Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	lbw b Joseph	26	98	147	5	0	26.53
Alastair Cook	b Joseph	115	263	330	17	0	43.72

Tom Westley (c)	c †Cox b Libby	113	256	335	14	1	44.14
Dan Lawrence	lbw b Pennington	90	155	213	9	1	58.06
Paul Walter	c Fell b Mitchell	65	103	121	6	2	63.10
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw b D'Oliveira	41	66	72	4	0	62.12
Adam Wheater †	b D'Oliveira	23	37	41	1	0	62.16
Simon Harmer	not out	57	51	54	3	4	111.76
Shane Snater	b D'Oliveira	1	5	9	0	0	20.00
Peter Siddle	not out	11	16	18	0	1	68.75
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 12)	19
Total	174 Ov (RR: 3.22)	561/8d
Did not bat: Sam Cook
Fall of wickets: 1-71 (Nick Browne, 35.2 ov), 2-210 (Alastair Cook, 83.2 ov), 3-340 (Tom Westley, 120.1 ov), 4-390 (Dan Lawrence, 137.3 ov), 5-463 (Paul Walter, 153.4 ov), 6-471 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 156.5 ov), 7-510 (Adam Wheater, 166.2 ov), 8-524 (Shane Snater, 168.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Charlie Morris	26	7	105	0	4.03	111	16	1	0	1
Dillon Pennington	28	7	65	1	2.32	132	8	0	0	0
137.3 to DW Lawrence, . 390/4
Alzarri Joseph	24	3	92	2	3.83	103	9	1	0	3
35.2 to NLJ Browne, . 71/1 83.2 to AN Cook, back of a length, shaping away, Cook leans back for the cut, and crashes the ball into his own stumps! An under-edge ends a fine knock, and gives Worcestershire some late reward for hard toil. 210/2
Ed Barnard	30	12	59	0	1.96	155	9	0	0	2
Brett D'Oliveira	46	6	147	3	3.19	189	8	5	0	0
156.5 to RN ten Doeschate, . 471/6 166.2 to AJA Wheater, . 510/7 168.3 to S Snater, . 524/8
Daryl Mitchell	11	2	41	1	3.72	40	3	1	0	0
153.4 to PI Walter, . 463/5
Jake Libby	9	1	45	1	5.00	31	5	1	0	0
120.1 to T Westley, . 340/3

Worcestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daryl Mitchell	c ten Doeschate b Harmer	67	141	170	11	0	47.51
Jake Libby (c)	b Harmer	41	94	147	4	1	43.61
Tom Fell	c †Wheater b SJ Cook	53	162	197	8	0	32.71
Gareth Roderick	b Harmer	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Brett D'Oliveira	c †Wheater b Snater	67	150	199	8	0	44.66
Riki Wessels	b SJ Cook	33	93	117	5	0	35.48
Ben Cox †	b SJ Cook	37	80	107	6	0	46.25
Ed Barnard	b Harmer	1	16	32	0	0	6.25
Alzarri Joseph	lbw b SJ Cook	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Dillon Pennington	b Lawrence	30	52	56	3	1	57.69
Charlie Morris	not out	8	43	49	1	0	18.60
Extras	(b 4, lb 11, nb 12)	27
Total	138.1 Ov (RR: 2.63)	364
Fall of wickets: 1-111 (Jake Libby, 36.2 ov), 2-132 (Daryl Mitchell, 42.3 ov), 3-132 (Gareth Roderick, 42.5 ov), 4-243 (Tom Fell, 86.6 ov), 5-259 (Brett D'Oliveira, 93.3 ov), 6-313 (Riki Wessels, 116.5 ov), 7-326 (Ben Cox, 120.5 ov), 8-326 (Alzarri Joseph, 122.1 ov), 9-326 (Ed Barnard, 123.1 ov), 10-364 (Dillon Pennington, 138.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sam Cook	29	12	60	4	2.06	151	10	0	0	2
86.6 to TC Fell, . 243/4 116.5 to MH Wessels, . 313/6 120.5 to OB Cox, . 326/7 122.1 to AS Joseph, . 326/8
Peter Siddle	25	4	71	0	2.84	121	9	0	0	3
Simon Harmer	49	18	85	4	1.73	252	8	1	0	0
36.2 to JD Libby, . 111/1 42.3 to DKH Mitchell, . 132/2 42.5 to GH Roderick, . 132/3 123.1 to EG Barnard, . 326/9
Dan Lawrence	11.1	2	38	1	3.40	46	3	1	0	0
138.1 to DY Pennington, . 364/10
Shane Snater	17	4	77	1	4.52	70	13	0	0	1
93.3 to BL D'Oliveira, . 259/5
Paul Walter	7	2	18	0	2.57	33	3	0	0	0

