Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Hameed b Lord	7	20	27	0	0	35.00
Robin Das	c McCann b James	20	44	65	3	0	45.45
Tom Westley (c)	b Lord	122	241	308	9	0	50.62
Matt Critchley	b Fletcher	5	20	25	1	0	25.00
Luc Benkenstein	c †Verreynne b Lord	4	10	15	1	0	40.00
Paul Walter	c Patterson-White b Farhan Ahmed	72	106	167	10	1	67.92
Michael Pepper †	b Patterson-White	115	147	219	12	1	78.23
Simon Harmer	b McCann	51	112	127	5	1	45.53
Shane Snater	b Farhan Ahmed	8	11	10	0	0	72.72
Sam Cook	st †Verreynne b Farhan Ahmed	5	9	12	1	0	55.55
Jamie Porter	not out	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 20, nb 24)	48
Total	118.3 Ov (RR: 3.85)	457
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Dean Elgar, 5.5 ov), 2-56 (Robin Das, 13.3 ov), 3-73 (Matt Critchley, 18.6 ov), 4-86 (Luc Benkenstein, 21.6 ov), 5-228 (Paul Walter, 63.6 ov), 6-297 (Tom Westley, 83.1 ov), 7-430 (Simon Harmer, 112.6 ov), 8-441 (Shane Snater, 115.2 ov), 9-453 (Sam Cook, 117.3 ov), 10-457 (Michael Pepper, 118.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Luke Fletcher	23	5	73	1	3.17	109	7	0	0	5
18.6 to MJJ Critchley, . 73/3
Robert Lord	23	2	88	3	3.82	98	11	0	0	2
5.5 to D Elgar, . 17/1 21.6 to LM Benkenstein, . 86/4 83.1 to T Westley, . 297/6
Lyndon James	16	0	78	1	4.87	60	7	0	0	5
13.3 to RJ Das, . 56/2
Farhan Ahmed	28	0	102	3	3.64	106	7	2	0	0
63.6 to PI Walter, . 228/5 115.2 to S Snater, . 441/8 117.3 to SJ Cook, . 453/9
Liam Patterson-White	26.3	3	86	1	3.24	112	10	1	0	0
118.3 to MS Pepper, . 457/10
Freddie McCann	2	0	6	1	3.00	7	0	0	0	0
112.6 to SR Harmer, . 430/7

Nottinghamshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameed (c)	c Benkenstein b Cook	8	13	15	1	0	61.53
Ben Slater	c Elgar b Harmer	29	70	91	4	0	41.42
Freddie McCann	lbw b Harmer	11	40	59	1	0	27.50
Joe Clarke	lbw b Porter	13	31	36	3	0	41.93
Jack Haynes	lbw b Harmer	1	15	23	0	0	6.66
Kyle Verreynne †	c Snater b Porter	12	9	15	3	0	133.33
Lyndon James	c †Pepper b Porter	7	22	29	0	0	31.81
Liam Patterson-White	lbw b Porter	8	24	27	0	1	33.33
Luke Fletcher	lbw b Porter	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Robert Lord	c Das b Harmer	1	12	14	0	0	8.33
Farhan Ahmed	not out	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	40.5 Ov (RR: 2.27)	93
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Haseeb Hameed, 3.4 ov), 2-48 (Freddie McCann, 18.1 ov), 3-49 (Ben Slater, 22.3 ov), 4-63 (Joe Clarke, 27.5 ov), 5-63 (Jack Haynes, 28.2 ov), 6-77 (Kyle Verreynne, 31.1 ov), 7-84 (Lyndon James, 35.6 ov), 8-90 (Luke Fletcher, 37.1 ov), 9-93 (Liam Patterson-White, 37.4 ov), 10-93 (Robert Lord, 40.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	10	2	35	5	3.50	45	6	0	0	0
27.5 to JM Clarke, . 63/4 31.1 to K Verreynne, . 77/6 35.6 to LW James, . 84/7 37.1 to LJ Fletcher, . 90/8 37.4 to LA Patterson-White, . 93/9
Sam Cook	11	4	24	1	2.18	56	4	0	0	0
3.4 to H Hameed, . 19/1
Simon Harmer	12.5	7	16	4	1.24	69	1	1	0	0
18.1 to FW McCann, . 48/2 22.3 to BT Slater, . 49/3 28.2 to JA Haynes, . 63/5 40.5 to R Lord, . 93/10
Matt Critchley	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0
Shane Snater	6	0	13	0	2.16	29	1	0	0	0

