BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Harris	c Cook b Porter	4	10	10	1	0	40.00
Chris Dent	lbw b Porter	6	16	27	1	0	37.50
Ryan Higgins	c sub (MS Pepper) b Harmer	14	34	46	1	0	41.17
Miles Hammond	b Beard	10	21	36	2	0	47.61
James Bracey †	c †Rossington b Harmer	12	32	34	2	0	37.50
Graeme van Buuren (c)	run out (Beard)	34	37	62	6	0	91.89
Oliver Price	st †Rossington b Harmer	1	13	15	0	0	7.69
Zafar Gohar	not out	29	36	53	3	1	80.55
Tom Price	c Beard b Harmer	6	16	12	0	1	37.50
Matt Taylor	b Harmer	1	17	16	0	0	5.88
Josh Shaw	c Snater b Critchley	6	3	5	0	1	200.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 1, nb 2, w 5)	13
TOTAL	39 Ov (RR: 3.48)	136
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Marcus Harris, 2.4 ov), 2-19 (Chris Dent, 6.3 ov), 3-37 (Ryan Higgins, 13.1 ov), 4-37 (Miles Hammond, 14.1 ov), 5-74 (James Bracey, 21.2 ov), 6-84 (Oliver Price, 25.1 ov), 7-106 (Graeme van Buuren, 30.1 ov), 8-115 (Tom Price, 33.4 ov), 9-129 (Matt Taylor, 37.6 ov), 10-136 (Josh Shaw, 38.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	9	1	22	2	2.44	43	3	0	0	0
2.4 to MS Harris, . 8/1 6.3 to CDJ Dent, . 19/2
Shane Snater	8	2	28	0	3.50	38	3	1	0	1
Simon Harmer	15	4	44	5	2.93	72	6	1	0	0
13.1 to RF Higgins, . 37/3 21.2 to JR Bracey, . 74/5 25.1 to OJ Price, . 84/6 33.4 to TJ Price, . 115/8 37.6 to MD Taylor, . 129/9
Aaron Beard	5	0	27	1	5.40	21	4	0	1	0
14.1 to MAH Hammond, . 37/4
Matt Critchley	2	0	9	1	4.50	8	0	1	0	0
38.6 to J Shaw, . 136/10

