Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b van Meekeren	9	21	23	2	0	42.85
Nick Browne	c van Meekeren b Overton	44	94	130	6	0	46.80
Dan Lawrence	c Hildreth b van Meekeren	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Ravi Bopara	lbw b Overton	1	19	26	0	0	5.26
Adam Wheater	lbw b Groenewald	3	17	17	0	0	17.64
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	c Trescothick b Overton	35	42	54	5	1	83.33
James Foster †	c Hildreth b Groenewald	4	13	20	0	0	30.76
Paul Walter	b van Meekeren	17	40	60	3	0	42.50
Simon Harmer	c Trescothick b van Meekeren	12	25	34	1	0	48.00
Mohammad Amir	not out	22	18	26	5	0	122.22
Jamie Porter	b Overton	10	8	14	2	0	125.00
Extras	(lb 1, w 1)	2
Total	50.2 Ov (RR: 3.15)	159
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Varun Chopra, 5.5 ov), 2-21 (Dan Lawrence, 7.4 ov), 3-36 (Ravi Bopara, 13.4 ov), 4-39 (Adam Wheater, 18.3 ov), 5-90 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 31.6 ov), 6-97 (Nick Browne, 33.1 ov), 7-98 (James Foster, 36.3 ov), 8-121 (Simon Harmer, 45.1 ov), 9-140 (Paul Walter, 47.5 ov), 10-159 (Jamie Porter, 50.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Craig Overton	15.2	4	40	4	2.60	75	7	0	0	0
13.4 to RS Bopara, . 36/3 31.6 to RN ten Doeschate, . 90/5 33.1 to NLJ Browne, . 97/6 50.2 to JA Porter, . 159/10
Paul van Meekeren	14	2	60	4	4.28	61	10	0	1	0
5.5 to V Chopra, . 19/1 7.4 to DW Lawrence, . 21/2 45.1 to SR Harmer, . 121/8 47.5 to PI Walter, . 140/9
Tim Groenewald	13	5	25	2	1.92	65	3	0	0	0
18.3 to AJA Wheater, . 39/4 36.3 to JS Foster, . 98/7
Tom Abell	5	1	15	0	3.00	25	3	0	0	0
Jack Leach	3	0	18	0	6.00	10	1	1	0	0

Somerset 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c †Foster b Porter	2	15	17	0	0	13.33
Eddie Byrom	b Porter	5	39	62	0	0	12.82
Tim Rouse	c Harmer b Bopara	4	26	32	0	0	15.38
James Hildreth	c Bopara b Porter	51	70	101	6	0	72.85
Tom Abell (c)	c Chopra b Porter	30	75	79	4	0	40.00
Steven Davies †	c †Foster b Porter	15	33	54	2	0	45.45
Jack Leach	c †Foster b Mohammad Amir	8	18	21	1	0	44.44
Craig Overton	b Mohammad Amir	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Dom Bess	not out	22	51	77	3	0	43.13
Tim Groenewald	c †Foster b Harmer	11	52	54	0	0	21.15
Paul van Meekeren	c Wheater b Harmer	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 6, w 6)	16
Total	64 Ov (RR: 2.56)	164
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Marcus Trescothick, 4.3 ov), 2-10 (Tim Rouse, 11.4 ov), 3-20 (Eddie Byrom, 14.5 ov), 4-98 (Tom Abell, 36.3 ov), 5-101 (James Hildreth, 38.3 ov), 6-118 (Jack Leach, 43.2 ov), 7-118 (Craig Overton, 43.6 ov), 8-133 (Steven Davies, 48.1 ov), 9-164 (Tim Groenewald, 63.2 ov), 10-164 (Paul van Meekeren, 63.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	17	4	40	5	2.35	79	3	0	1	0
4.3 to ME Trescothick, . 2/1 14.5 to EJ Byrom, . 20/3 36.3 to TB Abell, . 98/4 38.3 to JC Hildreth, . 101/5 48.1 to SM Davies, . 133/8
Mohammad Amir	12	4	22	2	1.83	61	2	0	0	1
43.2 to MJ Leach, . 118/6 43.6 to C Overton, . 118/7
Simon Harmer	22	10	42	2	1.90	114	7	0	0	0
63.2 to TD Groenewald, . 164/9 63.6 to PA van Meekeren, . 164/10
Ravi Bopara	5	0	25	1	5.00	15	1	0	1	0
11.4 to TD Rouse, . 10/2
Paul Walter	8	1	31	0	3.87	31	3	0	0	2

