Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Hameed b Lord	7	20	27	0	0	35.00
Robin Das	c McCann b James	20	44	65	3	0	45.45
Tom Westley (c)	b Lord	122	241	308	9	0	50.62
Matt Critchley	b Fletcher	5	20	25	1	0	25.00
Luc Benkenstein	c †Verreynne b Lord	4	10	15	1	0	40.00
Paul Walter	c Patterson-White b Farhan Ahmed	72	106	167	10	1	67.92
Michael Pepper †	b Patterson-White	115	147	219	12	1	78.23
Simon Harmer	b McCann	51	112	127	5	1	45.53
Shane Snater	b Farhan Ahmed	8	11	10	0	0	72.72
Sam Cook	st †Verreynne b Farhan Ahmed	5	9	12	1	0	55.55
Jamie Porter	not out	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 20, nb 24)	48
Total	118.3 Ov (RR: 3.85)	457
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Dean Elgar, 5.5 ov), 2-56 (Robin Das, 13.3 ov), 3-73 (Matt Critchley, 18.6 ov), 4-86 (Luc Benkenstein, 21.6 ov), 5-228 (Paul Walter, 63.6 ov), 6-297 (Tom Westley, 83.1 ov), 7-430 (Simon Harmer, 112.6 ov), 8-441 (Shane Snater, 115.2 ov), 9-453 (Sam Cook, 117.3 ov), 10-457 (Michael Pepper, 118.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Luke Fletcher	23	5	73	1	3.17	109	7	0	0	5
18.6 to MJJ Critchley, . 73/3
Robert Lord	23	2	88	3	3.82	98	11	0	0	2
5.5 to D Elgar, . 17/1 21.6 to LM Benkenstein, . 86/4 83.1 to T Westley, . 297/6
Lyndon James	16	0	78	1	4.87	60	7	0	0	5
13.3 to RJ Das, . 56/2
Farhan Ahmed	28	0	102	3	3.64	106	7	2	0	0
63.6 to PI Walter, . 228/5 115.2 to S Snater, . 441/8 117.3 to SJ Cook, . 453/9
Liam Patterson-White	26.3	3	86	1	3.24	112	10	1	0	0
118.3 to MS Pepper, . 457/10
Freddie McCann	2	0	6	1	3.00	7	0	0	0	0
112.6 to SR Harmer, . 430/7

Nottinghamshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameed (c)	c Benkenstein b Cook	8	13	15	1	0	61.53
Ben Slater	c Elgar b Harmer	29	70	91	4	0	41.42
Freddie McCann	lbw b Harmer	11	40	59	1	0	27.50
Joe Clarke	lbw b Porter	13	31	36	3	0	41.93
Jack Haynes	lbw b Harmer	1	15	23	0	0	6.66
Kyle Verreynne †	c Snater b Porter	12	9	15	3	0	133.33
Lyndon James	c †Pepper b Porter	7	22	29	0	0	31.81
Liam Patterson-White	lbw b Porter	8	24	27	0	1	33.33
Luke Fletcher	lbw b Porter	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Robert Lord	c Das b Harmer	1	12	14	0	0	8.33
Farhan Ahmed	not out	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	40.5 Ov (RR: 2.27)	93
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Haseeb Hameed, 3.4 ov), 2-48 (Freddie McCann, 18.1 ov), 3-49 (Ben Slater, 22.3 ov), 4-63 (Joe Clarke, 27.5 ov), 5-63 (Jack Haynes, 28.2 ov), 6-77 (Kyle Verreynne, 31.1 ov), 7-84 (Lyndon James, 35.6 ov), 8-90 (Luke Fletcher, 37.1 ov), 9-93 (Liam Patterson-White, 37.4 ov), 10-93 (Robert Lord, 40.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	10	2	35	5	3.50	45	6	0	0	0
27.5 to JM Clarke, . 63/4 31.1 to K Verreynne, . 77/6 35.6 to LW James, . 84/7 37.1 to LJ Fletcher, . 90/8 37.4 to LA Patterson-White, . 93/9
Sam Cook	11	4	24	1	2.18	56	4	0	0	0
3.4 to H Hameed, . 19/1
Simon Harmer	12.5	7	16	4	1.24	69	1	1	0	0
18.1 to FW McCann, . 48/2 22.3 to BT Slater, . 49/3 28.2 to JA Haynes, . 63/5 40.5 to R Lord, . 93/10
Matt Critchley	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0
Shane Snater	6	0	13	0	2.16	29	1	0	0	0

