Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)	b Siddle	90	217	253	13	0	41.47
Mark Stoneman	c Westley b Cook	12	29	40	2	0	41.37
Dean Elgar	b Harmer	75	179	253	8	0	41.89
Ollie Pope	c Harmer b Siddle	21	57	82	1	0	36.84
Ben Foakes †	b Porter	30	65	118	3	0	46.15
Will Jacks	c Lawrence b Siddle	16	52	50	2	0	30.76
Rikki Clarke	c ten Doeschate b Porter	56	69	101	8	2	81.15
Tom Curran	c Lawrence b Harmer	26	41	53	4	0	63.41
Morne Morkel	b Cook	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Conor McKerr	c Lawrence b Cook	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Amar Virdi	not out	0	1	12	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 14, lb 6, nb 4)	24
Total	119.2 Ov (RR: 2.94)	351
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Mark Stoneman, 9.4 ov), 2-178 (Rory Burns, 64.6 ov), 3-200 (Dean Elgar, 75.3 ov), 4-233 (Ollie Pope, 85.6 ov), 5-257 (Will Jacks, 97.5 ov), 6-279 (Ben Foakes, 102.5 ov), 7-324 (Tom Curran, 115.4 ov), 8-325 (Morne Morkel, 116.1 ov), 9-325 (Conor McKerr, 116.6 ov), 10-351 (Rikki Clarke, 119.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	28.2	3	87	2	3.07	125	10	0	0	0
102.5 to BT Foakes, . 279/6 119.2 to R Clarke, . 351/10
Sam Cook	25	7	71	3	2.84	119	10	1	0	0
9.4 to MD Stoneman, . 30/1 116.1 to M Morkel, . 325/8 116.6 to C McKerr, . 325/9
Peter Siddle	29	6	86	3	2.96	136	12	0	0	1
64.6 to RJ Burns, . 178/2 85.6 to OJ Pope, . 233/4 97.5 to WG Jacks, . 257/5
Simon Harmer	29	12	62	2	2.13	144	7	1	0	0
75.3 to D Elgar, . 200/3 115.4 to TK Curran, . 324/7
Tom Westley	2	0	8	0	4.00	9	1	0	0	0
Ravi Bopara	6	1	17	0	2.83	26	1	0	0	1

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Elgar b Morkel	7	19	18	1	0	36.84
Varun Chopra	c Clarke b Curran	3	8	22	0	0	37.50
Tom Westley	c Burns b Clarke	49	66	113	9	0	74.24
Dan Lawrence	lbw b Curran	3	22	21	0	0	13.63
Ravi Bopara	c †Foakes b Clarke	6	26	41	0	0	23.07
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	c †Foakes b Clarke	2	7	10	0	0	28.57
Michael Pepper †	b Curran	9	30	32	0	0	30.00
Simon Harmer	lbw b Clarke	0	1	8	0	0	0.00
Peter Siddle	not out	21	20	38	3	0	105.00
Jamie Porter	lbw b McKerr	12	21	26	3	0	57.14
Sam Cook	c Pope b McKerr	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 4, nb 4, w 4)	12
Total	37.2 Ov (RR: 3.37)	126
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Nick Browne, 4.2 ov), 2-10 (Varun Chopra, 5.1 ov), 3-20 (Dan Lawrence, 9.6 ov), 4-47 (Ravi Bopara, 19.2 ov), 5-53 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 21.3 ov), 6-86 (Michael Pepper, 28.6 ov), 7-86 (Tom Westley, 29.2 ov), 8-87 (Simon Harmer, 29.6 ov), 9-122 (Jamie Porter, 35.6 ov), 10-126 (Sam Cook, 37.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Morne Morkel	9	3	18	1	2.00	48	2	0	0	2
4.2 to NLJ Browne, . 10/1
Tom Curran	13	2	36	3	2.76	60	5	0	0	0
5.1 to V Chopra, . 10/2 9.6 to DW Lawrence, . 20/3 28.6 to MS Pepper, . 86/6
Conor McKerr	6.2	0	40	2	6.31	24	6	0	4	0
35.6 to JA Porter, . 122/9 37.2 to SJ Cook, . 126/10
Rikki Clarke	9	1	28	4	3.11	40	3	0	0	0
19.2 to RS Bopara, . 47/4 21.3 to RN ten Doeschate, . 53/5 29.2 to T Westley, . 86/7 29.6 to SR Harmer, . 87/8

