- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras12 (lb 8, nb 4)TOTAL177 all out (65.1 Overs, RR: 2.71)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Varun Chopra, 7.6 ov), 2-59 (Tom Westley, 27.3 ov), 3-68 (Alastair Cook, 31.6 ov), 4-88 (Dan Lawrence, 40.3 ov), 5-90 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 42.2 ov), 6-101 (Ravi Bopara, 44.5 ov), 7-125 (James Foster, 53.6 ov), 8-140 (Simon Harmer, 57.2 ov), 9-157 (Jamie Porter, 60.6 ov), 10-177 (Peter Siddle, 65.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J Leach 15.1 3 37 2 2.43 0 1 SJ Magoffin 16 6 38 1 2.37 0 0 EG Barnard 19 8 49 3 2.57 0 0 JC Tongue 15 7 45 4 3.00 0 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras14 (lb 7, nb 6, w 1)TOTAL238 all out (72.4 Overs, RR: 3.27)Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Brett D'Oliveira, 18.1 ov), 2-56 (Tom Fell, 19.1 ov), 3-142 (Daryl Mitchell, 40.4 ov), 4-155 (Travis Head, 45.6 ov), 5-158 (Ben Cox, 46.6 ov), 6-161 (Ed Barnard, 49.1 ov), 7-188 (Ben Twohig, 58.4 ov), 8-207 (Joe Leach, 61.1 ov), 9-237 (Joe Clarke, 72.1 ov), 10-238 (Steve Magoffin, 72.4 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (b 5, lb 5, nb 6)TOTAL275 all out (82.5 Overs, RR: 3.31)Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Varun Chopra, 18.1 ov), 2-106 (Alastair Cook, 31.5 ov), 3-114 (Tom Westley, 32.6 ov), 4-142 (Ravi Bopara, 44.1 ov), 5-158 (Jamie Porter, 55.6 ov), 6-170 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 57.5 ov), 7-233 (James Foster, 70.1 ov), 8-260 (Dan Lawrence, 76.1 ov), 9-273 (Peter Siddle, 81.5 ov), 10-275 (Simon Harmer, 82.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J Leach 20 2 72 3 3.60 0 0 SJ Magoffin 20 4 67 1 3.35 0 0 JC Tongue 23.5 8 53 5 2.22 0 2 EG Barnard 11 3 53 0 4.81 0 1 BJ Twohig 8 1 20 0 2.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras23 (b 8, lb 13, nb 2)TOTAL182 all out (60.1 Overs, RR: 3.02)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Brett D'Oliveira, 5.5 ov), 2-50 (Tom Fell, 13.1 ov), 3-52 (Joe Clarke, 15.4 ov), 4-68 (Daryl Mitchell, 22.5 ov), 5-97 (Ben Cox, 27.4 ov), 6-160 (Ed Barnard, 46.3 ov), 7-166 (Ben Twohig, 50.4 ov), 8-173 (Joe Leach, 54.4 ov), 9-180 (Josh Tongue, 59.2 ov), 10-182 (Travis Head, 60.1 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Essex , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
11,12,13 May 2018 (4-day match)
Umpires
Points
Essex 19, Worcestershire 4
Close of Play
- Fri, 11 May - day 1 - Worcestershire 1st innings 47/0 (DKH Mitchell 7*, BL D'Oliveira 34*, 17 ov)
- Sat, 12 May - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 143/4 (DW Lawrence 9*, JA Porter 1*, 46 ov)
- Sun, 13 May - day 3 - Worcestershire 2nd innings 182 (60.1 ov) - end of match
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