Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alex Lees	lbw b Critchley	113	220	278	15	1	51.36
Michael Jones	c †Pepper b Bosch	38	29	51	5	2	131.03
Scott Borthwick (c)	c †Pepper b Bosch	5	17	23	1	0	29.41
David Bedingham	c †Pepper b Harmer	65	72	82	9	0	90.27
Ollie Robinson †	c †Pepper b Critchley	198	209	270	21	7	94.73
Colin Ackermann	c Browne b Harmer	73	104	126	11	1	70.19
Bas de Leede	c Browne b Harmer	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Ben Raine	c Bosch b Critchley	37	45	55	4	0	82.22
Matthew Potts	c & b Critchley	17	20	21	2	0	85.00
Callum Parkinson	not out	10	13	24	1	0	76.92
Peter Siddle	b Harmer	6	5	10	1	0	120.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 9, nb 8)	25
Total	122 Ov (RR: 4.81)	587
Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Michael Jones, 12.2 ov), 2-83 (Scott Borthwick, 18.2 ov), 3-178 (David Bedingham, 39.1 ov), 4-314 (Alex Lees, 72.3 ov), 5-489 (Colin Ackermann, 105.2 ov), 6-489 (Bas de Leede, 105.4 ov), 7-523 (Ollie Robinson, 110.5 ov), 8-557 (Matthew Potts, 116.3 ov), 9-574 (Ben Raine, 120.3 ov), 10-587 (Peter Siddle, 121.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	18	3	69	0	3.83	79	10	1	0	0
Shane Snater	15	1	65	0	4.33	64	11	0	0	1
Simon Harmer	45	6	188	4	4.17	175	21	4	0	0
39.1 to DG Bedingham, . 178/3 105.2 to CN Ackermann, . 489/5 105.4 to BFW de Leede, . 489/6 121.6 to PM Siddle, . 587/10
Eathan Bosch	13	1	72	2	5.53	54	11	1	0	3
12.2 to MA Jones, . 61/1 18.2 to SG Borthwick, . 83/2
Paul Walter	4	1	18	0	4.50	13	2	0	0	0
Matt Critchley	26	0	158	4	6.07	79	15	5	0	0
72.3 to AZ Lees, . 314/4 110.5 to OG Robinson, . 523/7 116.3 to MJ Potts, . 557/8 120.3 to BA Raine, . 574/9
Tom Westley	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c †Robinson b Potts	18	17	26	3	0	105.88
Dean Elgar	c Borthwick b Siddle	40	65	86	7	0	61.53
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Raine	24	56	88	3	0	42.85
Jordan Cox	b Potts	32	40	52	5	0	80.00
Matt Critchley	c Lees b Parkinson	53	131	200	4	1	40.45
Paul Walter	b Potts	134	181	223	16	2	74.03
Michael Pepper †	b Potts	4	16	36	0	0	25.00
Simon Harmer	c †Robinson b Siddle	9	33	54	1	0	27.27
Shane Snater	c sub b Siddle	11	23	29	1	0	47.82
Eathan Bosch	c de Leede b Parkinson	4	22	30	0	0	18.18
Jamie Porter	not out	2	11	16	0	0	18.18
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 2)	8
Total	99 Ov (RR: 3.42)	339
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Nick Browne, 5.3 ov), 2-78 (Dean Elgar, 19.5 ov), 3-101 (Tom Westley, 27.1 ov), 4-120 (Jordan Cox, 33.1 ov), 5-267 (Matt Critchley, 75.2 ov), 6-299 (Michael Pepper, 83.2 ov), 7-310 (Paul Walter, 85.1 ov), 8-328 (Shane Snater, 91.4 ov), 9-335 (Simon Harmer, 95.3 ov), 10-339 (Eathan Bosch, 98.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Callum Parkinson	33	3	102	2	3.09	135	9	1	0	0
75.2 to MJJ Critchley, . 267/5 98.6 to E Bosch, . 339/10
Matthew Potts	21	3	71	4	3.38	90	10	0	0	0
5.3 to NLJ Browne, . 27/1 33.1 to JM Cox, . 120/4 83.2 to MS Pepper, . 299/6 85.1 to PI Walter, . 310/7
Ben Raine	17	2	70	1	4.11	72	11	1	0	0
27.1 to T Westley, . 101/3
Peter Siddle	17	3	45	3	2.64	78	5	0	0	1
19.5 to D Elgar, . 78/2 91.4 to S Snater, . 328/8 95.3 to SR Harmer, . 335/9
Colin Ackermann	7	0	31	0	4.42	26	3	1	0	0
Bas de Leede	4	0	14	0	3.50	16	2	0	0	0

