BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)	b Siddle	90	217	253	13	0	41.47
Mark Stoneman	c Westley b Cook	12	29	40	2	0	41.37
Dean Elgar	b Harmer	75	179	253	8	0	41.89
Ollie Pope	c Harmer b Siddle	21	57	82	1	0	36.84
Ben Foakes †	b Porter	30	65	118	3	0	46.15
Will Jacks	c Lawrence b Siddle	16	52	50	2	0	30.76
Rikki Clarke	c ten Doeschate b Porter	56	69	101	8	2	81.15
Tom Curran	c Lawrence b Harmer	26	41	53	4	0	63.41
Morne Morkel	b Cook	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Conor McKerr	c Lawrence b Cook	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Amar Virdi	not out	0	1	12	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 14, lb 6, nb 4)	24
TOTAL	119.2 Ov (RR: 2.94)	351
Did not bat: Ryan Patel
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Mark Stoneman, 9.4 ov), 2-178 (Rory Burns, 64.6 ov), 3-200 (Dean Elgar, 75.3 ov), 4-233 (Ollie Pope, 85.6 ov), 5-257 (Will Jacks, 97.5 ov), 6-279 (Ben Foakes, 102.5 ov), 7-324 (Tom Curran, 115.4 ov), 8-325 (Morne Morkel, 116.1 ov), 9-325 (Conor McKerr, 116.6 ov), 10-351 (Rikki Clarke, 119.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	28.2	3	87	2	3.07	125	10	0	0	0
102.5 to BT Foakes, . 279/6 119.2 to R Clarke, . 351/10
Sam Cook	25	7	71	3	2.84	119	10	1	0	0
9.4 to MD Stoneman, . 30/1 116.1 to M Morkel, . 325/8 116.6 to C McKerr, . 325/9
Peter Siddle	29	6	86	3	2.96	136	12	0	0	1
64.6 to RJ Burns, . 178/2 85.6 to OJ Pope, . 233/4 97.5 to WG Jacks, . 257/5
Simon Harmer	29	12	62	2	2.13	144	7	1	0	0
75.3 to D Elgar, . 200/3 115.4 to TK Curran, . 324/7
Tom Westley	2	0	8	0	4.00	9	1	0	0	0
Ravi Bopara	6	1	17	0	2.83	26	1	0	0	1

Essex 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Elgar b Morkel	7	19	18	1	0	36.84
Varun Chopra	c Clarke b Curran	3	8	22	0	0	37.50
Tom Westley	c Burns b Clarke	49	66	113	9	0	74.24
Dan Lawrence	lbw b Curran	3	22	21	0	0	13.63
Ravi Bopara	c †Foakes b Clarke	6	26	41	0	0	23.07
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	c †Foakes b Clarke	2	7	10	0	0	28.57
Michael Pepper †	b Curran	9	30	32	0	0	30.00
Simon Harmer	lbw b Clarke	0	1	8	0	0	0.00
Peter Siddle	not out	21	20	38	3	0	105.00
Jamie Porter	lbw b McKerr	12	21	26	3	0	57.14
Sam Cook	c Pope b McKerr	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 4, nb 4, w 4)	12
TOTAL	37.2 Ov (RR: 3.37)	126
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Nick Browne, 4.2 ov), 2-10 (Varun Chopra, 5.1 ov), 3-20 (Dan Lawrence, 9.6 ov), 4-47 (Ravi Bopara, 19.2 ov), 5-53 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 21.3 ov), 6-86 (Michael Pepper, 28.6 ov), 7-86 (Tom Westley, 29.2 ov), 8-87 (Simon Harmer, 29.6 ov), 9-122 (Jamie Porter, 35.6 ov), 10-126 (Sam Cook, 37.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Morne Morkel	9	3	18	1	2.00	48	2	0	0	2
4.2 to NLJ Browne, . 10/1
Tom Curran	13	2	36	3	2.76	60	5	0	0	0
5.1 to V Chopra, . 10/2 9.6 to DW Lawrence, . 20/3 28.6 to MS Pepper, . 86/6
Conor McKerr	6.2	0	40	2	6.31	24	6	0	4	0
35.6 to JA Porter, . 122/9 37.2 to SJ Cook, . 126/10
Rikki Clarke	9	1	28	4	3.11	40	3	0	0	0
19.2 to RS Bopara, . 47/4 21.3 to RN ten Doeschate, . 53/5 29.2 to T Westley, . 86/7 29.6 to SR Harmer, . 87/8

