Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	b Overton	9	15	24	1	0	60.00
Dean Elgar	lbw b Davey	5	7	17	1	0	71.42
Tom Westley (c)	b Gregory	43	84	128	6	0	51.19
Jordan Cox	c Lammonby b Overton	7	8	10	1	0	87.50
Matt Critchley	c Dickson b Pretorius	9	16	29	2	0	56.25
Noah Thain	c Overton b Ball	14	29	38	3	0	48.27
Harry Duke †	c †Rew b Pretorius	25	79	101	4	0	31.64
Simon Harmer	c †Rew b Pretorius	5	31	40	0	0	16.12
Shane Snater	c Banton b Pretorius	13	28	38	3	0	46.42
Sam Cook	c †Rew b Ball	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter	not out	6	9	13	1	0	66.66
Extras	(lb 9, nb 10, w 1)	20
Total	51 Ov (RR: 3.05)	156
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Dean Elgar, 3.1 ov), 2-18 (Nick Browne, 4.3 ov), 3-28 (Jordan Cox, 6.4 ov), 4-45 (Matt Critchley, 13.1 ov), 5-88 (Noah Thain, 22.4 ov), 6-111 (Tom Westley, 33.1 ov), 7-132 (Simon Harmer, 42.3 ov), 8-145 (Harry Duke, 46.2 ov), 9-146 (Sam Cook, 47.6 ov), 10-156 (Shane Snater, 50.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Craig Overton	10	1	31	2	3.10	46	5	0	0	0
4.3 to NLJ Browne, . 18/2 6.4 to JM Cox, . 28/3
Josh Davey	9	1	25	1	2.77	43	3	0	0	0
3.1 to D Elgar, . 14/1
Lewis Gregory	11	5	22	1	2.00	61	3	0	0	4
33.1 to T Westley, . 111/6
Migael Pretorius	12	2	36	4	3.00	58	6	0	0	1
13.1 to MJJ Critchley, . 45/4 42.3 to SR Harmer, . 132/7 46.2 to HG Duke, . 145/8 50.6 to S Snater, . 156/10
Jake Ball	9	0	33	2	3.66	40	5	0	1	0
22.4 to NRM Thain, . 88/5 47.6 to SJ Cook, . 146/9

Somerset 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Renshaw	c Cox b Cook	1	4	7	0	0	25.00
Sean Dickson	c Harmer b Porter	10	20	29	0	1	50.00
Tom Lammonby	c Elgar b Porter	38	116	169	2	0	32.75
Andrew Umeed	c Harmer b Cook	31	37	41	3	2	83.78
Tom Banton	c Critchley b Cook	4	3	9	1	0	133.33
James Rew †	lbw b Porter	4	11	15	1	0	36.36
Lewis Gregory (c)	lbw b Porter	9	32	53	1	0	28.12
Craig Overton	c Critchley b Porter	16	15	21	3	0	106.66
Migael Pretorius	c Elgar b Cook	1	10	15	0	0	10.00
Josh Davey	not out	1	2	7	0	0	50.00
Jake Ball	c †Duke b Cook	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 4)	13
Total	41.4 Ov (RR: 3.07)	128
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Matt Renshaw, 1.2 ov), 2-15 (Sean Dickson, 6.4 ov), 3-53 (Andrew Umeed, 16.6 ov), 4-61 (Tom Banton, 18.3 ov), 5-66 (James Rew, 21.5 ov), 6-95 (Lewis Gregory, 34.1 ov), 7-121 (Craig Overton, 38.2 ov), 8-126 (Tom Lammonby, 40.3 ov), 9-128 (Migael Pretorius, 41.2 ov), 10-128 (Jake Ball, 41.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	16	6	37	5	2.31	79	4	1	0	0
6.4 to SR Dickson, . 15/2 21.5 to JEK Rew, . 66/5 34.1 to L Gregory, . 95/6 38.2 to C Overton, . 121/7 40.3 to TA Lammonby, . 126/8
Sam Cook	15.4	3	38	5	2.42	74	3	1	0	0
1.2 to MT Renshaw, . 3/1 16.6 to ARI Umeed, . 53/3 18.3 to T Banton, . 61/4 41.2 to M Pretorius, . 128/9 41.4 to JT Ball, . 128/10
Shane Snater	8	1	33	0	4.12	36	3	1	0	1
Noah Thain	2	0	11	0	5.50	7	1	0	0	1