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b Overton	1	16	18	0	0	6.25
Nick Browne	b Groenewald	83	198	241	12	1	41.91
Dan Lawrence	lbw b Overton	0	2	9	0	0	0.00
Ravi Bopara	st †Davies b Leach	9	43	51	1	0	20.93
Adam Wheater	c †Davies b Overton	88	188	240	11	0	46.80
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	c Trescothick b Leach	67	90	126	7	0	74.44
James Foster †	lbw b Groenewald	22	34	43	4	0	64.70
Paul Walter	not out	7	14	22	1	0	50.00
Simon Harmer	lbw b Bess	2	15	13	0	0	13.33
Jamie Porter	c †Davies b Bess	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Mohammad Amir	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, nb 4)	14
Total	100.1 Ov (RR: 2.92)	293
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Varun Chopra, 4.5 ov), 2-8 (Dan Lawrence, 6.1 ov), 3-39 (Ravi Bopara, 19.6 ov), 4-157 (Nick Browne, 64.3 ov), 5-234 (Adam Wheater, 84.2 ov), 6-284 (James Foster, 94.4 ov), 7-284 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 95.1 ov), 8-293 (Simon Harmer, 98.4 ov), 9-293 (Jamie Porter, 100.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Craig Overton	25	8	68	3	2.72	121	8	1	0	0
4.5 to V Chopra, . 8/1 6.1 to DW Lawrence, . 8/2 84.2 to AJA Wheater, . 234/5
Paul van Meekeren	20	7	72	0	3.60	89	9	0	0	0
Tim Groenewald	21	5	74	2	3.52	96	12	0	0	0
64.3 to NLJ Browne, . 157/4 94.4 to JS Foster, . 284/6
Jack Leach	25	8	52	2	2.08	118	5	0	0	0
19.6 to RS Bopara, . 39/3 95.1 to RN ten Doeschate, . 284/7
Dom Bess	9.1	3	17	2	1.85	48	2	0	0	2
98.4 to SR Harmer, . 293/8 100.1 to JA Porter, . 293/9

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 289 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	b Porter	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Eddie Byrom	c †Foster b Porter	10	16	28	2	0	62.50
Tim Rouse	c †Foster b Porter	9	8	12	1	0	112.50
James Hildreth	c †Foster b Porter	22	22	34	4	0	100.00
Tom Abell (c)	lbw b Harmer	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
Steven Davies †	c Browne b Porter	19	51	64	2	0	37.25
Craig Overton	b Harmer	36	73	106	4	1	49.31
Dom Bess	lbw b Harmer	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Jack Leach	b Porter	8	20	20	2	0	40.00
Tim Groenewald	b Porter	1	17	18	0	0	5.88
Paul van Meekeren	not out	1	6	13	0	0	16.66
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	37.5 Ov (RR: 2.88)	109
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Marcus Trescothick, 0.2 ov), 2-10 (Tim Rouse, 2.6 ov), 3-31 (Eddie Byrom, 6.1 ov), 4-32 (Tom Abell, 7.3 ov), 5-42 (James Hildreth, 10.4 ov), 6-81 (Steven Davies, 24.4 ov), 7-82 (Dom Bess, 25.4 ov), 8-99 (Jack Leach, 30.3 ov), 9-105 (Tim Groenewald, 34.6 ov), 10-109 (Craig Overton, 37.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	14	2	55	7	3.92	59	8	0	0	0
0.2 to ME Trescothick, . 0/1 2.6 to TD Rouse, . 10/2 6.1 to EJ Byrom, . 31/3 10.4 to JC Hildreth, . 42/5 24.4 to SM Davies, . 81/6 30.3 to MJ Leach, . 99/8 34.6 to TD Groenewald, . 105/9
Paul Walter	7	3	22	0	3.14	33	4	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	15.5	6	29	3	1.83	81	3	1	0	0
7.3 to TB Abell, . 32/4 25.4 to DM Bess, . 82/7 37.5 to C Overton, . 109/10
Ravi Bopara	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0

