Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	b Mennie	23	54	70	4	0	42.59
Varun Chopra	lbw b Onions	6	17	23	1	0	35.29
Tom Westley	c Hameed b Bailey	17	41	59	2	0	41.46
Dan Lawrence	c Jennings b Clark	14	41	56	1	0	34.14
Ravi Bopara	c Livingstone b Clark	7	20	39	0	0	35.00
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	lbw b Mennie	14	24	47	2	0	58.33
James Foster †	c †Davies b Onions	7	16	19	0	0	43.75
Paul Walter	c Vilas b Mennie	7	14	15	1	0	50.00
Simon Harmer	c Livingstone b Bailey	10	13	24	0	0	76.92
Peter Siddle	not out	33	38	47	1	2	86.84
Jamie Porter	run out (Vilas)	4	22	36	0	0	18.18
Extras	(lb 8)	8
Total	50 Ov (RR: 3.00)	150
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Varun Chopra, 5.3 ov), 2-38 (Nick Browne, 16.6 ov), 3-48 (Tom Westley, 19.1 ov), 4-65 (Ravi Bopara, 28.2 ov), 5-68 (Dan Lawrence, 28.6 ov), 6-85 (James Foster, 33.2 ov), 7-94 (Paul Walter, 36.5 ov), 8-105 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 38.4 ov), 9-113 (Simon Harmer, 41.2 ov), 10-150 (Jamie Porter, 49.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tom Bailey	12	4	19	2	1.58	60	2	0	0	0
19.1 to T Westley, . 48/3 41.2 to SR Harmer, . 113/9
Graham Onions	15	3	43	2	2.86	70	5	0	0	0
5.3 to V Chopra, . 12/1 33.2 to JS Foster, . 85/6
Joe Mennie	13	2	52	3	4.00	56	4	1	0	0
16.6 to NLJ Browne, . 38/2 36.5 to PI Walter, . 94/7 38.4 to RN ten Doeschate, . 105/8
Jordan Clark	6	0	17	2	2.83	26	1	0	0	0
28.2 to RS Bopara, . 65/4 28.6 to DW Lawrence, . 68/5
Matt Parkinson	4	0	11	0	2.75	19	0	1	0	0

