Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Stoneman b Atkinson	8	34	39	0	0	23.52
Alastair Cook	c Clarke b Virdi	42	93	152	5	0	45.16
Tom Westley (c)	c †Smith b Taylor	10	22	40	2	0	45.45
Varun Chopra	c Borthwick b Taylor	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Feroze Khushi	c Patel b Virdi	66	108	146	8	0	61.11
Paul Walter	b Borthwick	33	115	165	3	0	28.69
Adam Wheater †	c Evans b Clarke	52	101	130	5	0	51.48
Simon Harmer	c Patel b Atkinson	19	79	93	0	0	24.05
Aaron Beard	c †Smith b Clarke	1	21	41	0	0	4.76
Sam Cook	lbw b Clarke	3	7	7	0	0	42.85
Jamie Porter	not out	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 22)	28
Total	95.4 Ov (RR: 2.73)	262
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Nick Browne, 9.3 ov), 2-49 (Tom Westley, 17.5 ov), 3-49 (Varun Chopra, 17.6 ov), 4-98 (Alastair Cook, 33.3 ov), 5-165 (Feroze Khushi, 49.2 ov), 6-222 (Paul Walter, 73.3 ov), 7-248 (Adam Wheater, 82.4 ov), 8-256 (Aaron Beard, 92.5 ov), 9-262 (Sam Cook, 94.2 ov), 10-262 (Simon Harmer, 95.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Adam Finch	17	3	44	0	2.58	77	2	0	0	2
Gus Atkinson	14.4	2	57	2	3.88	68	5	0	0	5
9.3 to NLJ Browne, . 21/1 95.4 to SR Harmer, . 262/10
Rikki Clarke	21	6	26	3	1.23	106	1	0	0	0
82.4 to AJA Wheater, . 248/7 92.5 to AP Beard, . 256/8 94.2 to SJ Cook, . 262/9
James Taylor	8	2	31	2	3.87	36	6	0	0	0
17.5 to T Westley, . 49/2 17.6 to V Chopra, . 49/3
Ryan Patel	6	0	17	0	2.83	29	3	0	0	0
Amar Virdi	24	5	65	2	2.70	115	5	0	0	4
33.3 to AN Cook, . 98/4 49.2 to FIN Khushi, . 165/5
Scott Borthwick	5	1	16	1	3.20	19	1	0	0	0
73.3 to PI Walter, . 222/6

