Somerset vs Essex, 66th Match at Chelmsford, County DIV1, Sep 24 2025 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archie Vaughan	c Walter b Porter	8	19	27	1	0	42.10
Joshua Thomas	b Porter	86	127	163	14	1	67.71
Tom Lammonby	lbw b Bennett	47	129	175	3	0	36.43
James Rew †	c sub b Bracewell	74	115	152	8	0	64.34
Tom Kohler-Cadmore	c sub b Bracewell	6	8	18	1	0	75.00
Lewis Goldsworthy	c Allison b Bennett	100	193	261	14	0	51.81
Kasey Aldridge	c sub b Porter	5	16	21	1	0	31.25
Craig Overton	b Harmer	60	70	83	11	0	85.71
Jack Leach	c sub b Bennett	14	44	36	1	0	31.81
Lewis Gregory (c)	c Porter b Harmer	9	11	12	0	1	81.81
Jake Ball	not out	1	5	12	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, nb 6, w 1)	23
Total	122.2 Ov (RR: 3.53)	433
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Archie Vaughan, 6.4 ov), 2-141 (Joshua Thomas, 40.5 ov), 3-167 (Tom Lammonby, 49.6 ov), 4-184 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 52.4 ov), 5-274 (James Rew, 81.2 ov), 6-281 (Kasey Aldridge, 86.2 ov), 7-379 (Craig Overton, 105.5 ov), 8-412 (Jack Leach, 116.5 ov), 9-425 (Lewis Gregory, 119.6 ov), 10-433 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 122.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	27	8	66	3	2.44	133	-	-	0	0
Doug Bracewell	22	2	87	2	3.95	90	-	-	0	1
Simon Harmer	25	2	65	2	2.60	113	-	-	0	0
Charlie Bennett	16.2	1	73	3	4.46	66	-	-	1	1
Noah Thain	19	1	78	0	4.10	79	-	-	0	1
Matt Critchley	13	1	48	0	3.69	51	-	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b Aldridge	118	227	286	17	1	51.98
Paul Walter	c Goldsworthy b Overton	158	167	228	21	3	94.61
Simon Harmer	c Aldridge b Overton	12	22	27	3	0	54.54
Tom Westley (c)	c Thomas b Overton	7	11	15	1	0	63.63
Charlie Allison	b Overton	27	59	78	4	0	45.76
Matt Critchley	lbw b Gregory	29	54	79	4	0	53.70
Michael Pepper †	lbw b Overton	17	24	30	2	0	70.83
Noah Thain	not out	15	28	66	2	0	53.57
Doug Bracewell	c sub b Overton	0	18	18	0	0	0.00
Charlie Bennett	c & b Leach	22	26	29	5	0	84.61
Jamie Porter	c Thomas b Leach	6	4	4	0	1	150.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 11, nb 8)	27
Total	106 Ov (RR: 4.13)	438
Fall of wickets: 1-277 (Paul Walter, 60.2 ov), 2-295 (Simon Harmer, 66.4 ov), 3-307 (Tom Westley, 70.1 ov), 4-319 (Dean Elgar, 73.2 ov), 5-369 (Charlie Allison, 88.1 ov), 6-379 (Matt Critchley, 91.5 ov), 7-393 (Michael Pepper, 94.4 ov), 8-399 (Doug Bracewell, 98.5 ov), 9-432 (Charlie Bennett, 105.2 ov), 10-438 (Jamie Porter, 105.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Craig Overton	27	5	88	6	3.25	127	-	-	0
Jake Ball	16	3	59	0	3.68	71	-	-	0
Archie Vaughan	15	2	59	0	3.93	60	-	-	0
Lewis Gregory	22.2	2	87	1	3.89	97	-	-	3
Tom Lammonby	3	0	17	0	5.66	13	-	-	1
Jack Leach	8	1	47	2	5.87	26	-	-	0
Kasey Aldridge	14.4	1	62	1	4.22	56	-	-	0

Somerset 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archie Vaughan	b Porter	8	21	26	2	0	38.09
Joshua Thomas	lbw b Porter	39	65	115	7	0	60.00
Tom Lammonby	lbw b Bennett	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
James Rew †	c Thain b Bennett	19	19	27	4	0	100.00
Tom Kohler-Cadmore	b Bracewell	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Lewis Goldsworthy	b Harmer	19	58	77	1	0	32.75
Kasey Aldridge	c sub b Porter	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Craig Overton	lbw b Porter	2	6	9	0	0	33.33
Jack Leach	run out (Allison)	1	7	9	0	0	14.28
Lewis Gregory (c)	not out	2	3	11	0	0	66.66
Jake Ball	b Harmer	1	8	6	0	0	12.50
Extras	(lb 8)	8
Total	33.3 Ov (RR: 2.95)	99
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Archie Vaughan, 6.3 ov), 2-23 (Tom Lammonby, 7.6 ov), 3-59 (James Rew, 13.6 ov), 4-60 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 14.5 ov), 5-89 (Joshua Thomas, 26.1 ov), 6-89 (Kasey Aldridge, 26.6 ov), 7-91 (Craig Overton, 28.6 ov), 8-95 (Jack Leach, 30.6 ov), 9-97 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 31.6 ov), 10-99 (Jake Ball, 33.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jamie Porter	12	5	18	4	1.50	61	-	-
Doug Bracewell	7	1	33	1	4.71	29	-	-
Charlie Bennett	10	2	36	2	3.60	45	-	-
Noah Thain	2	2	0	0	0.00	12	-	-
Simon Harmer	1.3	0	2	2	1.33	7	-	-
Matt Critchley	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	-	-

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 95 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	c Gregory b Ball	30	31	45	3	0	96.77
Dean Elgar	lbw b Gregory	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Tom Westley (c)	c †Rew b Gregory	13	21	20	2	0	61.90
Charlie Allison	not out	32	34	53	4	2	94.11
Matt Critchley	not out	19	24	33	3	0	79.16
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4)	5
Total	18.1 Ov (RR: 5.44)	99/3
Did not bat: Michael Pepper †, Noah Thain, Simon Harmer, Doug Bracewell, Charlie Bennett, Jamie Porter
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Dean Elgar, 1.1 ov), 2-30 (Tom Westley, 5.5 ov), 3-56 (Paul Walter, 10.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Craig Overton	5	0	25	0	5.00	21	-	-	0
Lewis Gregory	9	2	43	2	4.77	39	-	-	2
Jake Ball	4.1	0	30	1	7.20	16	-	-	0

Close of Play

Wed, 24 Sep - day 1 - Somerset 1st innings 339/6 (Lewis Goldsworthy 96*, Craig Overton 31*, 96 ov)

Thu, 25 Sep - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 295/2 (Dean Elgar 111*, 66.4 ov)

Fri, 26 Sep - day 3 - Somerset 2nd innings 99

Sat, 27 Sep - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 99/3 (18.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Somerset, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2025
Hours of play (local time)	10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.40, Close 17.30
Match days	24,25,26,27 September 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Nigel Llong Russell Warren
Match Referee	Wayne Noon
Points	Essex 22, Somerset 6

Match Coverage

Essex finish season with comfortable win as Allison shines again

Jamie Porter rips through fragile Somerset, puts Essex on course for win

Walter rallies Essex in reponse to Somerset's 433

Somerset young guns drive agenda as Essex toil for points

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
C Overton	5	0	25	0	5
L Gregory	9	2	43	2	4.77 (2 nb)
JT Ball	4.1	0	30	1	7.2

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