Essex vs Worcestershire, Match 13

ResultFirst-classCounty Championship 2025· Super 18, Group 1· County Ground, Chelmsford· 18 Apr 2025

ESSEssex179 & 317(95 ov)

WORWorcestershire202 & 266(84.4 ov)

Essex won by 28 runs

Essex 1st innings

179 (58.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	b JA Duffy	1	11	0	0	9.09
CWJ Allison	lbw b JA Duffy	19	23	4	0	82.61
Tom Westley	c †GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	28	44	5	0	63.64
Jordan Cox †	c †GH Roderick b JA Duffy	32	44	4	1	72.73
Matthew Critchley	c †GH Roderick b MJ Waite	19	34	3	0	55.88
Michael-Kyle Pepper	lbw b MJ Waite	10	47	1	0	21.28
NRM Thain	lbw b MJ Waite	7	41	1	0	17.07
Simon Harmer	c †GH Roderick b BMJ Allison	28	77	4	0	36.36
Shane Snater	c EA Brookes b JA Duffy	24	27	2	1	88.89
Kasun Rajitha	not out	2*	3	0	0	66.67
Jamie Porter	b BMJ Allison	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 6, w 1, nb 2)	9
Total	58.4 Ov (RR 3.05)	179

Fall of wickets: 16-1 (PI Walter, 4.3 ov), 21-2 (CWJ Allison, 6.4 ov), 81-3 (T Westley, 19.4 ov), 84-4 (JM Cox, 21 ov), 106-5 (MJJ Critchley, 31.2 ov), 113-6 (NRM Thain, 40 ov), 146-7 (S Snater, 48.5 ov), 177-8 (MS Pepper, 57.3 ov), 179-9 (SR Harmer, 58.2 ov), 179-10 (JA Porter, 58.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jacob Duffy	16	4	39	4	2.44	76	5	0	1	0
Tom Taylor	13	4	46	1	3.54	63	10	0	0	0
Ben Allison	12.4	4	37	2	2.92	61	4	1	0	1
Matthew Waite	16	4	47	3	2.94	77	5	1	0	0
Ethan Brookes	1	0	4	0	4.00	3	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	PI Walter 1(11) & CWJ Allison 15(16)	16	27
2nd	T Westley 1(6) & CWJ Allison 4(7)	5	13
3rd	JM Cox 31(41) & T Westley 27(38)	60	78
4th	MJJ Critchley 1(5) & JM Cox 1(3)	3	8
5th	MJJ Critchley 9(14) & MS Pepper 1(21)	10	35
5th	NRM Thain 3(12) & MJJ Critchley 9(15)	12	27
6th	SR Harmer 3(23) & NRM Thain 4(29)	7	52
7th	SR Harmer 5(26) & S Snater 24(27)	33	53
8th	MS Pepper 9(26) & SR Harmer 20(26)	31	52
9th	CAK Rajitha 2(3) & SR Harmer 0(2)	2	5
10th	JA Porter 0(2) & CAK Rajitha 0(0)	0	2

Worcestershire 1st innings

202 (54 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Roderick †	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	4	23	1	0	17.39
Jake Libby	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	12	16	2	0	75.00
Kashif Ali	c NRM Thain b JA Porter	6	24	0	0	25.00
Rob Jones	c †JM Cox b CAK Rajitha	0	8	0	0	0.00
Adam Hose	c PI Walter b CAK Rajitha	48	78	7	0	61.54
Brett D'Oliveira	lbw b CAK Rajitha	48	78	6	0	61.54
Matthew Waite	c ? b JA Porter	32	38	5	0	84.21
Ethan Brookes	c PI Walter b NRM Thain	24	32	4	0	75.00
Tom Taylor	c S Snater b CAK Rajitha	3	19	0	0	15.79
Ben Allison	c ? b NRM Thain	10	8	2	0	125.00
Jacob Duffy	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 2)	15
Total	54 Ov (RR 3.74)	202

Fall of wickets: 16-1 (JD Libby, 5.2 ov), 19-2 (GH Roderick, 7.4 ov), 22-3 (RP Jones, 10.5 ov), 22-4 (Kashif Ali, 12 ov), 124-5 (AJ Hose, 36.2 ov), 131-6 (BL D'Oliveira, 39 ov), 160-7 (MJ Waite, 46.3 ov), 188-8 (EA Brookes, 51.4 ov), 192-9 (TAI Taylor, 52.5 ov), 202-10 (BMJ Allison, 54 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
Jamie Porter	18	3	49	2	2.72	83	4	0
Shane Snater	15	5	44	2	2.93	74	8	0
Kasun Rajitha	13	4	52	4	4.00	59	9	0
NRM Thain	6	0	29	2	4.83	21	3	1
Simon Harmer	2	0	15	0	7.50	6	3	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	GH Roderick 4(16) & JD Libby 12(16)	16	32
2nd	Kashif Ali 3(7) & GH Roderick 0(7)	3	14
3rd	RP Jones 0(8) & Kashif Ali 3(11)	3	19
4th	AJ Hose 0(1) & Kashif Ali 0(6)	0	7
5th	AJ Hose 48(77) & BL D'Oliveira 48(70)	102	146
6th	MJ Waite 7(8) & BL D'Oliveira 0(8)	7	16
7th	MJ Waite 25(30) & EA Brookes 4(15)	29	45
8th	TAI Taylor 3(14) & EA Brookes 20(17)	28	31
9th	BMJ Allison 4(2) & TAI Taylor 0(5)	4	7
10th	JA Duffy 0(1) & BMJ Allison 6(6)	10	7