Lancashire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Keaton Jennings	c †Foster b Porter	2	8	11	0	0	25.00
Haseeb Hameed	c †Foster b Porter	8	22	42	1	0	36.36
Alex Davies †	c ten Doeschate b Porter	6	17	19	0	0	35.29
Liam Livingstone (c)	c ten Doeschate b Harmer	33	40	51	3	0	82.50
Dane Vilas	c ten Doeschate b Harmer	25	43	64	1	0	58.13
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	c †Foster b Porter	8	14	30	1	0	57.14
Jordan Clark	b Harmer	25	50	96	2	0	50.00
Tom Bailey	st †Foster b Harmer	10	29	29	1	0	34.48
Joe Mennie	c Bopara b Harmer	12	54	51	0	0	22.22
Graham Onions	b Porter	2	4	7	0	0	50.00
Matt Parkinson	not out	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 1, nb 2)	13
Total	47.1 Ov (RR: 3.05)	144
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Keaton Jennings, 2.2 ov), 2-16 (Alex Davies, 6.3 ov), 3-19 (Haseeb Hameed, 8.6 ov), 4-65 (Liam Livingstone, 17.5 ov), 5-86 (Dane Vilas, 23.4 ov), 6-88 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 24.1 ov), 7-109 (Tom Bailey, 31.2 ov), 8-141 (Joe Mennie, 45.4 ov), 9-144 (Graham Onions, 46.3 ov), 10-144 (Jordan Clark, 47.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	12	2	26	5	2.16	58	1	0	0	0
2.2 to KK Jennings, . 4/1 6.3 to AL Davies, . 16/2 8.6 to H Hameed, . 19/3 24.1 to S Chanderpaul, . 88/6 46.3 to G Onions, . 144/9
Peter Siddle	13	2	40	0	3.07	59	4	0	0	1
Paul Walter	5	0	18	0	3.60	18	0	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	15.1	2	46	5	3.03	65	4	0	0	0
17.5 to LS Livingstone, . 65/4 23.4 to DJ Vilas, . 86/5 31.2 to TE Bailey, . 109/7 45.4 to JM Mennie, . 141/8 47.1 to J Clark, . 144/10
Ravi Bopara	2	0	3	0	1.50	10	0	0	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Vilas b Mennie	17	41	63	3	0	41.46
Varun Chopra	b Onions	32	35	40	7	0	91.42
Tom Westley	c Jennings b Parkinson	49	119	151	6	0	41.17
Dan Lawrence	c Livingstone b Mennie	5	15	21	0	0	33.33
Ravi Bopara	c Livingstone b Bailey	26	48	69	2	0	54.16
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	lbw b Onions	25	40	51	1	1	62.50
James Foster †	lbw b Bailey	69	125	171	10	0	55.20
Paul Walter	c †Davies b Mennie	14	29	46	1	0	48.27
Simon Harmer	c †Davies b Onions	49	81	98	5	0	60.49
Peter Siddle	lbw b Bailey	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter	not out	0	6	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 12, lb 15)	27
Total	90.1 Ov (RR: 3.47)	313
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Varun Chopra, 9.5 ov), 2-58 (Nick Browne, 14.5 ov), 3-70 (Dan Lawrence, 20.3 ov), 4-127 (Ravi Bopara, 37.3 ov), 5-166 (Tom Westley, 47.5 ov), 6-174 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 50.2 ov), 7-208 (Paul Walter, 62.4 ov), 8-311 (Simon Harmer, 87.4 ov), 9-312 (Peter Siddle, 88.1 ov), 10-313 (James Foster, 90.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tom Bailey	18.1	3	73	3	4.01	81	11	0	0	0
37.3 to RS Bopara, . 127/4 88.1 to PM Siddle, . 312/9 90.1 to JS Foster, . 313/10
Graham Onions	18	4	57	3	3.16	82	9	0	0	0
9.5 to V Chopra, . 48/1 50.2 to RN ten Doeschate, . 174/6 87.4 to SR Harmer, . 311/8
Joe Mennie	18	4	47	3	2.61	85	5	0	0	0
14.5 to NLJ Browne, . 58/2 20.3 to DW Lawrence, . 70/3 62.4 to PI Walter, . 208/7
Matt Parkinson	18	1	49	1	2.72	75	3	1	0	0
47.5 to T Westley, . 166/5
Liam Livingstone	7	0	20	0	2.85	31	2	0	0	0
Jordan Clark	11	1	40	0	3.63	48	5	0	0	0

Lancashire 2nd Innings (T: 320 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Keaton Jennings	c Chopra b Siddle	24	63	72	2	0	38.09
Haseeb Hameed	b Porter	1	8	14	0	0	12.50
Alex Davies †	lbw b Porter	71	85	161	11	0	83.52
Liam Livingstone (c)	c †Foster b Walter	23	57	55	3	0	40.35
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	lbw b Walter	1	6	9	0	0	16.66
Dane Vilas	lbw b Siddle	22	47	60	3	0	46.80
Jordan Clark	lbw b Porter	59	80	102	5	1	73.75
Tom Bailey	run out (Siddle)	9	17	23	1	0	52.94
Joe Mennie	b Porter	56	91	116	2	3	61.53
Graham Onions	c †Foster b Harmer	1	13	14	0	0	7.69
Matt Parkinson	not out	4	29	43	0	0	13.79
Extras	(b 3, lb 10, nb 4)	17
Total	82.2 Ov (RR: 3.49)	288
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Haseeb Hameed, 2.6 ov), 2-32 (Keaton Jennings, 16.5 ov), 3-88 (Liam Livingstone, 30.3 ov), 4-98 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 32.2 ov), 5-139 (Alex Davies, 42.1 ov), 6-172 (Dane Vilas, 46.6 ov), 7-195 (Tom Bailey, 52.1 ov), 8-243 (Jordan Clark, 68.4 ov), 9-246 (Graham Onions, 71.1 ov), 10-288 (Joe Mennie, 82.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	19.2	4	54	4	2.79	90	8	0	0	0
2.6 to H Hameed, . 7/1 42.1 to AL Davies, . 139/5 68.4 to J Clark, . 243/8 82.2 to JM Mennie, . 288/10
Peter Siddle	20	4	55	2	2.75	91	5	0	0	1
16.5 to KK Jennings, . 32/2 46.6 to DJ Vilas, . 172/6
Simon Harmer	29	5	109	1	3.75	118	8	2	0	1
71.1 to G Onions, . 246/9
Paul Walter	6	1	21	2	3.50	29	4	0	0	0
30.3 to LS Livingstone, . 88/3 32.2 to S Chanderpaul, . 98/4
Ravi Bopara	8	0	36	0	4.50	30	2	2	0	0

