Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Sibley b Curran	31	25	36	6	0	124.00
Paul Walter	c †Foakes b Clark	38	63	81	6	0	60.31
Tom Westley (c)	c †Foakes b Smith	20	53	77	3	0	37.73
Charlie Allison	c †Foakes b Smith	0	5	9	0	0	0.00
Matt Critchley	lbw b Lawes	16	44	61	2	0	36.36
Michael Pepper †	c Curran b Overton	75	94	154	9	1	79.78
Noah Thain	c †Foakes b Worrall	3	21	26	0	0	14.28
Simon Harmer	lbw b Curran	0	11	11	0	0	0.00
Shane Snater	c Sibley b Overton	28	36	49	6	0	77.77
Kasun Rajitha	b Smith	1	22	25	0	0	4.54
Jamie Porter	not out	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2, w 1)	5
Total	62.2 Ov (RR: 3.48)	217
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Dean Elgar, 8.3 ov), 2-88 (Paul Walter, 19.3 ov), 3-88 (Charlie Allison, 21.2 ov), 4-95 (Tom Westley, 27.1 ov), 5-127 (Matt Critchley, 36.6 ov), 6-143 (Noah Thain, 42.6 ov), 7-146 (Simon Harmer, 45.3 ov), 8-197 (Shane Snater, 56.2 ov), 9-217 (Kasun Rajitha, 61.5 ov), 10-217 (Michael Pepper, 62.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Daniel Worrall	14	2	47	1	3.35	65	-	-	0	1
Nathan Smith	14	2	53	3	3.78	60	-	-	1	0
Sam Curran	9	0	32	2	3.55	37	-	-	0	0
Jordan Clark	12	3	45	1	3.75	54	-	-	0	0
Tom Lawes	8	4	9	1	1.12	41	-	-	0	0
Jamie Overton	5.2	0	29	2	5.43	21	-	-	0	0

Surrey 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)	c Elgar b Porter	15	18	27	3	0	83.33
Dom Sibley	c Elgar b Rajitha	41	117	177	7	0	35.04
Kurtis Patterson	c Walter b Porter	51	71	87	9	0	71.83
Tom Lawes	b Rajitha	1	16	21	0	0	6.25
Sam Curran	c Harmer b Rajitha	70	83	151	11	0	84.33
Ben Foakes †	lbw b Rajitha	2	12	20	0	0	16.66
Jason Roy	b Snater	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
Jamie Overton	c †Pepper b Rajitha	0	8	13	0	0	0.00
Jordan Clark	c Elgar b Harmer	54	66	93	8	0	81.81
Nathan Smith	not out	24	32	36	4	0	75.00
Daniel Worrall	c Elgar b Harmer	13	9	9	1	1	144.44
Extras	(nb 6, w 2)	8
Total	72.4 Ov (RR: 3.83)	279
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Rory Burns, 6.4 ov), 2-88 (Kurtis Patterson, 26.4 ov), 3-93 (Tom Lawes, 31.2 ov), 4-122 (Dom Sibley, 41.1 ov), 5-132 (Ben Foakes, 45.4 ov), 6-133 (Jason Roy, 46.6 ov), 7-144 (Jamie Overton, 49.2 ov), 8-226 (Sam Curran, 63.6 ov), 9-265 (Jordan Clark, 70.4 ov), 10-279 (Daniel Worrall, 72.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	19	3	65	2	3.42	87	-	-	0	0
Shane Snater	20	3	72	1	3.60	90	-	-	2	0
Kasun Rajitha	22	4	87	5	3.95	90	-	-	0	1
Noah Thain	7	0	41	0	5.85	22	-	-	0	2
Simon Harmer	4.4	2	14	2	3.00	22	-	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	c †Foakes b Smith	118	147	200	19	0	80.27
Dean Elgar	c Smith b Worrall	64	184	248	6	0	34.78
Simon Harmer	c †Foakes b Smith	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
Tom Westley (c)	c Patterson b Clark	50	114	144	7	0	43.85
Charlie Allison	c & b Clark	140	235	305	19	2	59.57
Matt Critchley	lbw b Worrall	4	10	16	0	0	40.00
Michael Pepper †	c †Foakes b Curran	18	35	61	1	0	51.42
Noah Thain	c Burns b Worrall	50	93	115	6	0	53.76
Shane Snater	run out (Smith)	10	8	15	0	1	125.00
Kasun Rajitha	c Lawes b Worrall	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter	not out	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 17, nb 4, w 3)	25
Total	139.1 Ov (RR: 3.44)	479
Fall of wickets: 1-188 (Paul Walter, 49.1 ov), 2-191 (Simon Harmer, 51.2 ov), 3-205 (Dean Elgar, 60.3 ov), 4-285 (Tom Westley, 87.4 ov), 5-294 (Matt Critchley, 90.5 ov), 6-343 (Michael Pepper, 105.1 ov), 7-459 (Noah Thain, 136.1 ov), 8-471 (Charlie Allison, 137.6 ov), 9-478 (Kasun Rajitha, 138.4 ov), 10-479 (Shane Snater, 139.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Daniel Worrall	33	9	77	4	2.33	157	-	-	0	0
Sam Curran	14	1	54	1	3.85	59	-	-	1	0
Nathan Smith	24	2	90	2	3.75	103	-	-	1	2
Jordan Clark	23.1	2	87	2	3.75	83	-	-	0	0
Tom Lawes	24	1	99	0	4.12	98	-	-	0	0
Jamie Overton	21	1	54	0	2.57	94	-	-	1	0