Durham 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alex Lees	c †Pepper b Porter	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Michael Jones	c †Pepper b Porter	9	19	32	1	0	47.36
Scott Borthwick (c)	c †Pepper b Harmer	71	146	185	9	1	48.63
David Bedingham	c Westley b Harmer	28	39	64	3	0	71.79
Ollie Robinson †	c †Pepper b Critchley	4	4	6	1	0	100.00
Colin Ackermann	b Porter	14	32	39	1	0	43.75
Bas de Leede	st †Pepper b Harmer	31	54	76	4	0	57.40
Ben Raine	c Critchley b Harmer	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Matthew Potts	not out	22	15	25	3	1	146.66
Extras	(lb 5)	5
Total	52 Ov (RR: 3.53)	184/8d
Did not bat: Callum Parkinson, Peter Siddle
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Alex Lees, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (Michael Jones, 6.3 ov), 3-72 (David Bedingham, 21.4 ov), 4-77 (Ollie Robinson, 22.4 ov), 5-107 (Colin Ackermann, 34.2 ov), 6-137 (Scott Borthwick, 45.4 ov), 7-137 (Ben Raine, 45.6 ov), 8-184 (Bas de Leede, 51.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	10	3	18	3	1.80	50	2	0	0	0
0.1 to AZ Lees, . 0/1 6.3 to MA Jones, . 11/2 34.2 to CN Ackermann, . 107/5
Shane Snater	8	1	31	0	3.87	35	6	0	0	0
Eathan Bosch	4	0	12	0	3.00	17	1	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	21	3	75	4	3.57	85	9	1	0	0
21.4 to DG Bedingham, . 72/3 45.4 to SG Borthwick, . 137/6 45.6 to BA Raine, . 137/7 51.6 to BFW de Leede, . 184/8
Matt Critchley	9	0	43	1	4.77	29	4	1	0	0
22.4 to OG Robinson, . 77/4

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 433 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c †Robinson b Potts	6	28	34	1	0	21.42
Dean Elgar	not out	120	232	344	13	0	51.72
Jamie Porter	b Potts	3	25	34	0	0	12.00
Tom Westley (c)	not out	63	229	276	7	0	27.51
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 8)	16
Total	85 Ov (RR: 2.44)	208/2
Did not bat: Jordan Cox, Matt Critchley, Paul Walter, Michael Pepper †, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Eathan Bosch
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Nick Browne, 7.5 ov), 2-43 (Jamie Porter, 15.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Raine	10	0	23	0	2.30	46	3	0	0	0
Matthew Potts	19	6	38	2	2.00	92	4	0	0	0
7.5 to NLJ Browne, . 23/1 15.3 to JA Porter, . 43/2
Callum Parkinson	21	5	50	0	2.38	99	6	0	0	0
Peter Siddle	7	2	10	0	1.42	37	1	0	0	1
Scott Borthwick	7	0	28	0	4.00	25	2	0	0	1
Colin Ackermann	16	3	28	0	1.75	78	3	0	0	0
Bas de Leede	5	0	23	0	4.60	19	2	0	0	2

Close of Play

Sun, 23 Jun - day 1 - Durham 1st innings 445/4 (Ollie Robinson 146*, Colin Ackermann 58*, 96 ov)

Mon, 24 Jun - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 249/4 (Matt Critchley 51*, Paul Walter 80*, 68 ov)

Tue, 25 Jun - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 28/1 (Dean Elgar 16*, Jamie Porter 0*, 11 ov)

Wed, 26 Jun - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 208/2 (85 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Durham, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2024
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	23,24,25,26 June 2024 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Martin Saggers Paul Pollard
Match Referee	Simon Hinks
Points	Durham 16, Essex 12

Match Coverage

Dean Elgar drops anchor to keep Essex in touch with leaders Surrey

Potts drives Durham to overshadow Pepper's landmark

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BA Raine	10	0	23	0	2.3
MJ Potts	19	6	38	2	2
CF Parkinson	21	5	50	0	2.38
PM Siddle	7	2	10	0	1.42 (1 nb)
SG Borthwick	7	0	28	0	4 (1 nb)
CN Ackermann	16	3	28	0	1.75
BFW de Leede	5	0	23	0	4.6 (2 nb)

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