23/06Result

Specsavers County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, Jun 23-25 2019

EssexEssexESSEX
216 & 183
SomersetSomersetSOM
131 & 117 (32.2 ov)

Essex won by 151 runs

23/06Result

Specsavers County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, Jun 23-25 2019

EssexEssexESSEX
216 & 183
SomersetSomersetSOM
131 & 117 (32.2 ov)

Essex won by 151 runs

Day 3

1773dDavid Hopps

Jamie Porter, Aaron Beard run through Somerset to keep Essex momentum going

In successive weeks, the top two counties in the Championship have been sent packing at Fortress Chelmsford

Day 2

1774dDavid Hopps

Aaron Beard's electric spell brings talk of Fortress Chelmsford

Beard grabs four top-order wickets with first 15 balls, Jamie Porter chimes in with five-for

Day 1

1774dDavid Hopps at Chelmsford

Alastair Cook stands up for Essex but Somerset have designs on elusive title

Without Cook's 80 off 186 balls, Essex would have fared a good deal worse as Somerset trail by 184 runs

Somerset INNINGS		R	B
TB Abell	caught	0	2
Azhar Ali	caught	1	5
JC Hildreth	caught wk	32	62
T Banton	caught	24	30
GA Bartlett	caught	8	21
SM Davies	caught	0	3
L Gregory	bowled	40	34
J Overton	caught	0	4
TD Groenewald	caught	7	16
MJ Leach	not out	2	12
JA Brooks	bowled	2	5
EXTRAS	(lb 1)
TOTAL	117 (all out; 32.2 ovs)

Essex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	9.0	2	22	4	2.44
PM Siddle	8.0	1	29	1	3.62
AP Beard	4.2	0	22	3	5.07
SR Harmer	11.0	1	43	2	3.90

Somerset 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Azhar Ali	TB Abell
2nd	7	Azhar Ali	JC Hildreth
3rd	39	JC Hildreth	T Banton
4th	18	JC Hildreth	GA Bartlett
5th	1	SM Davies	GA Bartlett
6th	2	L Gregory	GA Bartlett
7th	6	L Gregory	J Overton
8th	37	TD Groenewald	L Gregory
9th	3	TD Groenewald	MJ Leach
10th	4	JA Brooks	MJ Leach

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	4	2	0	2	71
SUR	4	2	0	2	71
WARKS	4	0	0	4	55
SOM	4	0	0	4	53
DURH	4	1	0	2	50
WORCS	4	0	1	3	45
NOTTS	4	0	1	3	43
HANTS	4	0	1	2	31
KENT	3	0	1	2	26
LANCS	3	0	1	2	24