BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Kohler-Cadmore b Davey	33	69	73	6	0	47.82
Alastair Cook	lbw b Davey	128	244	353	19	0	52.45
Tom Westley (c)	c †Rew b Overton	37	67	78	6	0	55.22
Paul Walter	b Aldridge	27	46	60	4	1	58.69
Matt Critchley	run out (Dickson)	121	143	175	19	1	84.61
Ben Allison	b Overton	4	16	23	1	0	25.00
Feroze Khushi	not out	56	69	92	2	4	81.15
Simon Harmer	c †Rew b Aldridge	17	30	34	2	0	56.66
William Buttleman †	c Lammonby b Davey	17	21	23	2	0	80.95
Sam Cook	c Lammonby b Shoaib Bashir	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Jamie Porter	not out	2	6	14	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 5, lb 7, nb 6)	18
TOTAL	119 Ov (RR: 3.88)	462/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Nick Browne, 20.1 ov), 2-136 (Tom Westley, 42.1 ov), 3-188 (Paul Walter, 56.4 ov), 4-341 (Alastair Cook, 90.6 ov), 5-361 (Ben Allison, 96.3 ov), 6-366 (Matt Critchley, 98.2 ov), 7-389 (Simon Harmer, 108.2 ov), 8-419 (William Buttleman, 114.2 ov), 9-430 (Sam Cook, 115.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Henry	22	8	76	0	3.45	100	13	0	0	0
Craig Overton	22.5	6	54	2	2.36	109	7	0	0	0
42.1 to T Westley, . 136/2 96.3 to BMJ Allison, . 361/5
Kasey Aldridge	19.1	1	108	2	5.63	69	15	2	0	0
56.4 to PI Walter, . 188/3 108.2 to SR Harmer, . 389/7
Josh Davey	20	1	88	3	4.40	85	15	0	0	2
20.1 to NLJ Browne, . 66/1 90.6 to AN Cook, . 341/4 114.2 to WEL Buttleman, . 419/8
Shoaib Bashir	35	6	124	1	3.54	146	11	4	0	1
115.6 to SJ Cook, . 430/9

Somerset 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Lammonby	c Allison b Porter	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Sean Dickson	not out	82	180	232	10	0	45.55
Tom Abell (c)	c Harmer b Porter	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
George Bartlett	lbw b Porter	4	6	10	0	0	66.66
Tom Kohler-Cadmore	c Allison b Harmer	32	39	61	5	0	82.05
James Rew †	c †Buttleman b Allison	6	15	20	1	0	40.00
Kasey Aldridge	c & b Harmer	1	17	25	0	0	5.88
Craig Overton	c Browne b Harmer	23	42	46	1	2	54.76
Josh Davey	c Browne b Harmer	7	22	19	1	0	31.81
Matt Henry	c & b Harmer	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Shoaib Bashir	c AN Cook b SJ Cook	4	41	40	0	0	9.75
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 4)	8
TOTAL	61.2 Ov (RR: 2.72)	167
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Tom Lammonby, 0.3 ov), 2-2 (Tom Abell, 0.6 ov), 3-10 (George Bartlett, 2.6 ov), 4-70 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 18.2 ov), 5-85 (James Rew, 23.3 ov), 6-102 (Kasey Aldridge, 30.1 ov), 7-142 (Craig Overton, 42.6 ov), 8-154 (Josh Davey, 48.2 ov), 9-154 (Matt Henry, 48.3 ov), 10-167 (Shoaib Bashir, 61.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	13	1	38	3	2.92	59	4	0	0	1
0.3 to TA Lammonby, . 2/1 0.6 to TB Abell, . 2/2 2.6 to GA Bartlett, . 10/3
Sam Cook	11.2	2	32	1	2.82	55	4	0	0	0
61.2 to Shoaib Bashir, . 167/10
Simon Harmer	25	9	64	5	2.56	119	6	2	0	0
18.2 to T Kohler-Cadmore, . 70/4 30.1 to KL Aldridge, . 102/6 42.6 to C Overton, . 142/7 48.2 to JH Davey, . 154/8 48.3 to MJ Henry, . 154/9
Ben Allison	8	1	26	1	3.25	38	4	0	0	1
23.3 to JEK Rew, . 85/5
Matt Critchley	4	2	3	0	0.75	22	0	0	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	lbw b Overton	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
Alastair Cook	c Lammonby b Aldridge	34	60	106	5	0	56.66
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Henry	14	35	38	2	0	40.00
Paul Walter	c Overton b Davey	25	37	32	5	0	67.56
Matt Critchley	c Overton b Aldridge	52	72	98	5	2	72.22
Feroze Khushi	c Abell b Aldridge	2	8	6	0	0	25.00
Simon Harmer	c Kohler-Cadmore b Aldridge	21	46	54	2	0	45.65
William Buttleman †	not out	9	8	13	0	1	112.50
Ben Allison	not out	11	3	5	1	1	366.66
Extras	(lb 2)	2
TOTAL	46 Ov (RR: 3.69)	170/7d
Did not bat: Sam Cook, Jamie Porter
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Nick Browne, 1.4 ov), 2-28 (Tom Westley, 12.1 ov), 3-65 (Paul Walter, 19.5 ov), 4-98 (Alastair Cook, 27.4 ov), 5-100 (Feroze Khushi, 29.1 ov), 6-150 (Simon Harmer, 43.4 ov), 7-159 (Matt Critchley, 45.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Henry	11	2	24	1	2.18	52	2	0	0	0
12.1 to T Westley, . 28/2
Craig Overton	8	2	32	1	4.00	36	6	0	0	0
1.4 to NLJ Browne, . 5/1
Josh Davey	5	0	18	1	3.60	20	2	0	0	0
19.5 to PI Walter, . 65/3
Shoaib Bashir	14	0	58	0	4.14	56	6	2	0	0
Kasey Aldridge	8	3	36	4	4.50	35	4	2	0	0
27.4 to AN Cook, . 98/4 29.1 to FIN Khushi, . 100/5 43.4 to SR Harmer, . 150/6 45.2 to MJJ Critchley, . 159/7