Worcestershire 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daryl Mitchell	b SJ Cook	20	30	32	4	0	66.66
Jake Libby (c)	not out	52	139	196	6	0	37.41
Tom Fell	lbw b SJ Cook	35	102	98	5	0	34.31
Gareth Roderick	not out	13	71	65	1	0	18.30
Extras	(b 8, lb 1)	9
Total	57 Ov (RR: 2.26)	129/2
Did not bat: Brett D'Oliveira, Riki Wessels, Ben Cox †, Ed Barnard, Alzarri Joseph, Dillon Pennington, Charlie Morris
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Daryl Mitchell, 8.5 ov), 2-105 (Tom Fell, 37.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sam Cook	11	7	7	2	0.63	62	1	0	0	0
8.5 to DKH Mitchell, . 24/1 37.1 to TC Fell, . 105/2
Simon Harmer	24	8	34	0	1.41	123	2	0	0	0
Peter Siddle	3	0	17	0	5.66	13	4	0	0	0
Shane Snater	7	1	17	0	2.42	34	3	0	0	0
Paul Walter	6	0	24	0	4.00	19	2	0	0	0
Dan Lawrence	4	0	19	0	4.75	18	4	0	0	0
Tom Westley	2	1	2	0	1.00	10	0	0	0	0

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Thu, 29 Apr - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 266/2 (Tom Westley 75*, Dan Lawrence 33*, 96 ov)

Fri, 30 Apr - day 2 - Worcs 1st innings 37/0 (Daryl Mitchell 17*, Jake Libby 15*, 16 ov)

Sat, 01 May - day 3 - Worcs 1st innings 302/5 (Riki Wessels 24*, Ben Cox 23*, 112 ov)

Sun, 02 May - day 4 - Worcs 2nd innings 129/2 (57 ov) - end of match

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General

Batting and Bowling points: Worcestershire 3, Essex 4

Match Details

County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship
Season	2021
Match days	29,30 April, 1, 2 May 2021 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Graham Lloyd Rob White
Match Referee	Stuart Cummings
Points	Essex 12, Worcestershire 11

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Worcs Innings

Player Name		R	B
DKH Mitchell	bowled	20	30
JD Libby	not out	52	139
TC Fell	lbw	35	102
GH Roderick	not out	13	71
Extras	(b 8, lb 1)
Total	129(2 wkts; 57 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Cook	11	7	7	2	0.63
SR Harmer	24	8	34	0	1.41
PM Siddle	3	0	17	0	5.66
S Snater	7	1	17	0	2.42
PI Walter	6	0	24	0	4
DW Lawrence	4	0	19	0	4.75
T Westley	2	1	2	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	24	Daryl Mitchell	Jake Libby
2nd	81	Tom Fell	Jake Libby
3rd	24	Gareth Roderick	Jake Libby

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County Championship

Division 1

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WARKS	4	2	1	1	77
LANCS	4	2	1	1	73.5
NOTTS	4	3	1	0	73
HANTS	4	2	1	1	61.5
YORKS	4	1	2	1	44.5
SOM	4	0	4	0	32.5

Division 2

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	4	3	0	1	96
GLOUC	4	3	1	0	76
DURH	3	1	1	1	44
NHNTS	4	1	2	1	54
SUR	3	0	1	2	40
GLAM	4	0	3	1	34.5

Division 3

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
KENT	4	4	0	0	94
MIDDX	4	3	1	0	80
WORCS	4	2	2	0	67.5
LEICS	4	1	2	1	54.5
DERBS	4	1	2	1	51.5
SUSS	4	0	4	0	30

Group 1

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
NOTTS	10	4	2	4	151
WARKS	10	4	1	5	145
DURH	10	3	2	5	132
ESSEX	10	3	2	5	129
WORCS	10	1	3	6	109
DERBS	10	0	5	5	72

Group 2

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SOM	10	4	1	5	148
HANTS	10	4	2	4	145
GLOUC	10	5	3	2	131
SUR	10	2	2	6	123
LEICS	10	2	4	4	111
MIDDX	10	2	7	1	84

Group 3

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LANCS	10	4	1	5	150
YORKS	10	5	1	4	149
GLAM	10	2	2	6	127
NHNTS	10	3	3	4	123
KENT	10	0	3	7	97
SUSS	10	1	5	4	94

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