Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luc Benkenstein	c Rice b S Baker	3	11	18	0	0	27.27
Robin Das (c)	c B Baker b GW Thomas	41	62	91	7	0	66.12
Charlie Allison	lbw b B Baker	37	36	58	5	0	102.77
Jamal Richards	c & b Leach	36	53	67	4	1	67.92
Aaron Beard	c †Mumford b Theedom	19	40	56	4	0	47.50
Ben Allison	c S Baker b Leach	19	73	93	0	1	26.02
Simon Fernandes †	lbw b Goldsworthy	38	57	76	6	0	66.66
Ronnie McKenna	not out	11	31	43	1	0	35.48
Ayaan Malik	c S Baker b Goldsworthy	1	8	5	0	0	12.50
Aum Patel	c JF Thomas b B Baker	2	26	21	0	0	7.69
Sam Bear	b B Baker	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, nb 4)	8
Total	66 Ov (RR: 3.25, 266 Mins)	215
Did not bat: Alex Gosling
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Luc Benkenstein, 3.3 ov), 2-73 (Charlie Allison, 15.5 ov), 3-85 (Robin Das, 18.6 ov), 4-140 (Jamal Richards, 32.6 ov), 5-140 (Aaron Beard, 33.2 ov), 6-197 (Simon Fernandes, 52.5 ov), 7-203 (Ben Allison, 57.1 ov), 8-204 (Ayaan Malik, 58.5 ov), 9-215 (Aum Patel, 65.5 ov), 10-215 (Sam Bear, 65.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Alfie Ogborne	13	2	42	0	3.23	-	-	-	0
Sonny Baker	7	1	36	1	5.14	-	-	-	2
Blaise Baker	9	2	42	3	4.66	-	-	-	0
James Theedom	6	1	19	1	3.16	-	-	-	0
George Thomas	9	1	44	1	4.88	-	-	-	0
Jack Leach	16	5	23	2	1.43	-	-	-	0
Lewis Goldsworthy	6	2	5	2	0.83	-	-	-	0

Somerset 2nd XI 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Leach (c)	b Richards	28	52	55	3	0	53.84
Lachlan Rice	c †Fernandes b BMJ Allison	42	90	152	2	0	46.66
Lewis Goldsworthy	b Benkenstein	14	17	19	2	0	82.35
Charlie Mumford †	c CWJ Allison b Beard	19	57	71	3	0	33.33
George Thomas	c †Fernandes b Benkenstein	38	77	115	3	1	49.35
Joshua Thomas	lbw b BMJ Allison	0	24	29	0	0	0.00
Sebastian Linnitt	lbw b Richards	6	12	20	1	0	50.00
Alfie Ogborne	lbw b Benkenstein	22	73	85	2	0	30.13
Sonny Baker	not out	20	39	51	1	0	51.28
James Theedom	c Malik b Benkenstein	3	17	22	0	0	17.64
Blaise Baker	c & b Benkenstein	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 18, lb 23)	41
Total	76.5 Ov (RR: 3.03, 313 Mins)	233
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Jack Leach, 13.3 ov), 2-76 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 18.2 ov), 3-117 (Charlie Mumford, 35.3 ov), 4-117 (Lachlan Rice, 36.3 ov), 5-129 (Joshua Thomas, 42.6 ov), 6-156 (Sebastian Linnitt, 47.5 ov), 7-200 (George Thomas, 64.2 ov), 8-219 (Alfie Ogborne, 70.6 ov), 9-233 (James Theedom, 76.2 ov), 10-233 (Blaise Baker, 76.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ben Allison	16	5	36	2	2.25	-	-	-
Aaron Beard	17	7	38	1	2.23	-	-	-
Luc Benkenstein	25.5	4	67	5	2.59	-	-	-
Jamal Richards	13	5	33	2	2.53	-	-	-
Aum Patel	1	0	9	0	9.00	-	-	-
Sam Bear	4	0	9	0	2.25	-	-	-