Essex 2nd INNINGS (FOLLOWING ON)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Patel b Clarke	21	89	120	3	0	23.59
Varun Chopra	lbw b Curran	5	28	39	1	0	17.85
Tom Westley	b Curran	7	24	35	1	0	29.16
Dan Lawrence	c Burns b Clarke	3	10	14	0	0	30.00
Ravi Bopara	not out	81	122	218	6	1	66.39
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	c Burns b Morkel	11	18	21	1	0	61.11
Michael Pepper †	c Stoneman b Clarke	21	48	62	4	0	43.75
Simon Harmer	c Elgar b Morkel	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Peter Siddle	c Stoneman b Clarke	8	25	30	1	0	32.00
Jamie Porter	c Jacks b Morkel	31	36	40	5	0	86.11
Sam Cook	b Virdi	12	22	28	2	0	54.54
Extras	(b 9, lb 11, nb 4, w 2)	26
TOTAL	70.3 Ov (RR: 3.20)	226
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Varun Chopra, 9.5 ov), 2-28 (Tom Westley, 17.6 ov), 3-31 (Dan Lawrence, 20.5 ov), 4-60 (Nick Browne, 28.5 ov), 5-86 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 34.1 ov), 6-139 (Michael Pepper, 47.6 ov), 7-140 (Simon Harmer, 48.4 ov), 8-157 (Peter Siddle, 55.5 ov), 9-208 (Jamie Porter, 64.3 ov), 10-226 (Sam Cook, 70.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Morne Morkel	20	3	68	3	3.40	88	9	0	0	1
34.1 to RN ten Doeschate, . 86/5 48.4 to SR Harmer, . 140/7 64.3 to JA Porter, . 208/9
Tom Curran	20	8	46	2	2.30	99	5	0	0	1
9.5 to V Chopra, . 16/1 17.6 to T Westley, . 28/2
Rikki Clarke	17	3	47	4	2.76	78	5	0	0	0
20.5 to DW Lawrence, . 31/3 28.5 to NLJ Browne, . 60/4 47.6 to MS Pepper, . 139/6 55.5 to PM Siddle, . 157/8
Amar Virdi	8.3	1	36	1	4.23	35	4	1	0	0
70.3 to SJ Cook, . 226/10
Conor McKerr	5	1	9	0	1.80	26	1	0	2	0

Surrey 2nd INNINGS (Target: 2 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)	not out	2	4	3	0	0	50.00
Mark Stoneman	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras		0
TOTAL	0.4 Ov (RR: 3.00)	2
Did not bat: Dean Elgar, Ben Foakes †, Will Jacks, Rikki Clarke, Tom Curran, Morne Morkel, Conor McKerr, Amar Virdi, Ryan Patel

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Simon Harmer	0.4	0	2	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to field first
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division One
Season	2018
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	04,05,06 September 2018 - day (4-day match)
Player Replacement	Ryan Patel for Ollie Pope (Essex 2nd innings, 7.1 ov)
Umpires	Jeff Evans Nigel Llong
Points	Surrey 22, Essex 2

CLOSE OF PLAY

Tue, 04 Sep - day 1 - Surrey 1st innings 256/4 (Ben Foakes 24*, Will Jacks 15*, 96 ov)

Wed, 05 Sep - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 13/0 (Nick Browne 5*, Varun Chopra 4*, 7 ov)

Thu, 06 Sep - day 3 - Surrey 2nd innings 2/0 (0.4 ov) - end of match

Match Coverage

Surrey's irresistible pace attack makes it eight in a row

Rikki Clarke proves enduring value as Surrey close in on title

Surrey Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
SR Harmer	0.4	0	2	0	3

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	2	Mark Stoneman	Rory Burns

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