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Fri, 20 Apr - day 1 - Lancashire 1st innings 141/8 (Jordan Clark 24*, 45.4 ov)

Sat, 21 Apr - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 313

Sun, 22 Apr - day 3 - Lancashire 2nd innings 288 (82.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	no toss
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division One
Season	2018
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	20,21,22 April 2018 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Neil Bainton Rob Bailey
Points	Essex 19, Lancashire 3

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Lancashire Innings

Player Name		R	B
KK Jennings	caught	24	63
H Hameed	bowled	1	8
AL Davies	lbw	71	85
LS Livingstone	caught	23	57
S Chanderpaul	lbw	1	6
DJ Vilas	lbw	22	47
J Clark	lbw	59	80
TE Bailey	run out	9	17
JM Mennie	bowled	56	91
G Onions	caught	1	13
MW Parkinson	not out	4	29
Extras	(b 3, lb 10, nb 4)
Total	288(10 wkts; 82.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	19.2	4	54	4	2.79
PM Siddle	20	4	55	2	2.75 (1 nb)
SR Harmer	29	5	109	1	3.75 (1 nb)
PI Walter	6	1	21	2	3.5
RS Bopara	8	0	36	0	4.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	7	Keaton Jennings	Haseeb Hameed
2nd	25	Keaton Jennings	Alex Davies
3rd	56	Liam Livingstone	Alex Davies
4th	10	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Alex Davies
5th	41	Dane Vilas	Alex Davies
6th	33	Dane Vilas	Jordan Clark
7th	23	Jordan Clark	Tom Bailey
8th	48	Jordan Clark	Joe Mennie
9th	3	Graham Onions	Joe Mennie
10th	42	Joe Mennie	Matt Parkinson

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Specsavers County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	10	1	3	254
SOM	14	7	2	4	208
ESS	14	7	4	2	187
YOR	14	5	5	3	158
HAM	14	4	5	5	144
NOT	14	4	8	2	133
LAN	14	3	7	3	133
WOR	14	2	10	2	104

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	10	1	3	254
SOM	14	7	2	4	208
ESS	14	7	4	2	187
YOR	14	5	5	3	158
HAM	14	4	5	5	144
NOT	14	4	8	2	133
LAN	14	3	7	3	133
WOR	14	2	10	2	104

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	10	1	3	254
SOM	14	7	2	4	208
ESS	14	7	4	2	187
YOR	14	5	5	3	158
HAM	14	4	5	5	144
NOT	14	4	8	2	133
LAN	14	3	7	3	133
WOR	14	2	10	2	104

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	10	1	3	254
SOM	14	7	2	4	208
ESS	14	7	4	2	187
YOR	14	5	5	3	158
HAM	14	4	5	5	144
NOT	14	4	8	2	133
LAN	14	3	7	3	133
WOR	14	2	10	2	104