Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b Pretorius	30	76	106	3	0	39.47
Paul Walter	c Davey b Overton	22	43	57	3	0	51.16
Tom Westley (c)	c Overton b Davey	20	80	105	1	0	25.00
Jordan Cox	c Vaughan b Davey	26	63	66	4	0	41.26
Matt Critchley	lbw b Leach	3	21	29	0	0	14.28
Michael Pepper †	c Overton b Leach	0	8	13	0	0	0.00
Noah Thain	c †Rew b Pretorius	41	112	121	3	0	36.60
Simon Harmer	lbw b Leach	3	17	21	0	0	17.64
Sam Cook	c Vaughan b Pretorius	8	73	85	1	0	10.95
Kasun Rajitha	not out	7	20	35	1	0	35.00
Jamie Porter	b Overton	19	22	27	3	0	86.36
Extras	(b 10, lb 7, nb 10)	27
Total	88.2 Ov (RR: 2.33)	206
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Paul Walter, 13.4 ov), 2-66 (Dean Elgar, 26.3 ov), 3-115 (Tom Westley, 42.3 ov), 4-118 (Jordan Cox, 44.3 ov), 5-121 (Michael Pepper, 47.3 ov), 6-122 (Matt Critchley, 49.2 ov), 7-136 (Simon Harmer, 55.2 ov), 8-179 (Sam Cook, 80.4 ov), 9-180 (Noah Thain, 82.1 ov), 10-206 (Jamie Porter, 88.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Craig Overton	13.2	5	35	2	2.62	65	-	-	0
Josh Davey	14	3	39	2	2.78	69	-	-	1
Lewis Gregory	17	3	56	0	3.29	75	-	-	4
Migael Pretorius	14	3	24	3	1.71	68	-	-	0
Jack Leach	30	12	35	3	1.16	151	-	-	0

Somerset 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archie Vaughan	c Critchley b Cook	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Andrew Umeed	b Harmer	20	48	75	3	0	41.66
Josh Davey	b Porter	27	75	84	4	0	36.00
Tom Lammonby	c Cox b Harmer	13	20	34	2	0	65.00
Tom Abell	c Cox b Harmer	7	8	7	1	0	87.50
Tom Banton	b Rajitha	12	16	22	3	0	75.00
James Rew †	c †Pepper b Rajitha	9	19	25	2	0	47.36
Lewis Gregory (c)	lbw b Cook	14	34	36	2	0	41.17
Craig Overton	c Cook b Porter	12	23	49	1	0	52.17
Migael Pretorius	c & b Harmer	24	20	20	3	0	120.00
Jack Leach	not out	1	12	13	0	0	8.33
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 2)	6
Total	46.3 Ov (RR: 3.11)	145
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Archie Vaughan, 0.5 ov), 2-46 (Andrew Umeed, 19.3 ov), 3-56 (Josh Davey, 22.4 ov), 4-63 (Tom Abell, 23.6 ov), 5-78 (Tom Lammonby, 27.4 ov), 6-86 (Tom Banton, 28.5 ov), 7-97 (James Rew, 34.1 ov), 8-108 (Lewis Gregory, 38.4 ov), 9-137 (Migael Pretorius, 43.3 ov), 10-145 (Craig Overton, 46.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Sam Cook	14	6	31	2	2.21	68	-	-	0
Simon Harmer	19	6	43	4	2.26	92	-	-	0
Jamie Porter	8.3	2	41	2	4.82	36	-	-	1
Kasun Rajitha	5	0	26	2	5.20	20	-	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	b Gregory	23	39	59	2	1	58.97
Paul Walter	lbw b Davey	0	9	11	0	0	0.00
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Overton	26	102	118	3	0	25.49
Jordan Cox	retired hurt	103	156	206	16	0	66.02
Matt Critchley	c Gregory b Leach	28	60	70	4	0	46.66
Michael Pepper †	lbw b Pretorius	36	60	77	6	0	60.00
Noah Thain	c †Rew b Pretorius	0	11	18	0	0	0.00
Simon Harmer	c Vaughan b Leach	4	19	31	0	0	21.05
Sam Cook	c Umeed b Pretorius	2	13	10	0	0	15.38
Kasun Rajitha	lbw b Leach	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter	not out	0	5	9	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 14, lb 11, nb 12)	37
Total	78.4 Ov (RR: 3.29)	259
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Paul Walter, 2.4 ov), 2-45 (Dean Elgar, 13.5 ov), 3-102 (Tom Westley, 33.6 ov), 4-163 (Matt Critchley, 52.3 ov), 4-246* (Jordan Cox, retired not out), 5-252 (Michael Pepper, 71.1 ov), 6-253 (Noah Thain, 73.1 ov), 7-255 (Sam Cook, 75.3 ov), 8-256 (Kasun Rajitha, 76.2 ov), 9-259 (Simon Harmer, 78.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Josh Davey	7	1	32	1	4.57	30	-	-	1
Craig Overton	13	5	37	1	2.84	60	-	-	0
Lewis Gregory	12	2	45	1	3.75	55	-	-	5
Jack Leach	29.4	5	73	3	2.46	139	-	-	0
Migael Pretorius	14	4	36	3	2.57	65	-	-	0
Archie Vaughan	3	0	11	0	3.66	13	-	-	0

