Essex's hopes of defending title dented by draw with Nottinghamshire
Brett Hutton bags five before bad light, rain intervene leaving Essex likely to rely on favours to progress
03/06Result
Group 1, County Championship at Chelmsford, Jun 3-6 2021
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![Nottinghamshire]( "Nottinghamshire")
293 & 44/2 (27.2 ov) -
![Essex]( "Essex")
03/06Result
Group 1, County Championship at Chelmsford, Jun 3-6 2021
-
![Nottinghamshire]( "Nottinghamshire")
293 & 44/2 (27.2 ov) -
![Essex]( "Essex")
Match Centre
Match Details
Series
Toss
Nottinghamshire , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
3,4,5,6 June 2021 (4-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Nottinghamshire 13, Essex 11
Scorecard Summary
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 293 (118.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Steven Mullaney55 (178)
- Joe Clarke67 (119)
- Peter Siddle3/87 (25)
- Simon Harmer4/71 (33.1)
ESSEX 210 (89.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Tom Westley71 (174)
- Shane Snater24 (72)
- Luke Fletcher2/32 (21)
- Brett Hutton5/65 (26.1)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 44/2 (27.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Ben Slater*19 (87)
- Ben Duckett16 (43)
- Peter Siddle1/10 (6.2)
- Shane Snater1/13 (5)
27.2
2
Siddle to Slater, 2 runs,
27.1
1
Siddle to Clarke, 1 run,
END OF OVER:27 | (maiden) | NOTTS: 41/2
- Ben Slater17 (86b)
- Joe Clarke0 (9b)
- Simon Harmer11-5-11-0
- Shane Snater5-2-13-1
26.6
0
Harmer to Slater, no run,
26.5
0
Harmer to Slater, no run,
26.4
0
Harmer to Slater, no run,
26.3
0
Harmer to Slater, no run,
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County Championship
| Division 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
| LANCS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| WARKS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| HANTS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| YORKS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| SOM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Division 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| ESSEX | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| GLOUC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 |
| DURH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| NHNTS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| SURR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| GLAM | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Division 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KENT | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| MIDDX | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| WORCS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| LEICS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| DERBS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| SUSS | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Group 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 151 |
| WARKS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 145 |
| DURH | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 132 |
| ESSEX | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 129 |
| WORCS | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 109 |
| DERBS | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 72 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| SOM | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 148 |
| HANTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 145 |
| GLOUC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 131 |
| SURR | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 123 |
| LEICS | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 111 |
| MIDDX | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 84 |
| Group 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| LANCS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 150 |
| YORKS | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 149 |
| GLAM | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 127 |
| NHNTS | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 123 |
| KENT | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 97 |
| SUSS | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 94 |