Surrey 2nd Innings (T: 418 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)	st †Pepper b Harmer	39	64	76	5	0	60.93
Dom Sibley	st †Pepper b Harmer	40	96	127	5	0	41.66
Kurtis Patterson	b Porter	40	63	77	6	0	63.49
Sam Curran	c Allison b Porter	77	121	145	9	1	63.63
Ben Foakes †	c †Pepper b Porter	7	18	27	1	0	38.88
Jason Roy	c Harmer b Porter	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Jamie Overton	c Critchley b Porter	47	102	132	7	0	46.07
Jordan Clark	not out	23	41	45	4	0	56.09
Extras	(lb 10, nb 6)	16
Total	84 Ov (RR: 3.44)	289/7
Did not bat: Nathan Smith, Tom Lawes, Daniel Worrall
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Rory Burns, 20.1 ov), 2-115 (Dom Sibley, 34.2 ov), 3-143 (Kurtis Patterson, 41.1 ov), 4-167 (Ben Foakes, 47.4 ov), 5-167 (Jason Roy, 47.6 ov), 6-238 (Sam Curran, 71.4 ov), 7-289 (Jamie Overton, 83.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jamie Porter	27	5	88	5	3.25	120	-	-	0
Shane Snater	10	1	42	0	4.20	39	-	-	0
Kasun Rajitha	11	0	42	0	3.81	47	-	-	2
Simon Harmer	34	7	94	2	2.76	153	-	-	1
Matt Critchley	2	0	13	0	6.50	4	-	-	0

Close of Play

Fri, 23 May - day 1 - Surrey 1st innings 94/3 (Dom Sibley 24*, Sam Curran 1*, 33 ov)

Sat, 24 May - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 195/2 (Dean Elgar 60*, Tom Westley 4*, 54 ov)

Sun, 25 May - day 3 - Surrey 2nd innings 32/0 (Rory Burns 17*, Dom Sibley 11*, 8 ov)

Mon, 26 May - day 4 - Surrey 2nd innings 289/7 (84 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	Surrey, 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	23,24,25,26 May 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mike Burns Rob Bailey
Match Referee	Peter Such
Points	Essex 11, Surrey 12

Match Coverage

Sam Curran leads Surrey rearguard, Jamie Porter five-for in vain

Charlie Allison stars with maiden century to leave Surrey with testing final day

Walter, Elgar put Surrey on back foot with epic 188-run stand

Smith takes charge for Surrey despite Pepper defiance

Instant answers to T20 questions

Surrey Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	27	5	88	5	3.25
S Snater	10	1	42	0	4.2
CAK Rajitha	11	0	42	0	3.81 (2 nb)
SR Harmer	34	7	94	2	2.76 (1 nb)
MJJ Critchley	2	0	13	0	6.5

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