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Glamorgan beat Essex by 32 runs

County Ground, Chelmsford, . Essex won the toss and chose to bowl.

Glamorgan28349.4 ov
Essex25146.4 ov
Glamorgan won by 32 runs
Glamorgan won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Essex won the toss and chose to bowl. Glamorgan were bowled out for 283, Sam Northeast 89 from 93 balls and William Smale 42 from 54 balls. Shane Snater took 3 for 45.

Essex were bowled out for 251, Tom Westley 51 from 73 balls and Aaron Beard 42 not out from 29 balls. Jamie McIlroy took 3 for 33.

Glamorgan won by 32 runs.

Key performers

Glamorgan innings

283(49.4 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Eddie Byromc †SML Fernandes b S Snaterc †SML Fernandes b S Snater6111054.55
William Smalelbw b JA Richardslbw b JA Richards42547077.78
Kiran Carlsonc RJ Das b JA Richardsc RJ Das b JA Richards13222059.09
Sam Northeastc †SML Fernandes b BMJ Allisonc †SML Fernandes b BMJ Allison89936095.70
Billy Rootrun out (S Snater)run out (S Snater)34533064.15
Asa Tribe †c †SML Fernandes b BMJ Allisonc †SML Fernandes b BMJ Allison26281192.86
Tom Bevanc †SML Fernandes b S Snaterc †SML Fernandes b S Snater6510120.00
Daniel Douthwaiterun out (†SML Fernandes)run out (†SML Fernandes)342532136.00
Andy Gorvinc †SML Fernandes b S Snaterc †SML Fernandes b S Snater561083.33
Jamie McIlroynot outnot out4*61066.67
Ben Morrisc RJ Das b JA Richardsc RJ Das b JA Richards01000.00
Extras(lb 4, w 8, nb 12)(lb 4, w 8, nb 12)24
Total49.4 Ov (RR 5.70)49.4 Ov (RR 5.70)283
Fall of wickets: 10-1 (EJ Byrom, 2.5 ov), 64-2 (KS Carlson, 13.2 ov), 77-3 (WT Smale, 15.2 ov), 151-4 (WT Root, 31.3 ov), 222-5 (AM Tribe, 41.2 ov), 229-6 (TR Bevan, 42.2 ov), 266-7 (SA Northeast, 46.1 ov), 273-8 (AW Gorvin, 47.4 ov), 283-9 (DA Douthwaite, 49.3 ov), 283-10 (BJ Morris, 49.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Shane Snater1014534.50407001
Ben Allison1004924.90366012
JA Richards9.416837.03335333
Aaron Beard603105.17141010
Luc Benkenstein402506.2562010
NRM Thain503607.20115000
Tom Westley502505.00100020
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stEJ Byrom 6(11) & WT Smale 4(6)1017
2ndKS Carlson 13(22) & WT Smale 31(44)5463
3rdSA Northeast 6(8) & WT Smale 7(4)1312
4thWT Root 34(53) & SA Northeast 36(44)7497
5thAM Tribe 26(28) & SA Northeast 37(33)7159
6thTR Bevan 6(5) & SA Northeast 1(1)76
7thDA Douthwaite 26(17) & SA Northeast 9(7)3723
8thAW Gorvin 5(6) & DA Douthwaite 2(3)79
9thJP McIlroy 4(6) & DA Douthwaite 6(5)1011
10thBJ Morris 0(1) & JP McIlroy 0(0)01

