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Somerset vs Essex, Match

ResultFirst-classSpecsavers County Championship 2018· Super 18, Group 1· County Ground, Taunton·
SOMSomerset324 & 202(66.3 ov)
ESSEssex191 & 290(106 ov)
Somerset won by 45 runs

Somerset 1st innings

324 (100.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothickc NLJ Browne b PM Siddle9515816060.13
Eddie Byromc †AJA Wheater b PM Siddle16383042.11
Azhar Alic DW Lawrence b SR Harmer17382044.74
James Hildrethlbw b JA Porter9161056.25
Tom Abellc †AJA Wheater b RS Bopara701439048.95
Steven Davies †b JA Porter45818055.56
Lewis Gregoryb PM Siddle47587081.03
Dominic Bessc DW Lawrence b PM Siddle8221036.36
Jamie Overtonnot out3*140021.43
Jack Leachb PM Siddle2200010.00
Josh Daveyc V Chopra b JA Porter6151040.00
Extras(lb 6)6
Total100.3 Ov (RR 3.22)324
Fall of wickets: 38-1 (EJ Byrom, 11.3 ov), 63-2 (Azhar Ali, 22.4 ov), 104-3 (JC Hildreth, 30 ov), 180-4 (ME Trescothick, 54.1 ov), 244-5 (TB Abell, 76.3 ov), 285-6 (SM Davies, 84.3 ov), 298-7 (DM Bess, 89.3 ov), 313-8 (L Gregory, 93.4 ov), 317-9 (MJ Leach, 97.3 ov), 324-10 (JH Davey, 100.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Jamie Porter24.358233.3510813000
Sam Cook1124003.64476000
Peter Siddle2678053.0812014000
Simon Harmer3258812.7514310000
Tom Westley421102.75192000
Ravi Bopara301715.67103000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stME Trescothick 16(31) & EJ Byrom 16(38)3869
2ndAzhar Ali 17(38) & ME Trescothick 8(29)2567
3rdJC Hildreth 9(16) & ME Trescothick 32(28)4144
4thME Trescothick 39(70) & TB Abell 37(75)76145
5thTB Abell 33(68) & SM Davies 31(66)64134
6thL Gregory 27(33) & SM Davies 14(15)4148
7thDM Bess 8(22) & L Gregory 5(8)1330
8thJ Overton 0(8) & L Gregory 15(17)1525
9thMJ Leach 2(20) & J Overton 2(3)423
10thJH Davey 6(15) & J Overton 1(3)718

Essex 1st innings

191 (66.4 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Nick Brownec †SM Davies b JH Davey13303043.33
Varun Chopralbw b L Gregory16322050.00
Tom Westleyb JH Davey06000.00
Daniel Lawrencelbw b MJ Leach28553150.91
Ravi Boparac †SM Davies b J Overton15173088.24
Ryan ten Doeschatelbw b J Overton731377153.28
Adam Wheater †c L Gregory b MJ Leach10312032.26
Simon Harmerc & b DM Bess481050.00
Peter Siddlec L Gregory b Azhar Ali12511023.53
Jamie Porterc †SM Davies b J Overton226007.69
Sam Cooknot out6*71085.71
Extras(b 5, lb 7)12
Total66.4 Ov (RR 2.87)191
Fall of wickets: 25-1 (NLJ Browne, 9.4 ov), 29-2 (V Chopra, 10.4 ov), 29-3 (T Westley, 11.4 ov), 54-4 (RS Bopara, 16.4 ov), 106-5 (DW Lawrence, 29.2 ov), 132-6 (AJA Wheater, 39.4 ov), 137-7 (SR Harmer, 42.1 ov), 174-8 (PM Siddle, 59.2 ov), 180-9 (RN ten Doeschate, 64.1 ov), 191-10 (JA Porter, 66.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Lewis Gregory1123713.36506000
Josh Davey1032722.70515000
Jack Leach1992721.42993000
Jamie Overton8.414034.62354100
Dominic Bess1444313.07675100
Azhar Ali41511.25190000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stNLJ Browne 13(30) & V Chopra 12(28)2558
2ndT Westley 0(2) & V Chopra 4(4)46
3rdDW Lawrence 0(2) & T Westley 0(4)06
4thRS Bopara 15(17) & DW Lawrence 10(13)2530
5thRN ten Doeschate 28(36) & DW Lawrence 18(40)5276
6thAJA Wheater 10(31) & RN ten Doeschate 14(31)2662
7thSR Harmer 4(8) & RN ten Doeschate 1(7)515
8thPM Siddle 12(51) & RN ten Doeschate 25(52)37103
9thJA Porter 1(18) & RN ten Doeschate 5(11)629
10thSJ Cook 6(7) & JA Porter 1(8)1115

