Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c Cook b Bopara	26	64	73	4	0	40.62
Dean Elgar	st †Wheater b Ashar Zaidi	34	96	135	4	1	35.41
Tom Abell (c)	c Cook b Bopara	1	10	15	0	0	10.00
James Hildreth	c Bopara b Porter	36	56	62	6	0	64.28
Steven Davies †	b Harmer	12	32	39	2	0	37.50
Peter Trego	c Ashar Zaidi b Harmer	48	85	100	5	1	56.47
Lewis Gregory	c Harmer b Wagner	3	16	19	0	0	18.75
Roelof van der Merwe	lbw b Ashar Zaidi	7	21	35	0	0	33.33
Craig Overton	c †Wheater b Wagner	10	34	47	1	0	29.41
Jamie Overton	b Ashar Zaidi	3	5	10	0	0	60.00
Jack Leach	not out	4	18	16	0	0	22.22
Extras	(b 10, lb 9, nb 6)	25
Total	72.2 Ov (RR: 2.88)	209
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Marcus Trescothick, 18.5 ov), 2-54 (Tom Abell, 22.2 ov), 3-108 (Dean Elgar, 35.4 ov), 4-112 (James Hildreth, 38.4 ov), 5-130 (Steven Davies, 45.6 ov), 6-143 (Lewis Gregory, 50.6 ov), 7-176 (Roelof van der Merwe, 59.4 ov), 8-188 (Peter Trego, 64.5 ov), 9-197 (Jamie Overton, 67.3 ov), 10-209 (Craig Overton, 72.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	17	7	34	1	2.00	84	4	0	0	0
38.4 to JC Hildreth, . 112/4
Neil Wagner	15.2	2	78	2	5.08	59	12	0	0	2
50.6 to L Gregory, . 143/6 72.2 to C Overton, . 209/10
Simon Harmer	23	10	51	2	2.21	115	5	2	0	0
45.6 to SM Davies, . 130/5 64.5 to PD Trego, . 188/8
Ravi Bopara	5	1	10	2	2.00	25	1	0	0	1
18.5 to ME Trescothick, . 52/1 22.2 to TB Abell, . 54/2
Ashar Zaidi	12	2	17	3	1.41	57	0	0	0	0
35.4 to D Elgar, . 108/3 59.4 to RE van der Merwe, . 176/7 67.3 to J Overton, . 197/9

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	b C Overton	11	24	24	2	0	45.83
Alastair Cook	b Gregory	52	92	136	9	0	56.52
Tom Westley	b van der Merwe	10	51	54	1	0	19.60
Dan Lawrence	lbw b C Overton	0	8	12	0	0	0.00
Ravi Bopara	b Leach	8	38	39	0	0	21.05
Adam Wheater †	b van der Merwe	4	22	33	0	0	18.18
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	c Hildreth b Gregory	4	22	24	0	0	18.18
Ashar Zaidi	c †Davies b Leach	23	43	49	2	1	53.48
Simon Harmer	c †Davies b van der Merwe	9	18	25	1	0	50.00
Neil Wagner	c †Davies b J Overton	5	10	15	1	0	50.00
Jamie Porter	not out	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	54.5 Ov (RR: 2.35)	129
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Nick Browne, 7.1 ov), 2-60 (Tom Westley, 20.5 ov), 3-64 (Dan Lawrence, 24.1 ov), 4-81 (Ravi Bopara, 35.2 ov), 5-81 (Alastair Cook, 36.1 ov), 6-91 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 42.4 ov), 7-91 (Adam Wheater, 43.1 ov), 8-119 (Simon Harmer, 49.6 ov), 9-129 (Neil Wagner, 53.5 ov), 10-129 (Ashar Zaidi, 54.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lewis Gregory	12	4	28	2	2.33	61	3	0	0	0
36.1 to AN Cook, . 81/5 42.4 to RN ten Doeschate, . 91/6
Craig Overton	12	6	17	2	1.41	66	3	0	0	0
7.1 to NLJ Browne, . 21/1 24.1 to DW Lawrence, . 64/3
Jamie Overton	6	0	30	1	5.00	24	6	0	0	0
53.5 to N Wagner, . 129/9
Jack Leach	16.5	5	25	2	1.48	87	2	0	0	0
35.2 to RS Bopara, . 81/4 54.5 to Ashar Zaidi, . 129/10
Roelof van der Merwe	8	1	26	3	3.25	34	2	1	0	0
20.5 to T Westley, . 60/2 43.1 to AJA Wheater, . 91/7 49.6 to SR Harmer, . 119/8