Surrey 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Stoneman (c)	c AN Cook b Harmer	5	65	77	0	0	7.69
Ryan Patel	c Harmer b Porter	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Scott Borthwick	c Khushi b Porter	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Will Jacks	c Beard b Harmer	70	127	185	12	0	55.11
Jamie Smith †	b Porter	8	26	30	2	0	30.76
Laurie Evans	b Porter	41	70	98	4	1	58.57
Rikki Clarke	c Chopra b Harmer	15	40	51	3	0	37.50
Gus Atkinson	c Chopra b Harmer	1	8	8	0	0	12.50
Adam Finch	c Westley b Harmer	6	35	53	0	0	17.14
James Taylor	c Browne b Harmer	22	56	66	3	0	39.28
Amar Virdi	not out	6	22	43	1	0	27.27
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 2, w 1)	13
Total	75.3 Ov (RR: 2.47)	187
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Ryan Patel, 0.6 ov), 2-1 (Scott Borthwick, 2.1 ov), 3-35 (Mark Stoneman, 19.2 ov), 4-54 (Jamie Smith, 26.4 ov), 5-134 (Will Jacks, 47.3 ov), 6-136 (Laurie Evans, 50.1 ov), 7-137 (Gus Atkinson, 51.6 ov), 8-154 (Rikki Clarke, 59.6 ov), 9-169 (Adam Finch, 65.3 ov), 10-187 (James Taylor, 75.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	16	3	53	4	3.31	75	9	0	0	1
0.6 to RS Patel, . 1/1 2.1 to SG Borthwick, . 1/2 26.4 to JL Smith, . 54/4 50.1 to LJ Evans, . 136/6
Sam Cook	13	5	21	0	1.61	68	3	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	31.3	11	67	6	2.12	155	8	1	0	0
19.2 to MD Stoneman, . 35/3 47.3 to WG Jacks, . 134/5 51.6 to AAP Atkinson, . 137/7 59.6 to R Clarke, . 154/8 65.3 to AW Finch, . 169/9 75.3 to JPA Taylor, . 187/10
Aaron Beard	12	3	26	0	2.16	61	4	0	1	0
Paul Walter	3	0	10	0	3.33	11	1	0	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c †Smith b Finch	4	16	26	0	0	25.00
Alastair Cook	lbw b Atkinson	42	69	81	6	0	60.86
Tom Westley (c)	c Borthwick b Virdi	34	61	101	3	0	55.73
Varun Chopra	c Patel b Finch	39	96	122	4	0	40.62
Feroze Khushi	c Patel b Clarke	11	17	21	1	0	64.70
Paul Walter	b Virdi	46	97	115	7	0	47.42
Adam Wheater †	c Borthwick b Finch	33	55	106	2	0	60.00
Simon Harmer	lbw b Virdi	14	25	27	2	0	56.00
Aaron Beard	c †Smith b Virdi	17	24	31	2	0	70.83
Sam Cook	lbw b Finch	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter	not out	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 16)	21
Total	75.4 Ov (RR: 3.44)	261
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Nick Browne, 6.1 ov), 2-69 (Alastair Cook, 18.3 ov), 3-105 (Tom Westley, 29.6 ov), 4-122 (Feroze Khushi, 34.4 ov), 5-167 (Varun Chopra, 50.3 ov), 6-209 (Paul Walter, 63.5 ov), 7-237 (Simon Harmer, 69.5 ov), 8-255 (Adam Wheater, 74.4 ov), 9-255 (Sam Cook, 74.5 ov), 10-261 (Aaron Beard, 75.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rikki Clarke	7	1	17	1	2.42	34	2	0	0	0
34.4 to FIN Khushi, . 122/4
Amar Virdi	27.4	2	85	4	3.07	114	6	0	0	2
29.6 to T Westley, . 105/3 63.5 to PI Walter, . 209/6 69.5 to SR Harmer, . 237/7 75.4 to AP Beard, . 261/10
Adam Finch	12	1	38	4	3.16	53	4	0	0	1
6.1 to NLJ Browne, . 22/1 50.3 to V Chopra, . 167/5 74.4 to AJA Wheater, . 255/8 74.5 to SJ Cook, . 255/9
Gus Atkinson	11	0	45	1	4.09	48	7	0	0	2
18.3 to AN Cook, . 69/2
James Taylor	10	0	42	0	4.20	40	6	0	0	0
Scott Borthwick	2	0	12	0	6.00	8	1	0	0	2
Will Jacks	6	0	17	0	2.83	27	1	0	0	1