Somerset 2nd innings

202 (66.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothicklbw b SJ Cook7311022.58
Eddie Byromlbw b SR Harmer421134037.17
Dominic Bessc SR Harmer b SJ Cook12362033.33
Azhar Alic RS Bopara b SR Harmer23383060.53
James Hildrethb PM Siddle151320115.38
Tom Abellc RS Bopara b SR Harmer27454060.00
Steven Davies †c sub (MR Quinn) b JA Porter29714040.85
Lewis Gregoryc V Chopra b SR Harmer11811137.50
Jamie Overtonb PM Siddle10132076.92
Jack Leachlbw b T Westley5181027.78
Josh Daveynot out10*140171.43
Extras(b 2, lb 7, nb 2)11
Total66.3 Ov (RR 3.04)202
Fall of wickets: 13-1 (ME Trescothick, 9.2 ov), 33-2 (DM Bess, 19.4 ov), 85-3 (Azhar Ali, 34 ov), 96-4 (EJ Byrom, 37.3 ov), 118-5 (JC Hildreth, 40.2 ov), 142-6 (TB Abell, 51.1 ov), 154-7 (L Gregory, 53.3 ov), 169-8 (J Overton, 56.4 ov), 183-9 (MJ Leach, 62.2 ov), 202-10 (SM Davies, 66.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Jamie Porter11.324413.83507000
Sam Cook1262321.92624000
Simon Harmer2566942.761128000
Peter Siddle1514923.27665101
Tom Westley31812.67150100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stME Trescothick 7(31) & EJ Byrom 6(25)1356
2ndDM Bess 12(36) & EJ Byrom 4(26)2062
3rdAzhar Ali 23(38) & EJ Byrom 26(48)5286
4thEJ Byrom 6(14) & JC Hildreth 5(7)1121
5thTB Abell 12(11) & JC Hildreth 10(6)2217
6thSM Davies 9(31) & TB Abell 15(34)2465
7thL Gregory 11(8) & SM Davies 1(6)1214
8thJ Overton 10(13) & SM Davies 3(7)1519
9thMJ Leach 5(18) & SM Davies 8(16)1434
10thJH Davey 10(14) & SM Davies 8(11)1925

Essex 2nd innings

290 (106 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Nick Brownec J Overton b MJ Leach8618114047.51
Varun Chopralbw b MJ Leach24413058.54
Tom Westleylbw b J Overton561289043.75
Daniel Lawrenceb MJ Leach21533039.62
Ryan ten Doeschateb MJ Leach50798063.29
Ravi Boparab MJ Leach27595045.76
Adam Wheater †c & b MJ Leach190011.11
Simon Harmerc ME Trescothick b DM Bess4330012.12
Peter Siddlec J Overton b MJ Leach6180033.33
Jamie Porterlbw b MJ Leach020000.00
Sam Cooknot out3*160018.75
Extras(b 4, lb 6, nb 2)12
Total106 Ov (RR 2.74) · Target 336290
Fall of wickets: 58-1 (V Chopra, 13.4 ov), 171-2 (NLJ Browne, 57.5 ov), 171-3 (T Westley, 58.3 ov), 225-4 (DW Lawrence, 75.4 ov), 256-5 (RN ten Doeschate, 85.1 ov), 258-6 (AJA Wheater, 87.1 ov), 281-7 (RS Bopara, 96 ov), 281-8 (SR Harmer, 97 ov), 287-9 (PM Siddle, 101.2 ov), 290-10 (JA Porter, 106 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Lewis Gregory512004.00234000
Josh Davey1845302.94859000
Dominic Bess2637813.0011711000
Jack Leach48168581.7724210001
Jamie Overton904414.89368000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stNLJ Browne 30(41) & V Chopra 24(41)5882
2ndT Westley 56(125) & NLJ Browne 56(140)113265
3rdDW Lawrence 0(1) & T Westley 0(3)04
4thRN ten Doeschate 31(52) & DW Lawrence 21(52)54103
5thRS Bopara 12(30) & RN ten Doeschate 19(27)3157
6thAJA Wheater 1(9) & RS Bopara 1(3)212
7thSR Harmer 4(27) & RS Bopara 14(26)2353
8thSR Harmer 0(6) & PM Siddle 0(0)06
9thPM Siddle 6(18) & JA Porter 0(8)626
10thSJ Cook 3(16) & JA Porter 0(12)328