 (JM Cox 6.4 ov), 45-4 (MJJ Critchley 13.1 ov), 88-5 (NRM Thain 22.4 ov), 111-6 (T Westley 33.1 ov), 132-7 (SR Harmer 42.3 ov), 145-8 (HG Duke 46.2 ov), 146-9 (SJ Cook 47.6 ov), 156-10 (S Snater 50.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
C Overton 10.0 1 31 2 3.10 0 0
JH Davey 9.0 1 25 1 2.78 0 0
L Gregory 11.0 5 22 1 2.00 0 4
M Pretorius 12.0 2 36 4 3.00 0 1
JT Ball 9.0 0 33 2 3.67 1 0

Somerset - 1st Inns 128 (41.4; RR: 3.07)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MT Renshaw c Cox b Cook 1 4 0 0 25.00
SR Dickson c Harmer b Porter 10 20 0 1 50.00
TA Lammonby c Elgar b Porter 38 116 2 0 32.76
ARI Umeed c Harmer b Cook 31 37 3 2 83.78
T Banton c Critchley b Cook 4 3 1 0 133.33
JEK Rew lbw b Porter 4 11 1 0 36.36
L Gregory lbw b Porter 9 32 1 0 28.13
C Overton c Critchley b Porter 16 15 3 0 106.67
M Pretorius c Elgar b Cook 1 10 0 0 10.00
JH Davey not out 1 2 0 0 50.00
JT Ball c Duke b Cook 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 5lb, 0w, 4nb) 13  
TOTAL 128 all out (41.4 overs; RR: 3.07)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (MT Renshaw 1.2 ov), 15-2 (SR Dickson 6.4 ov), 53-3 (ARI Umeed 16.6 ov), 61-4 (T Banton 18.3 ov), 66-5 (JEK Rew 21.5 ov), 95-6 (L Gregory 34.1 ov), 121-7 (C Overton 38.2 ov), 126-8 (TA Lammonby 40.3 ov), 128-9 (M Pretorius 41.2 ov), 128-10 (JT Ball 41.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Porter 16.0 6 37 5 2.31 0 0
SJ Cook 15.4 3 38 5 2.53 0 0
S Snater 8.0 1 33 0 4.13 0 1
NRM Thain 2.0 0 11 0 5.50 0 1

Essex - 2nd Inns 60-3 (17.4; RR: 3.40)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SJ Cook c Umeed b Overton 6 16 1 0 37.50
D Elgar c Rew b Davey 5 16 1 0 31.25
NLJ Browne not out 17 25 2 0 68.00
T Westley lbw b Davey 11 30 2 0 36.67
JM Cox not out 9 21 2 0 42.86
MJJ Critchley  
NRM Thain  
HG Duke  
SR Harmer  
S Snater  
JA Porter  
Extras (0b, 2lb, 1w, 4nb, 5pen) 12  
TOTAL 60-3 (17.4 overs; RR: 3.40)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (D Elgar 4.4 ov), 15-2 (SJ Cook 5.3 ov), 37-3 (T Westley 12.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JH Davey 7.0 4 9 2 1.29 1 1
C Overton 6.0 0 23 1 3.83 0 0
M Pretorius 2.4 0 11 0 5.50 0 0
L Gregory 2.0 0 10 0 5.00 0 1

Match Info

Match

Somerset v Essex at Taunton, Vitality County Championship

Date

Friday May 3, 2024

Toss

Somerset won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Umpires

JD Middlebrook, AG Wharf

Somerset Team

Playing XI

MT Renshaw, SR Dickson, TA Lammonby, ARI Umeed, T Banton, JEK Rew, L Gregory, C Overton, M Pretorius, JH Davey, JT Ball

Essex Team

Playing XI

D Elgar, T Westley, NLJ Browne, JM Cox, MJJ Critchley, NRM Thain, HG Duke, SR Harmer, S Snater, SJ Cook, JA Porter