Essex innings

251(46.4 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Nick Brownec DA Douthwaite b JP McIlroyc DA Douthwaite b JP McIlroy6171035.29
Feroze Khushic BJ Morris b DA Douthwaitec BJ Morris b DA Douthwaite6121050.00
Tom Westleyc KS Carlson b BJ Morrisc KS Carlson b BJ Morris51736069.86
Robin Dasc WT Smale b DA Douthwaitec WT Smale b DA Douthwaite180012.50
Luc Benkensteinlbw b AW Gorvinlbw b AW Gorvin39416095.12
NRM Thainc AW Gorvin b BJ Morrisc AW Gorvin b BJ Morris5190026.32
SML Fernandes †b BJ Morrisb BJ Morris9121075.00
Shane Snaterc ? b JP McIlroyc ? b JP McIlroy231640143.75
JA Richardsc WT Smale b JP McIlroyc WT Smale b JP McIlroy27314087.10
Ben Allisonc WT Smale b DA Douthwaitec WT Smale b DA Douthwaite26272196.30
Aaron Beardnot outnot out42*2931144.83
Extras(b 4, w 2, nb 10)(b 4, w 2, nb 10)16
Total46.4 Ov (RR 5.38)46.4 Ov (RR 5.38) · Target 284 from 50 ov251
Fall of wickets: 8-1 (FIN Khushi, 4 ov), 12-2 (NLJ Browne, 4.5 ov), 21-3 (RJ Das, 7.1 ov), 82-4 (LM Benkenstein, 18.4 ov), 107-5 (NRM Thain, 26 ov), 122-6 (T Westley, 29.3 ov), 141-7 (SML Fernandes, 31.1 ov), 180-8 (S Snater, 37.1 ov), 183-9 (JA Richards, 38 ov), 251-10 (BMJ Allison, 46.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Jamie McIlroy923333.67375000
Daniel Douthwaite8.434134.73376002
Kiran Carlson301906.3362000
Ben Morris1005235.20367011
Andy Gorvin905115.67253112
Tom Bevan705107.29155100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stNLJ Browne 2(12) & FIN Khushi 6(12)824
2ndNLJ Browne 4(5) & T Westley 0(0)45
3rdRJ Das 1(8) & T Westley 8(6)914
4thLM Benkenstein 39(41) & T Westley 20(29)6169
5thNRM Thain 5(19) & T Westley 14(26)2544
6thT Westley 9(12) & SML Fernandes 6(9)1521
7thS Snater 14(8) & SML Fernandes 3(3)1910
8thJA Richards 26(29) & S Snater 9(8)3936
9thBMJ Allison 2(3) & JA Richards 1(2)35
10thBMJ Allison 24(24) & Aaron Beard 42(29)6852

Commentary

End of innings: ESS 251 (46.4 ov)
46.4W
DA Douthwaite to BMJ Allison, OUT
BMJ Allison c WT Smale b DA Douthwaite 26(27) [4s-2 6s-1] · FoW 251/10 (46.4 ov)
46.31
DA Douthwaite to Aaron Beard, 1 run
46.21
DA Douthwaite to BMJ Allison, 1 run
46.10
DA Douthwaite to BMJ Allison, no run
End of over 468 runsESS 249/9114200
Aaron Beard 41(28)BMJ Allison 25(24)JP McIlroy 9-2-33-3
45.60
JP McIlroy to Aaron Beard, no run
45.50
JP McIlroy to Aaron Beard, no run
45.42
JP McIlroy to Aaron Beard, 2 runs
45.34
JP McIlroy to Aaron Beard, FOUR
45.21
JP McIlroy to BMJ Allison, 1 run
45.11
JP McIlroy to Aaron Beard, 1 run
End of over 4513 runsESS 241/9216121
Aaron Beard 34(23)BMJ Allison 24(23)AW Gorvin 9-0-51-1
44.61
AW Gorvin to Aaron Beard, 1 run
44.52
AW Gorvin to Aaron Beard, 2 runs
44.41
AW Gorvin to BMJ Allison, 1 run
44.36
AW Gorvin to BMJ Allison, SIX
44.21
AW Gorvin to Aaron Beard, 1 run
44.12
AW Gorvin to Aaron Beard, 2 runs
End of over 4413 runsESS 228/9141610
BMJ Allison 17(21)Aaron Beard 28(19)TR Bevan 7-0-51-0
43.60
TR Bevan to BMJ Allison, no run
43.51
TR Bevan to Aaron Beard, 1 run
43.46
TR Bevan to Aaron Beard, SIX
43.31
TR Bevan to BMJ Allison, 1 run
43.24
TR Bevan to BMJ Allison, FOUR
43.11
TR Bevan to Aaron Beard, 1 run
End of over 434 runsESS 215/9111100
BMJ Allison 12(18)Aaron Beard 20(16)AW Gorvin 8-0-38-1
42.60
AW Gorvin to BMJ Allison, no run
42.50
AW Gorvin to BMJ Allison, no run
42.41
AW Gorvin to Aaron Beard, 1 run