Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	b Paterson	80	156	191	12	0	51.28
Feroze Khushi	c Montgomery b Pennington	18	20	31	1	1	90.00
Tom Westley (c)	c †Clarke b Paterson	7	26	29	0	0	26.92
Jordan Cox	b Harrison	84	150	234	11	1	56.00
Matt Critchley	lbw b Paterson	1	4	11	0	0	25.00
Paul Walter	c †Clarke b Paterson	0	8	14	0	0	0.00
Adam Rossington †	b Paterson	13	20	20	1	0	65.00
Simon Harmer	lbw b James	8	43	47	0	0	18.60
Shane Snater	b James	12	17	22	1	0	70.58
Sam Cook	not out	6	18	27	0	0	33.33
Jamie Porter	c Harrison b Pennington	6	20	25	1	0	30.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 12)	18
Total	79.1 Ov (RR: 3.19)	253
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Feroze Khushi, 7.2 ov), 2-58 (Tom Westley, 15.1 ov), 3-170 (Dean Elgar, 46.5 ov), 4-174 (Matt Critchley, 48.6 ov), 5-176 (Paul Walter, 52.2 ov), 6-194 (Adam Rossington, 56.5 ov), 7-217 (Simon Harmer, 67.5 ov), 8-239 (Jordan Cox, 72.6 ov), 9-239 (Shane Snater, 73.1 ov), 10-253 (Jamie Porter, 79.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Hutton	20	6	52	0	2.60	94	4	0	0	4
Dillon Pennington	20.1	0	79	2	3.91	87	10	1	0	0
7.2 to FIN Khushi, . 36/1 79.1 to JA Porter, . 253/10
Lyndon James	14	5	30	2	2.14	71	3	0	0	1
67.5 to SR Harmer, . 217/7 73.1 to S Snater, . 239/9
Dane Paterson	14	3	49	5	3.50	63	6	0	0	1
15.1 to T Westley, . 58/2 46.5 to D Elgar, . 170/3 48.6 to MJJ Critchley, . 174/4 52.2 to PI Walter, . 176/5 56.5 to AM Rossington, . 194/6
Calvin Harrison	11	1	37	1	3.36	48	4	1	0	0
72.6 to JM Cox, . 239/8

Nottinghamshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameed (c)	c †Rossington b Porter	34	54	90	5	0	62.96
Ben Duckett	b Snater	21	25	37	4	0	84.00
Ben Slater	lbw b Cook	9	14	16	2	0	64.28
Joe Clarke †	c Walter b Harmer	104	185	241	16	1	56.21
Matthew Montgomery	c Harmer b Snater	2	20	41	0	0	10.00
Jack Haynes	c sub b Critchley	77	145	173	10	1	53.10
Lyndon James	lbw b Cook	8	27	25	0	0	29.62
Calvin Harrison	not out	21	24	27	3	0	87.50
Brett Hutton	b Cook	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Dillon Pennington	lbw b Cook	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Dane Paterson	b Porter	4	2	5	1	0	200.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 6)	13
Total	82.4 Ov (RR: 3.54)	293
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Ben Duckett, 8.1 ov), 2-46 (Ben Slater, 11.4 ov), 3-79 (Haseeb Hameed, 19.1 ov), 4-100 (Matthew Montgomery, 28.2 ov), 5-259 (Joe Clarke, 72.4 ov), 6-265 (Jack Haynes, 75.1 ov), 7-288 (Lyndon James, 81.4 ov), 8-288 (Brett Hutton, 81.5 ov), 9-288 (Dillon Pennington, 81.6 ov), 10-293 (Dane Paterson, 82.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	17.4	3	62	2	3.50	81	9	0	0	3
19.1 to H Hameed, . 79/3 82.4 to D Paterson, . 293/10
Sam Cook	18	5	59	4	3.27	85	9	0	0	0
11.4 to BT Slater, . 46/2 81.4 to LW James, . 288/7 81.5 to BA Hutton, . 288/8 81.6 to DY Pennington, . 288/9
Shane Snater	17	5	54	2	3.17	82	10	0	0	0
8.1 to BM Duckett, . 33/1 28.2 to M Montgomery, . 100/4
Simon Harmer	18	5	60	1	3.33	78	10	0	0	0
72.4 to JM Clarke, . 259/5
Paul Walter	4	0	20	0	5.00	14	0	2	0	0
Matt Critchley	8	0	31	1	3.87	30	3	0	0	0
75.1 to JA Haynes, . 265/6