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c †Bracey b TJ Price	6	20	12	1	0	30.00
Alastair Cook	c †Bracey b Higgins	145	311	412	17	0	46.62
Tom Westley (c)	b TJ Price	90	243	282	10	0	37.03
Dan Lawrence	c Zafar Gohar b TJ Price	4	14	17	1	0	28.57
Paul Walter	c Harris b Zafar Gohar	10	24	31	2	0	41.66
Matt Critchley	c Higgins b Zafar Gohar	7	28	38	0	0	25.00
Shane Snater	st †Bracey b Zafar Gohar	1	2	2	0	0	50.00
Adam Rossington †	lbw b Zafar Gohar	21	16	35	1	2	131.25
Simon Harmer	c OJ Price b Higgins	0	5	13	0	0	0.00
Aaron Beard	not out	0	4	11	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter	c van Buuren b Zafar Gohar	1	8	6	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 13, lb 2, nb 10)	25
TOTAL	111.4 Ov (RR: 2.77)	310
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Nick Browne, 3.5 ov), 2-203 (Tom Westley, 81.5 ov), 3-219 (Dan Lawrence, 85.2 ov), 4-239 (Paul Walter, 91.6 ov), 5-267 (Matt Critchley, 101.2 ov), 6-269 (Shane Snater, 101.5 ov), 7-299 (Alastair Cook, 108.2 ov), 8-305 (Adam Rossington, 109.3 ov), 9-309 (Simon Harmer, 110.1 ov), 10-310 (Jamie Porter, 111.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ryan Higgins	27	9	56	2	2.07	135	7	0	0	1
108.2 to AN Cook, . 299/7 110.1 to SR Harmer, . 309/9
Tom Price	18	5	59	3	3.27	86	8	0	0	2
3.5 to NLJ Browne, . 7/1 81.5 to T Westley, . 203/2 85.2 to DW Lawrence, . 219/3
Matt Taylor	6	5	1	0	0.16	35	0	0	0	0
Zafar Gohar	31.4	9	84	5	2.65	152	6	2	0	1
91.6 to PI Walter, . 239/4 101.2 to MJJ Critchley, . 267/5 101.5 to S Snater, . 269/6 109.3 to AM Rossington, . 305/8 111.4 to JA Porter, . 310/10
Graeme van Buuren	10	3	12	0	1.20	51	0	0	0	0
Josh Shaw	8	0	40	0	5.00	33	5	0	0	1
Oliver Price	5	0	17	0	3.40	19	2	0	0	0
Miles Hammond	6	0	26	0	4.33	22	4	0	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Dent	lbw b Harmer	33	86	110	6	0	38.37
Marcus Harris	b Harmer	17	34	35	3	0	50.00
Ryan Higgins	c Browne b Harmer	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
Miles Hammond	b Harmer	20	32	45	4	0	62.50
James Bracey †	st †Rossington b Harmer	6	10	15	1	0	60.00
Graeme van Buuren (c)	c Cook b Critchley	12	24	24	0	0	50.00
Oliver Price	b Porter	43	35	41	7	0	122.85
Zafar Gohar	st †Rossington b Harmer	81	75	84	10	3	108.00
Tom Price	c Critchley b Harmer	23	21	26	2	2	109.52
Matt Taylor	not out	9	23	44	2	0	39.13
Josh Shaw	c Snater b Harmer	7	4	5	0	1	175.00
Extras	(lb 1)	1
TOTAL	58 Ov (RR: 4.34)	252
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Marcus Harris, 9.6 ov), 2-26 (Ryan Higgins, 11.4 ov), 3-54 (Miles Hammond, 23.4 ov), 4-76 (James Bracey, 27.1 ov), 5-77 (Chris Dent, 27.6 ov), 6-111 (Graeme van Buuren, 34.4 ov), 7-146 (Oliver Price, 40.3 ov), 8-179 (Tom Price, 47.1 ov), 9-244 (Zafar Gohar, 57.1 ov), 10-252 (Josh Shaw, 57.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	11	2	26	1	2.36	49	3	0	0	0
40.3 to OJ Price, . 146/7
Shane Snater	5	2	13	0	2.60	26	3	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	27	7	112	8	4.14	119	17	3	0	0
9.6 to MS Harris, . 22/1 11.4 to RF Higgins, . 26/2 23.4 to MAH Hammond, . 54/3 27.1 to JR Bracey, . 76/4 27.6 to CDJ Dent, . 77/5 47.1 to TJ Price, . 179/8 57.1 to Zafar Gohar, . 244/9 57.6 to J Shaw, . 252/10
Aaron Beard	5	0	35	0	7.00	17	7	0	0	0
Matt Critchley	10	1	65	1	6.50	33	5	3	0	0
34.4 to GL van Buuren, . 111/6

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 79 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	not out	43	55	57	8	0	78.18
Alastair Cook	b Higgins	9	9	10	2	0	100.00
Tom Westley (c)	not out	21	40	46	1	0	52.50
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4)	6
TOTAL	17 Ov (RR: 4.64)	79/1
Did not bat: Dan Lawrence, Matt Critchley, Paul Walter, Adam Rossington †, Simon Harmer, Aaron Beard, Shane Snater, Jamie Porter
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Alastair Cook, 2.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ryan Higgins	4	0	25	1	6.25	16	4	0	0	2
2.6 to AN Cook, . 15/1
Zafar Gohar	8	2	19	0	2.37	37	2	0	0	0
Tom Price	2	0	13	0	6.50	7	2	0	0	0
Miles Hammond	3	0	20	0	6.66	7	3	0	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Mon, 11 Jul - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 127/1 (Alastair Cook 61*, Tom Westley 50*, 55 ov)

Tue, 12 Jul - day 2 - Gloucs 2nd innings 140/6 (Oliver Price 42*, Zafar Gohar 10*, 39 ov)

Wed, 13 Jul - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 79/1 (17 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 3

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2022
Match days	11,12,13 July 2022 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Paul Baldwin Paul Pollard
Match Referee	Dean Cosker
Points	Essex 22, Gloucestershire 2

Match Coverage

Another scintillating Simon Harmer display sees Essex to emphatic win over Gloucestershire

Simon Harmer spins Gloucestershire to the brink after Alastair Cook century

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
RF Higgins	4	0	25	1	6.25 (2 nb)
Zafar Gohar	8	2	19	0	2.37
TJ Price	2	0	13	0	6.5
MAH Hammond	3	0	20	0	6.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	15	Alastair Cook	Nick Browne
2nd	64	Tom Westley	Nick Browne

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