Surrey 2nd Innings (T: 337 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Stoneman (c)	lbw b Harmer	16	48	60	4	0	33.33
Ryan Patel	c Porter b Harmer	19	97	123	2	0	19.58
Scott Borthwick	c †Wheater b Harmer	5	19	28	0	0	26.31
Will Jacks	lbw b Harmer	21	93	110	2	0	22.58
Jamie Smith †	c Harmer b Beard	45	89	131	8	0	50.56
Laurie Evans	st †Wheater b Harmer	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Rikki Clarke	c Chopra b Harmer	14	27	31	2	0	51.85
Gus Atkinson	b Harmer	15	21	26	2	1	71.42
Adam Finch	not out	7	28	43	0	0	25.00
James Taylor	c Khushi b Beard	0	7	12	0	0	0.00
Amar Virdi	c Porter b Harmer	12	22	28	2	0	54.54
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 4)	13
Total	75.1 Ov (RR: 2.22)	167
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Mark Stoneman, 15.2 ov), 2-35 (Scott Borthwick, 23.1 ov), 3-48 (Ryan Patel, 31.6 ov), 4-99 (Will Jacks, 51.1 ov), 5-99 (Laurie Evans, 51.3 ov), 6-117 (Rikki Clarke, 59.1 ov), 7-141 (Jamie Smith, 64.6 ov), 8-145 (Gus Atkinson, 65.5 ov), 9-150 (James Taylor, 68.3 ov), 10-167 (Amar Virdi, 75.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	16	5	29	0	1.81	79	3	0	0	0
Sam Cook	13	4	21	0	1.61	66	2	0	0	1
Simon Harmer	34.1	15	64	8	1.87	182	10	1	0	1
15.2 to MD Stoneman, . 27/1 23.1 to SG Borthwick, . 35/2 31.6 to RS Patel, . 48/3 51.1 to WG Jacks, . 99/4 51.3 to LJ Evans, . 99/5 59.1 to R Clarke, . 117/6 65.5 to AAP Atkinson, . 145/8 75.1 to A Virdi, . 167/10
Aaron Beard	10	3	33	2	3.30	50	6	0	0	0
64.6 to JL Smith, . 141/7 68.3 to JPA Taylor, . 150/9
Paul Walter	2	0	11	0	5.50	5	1	0	0	0

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Sat, 08 Aug - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 253/7 (Simon Harmer 16*, Aaron Beard 1*, 90 ov)

Sun, 09 Aug - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 13/0 (Nick Browne 4*, Alastair Cook 8*, 4 ov)

Mon, 10 Aug - day 3 - Surrey 2nd innings 27/1 (Ryan Patel 10*, 15.2 ov)

Tue, 11 Aug - day 4 - Surrey 2nd innings 167 (75.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	Bob Willis Trophy
Season	2020
Match days	8,9,10,11 August 2020 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Gus Atkinson
Umpires	Ben Debenham Chris Watts
Points	Essex 21, Surrey 3

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Surrey Innings

Player Name		R	B
MD Stoneman	lbw	16	48
RS Patel	caught	19	97
SG Borthwick	caught	5	19
WG Jacks	lbw	21	93
JL Smith	caught	45	89
LJ Evans	stumped	0	2
R Clarke	caught	14	27
AAP Atkinson	bowled	15	21
AW Finch	not out	7	28
JPA Taylor	caught	0	7
A Virdi	caught	12	22
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 4)
Total	167(10 wkts; 75.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	16	5	29	0	1.81
SJ Cook	13	4	21	0	1.61 (1 nb)
SR Harmer	34.1	15	64	8	1.87 (1 nb)
AP Beard	10	3	33	2	3.3
PI Walter	2	0	11	0	5.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	27	Mark Stoneman	Ryan Patel
2nd	8	Scott Borthwick	Ryan Patel
3rd	13	Will Jacks	Ryan Patel
4th	51	Will Jacks	Jamie Smith
5th	0	Laurie Evans	Jamie Smith
6th	18	Rikki Clarke	Jamie Smith
7th	24	Gus Atkinson	Jamie Smith
8th	4	Adam Finch	Gus Atkinson
9th	5	Adam Finch	James Taylor
10th	17	Adam Finch	Amar Virdi

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Central Group

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	NRR
SOM	5	4	0	1	97	-1.344
WOR	5	2	1	2	74	-5.449
WAR	5	0	1	4	53	-0.650
NOR	5	1	2	2	49	10.777
GLO	5	1	2	2	45	0.469
GLA	5	0	2	3	43	2.234

North Group

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	NRR
YOR	5	3	0	2	87	-2.187
DER	5	2	1	2	74	-2.499
LAN	5	2	1	2	66	-1.760
NOT	5	0	2	3	59	4.033
LEI	5	1	2	2	49	-0.343
DUR	5	0	2	3	41	1.368

South Group

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	NRR
ESS	5	4	0	1	90	-5.678
KEN	5	3	1	1	82	0.740
MID	5	2	2	1	62	-0.571
HAM	5	2	2	1	57	-1.208
SUR	5	1	4	0	36	-1.207
SUS	5	1	4	0	12	3.569

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