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Specsavers County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, Aug 29-Sep 1 2018

Essex won by an inns & 52 runs

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Peter Siddle and Simon Harmer combine to secure innings victory

With a method that took them to the title last year, Essex earned a win in three days that lifts them out of relegation danger

Match Centre

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford

Series

Specsavers County Championship Division One 2018

Toss

Essex , elected to bat first

Season

2018

Hours of play (local time)

11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

29,30,31 August, 01 September 2018 (4-day match)

Umpires

Rob Bailey

Mike Burns

Points

Essex 24, Hampshire 2

Scorecard Summary

ESSEX 435(114.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Varun Chopra61 (142)
Dan Lawrence124 (210)

Kyle Abbott5/90 (28)
Ian Holland2/83 (27)

HAMPSHIRE 172(78.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Liam Dawson32 (60)
Joe Weatherley32 (59)

Peter Siddle2/22 (14)
Sam Cook3/27 (10.3)

HAMPSHIRE 211 f/o(90.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Sam Northeast41 (101)
Tom Alsop51 (142)

Peter Siddle5/48 (22)
Simon Harmer4/64 (29.3)

90.3

Harmer to Berg, OUT,

GK Berg lbw b Harmer 37 (123m 109b 3x4 1x6) SR: 33.94

90.2

Harmer to Berg, no run,

90.1

Harmer to Berg, no run,

END OF OVER:
90 | 1 Run | HANTS: 211/9

Gareth Berg37 (106b)
Fidel Edwards4 (22b)

Peter Siddle22-7-48-5
Simon Harmer29-8-64-3

89.6

Siddle to Berg, 1 run,

89.5

Siddle to Berg, no run,

89.4

Siddle to Berg, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Peter Siddle and Simon Harmer combine to secure innings victory
With a method that took them to the title last year, Essex earned a win in three days that lifts them out of relegation danger
"We're a bit scared" says Abbott as Hampshire follow-on
James Vince hauled himself off his sick bed but he could not prevent Essex from tightening their stranglehold at Chelmsford
Dan Lawrence ends century drought as Essex find batting form
Only Kyle Abbott had much of an impact with the ball as Essex made brisk progress after the opening-day washout

Hampshire INNINGS		R	B
JJ Weatherley	bowled	0	9
JHK Adams	lbw	8	13
IG Holland	bowled	2	25
KJ Abbott	run out	22	70
JM Vince	bowled	4	4
SA Northeast	caught	41	101
TP Alsop	caught wk	51	142
RR Rossouw	caught	14	31
LA Dawson	caught wk	13	17
GK Berg	lbw	37	109
FH Edwards	not out	4	22
EXTRAS	(b 8, lb 2, w 5)
TOTAL	211 (all out; 90.3 ovs)

Essex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	20.0	6	49	0	2.45
PM Siddle	22.0	7	48	5	2.18	(1w)
SR Harmer	29.3	8	64	4	2.16
SJ Cook	12.0	5	27	0	2.25
RS Bopara	4.0	0	9	0	2.25
T Westley	2.0	2	0	0	0.00
NLJ Browne	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Hampshire 3rd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	6	JHK Adams	JJ Weatherley
2nd	7	JHK Adams	IG Holland
3rd	7	KJ Abbott	IG Holland
4th	4	JM Vince	KJ Abbott
5th	39	SA Northeast	KJ Abbott
6th	28	SA Northeast	TP Alsop
7th	23	RR Rossouw	TP Alsop
8th	17	LA Dawson	TP Alsop
9th	52	GK Berg	TP Alsop
10th	28	GK Berg	FH Edwards

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	2	1	0	1	35
WARKS	2	0	0	2	28
WORCS	2	0	0	2	27
SOM	2	0	0	2	26
SURR	2	0	0	2	25
KENT	2	0	0	2	24
LANCS	2	0	0	2	21
HANTS	2	0	0	1	20
DURH	2	0	0	1	19
NOTTS	2	0	1	1	18

County Ground, Chelmsford

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Points

ESSEX 435(114.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

HAMPSHIRE 172(78.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

HAMPSHIRE 211 f/o(90.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:90 | 1 Run | HANTS: 211/9