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	b James	26	45	71	5	0	57.77
Feroze Khushi	c Montgomery b James	32	37	51	7	0	86.48
Sam Cook	c †Clarke b Hutton	29	42	58	2	1	69.04
Tom Westley (c)	c †Clarke b Pennington	22	73	90	2	0	30.13
Jordan Cox	c †Clarke b Hutton	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Matt Critchley	lbw b Hutton	68	174	232	3	0	39.08
Paul Walter	c Duckett b Harrison	79	105	145	9	1	75.23
Simon Harmer	c †Clarke b Harrison	5	13	15	0	0	38.46
Shane Snater	c Pennington b James	47	46	77	7	0	102.17
Adam Rossington †	not out	39	49	51	6	1	79.59
Jamie Porter	not out	4	1	2	1	0	400.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 7, nb 8)	23
Total	97 Ov (RR: 3.85)	374/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Feroze Khushi, 10.6 ov), 2-78 (Dean Elgar, 16.6 ov), 3-109 (Sam Cook, 26.1 ov), 4-109 (Jordan Cox, 26.2 ov), 5-129 (Tom Westley, 37.5 ov), 6-261 (Paul Walter, 73.3 ov), 7-269 (Simon Harmer, 77.5 ov), 8-307 (Matt Critchley, 84.4 ov), 9-370 (Shane Snater, 96.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Hutton	24	3	73	3	3.04	100	7	0	0	3
26.1 to SJ Cook, . 109/3 26.2 to JM Cox, . 109/4 84.4 to MJJ Critchley, . 307/8
Dillon Pennington	25	4	96	1	3.84	105	14	1	0	0
37.5 to T Westley, . 129/5
Dane Paterson	14	0	67	0	4.78	47	6	1	0	1
Lyndon James	23	1	85	3	3.69	93	12	0	0	0
10.6 to FIN Khushi, . 53/1 16.6 to D Elgar, . 78/2 96.5 to S Snater, . 370/9
Calvin Harrison	9	1	24	2	2.66	37	2	0	0	0
73.3 to PI Walter, . 261/6 77.5 to SR Harmer, . 269/7
Matthew Montgomery	2	0	14	0	7.00	6	1	1	0	0

Nottinghamshire 2nd Innings (T: 335 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameed (c)	b Cook	10	16	18	2	0	62.50
Ben Duckett	b Porter	5	6	13	1	0	83.33
Ben Slater	c Harmer b Cook	3	10	14	0	0	30.00
Joe Clarke †	b Snater	19	41	58	3	0	46.34
Matthew Montgomery	b Cook	12	46	68	2	0	26.08
Jack Haynes	lbw b Porter	7	20	33	1	0	35.00
Lyndon James	not out	7	38	61	1	0	18.42
Calvin Harrison	lbw b Cook	1	10	12	0	0	10.00
Brett Hutton	b Cook	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Dillon Pennington	c Elgar b Cook	7	13	25	1	0	53.84
Dane Paterson	b Porter	7	5	9	0	1	140.00
Extras	(nb 2)	2
Total	34.3 Ov (RR: 2.31)	80
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Ben Duckett, 2.5 ov), 2-17 (Haseeb Hameed, 3.5 ov), 3-18 (Ben Slater, 5.3 ov), 4-39 (Joe Clarke, 17.4 ov), 5-50 (Matthew Montgomery, 21.3 ov), 6-56 (Jack Haynes, 24.4 ov), 7-59 (Calvin Harrison, 27.2 ov), 8-59 (Brett Hutton, 27.5 ov), 9-73 (Dillon Pennington, 33.1 ov), 10-80 (Dane Paterson, 34.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	14.3	4	43	3	2.96	71	5	1	0	1
2.5 to BM Duckett, . 15/1 24.4 to JA Haynes, . 56/6 34.3 to D Paterson, . 80/10
Sam Cook	14	10	14	6	1.00	78	2	0	0	0
3.5 to H Hameed, . 17/2 5.3 to BT Slater, . 18/3 21.3 to M Montgomery, . 50/5 27.2 to CG Harrison, . 59/7 27.5 to BA Hutton, . 59/8 33.1 to DY Pennington, . 73/9
Shane Snater	6	1	23	1	3.83	26	4	0	0	0
17.4 to JM Clarke, . 39/4