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Mon, 28 Aug - day 1 - Somerset 1st innings 118/5 (Steven Davies 7*, Jack Leach 8*, 43 ov)

Tue, 29 Aug - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 117/3 (Nick Browne 66*, Adam Wheater 36*, 52.3 ov)

Wed, 30 Aug - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 158/4 (Adam Wheater 58*, Ryan ten Doeschate 0*, 66 ov)

Thu, 31 Aug - day 4 - Somerset 2nd innings 109 (37.5 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division One
Season	2017
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	28,29,30,31 August 2017 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mike Burns Neil Mallender
Points	Essex 19, Somerset 3

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Somerset Innings

Player Name		R	B
ME Trescothick	bowled	0	2
EJ Byrom	caught	10	16
TD Rouse	caught	9	8
JC Hildreth	caught	22	22
TB Abell	lbw	0	7
SM Davies	caught	19	51
C Overton	bowled	36	73
DM Bess	lbw	0	5
MJ Leach	bowled	8	20
TD Groenewald	bowled	1	17
PA van Meekeren	not out	1	6
Extras	(lb 3)
Total	109(10 wkts; 37.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	14	2	55	7	3.92
PI Walter	7	3	22	0	3.14
SR Harmer	15.5	6	29	3	1.83
RS Bopara	1	1	0	0	0

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Marcus Trescothick	Eddie Byrom
2nd	10	Tim Rouse	Eddie Byrom
3rd	21	James Hildreth	Eddie Byrom
4th	1	James Hildreth	Tom Abell
5th	10	Steven Davies	James Hildreth
6th	39	Steven Davies	Craig Overton
7th	1	Craig Overton	Dom Bess
8th	17	Jack Leach	Craig Overton
9th	6	Tim Groenewald	Craig Overton
10th	4	Paul van Meekeren	Craig Overton

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Specsavers County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESS	14	10	0	4	248
LAN	14	5	3	6	176
SUR	14	2	2	10	163
YOR	14	4	5	5	148
HAM	14	3	3	8	148
SOM	14	4	6	4	147
MID	14	3	4	7	146
WAR	14	1	9	4	86
DER	-	-	-	-	-
DUR	-	-	-	-	-
NOR	-	-	-	-	-
NOT	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WOR	-	-	-	-	-

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESS	14	10	0	4	248
LAN	14	5	3	6	176
SUR	14	2	2	10	163
YOR	14	4	5	5	148
HAM	14	3	3	8	148
SOM	14	4	6	4	147
MID	14	3	4	7	146
WAR	14	1	9	4	86
DER	-	-	-	-	-
DUR	-	-	-	-	-
NOR	-	-	-	-	-
NOT	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WOR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESS	14	10	0	4	248
LAN	14	5	3	6	176
SUR	14	2	2	10	163
YOR	14	4	5	5	148
HAM	14	3	3	8	148
SOM	14	4	6	4	147
MID	14	3	4	7	146
WAR	14	1	9	4	86
DER	-	-	-	-	-
DUR	-	-	-	-	-
NOR	-	-	-	-	-
NOT	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WOR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESS	14	10	0	4	248
LAN	14	5	3	6	176
SUR	14	2	2	10	163
YOR	14	4	5	5	148
HAM	14	3	3	8	148
SOM	14	4	6	4	147
MID	14	3	4	7	146
WAR	14	1	9	4	86
DER	-	-	-	-	-
DUR	-	-	-	-	-
NOR	-	-	-	-	-
NOT	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WOR	-	-	-	-	-