Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Lyth	lbw b Rajitha	58	148	182	10	0	39.18
Finlay Bean	lbw b Snater	31	74	89	5	0	41.89
James Wharton	not out	63	145	215	8	0	43.44
Jonathan Tattersall	c Das b Critchley	4	12	22	1	0	33.33
Jonny Bairstow (c)†	lbw b Porter	2	6	8	0	0	33.33
George Hill	c †Pepper b Porter	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Matthew Revis	c Harmer b Critchley	10	47	47	0	0	21.27
Dom Bess	lbw b Rajitha	3	10	14	0	0	30.00
Ben Coad	c Porter b Critchley	0	9	13	0	0	0.00
Dan Moriarty	lbw b Thain	24	19	17	6	0	126.31
Jack White	c Elgar b Critchley	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 12, w 5)	21
Total	77.5 Ov (RR: 2.77)	216
Fall of wickets: 1-71 (Finlay Bean, 22.5 ov), 2-108 (Adam Lyth, 48.2 ov), 3-125 (Jonathan Tattersall, 53.2 ov), 4-128 (Jonny Bairstow, 54.3 ov), 5-128 (George Hill, 54.4 ov), 6-157 (Matthew Revis, 67.6 ov), 7-169 (Dom Bess, 70.6 ov), 8-176 (Ben Coad, 73.4 ov), 9-209 (Dan Moriarty, 76.5 ov), 10-216 (Jack White, 77.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	14	6	30	2	2.14	70	-	-	0	0
Shane Snater	13	7	19	1	1.46	69	-	-	0	0
Kasun Rajitha	17	2	69	2	4.05	83	-	-	1	4
Simon Harmer	19	8	34	0	1.78	99	-	-	0	0
Matt Critchley	13.5	2	49	4	3.54	57	-	-	0	1
Noah Thain	1	0	11	1	11.00	3	-	-	0	1

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Lyth b Hill	9	24	40	1	0	37.50
Charlie Allison	c †Bairstow b Coad	4	7	12	1	0	57.14
Tom Westley (c)	c †Bairstow b Coad	26	89	124	4	0	29.21
Jamie Porter	b Hill	0	11	17	0	0	0.00
Robin Das	c Bean b Hill	8	33	40	0	0	24.24
Matt Critchley	c Bean b Coad	6	17	22	1	0	35.29
Michael Pepper †	c †Bairstow b Moriarty	30	57	92	3	0	52.63
Noah Thain	c †Bairstow b Hill	24	78	92	4	0	30.76
Simon Harmer	not out	3	33	42	0	0	9.09
Shane Snater	c †Bairstow b Hill	6	13	20	1	0	46.15
Kasun Rajitha	lbw b Hill	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, nb 2)	7
Total	60.4 Ov (RR: 2.02)	123
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Charlie Allison, 2.3 ov), 2-23 (Dean Elgar, 9.3 ov), 3-23 (Jamie Porter, 13.2 ov), 4-35 (Robin Das, 23.1 ov), 5-50 (Matt Critchley, 28.2 ov), 6-59 (Tom Westley, 32.1 ov), 7-105 (Michael Pepper, 49.6 ov), 8-111 (Noah Thain, 54.5 ov), 9-123 (Shane Snater, 60.1 ov), 10-123 (Kasun Rajitha, 60.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ben Coad	18	9	20	3	1.11	97	-	-	0
Jack White	11	4	15	0	1.36	59	-	-	1
George Hill	17.4	3	51	6	2.88	85	-	-	0
Matthew Revis	3	0	13	0	4.33	10	-	-	0
Dan Moriarty	10	2	19	1	1.90	47	-	-	0
Dom Bess	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	-	-	0