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 466 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Lammonby	lbw b Critchley	59	99	118	9	0	59.59
Sean Dickson	c Khushi b Porter	18	44	50	3	0	40.90
Tom Abell (c)	c †Buttleman b SJ Cook	83	207	216	12	0	40.09
George Bartlett	c AN Cook b Critchley	15	28	28	1	1	53.57
Tom Kohler-Cadmore	lbw b Harmer	25	46	51	3	0	54.34
James Rew †	c AN Cook b Harmer	28	81	90	3	0	34.56
Kasey Aldridge	b SJ Cook	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Craig Overton	c Critchley b Harmer	5	20	35	0	0	25.00
Josh Davey	c †Buttleman b Porter	14	34	41	2	0	41.17
Matt Henry	c †Buttleman b Porter	3	16	17	0	0	18.75
Shoaib Bashir	not out	6	7	7	1	0	85.71
Extras	(b 8, lb 5)	13
TOTAL	97.1 Ov (RR: 2.76)	269
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Sean Dickson, 13.6 ov), 2-90 (Tom Lammonby, 34.1 ov), 3-117 (George Bartlett, 41.2 ov), 4-172 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 58.3 ov), 5-228 (Tom Abell, 81.2 ov), 6-228 (Kasey Aldridge, 81.3 ov), 7-232 (James Rew, 86.3 ov), 8-241 (Craig Overton, 90.1 ov), 9-258 (Matt Henry, 95.4 ov), 10-269 (Josh Davey, 97.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	14.1	5	31	3	2.18	74	6	0	0	0
13.6 to SR Dickson, . 32/1 95.4 to MJ Henry, . 258/9 97.1 to JH Davey, . 269/10
Sam Cook	15	5	37	2	2.46	72	6	0	0	0
81.2 to TB Abell, . 228/5 81.3 to KL Aldridge, . 228/6
Simon Harmer	42	8	114	3	2.71	198	14	1	0	0
58.3 to T Kohler-Cadmore, . 172/4 86.3 to JEK Rew, . 232/7 90.1 to C Overton, . 241/8
Paul Walter	6	1	15	0	2.50	28	2	0	0	0
Ben Allison	4	1	13	0	3.25	18	2	0	0	0
Matt Critchley	16	3	46	2	2.87	68	4	0	0	0
34.1 to TA Lammonby, . 90/2 41.2 to GA Bartlett, . 117/3

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sun, 11 Jun - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 360/4 (Matt Critchley 119*, Ben Allison 4*, 96 ov)

Mon, 12 Jun - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 15/1 (Alastair Cook 9*, Tom Westley 6*, 7 ov)

Tue, 13 Jun - day 3 - Somerset 2nd innings 172/4 (Tom Abell 54*, 58.3 ov)

Wed, 14 Jun - day 4 - Somerset 2nd innings 269 (97.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 4

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2023
Match days	11,12,13,14 June 2023 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Shoaib Bashir
Umpires	David Millns Nigel Llong
Match Referee	Wayne Noon
Points	Essex 22, Somerset 2

Match Coverage

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Somerset Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	14.1	5	31	3	2.18
SJ Cook	15	5	37	2	2.46
SR Harmer	42	8	114	3	2.71
PI Walter	6	1	15	0	2.5
BMJ Allison	4	1	13	0	3.25
MJJ Critchley	16	3	46	2	2.87

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