Essex 2nd innings

317 (95 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	b TAI Taylor	104	154	13	0	67.53
CWJ Allison	c †GH Roderick b MJ Waite	24	45	3	0	53.33
Tom Westley	lbw b MJ Waite	3	12	0	0	25.00
Jordan Cox †	c MJ Waite b JA Duffy	24	22	5	0	109.09
Matthew Critchley	c & b EA Brookes	5	19	0	0	26.32
Michael-Kyle Pepper	b MJ Waite	1	7	0	0	14.29
NRM Thain	c †GH Roderick b EA Brookes	54	143	6	0	37.76
Simon Harmer	c †GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	33	87	4	0	37.93
Shane Snater	b BMJ Allison	48	63	5	1	76.19
Kasun Rajitha	lbw b TAI Taylor	3	11	0	0	27.27
Jamie Porter	not out	0*	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, w 2)	18
Total	95 Ov (RR 3.34)	317

Fall of wickets: 53-1 (CWJ Allison, 15.4 ov), 63-2 (T Westley, 19.4 ov), 111-3 (JM Cox, 26.4 ov), 127-4 (MJJ Critchley, 32.2 ov), 128-5 (MS Pepper, 33.4 ov), 211-6 (PI Walter, 61.1 ov), 246-7 (NRM Thain, 77.1 ov), 287-8 (SR Harmer, 87.5 ov), 303-9 (CAK Rajitha, 91.5 ov), 317-10 (S Snater, 95 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Jacob Duffy	22	2	98	1	4.45	83	11	1	2
Tom Taylor	23	4	73	3	3.17	106	10	0	0
Ben Allison	18	4	53	1	2.94	80	6	0	0
Matthew Waite	18	6	40	3	2.22	88	4	0	0
Ethan Brookes	14	2	37	2	2.64	62	5	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	PI Walter 25(49) & CWJ Allison 24(45)	53	94
2nd	T Westley 3(12) & PI Walter 7(12)	10	24
3rd	JM Cox 24(22) & PI Walter 23(20)	48	42
4th	MJJ Critchley 5(19) & PI Walter 9(15)	16	34
5th	MS Pepper 1(7) & PI Walter 0(1)	1	8
6th	NRM Thain 38(108) & PI Walter 40(57)	83	165
7th	SR Harmer 15(61) & NRM Thain 16(35)	35	96
8th	S Snater 22(38) & SR Harmer 18(26)	41	64
9th	CAK Rajitha 3(11) & S Snater 12(13)	16	24
10th	JA Porter 0(7) & S Snater 14(12)	14	19

Worcestershire 2nd innings

266 (84.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Roderick †	lbw b JA Porter	0	2	0	0	0.00
Jake Libby	c CWJ Allison b S Snater	14	27	3	0	51.85
Kashif Ali	c †JM Cox b SR Harmer	50	91	9	0	54.95
Rob Jones	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	4	22	0	0	18.18
Adam Hose	lbw b NRM Thain	21	42	4	0	50.00
Brett D'Oliveira	c PI Walter b JA Porter	36	92	5	0	39.13
Matthew Waite	b JA Porter	27	89	3	0	30.34
Ethan Brookes	c & b JA Porter	88	105	6	7	83.81
Tom Taylor	c PI Walter b JA Porter	1	16	0	0	6.25
Ben Allison	b CAK Rajitha	0	12	0	0	0.00
Jacob Duffy	not out	0*	12	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 16, w 1, nb 4)	25
Total	84.4 Ov (RR 3.14) · Target 295	266

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (GH Roderick, 0.2 ov), 18-2 (JD Libby, 7.5 ov), 32-3 (RP Jones, 13.3 ov), 78-4 (AJ Hose, 25.4 ov), 119-5 (Kashif Ali, 35.5 ov), 162-6 (BL D'Oliveira, 55.2 ov), 186-7 (MJ Waite, 66.2 ov), 192-8 (TAI Taylor, 70.2 ov), 202-9 (BMJ Allison, 75 ov), 266-10 (EA Brookes, 84.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	24.4	8	52	6	2.11	127	7	1	0	0
Shane Snater	26	8	69	1	2.65	128	11	1	0	0
Kasun Rajitha	18	3	67	1	3.72	78	8	2	1	0
NRM Thain	7	0	35	1	5.00	27	4	0	0	2
Simon Harmer	9	5	23	1	2.56	47	0	3	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	GH Roderick 0(2) & JD Libby 0(0)	0	2
2nd	Kashif Ali 3(18) & JD Libby 14(27)	18	45
3rd	RP Jones 4(22) & Kashif Ali 6(12)	14	34
4th	AJ Hose 21(42) & Kashif Ali 23(32)	46	73
5th	BL D'Oliveira 19(33) & Kashif Ali 18(29)	41	61
6th	MJ Waite 22(58) & BL D'Oliveira 17(59)	43	117
7th	EA Brookes 18(35) & MJ Waite 5(31)	24	66
8th	TAI Taylor 1(16) & EA Brookes 1(8)	6	24
9th	BMJ Allison 0(12) & EA Brookes 10(16)	10	28
10th	EA Brookes 59(46) & JA Duffy 0(12)	64	58