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Fri, 05 Apr - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 244/9 (Sam Cook 3*, Jamie Porter 0*, 77 ov)

Sat, 06 Apr - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 65/1 (Dean Elgar 16*, Sam Cook 10*, 14 ov)

Sun, 07 Apr - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 329/8 (Shane Snater 29*, Adam Rossington 17*, 91 ov)

Mon, 08 Apr - day 4 - Notts 2nd innings 80 (34.3 ov) - end of match

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Day 4

Nottinghamshire 2nd innings
Batting and Bowling points: Essex 4, Nottinghamshire 4
Essex were deducted 12 points following a disciplinary charge relating to Feroze Khushi breaching bat size regulations

Match Details

Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Toss	Nottinghamshire, elected to field 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	5,6,7,8 April 2024 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Steve O'Shaughnessy Tom Lungley
Match Referee	Steve Davis
Points	Essex 8, Nottinghamshire 4

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Notts Innings

Player Name		R	B
H Hameed	bowled	10	16
BM Duckett	bowled	5	6
BT Slater	caught	3	10
JM Clarke	bowled	19	41
M Montgomery	bowled	12	46
JA Haynes	lbw	7	20
LW James	not out	7	38
CG Harrison	lbw	1	10
BA Hutton	bowled	0	3
DY Pennington	caught	7	13
D Paterson	bowled	7	5
Extras	(nb 2)
Total	80(10 wkts; 34.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	14.3	4	43	3	2.96 (1 nb)
SJ Cook	14	10	14	6	1
S Snater	6	1	23	1	3.83

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	15	Ben Duckett	Haseeb Hameed
2nd	2	Ben Slater	Haseeb Hameed
3rd	1	Ben Slater	Joe Clarke
4th	21	Joe Clarke	Matthew Montgomery
5th	11	Matthew Montgomery	Jack Haynes
6th	6	Lyndon James	Jack Haynes
7th	3	Calvin Harrison	Lyndon James
8th	0	Brett Hutton	Lyndon James
9th	14	Lyndon James	Dillon Pennington
10th	7	Dane Paterson	Lyndon James

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County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	231
HAM	14	6	1	6	214
SOM	14	5	3	6	196
ESS	14	6	3	5	194
DUR	14	4	4	5	171
WOR	14	3	4	7	162
WAR	14	1	4	9	159
NOT	14	2	4	8	155
LAN	14	3	6	5	134
KEN	14	1	8	5	99

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	231
HAM	14	6	1	6	214
SOM	14	5	3	6	196
ESS	14	6	3	5	194
DUR	14	4	4	5	171
WOR	14	3	4	7	162
WAR	14	1	4	9	159
NOT	14	2	4	8	155
LAN	14	3	6	5	134
KEN	14	1	8	5	99

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	231
HAM	14	6	1	6	214
SOM	14	5	3	6	196
ESS	14	6	3	5	194
DUR	14	4	4	5	171
WOR	14	3	4	7	162
WAR	14	1	4	9	159
NOT	14	2	4	8	155
LAN	14	3	6	5	134
KEN	14	1	8	5	99

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	231
HAM	14	6	1	6	214
SOM	14	5	3	6	196
ESS	14	6	3	5	194
DUR	14	4	4	5	171
WOR	14	3	4	7	162
WAR	14	1	4	9	159
NOT	14	2	4	8	155
LAN	14	3	6	5	134
KEN	14	1	8	5	99