Yorkshire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Lyth	c Westley b Thain	185	287	403	23	1	64.45
Finlay Bean	c Critchley b Thain	19	93	125	2	0	20.43
James Wharton	c Porter b Harmer	61	117	163	4	2	52.13
Jonathan Tattersall	c & b Thain	31	80	93	3	0	38.75
Jonny Bairstow (c)†	c Harmer b Critchley	79	74	91	8	3	106.75
George Hill	c Elgar b Critchley	4	10	22	0	0	40.00
Matthew Revis	not out	37	32	49	5	0	115.62
Extras	(lb 6, nb 2, w 2)	10
Total	115.2 Ov (RR: 3.69)	426/6d
Did not bat: Dom Bess, Ben Coad, Dan Moriarty, Jack White
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Finlay Bean, 33.5 ov), 2-225 (James Wharton, 72.6 ov), 3-297 (Jonathan Tattersall, 94.2 ov), 4-312 (Adam Lyth, 98.5 ov), 5-327 (George Hill, 103.2 ov), 6-426 (Jonny Bairstow, 115.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	18	3	45	0	2.50	82	-	-	0	0
Shane Snater	23	6	82	0	3.56	97	-	-	1	0
Simon Harmer	22	4	50	1	2.27	98	-	-	0	0
Kasun Rajitha	17	5	49	0	2.88	80	-	-	0	1
Noah Thain	18	0	96	3	5.33	65	-	-	1	0
Matt Critchley	17.2	0	98	2	5.65	51	-	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 520 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charlie Allison	c Bess b White	20	42	59	3	0	47.61
Dean Elgar	c Bean b White	4	4	9	1	0	100.00
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Hill	18	28	45	3	0	64.28
Robin Das	c Hill b White	0	15	25	0	0	0.00
Matt Critchley	c †Bairstow b Hill	75	246	309	10	0	30.48
Michael Pepper †	lbw b Hill	68	229	279	5	2	29.69
Noah Thain	b Bess	1	15	9	0	0	6.66
Simon Harmer	not out	32	115	113	6	0	27.82
Shane Snater	lbw b White	0	32	29	0	0	0.00
Kasun Rajitha	b Moriarty	21	40	41	3	0	52.50
Jamie Porter	not out	2	34	39	0	0	5.88
Extras	(b 16, lb 12, nb 4)	32
Total	133 Ov (RR: 2.05)	273/9
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Dean Elgar, 1.4 ov), 2-42 (Tom Westley, 11.4 ov), 3-42 (Charlie Allison, 12.4 ov), 4-45 (Robin Das, 16.4 ov), 5-199 (Michael Pepper, 92.6 ov), 6-202 (Noah Thain, 95.5 ov), 7-206 (Matt Critchley, 96.2 ov), 8-212 (Shane Snater, 106.1 ov), 9-251 (Kasun Rajitha, 119.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ben Coad	14	4	37	0	2.64	69	-	-	0
Jack White	24	12	43	4	1.79	126	-	-	0
George Hill	20	8	31	3	1.55	105	-	-	1
Dom Bess	38	18	52	1	1.36	203	-	-	0
Dan Moriarty	26	7	53	1	2.03	129	-	-	0
Matthew Revis	8	2	24	0	3.00	37	-	-	0
Adam Lyth	3	2	5	0	1.66	16	-	-	1

Close of Play

Fri, 09 May - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 27/3 (Tom Westley 10*, Robin Das 4*, 16 ov)

Sat, 10 May - day 2 - Yorkshire 2nd innings 114/1 (Adam Lyth 79*, James Wharton 16*, 49 ov)

Sun, 11 May - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 64/4 (Matt Critchley 13*, Michael Pepper 7*, 27 ov)

Mon, 12 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 273/9 (133 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Yorkshire, elected to bat 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	9,10,11,12 May 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Jack Shantry Steve O'Shaughnessy
Match Referee	Mike Smith
Points	Yorkshire 11, Essex 11

Match Coverage

Matt Critchley, Michael Pepper dig in to deliver unlikely draw for Essex

Adam Lyth 185 sets Essex an unlikely target

George Hill six-for leaves Essex with a mountain to climb

Wharton holds fort for Yorkshire as bowlers thrive at Chelmsford

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BO Coad	14	4	37	0	2.64
CJ White	24	12	43	4	1.79
GCH Hill	20	8	31	3	1.55 (1 nb)
DM Bess	38	18	52	1	1.36
D Moriarty	26	7	53	1	2.03
ML Revis	8	2	24	0	3
A Lyth	3	2	5	0	1.66 (1 nb)

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