Nottinghamshire 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameed (c)	lbw b Cook	105	166	203	11	0	63.25
Ben Slater	b Harmer	8	39	43	1	0	20.51
Freddie McCann	lbw b Harmer	4	22	22	0	0	18.18
Joe Clarke	c Harmer b Cook	67	141	147	7	1	47.51
Jack Haynes	c & b Walter	8	48	50	1	0	16.66
Kyle Verreynne †	not out	38	56	126	3	0	67.85
Lyndon James	c Snater b Walter	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Liam Patterson-White	c †Pepper b Porter	10	24	28	0	0	41.66
Robert Lord	c Das b Harmer	21	29	27	4	0	72.41
Luke Fletcher	b Harmer	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Farhan Ahmed	c †Pepper b Snater	6	31	25	0	0	19.35
Extras	(b 12, lb 2)	14
Total	93.2 Ov (RR: 3.01)	281
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Ben Slater, 12.5 ov), 2-49 (Freddie McCann, 18.6 ov), 3-185 (Haseeb Hameed, 59.6 ov), 4-194 (Joe Clarke, 61.2 ov), 5-217 (Jack Haynes, 73.3 ov), 6-217 (Lyndon James, 73.5 ov), 7-238 (Liam Patterson-White, 80.3 ov), 8-266 (Robert Lord, 86.4 ov), 9-266 (Luke Fletcher, 86.6 ov), 10-281 (Farhan Ahmed, 93.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Simon Harmer	40	10	93	4	2.32	182	7	1	0	0
12.5 to BT Slater, . 31/1 18.6 to FW McCann, . 49/2 86.4 to R Lord, . 266/8 86.6 to LJ Fletcher, . 266/9
Sam Cook	19	5	53	2	2.78	91	8	0	0	0
59.6 to H Hameed, . 185/3 61.2 to JM Clarke, . 194/4
Jamie Porter	12	1	44	1	3.66	52	6	0	0	0
80.3 to LA Patterson-White, . 238/7
Shane Snater	4.2	1	17	1	3.92	17	1	0	0	0
93.2 to Farhan Ahmed, . 281/10
Matt Critchley	10	1	42	0	4.20	36	4	0	0	0
Paul Walter	8	1	18	2	2.25	36	1	0	0	0
73.3 to JA Haynes, . 217/5 73.5 to LW James, . 217/6

Close of Play

Mon, 09 Sep - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 262/5 (Tom Westley 108*, Michael Pepper 21*, 74 ov)

Tue, 10 Sep - day 2 - Notts 1st innings 37/1 (Ben Slater 26*, Freddie McCann 2*, 10.5 ov)

Wed, 11 Sep - day 3 - Notts 2nd innings 180/2 (Haseeb Hameed 100*, Joe Clarke 62*, 56 ov)

Thu, 12 Sep - day 4 - Notts 2nd innings 281 (93.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Nottinghamshire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2024
Hours of play (local time)	10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	9,10,11,12 September 2024 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Luc Benkenstein
Umpires	Peter Hartley Rob White
Match Referee	Dean Cosker
Points	Essex 23, Nottinghamshire 2

Match Coverage

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Notts Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SR Harmer	40	10	93	4	2.32
SJ Cook	19	5	53	2	2.78
JA Porter	12	1	44	1	3.66
S Snater	4.2	1	17	1	3.92
MJJ Critchley	10	1	42	0	4.2
PI Walter	8	1	18	2	2.25

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