BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Wells	lbw b Snater	23	31	38	1	1	74.19
Keaton Jennings (c)	c Critchley b Snater	5	12	30	1	0	41.66
Josh Bohannon	c Elgar b Snater	0	18	28	0	0	0.00
George Balderson	c †Pepper b Cook	10	30	40	1	0	33.33
Tom Bruce	c Cook b Porter	26	62	94	4	0	41.93
George Bell	lbw b Snater	4	22	37	1	0	18.18
Matthew Hurst †	c †Pepper b Cook	3	9	14	0	0	33.33
Tom Bailey	c Harmer b Thain	19	23	25	3	0	82.60
Jack Blatherwick	c Thain b Harmer	18	10	31	2	1	180.00
Will Williams	not out	32	29	34	4	1	110.34
Nathan Lyon	c Snater b Cook	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, nb 4)	6
TOTAL	42 Ov (RR: 3.47)	146
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Keaton Jennings, 6.4 ov), 2-28 (Luke Wells, 8.2 ov), 3-31 (Josh Bohannon, 12.3 ov), 4-49 (George Balderson, 17.3 ov), 5-62 (George Bell, 26.1 ov), 6-71 (Matthew Hurst, 29.3 ov), 7-88 (Tom Bruce, 33.6 ov), 8-92 (Tom Bailey, 34.3 ov), 9-145 (Jack Blatherwick, 40.2 ov), 10-146 (Nathan Lyon, 41.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	11	2	53	1	4.81	45	5	2	0	0
33.6 to TC Bruce, . 88/7
Sam Cook	14	7	18	3	1.28	76	2	0	0	0
17.3 to GP Balderson, . 49/4 29.3 to MF Hurst, . 71/6 41.6 to NM Lyon, . 146/10
Shane Snater	13	3	42	4	3.23	61	6	0	0	0
6.4 to KK Jennings, . 25/1 8.2 to LWP Wells, . 28/2 12.3 to JJ Bohannon, . 31/3 26.1 to GJ Bell, . 62/5
Noah Thain	3	0	27	1	9.00	11	3	1	0	2
34.3 to TE Bailey, . 92/8
Simon Harmer	1	0	4	1	4.00	5	1	0	0	0
40.2 to JM Blatherwick, . 145/9

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c †Hurst b Williams	79	137	221	10	0	57.66
Feroze Khushi	c Bruce b Balderson	53	33	41	9	0	160.60
Sam Cook	c Jennings b Balderson	49	126	146	5	0	38.88
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Lyon	81	138	211	12	0	58.69
Jordan Cox	c Bruce b Blatherwick	28	56	67	3	0	50.00
Matt Critchley	c Wells b Lyon	5	12	14	0	0	41.66
Michael Pepper †	c †Hurst b Williams	30	31	47	3	2	96.77
Noah Thain	b Balderson	24	50	38	3	0	48.00
Simon Harmer	lbw b Wells	9	34	30	0	0	26.47
Shane Snater	lbw b Wells	1	4	12	0	0	25.00
Jamie Porter	not out	2	5	7	0	0	40.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 12)	16
TOTAL	103.2 Ov (RR: 3.64)	377
Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Feroze Khushi, 9.2 ov), 2-182 (Sam Cook, 45.1 ov), 3-206 (Dean Elgar, 52.5 ov), 4-263 (Jordan Cox, 69.1 ov), 5-270 (Matt Critchley, 72.1 ov), 6-323 (Michael Pepper, 83.6 ov), 7-355 (Noah Thain, 93.5 ov), 8-365 (Tom Westley, 96.6 ov), 9-374 (Shane Snater, 101.1 ov), 10-377 (Simon Harmer, 103.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tom Bailey	20	3	82	0	4.10	87	11	1	0	1
Will Williams	22	4	54	2	2.45	100	5	0	0	0
52.5 to D Elgar, . 206/3 83.6 to MS Pepper, . 323/6
Jack Blatherwick	13	1	70	1	5.38	49	10	0	0	3
69.1 to JM Cox, . 263/4
George Balderson	19	3	75	3	3.94	82	10	0	0	2
9.2 to FIN Khushi, . 62/1 45.1 to SJ Cook, . 182/2 93.5 to NRM Thain, . 355/7
Nathan Lyon	24	3	65	2	2.70	105	7	0	0	0
72.1 to MJJ Critchley, . 270/5 96.6 to T Westley, . 365/8
Luke Wells	5.2	0	27	2	5.06	20	2	1	0	0
101.1 to S Snater, . 374/9 103.2 to SR Harmer, . 377/10

Lancashire 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Wells	b Snater	21	54	91	2	0	38.88
Keaton Jennings (c)	lbw b Porter	3	7	13	0	0	42.85
Will Williams	c sub b Porter	6	36	36	1	0	16.66
Josh Bohannon	lbw b Cook	5	25	35	0	0	20.00
George Balderson	lbw b Snater	4	7	12	1	0	57.14
Tom Bruce	b Porter	5	7	10	1	0	71.42
George Bell	c Elgar b Cook	35	40	80	4	0	87.50
Matthew Hurst †	c Cook b Snater	13	33	41	2	0	39.39
Tom Bailey	c & b Harmer	9	20	21	0	0	45.00
Jack Blatherwick	c & b Harmer	0	10	9	0	0	0.00
Nathan Lyon	not out	2	4	6	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 4)	4
TOTAL	40.3 Ov (RR: 2.64)	107
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Keaton Jennings, 3.2 ov), 2-22 (Will Williams, 11.5 ov), 3-39 (Josh Bohannon, 20.1 ov), 4-43 (Luke Wells, 21.1 ov), 5-48 (George Balderson, 21.6 ov), 6-48 (Tom Bruce, 22.4 ov), 7-78 (Matthew Hurst, 32.1 ov), 8-103 (Tom Bailey, 37.2 ov), 9-105 (Jack Blatherwick, 39.3 ov), 10-107 (George Bell, 40.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sam Cook	13.3	2	28	2	2.07	66	3	0	0	0
20.1 to JJ Bohannon, . 39/3 40.3 to GJ Bell, . 107/10
Jamie Porter	12	4	24	3	2.00	59	2	0	0	0
3.2 to KK Jennings, . 6/1 11.5 to WSA Williams, . 22/2 22.4 to TC Bruce, . 48/6
Shane Snater	8	2	17	3	2.12	39	2	0	0	0
21.1 to LWP Wells, . 43/4 21.6 to GP Balderson, . 48/5 32.1 to MF Hurst, . 78/7
Noah Thain	2	0	14	0	7.00	4	2	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	5	1	20	2	4.00	19	2	0	0	0
37.2 to TE Bailey, . 103/8 39.3 to JM Blatherwick, . 105/9

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 19 Apr - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 68/1 (Dean Elgar 11*, Sam Cook 2*, 12 ov)

Sat, 20 Apr - day 2 - Lancashire 2nd innings 10/1 (Luke Wells 5*, Will Williams 2*, 10 ov)

Sun, 21 Apr - day 3 - Lancashire 2nd innings 107 (40.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 3

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2024
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	19,20,21 April 2024 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Alex Wharf James Middlebrook
Match Referee	James Whitaker
Points	Essex 22, Lancashire 3

Match Coverage

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Lancashire Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Cook	13.3	2	28	2	2.07
JA Porter	12	4	24	3	2
S Snater	8	2	17	3	2.12
NRM Thain	2	0	14	0	7
SR Harmer	5	1	20	2	4

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