Essex 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Patel b Clarke	21	89	120	3	0	23.59
Varun Chopra	lbw b Curran	5	28	39	1	0	17.85
Tom Westley	b Curran	7	24	35	1	0	29.16
Dan Lawrence	c Burns b Clarke	3	10	14	0	0	30.00
Ravi Bopara	not out	81	122	218	6	1	66.39
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	c Burns b Morkel	11	18	21	1	0	61.11
Michael Pepper †	c Stoneman b Clarke	21	48	62	4	0	43.75
Simon Harmer	c Elgar b Morkel	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Peter Siddle	c Stoneman b Clarke	8	25	30	1	0	32.00
Jamie Porter	c Jacks b Morkel	31	36	40	5	0	86.11
Sam Cook	b Virdi	12	22	28	2	0	54.54
Extras	(b 9, lb 11, nb 4, w 2)	26
Total	70.3 Ov (RR: 3.20)	226
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Varun Chopra, 9.5 ov), 2-28 (Tom Westley, 17.6 ov), 3-31 (Dan Lawrence, 20.5 ov), 4-60 (Nick Browne, 28.5 ov), 5-86 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 34.1 ov), 6-139 (Michael Pepper, 47.6 ov), 7-140 (Simon Harmer, 48.4 ov), 8-157 (Peter Siddle, 55.5 ov), 9-208 (Jamie Porter, 64.3 ov), 10-226 (Sam Cook, 70.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Morne Morkel	20	3	68	3	3.40	88	9	0	0	1
34.1 to RN ten Doeschate, . 86/5 48.4 to SR Harmer, . 140/7 64.3 to JA Porter, . 208/9
Tom Curran	20	8	46	2	2.30	99	5	0	0	1
9.5 to V Chopra, . 16/1 17.6 to T Westley, . 28/2
Rikki Clarke	17	3	47	4	2.76	78	5	0	0	0
20.5 to DW Lawrence, . 31/3 28.5 to NLJ Browne, . 60/4 47.6 to MS Pepper, . 139/6 55.5 to PM Siddle, . 157/8
Amar Virdi	8.3	1	36	1	4.23	35	4	1	0	0
70.3 to SJ Cook, . 226/10
Conor McKerr	5	1	9	0	1.80	26	1	0	2	0

Surrey 2nd Innings (T: 2 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)	not out	2	4	3	0	0	50.00
Mark Stoneman	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras		0
Total	0.4 Ov (RR: 3.00)	2/0
Did not bat: Dean Elgar, Ben Foakes †, Will Jacks, Rikki Clarke, Tom Curran, Morne Morkel, Conor McKerr, Amar Virdi, Ryan Patel

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Simon Harmer	0.4	0	2	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 04 Sep - day 1 - Surrey 1st innings 256/4 (Ben Foakes 24*, Will Jacks 15*, 96 ov)

Wed, 05 Sep - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 13/0 (Nick Browne 5*, Varun Chopra 4*, 7 ov)

Thu, 06 Sep - day 3 - Surrey 2nd innings 2/0 (0.4 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to field first
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division One
Season	2018
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	04,05,06 September 2018 - day (4-day match)
SUR Player Replacement	Substitute: Ryan Patel in, Ollie Pope out (3rd innings, 7.1 ov)
Umpires	Jeff Evans Nigel Llong
Points	Surrey 22, Essex 2

Match Coverage

Surrey's irresistible pace attack makes it eight in a row

Rikki Clarke proves enduring value as Surrey close in on title

Instant answers to T20 questions

Surrey Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SR Harmer	0.4	0	2	0	3

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	2	Mark Stoneman	Rory Burns

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