Nottinghamshire 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameed (c)	lbw b Cook	105	166	203	11	0	63.25
Ben Slater	b Harmer	8	39	43	1	0	20.51
Freddie McCann	lbw b Harmer	4	22	22	0	0	18.18
Joe Clarke	c Harmer b Cook	67	141	147	7	1	47.51
Jack Haynes	c & b Walter	8	48	50	1	0	16.66
Kyle Verreynne †	not out	38	56	126	3	0	67.85
Lyndon James	c Snater b Walter	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Liam Patterson-White	c †Pepper b Porter	10	24	28	0	0	41.66
Robert Lord	c Das b Harmer	21	29	27	4	0	72.41
Luke Fletcher	b Harmer	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Farhan Ahmed	c †Pepper b Snater	6	31	25	0	0	19.35
Extras	(b 12, lb 2)	14
Total	93.2 Ov (RR: 3.01)	281
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Ben Slater, 12.5 ov), 2-49 (Freddie McCann, 18.6 ov), 3-185 (Haseeb Hameed, 59.6 ov), 4-194 (Joe Clarke, 61.2 ov), 5-217 (Jack Haynes, 73.3 ov), 6-217 (Lyndon James, 73.5 ov), 7-238 (Liam Patterson-White, 80.3 ov), 8-266 (Robert Lord, 86.4 ov), 9-266 (Luke Fletcher, 86.6 ov), 10-281 (Farhan Ahmed, 93.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Simon Harmer	40	10	93	4	2.32	182	7	1	0	0
12.5 to BT Slater, . 31/1 18.6 to FW McCann, . 49/2 86.4 to R Lord, . 266/8 86.6 to LJ Fletcher, . 266/9
Sam Cook	19	5	53	2	2.78	91	8	0	0	0
59.6 to H Hameed, . 185/3 61.2 to JM Clarke, . 194/4
Jamie Porter	12	1	44	1	3.66	52	6	0	0	0
80.3 to LA Patterson-White, . 238/7
Shane Snater	4.2	1	17	1	3.92	17	1	0	0	0
93.2 to Farhan Ahmed, . 281/10
Matt Critchley	10	1	42	0	4.20	36	4	0	0	0
Paul Walter	8	1	18	2	2.25	36	1	0	0	0
73.3 to JA Haynes, . 217/5 73.5 to LW James, . 217/6

Close of Play

Mon, 09 Sep - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 262/5 (Tom Westley 108*, Michael Pepper 21*, 74 ov)

Tue, 10 Sep - day 2 - Notts 1st innings 37/1 (Ben Slater 26*, Freddie McCann 2*, 10.5 ov)

Wed, 11 Sep - day 3 - Notts 2nd innings 180/2 (Haseeb Hameed 100*, Joe Clarke 62*, 56 ov)

Thu, 12 Sep - day 4 - Notts 2nd innings 281 (93.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Nottinghamshire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2024
Hours of play (local time)	10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	9,10,11,12 September 2024 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Luc Benkenstein
Umpires	Peter Hartley Rob White
Match Referee	Dean Cosker
Points	Essex 23, Nottinghamshire 2

Match Coverage

Nottinghamshire feel relegation pinch as Essex seal innings victory

Porter, Harmer raid Nottinghamshire before Hameed offers resistance

Michael Pepper continues fine form but rain denies Essex in the field

Westley hundred helps Essex stave off collapse in the gloom

Instant answers to T20 questions

Notts Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SR Harmer	40	10	93	4	2.32
SJ Cook	19	5	53	2	2.78
JA Porter	12	1	44	1	3.66
S Snater	4.2	1	17	1	3.92
MJJ Critchley	10	1	42	0	4.2
PI Walter	8	1	18	2	2.25

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