Essex 2nd XI 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luc Benkenstein	c B Baker b Ogborne	18	39	71	0	0	46.15
Robin Das (c)	b S Baker	5	5	8	1	0	100.00
Charlie Allison	c Linnitt b GW Thomas	35	50	58	7	0	70.00
Jamal Richards	c †Mumford b Ogborne	8	25	42	0	0	32.00
Aaron Beard	lbw b Ogborne	6	22	28	0	0	27.27
Ben Allison	b Leach	70	109	153	5	2	64.22
Simon Fernandes †	b S Baker	5	14	17	1	0	35.71
Ronnie McKenna	lbw b Ogborne	18	33	40	2	0	54.54
Ayaan Malik	not out	31	83	141	4	0	37.34
Aum Patel	c †Mumford b B Baker	33	42	42	4	1	78.57
Sam Bear	b B Baker	1	11	13	0	0	9.09
Extras	(b 16, lb 7, nb 2, w 1)	26
Total	72 Ov (RR: 3.55, 308 Mins)	256
Did not bat: Alex Gosling
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Robin Das, 1.5 ov), 2-58 (Charlie Allison, 15.3 ov), 3-64 (Luc Benkenstein, 16.1 ov), 4-76 (Aaron Beard, 22.4 ov), 5-87 (Jamal Richards, 24.2 ov), 6-96 (Simon Fernandes, 27.6 ov), 7-135 (Ronnie McKenna, 38.4 ov), 8-202 (Ben Allison, 56.4 ov), 9-250 (Aum Patel, 67.5 ov), 10-256 (Sam Bear, 71.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Alfie Ogborne	19	2	66	4	3.47	-	-	-	0	0
Sonny Baker	7	1	21	2	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Blaise Baker	10	1	42	2	4.20	-	-	-	1	1
James Theedom	8	1	26	0	3.25	-	-	-	0	0
George Thomas	14	2	30	1	2.14	-	-	-	0	0
Lewis Goldsworthy	6	1	12	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Jack Leach	6	0	34	1	5.66	-	-	-	0	0
Joshua Thomas	2	0	2	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0

Somerset 2nd XI 2nd Innings (T: 239 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Leach (c)	c †McKenna b Benkenstein	30	51	70	3	0	58.82
Lachlan Rice	lbw b Richards	25	58	90	0	0	43.10
Lewis Goldsworthy	c Patel b Benkenstein	16	60	69	2	0	26.66
Charlie Mumford †	b BMJ Allison	48	95	117	5	0	50.52
George Thomas	c Gosling b Benkenstein	2	16	14	0	0	12.50
Joshua Thomas	b Benkenstein	47	48	74	3	3	97.91
Sebastian Linnitt	lbw b Beard	22	14	27	3	1	157.14
Alfie Ogborne	not out	12	24	42	1	0	50.00
Sonny Baker	b Beard	2	8	16	0	0	25.00
James Theedom	b Benkenstein	3	13	15	0	0	23.07
Blaise Baker	c Das b Benkenstein	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 16, lb 2, w 1, pen 5)	24
Total	64.4 Ov (RR: 3.57, 270 Mins)	231
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Jack Leach, 16.3 ov), 2-66 (Lachlan Rice, 21.1 ov), 3-96 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 34.3 ov), 4-102 (George Thomas, 38.1 ov), 5-173 (Charlie Mumford, 51.6 ov), 6-201 (Joshua Thomas, 56.2 ov), 7-211 (Sebastian Linnitt, 57.5 ov), 8-224 (Sonny Baker, 61.1 ov), 9-231 (James Theedom, 64.3 ov), 10-231 (Blaise Baker, 64.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Ben Allison	11	2	43	1	3.90	-	-	-	0
Aaron Beard	13	4	36	2	2.76	-	-	-	0
Luc Benkenstein	28.4	5	81	6	2.82	-	-	-	1
Jamal Richards	7	2	23	1	3.28	-	-	-	0
Aum Patel	5	0	25	0	5.00	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Mon, 06 May - day 1 - Smrst 2nd XI 1st innings 105/2 (Lachlan Rice 35*, Charlie Mumford 15*, 28 ov)

Tue, 07 May - day 2 - Essex 2nd XI 2nd innings 166/7 (Ben Allison 52*, Ayaan Malik 2*, 45 ov)

Wed, 08 May - day 3 - Smrst 2nd XI 2nd innings 231 (64.4 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Taunton Vale Sports Club Ground, Taunton
Toss	Somerset 2nd XI, elected to field first
Series	Second Eleven Championship
Season	2024
Players per side	Essex 2nd XI 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding); Somerset 2nd XI 11 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
Match days	6,7,8 May 2024 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ben Peverall Hassan Adnan
Points	Essex 2nd XI 19, Somerset 2nd XI 3

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Smrst 2nd XI Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BMJ Allison	11	2	43	1	3.9
AP Beard	13	4	36	2	2.76
LM Benkenstein	28.4	5	81	6	2.82
JA Richards	7	2	23	1	3.28
AS Patel	5	0	25	0	5

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