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Cook	c Umeed b Overton	6	16	26	1	0	37.50
Dean Elgar	c †Rew b Davey	5	16	20	1	0	31.25
Nick Browne	c Lammonby b Gregory	23	31	65	3	0	74.19
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Davey	11	30	31	2	0	36.66
Jordan Cox	c Lammonby b Overton	27	84	110	4	0	32.14
Matt Critchley	c †Rew b Davey	21	36	57	4	0	58.33
Noah Thain	lbw b Gregory	18	52	64	2	0	34.61
Harry Duke †	c †Rew b Ball	6	26	27	1	0	23.07
Simon Harmer	lbw b Ball	0	13	19	0	0	0.00
Shane Snater	not out	1	4	10	0	0	25.00
Jamie Porter	c †Rew b Gregory	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 4, w 6, pen 5)	20
Total	51.3 Ov (RR: 2.67)	138
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Dean Elgar, 4.4 ov), 2-15 (Sam Cook, 5.3 ov), 3-37 (Tom Westley, 12.3 ov), 4-67 (Nick Browne, 18.5 ov), 5-106 (Matt Critchley, 32.6 ov), 6-118 (Jordan Cox, 39.3 ov), 7-137 (Harry Duke, 46.3 ov), 8-137 (Noah Thain, 49.4 ov), 9-137 (Simon Harmer, 50.4 ov), 10-138 (Jamie Porter, 51.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Josh Davey	11	4	20	3	1.81	60	3	0	1	1
4.4 to D Elgar, . 11/1 12.3 to T Westley, . 37/3 32.6 to MJJ Critchley, . 106/5
Craig Overton	13	1	45	2	3.46	56	7	0	0	0
5.3 to SJ Cook, . 15/2 39.3 to JM Cox, . 118/6
Migael Pretorius	10	4	15	0	1.50	50	1	0	0	0
Lewis Gregory	9.3	4	23	3	2.42	49	4	0	0	1
18.5 to NLJ Browne, . 67/4 49.4 to NRM Thain, . 137/8 51.3 to JA Porter, . 138/10
Jake Ball	8	3	25	2	3.12	40	3	0	1	0
46.3 to HG Duke, . 137/7 50.4 to SR Harmer, . 137/9

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 167 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Renshaw	lbw b Cook	35	60	61	7	0	58.33
Sean Dickson	c †Duke b Porter	42	40	67	3	1	105.00
Tom Lammonby	lbw b Snater	0	24	32	0	0	0.00
Andrew Umeed	c Harmer b Snater	34	41	53	5	0	82.92
Tom Banton	c Critchley b Snater	29	50	86	3	0	58.00
Migael Pretorius	c Cox b Cook	2	14	20	0	0	14.28
James Rew †	b Snater	6	21	22	1	0	28.57
Lewis Gregory (c)	not out	10	13	21	2	0	76.92
Craig Overton	not out	5	2	4	1	0	250.00
Extras	(lb 7)	7
Total	44.1 Ov (RR: 3.84)	170/7
Did not bat: Josh Davey, Jake Ball
Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Matt Renshaw, 15.4 ov), 2-83 (Sean Dickson, 16.6 ov), 3-99 (Tom Lammonby, 23.3 ov), 4-120 (Andrew Umeed, 29.6 ov), 5-135 (Migael Pretorius, 34.5 ov), 6-152 (James Rew, 39.6 ov), 7-163 (Tom Banton, 43.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	15.1	3	49	1	3.23	72	7	0	0	0
16.6 to SR Dickson, . 83/2
Sam Cook	15	1	55	2	3.66	63	8	0	0	0
15.4 to MT Renshaw, . 75/1 34.5 to M Pretorius, . 135/5
Shane Snater	12	2	55	4	4.58	51	7	1	0	0
23.3 to TA Lammonby, . 99/3 29.6 to ARI Umeed, . 120/4 39.6 to JEK Rew, . 152/6 43.3 to T Banton, . 163/7
Simon Harmer	2	0	4	0	2.00	8	0	0	0	0

Close of Play

Fri, 03 May - day 1 - Essex 2nd innings 6/0 (Sam Cook 4*, Dean Elgar 0*, 1 ov)

Sat, 04 May - day 2 - Somerset 2nd innings 170/7 (44.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Somerset, 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	3,4 May 2024 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Alex Wharf James Middlebrook
Match Referee	Phil Whitticase
Points	Somerset 19, Essex 3

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Somerset Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	15.1	3	49	1	3.23
SJ Cook	15	1	55	2	3.66
S Snater	12	2	55	4	4.58
SR Harmer	2	0	4	0	2

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