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 321 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archie Vaughan	c sub b Cook	4	23	30	1	0	17.39
Andrew Umeed	c Harmer b Porter	0	11	17	0	0	0.00
Tom Lammonby	lbw b Harmer	30	49	65	4	0	61.22
Tom Abell	b Harmer	29	67	74	3	0	43.28
Tom Banton	c Elgar b Harmer	13	22	32	2	0	59.09
James Rew †	lbw b Harmer	116	189	232	18	0	61.37
Lewis Gregory (c)	b Rajitha	57	87	82	8	0	65.51
Craig Overton	not out	53	111	148	3	1	47.74
Migael Pretorius	not out	1	5	7	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 4, pen 5)	22
Total	93.4 Ov (RR: 3.46)	325/7
Did not bat: Josh Davey, Jack Leach
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Andrew Umeed, 3.5 ov), 2-8 (Archie Vaughan, 6.5 ov), 3-54 (Tom Lammonby, 21.5 ov), 4-71 (Tom Abell, 27.2 ov), 5-78 (Tom Banton, 29.2 ov), 6-179 (Lewis Gregory, 52.4 ov), 7-312 (James Rew, 91.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Sam Cook	22	4	55	1	2.50	100	-	-	0
Jamie Porter	12	4	43	1	3.58	54	-	-	0
Simon Harmer	38.4	3	120	4	3.10	170	-	-	0
Kasun Rajitha	15	2	71	1	4.73	59	-	-	2
Matt Critchley	6	2	18	0	3.00	27	-	-	0

Close of Play

Fri, 02 May - day 1 - Somerset 1st innings 9/1 (Andrew Umeed 1*, Josh Davey 8*, 6 ov)

Sat, 03 May - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 163/4 (Jordan Cox 61*, 52.3 ov)

Sun, 04 May - day 3 - Somerset 2nd innings 216/6 (James Rew 65*, Craig Overton 4*, 68 ov)

Mon, 05 May - day 4 - Somerset 2nd innings 325/7 (93.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Somerset, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2025
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	2,3,4,5 May 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ben Debenham Nigel Llong
Match Referee	Phil Whitticase
Points	Somerset 19, Essex 3

Match Coverage

Rew hundred, Overton grit help Somerset to first win of season

Jordan Cox suffers injury scare while scoring century against Somerset

James Rew holds the key in cliffhanger after Cox injury scare

Harmer, Cox help Essex turn tables on Somerset

Leach, Pretorius give Somerset upper hand on green deck

Instant answers to T20 questions

Somerset Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Cook	22	4	55	1	2.5
JA Porter	12	4	43	1	3.58
SR Harmer	38.4	3	120	4	3.1
CAK Rajitha	15	2	71	1	4.73 (2 nb)
MJJ Critchley	6	2	18	0	3

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