Somerset 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b Harmer	27	51	66	3	0	52.94
Marcus Trescothick	lbw b Porter	5	7	11	1	0	71.42
Tom Abell (c)	c †Wheater b Porter	0	6	18	0	0	0.00
James Hildreth	c Harmer b Bopara	35	38	40	5	0	92.10
Steven Davies †	c Porter b Wagner	11	31	34	1	0	35.48
Peter Trego	c †Wheater b Wagner	17	29	44	1	0	58.62
Lewis Gregory	c Browne b Wagner	16	25	35	2	0	64.00
Roelof van der Merwe	c ten Doeschate b Wagner	2	7	8	0	0	28.57
Craig Overton	c Ashar Zaidi b Wagner	22	59	73	2	0	37.28
Jamie Overton	c †Wheater b Wagner	2	9	10	0	0	22.22
Jack Leach	not out	27	41	51	4	0	65.85
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 2)	10
Total	50.2 Ov (RR: 3.45)	174
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Marcus Trescothick, 2.5 ov), 2-25 (Tom Abell, 6.5 ov), 3-69 (Dean Elgar, 15.6 ov), 4-71 (James Hildreth, 16.6 ov), 5-100 (Steven Davies, 24.5 ov), 6-109 (Peter Trego, 28.3 ov), 7-111 (Roelof van der Merwe, 30.3 ov), 8-122 (Lewis Gregory, 34.1 ov), 9-124 (Jamie Overton, 36.2 ov), 10-174 (Craig Overton, 50.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	8	1	43	2	5.37	29	7	0	0	0
2.5 to ME Trescothick, . 11/1 6.5 to TB Abell, . 25/2
Neil Wagner	12.2	0	48	6	3.89	46	5	0	0	0
24.5 to SM Davies, . 100/5 28.3 to PD Trego, . 109/6 30.3 to RE van der Merwe, . 111/7 34.1 to L Gregory, . 122/8 36.2 to J Overton, . 124/9 50.2 to C Overton, . 174/10
Simon Harmer	14	4	26	1	1.85	66	2	0	0	0
15.6 to D Elgar, . 69/3
Ravi Bopara	5	0	30	1	6.00	16	4	0	0	1
16.6 to JC Hildreth, . 71/4
Ashar Zaidi	11	3	19	0	1.72	52	1	0	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 255 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c †Davies b J Overton	35	113	119	4	0	30.97
Alastair Cook	c Hildreth b Elgar	110	214	261	16	0	51.40
Tom Westley	not out	86	146	178	15	1	58.90
Dan Lawrence	not out	11	33	36	1	0	33.33
Extras	(b 8, nb 2, w 5)	15
Total	84.1 Ov (RR: 3.05)	257/2
Did not bat: Ravi Bopara, Adam Wheater †, Ryan ten Doeschate (c), Simon Harmer, Ashar Zaidi, Neil Wagner, Jamie Porter
Fall of wickets: 1-82 (Nick Browne, 32.6 ov), 2-216 (Alastair Cook, 72.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lewis Gregory	9.1	2	28	0	3.05	44	5	0	0	0
Craig Overton	11	2	54	0	4.90	46	9	1	0	0
Jack Leach	27	4	69	0	2.55	127	9	0	0	0
Jamie Overton	11	5	30	1	2.72	53	3	0	1	1
32.6 to NLJ Browne, . 82/1
Roelof van der Merwe	22	6	45	0	2.04	105	5	0	0	0
Peter Trego	3	0	19	0	6.33	11	4	0	0	0
Dean Elgar	1	0	4	1	4.00	5	1	0	0	0
72.2 to AN Cook, . 216/2

Close of Play

Fri, 14 Apr - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 60/2 (Alastair Cook 39*, 20.5 ov)

Sat, 15 Apr - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 10/0 (Nick Browne 6*, Alastair Cook 4*, 7 ov)

Sun, 16 Apr - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 257/2 (84.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Somerset, elected to bat first
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division One
Season	2017
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	14,15,16 April 2017 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Graham Lloyd Michael Gough
Points	Essex 19, Somerset 4

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Gregory	9.1	2	28	0	3.05
C Overton	11	2	54	0	4.9
MJ Leach	27	4	69	0	2.55
J Overton	11	5	30	1	2.72 (1 nb)
RE van der Merwe	22	6	45	0	2.04
PD Trego	3	0	19	0	6.33
D Elgar	1	0	4	1	4

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