- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras26 (b 1, lb 11, nb 14)TOTAL402/8d (100.2 Overs, RR: 4)Did not bat: TJ LesterFall of wickets: 1-48 (Paul Horton, 8.3 ov), 2-49 (Karl Brown, 8.5 ov), 3-73 (Alviro Petersen, 17.3 ov), 4-92 (Ashwell Prince, 23.1 ov), 5-171 (Alex Davies, 46.6 ov), 6-315 (Steven Croft, 85.3 ov), 7-346 (James Faulkner, 91.6 ov), 8-347 (Jordan Clark, 93.4 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras30 (b 9, lb 2, nb 18, w 1)TOTAL203 all out (71 Overs, RR: 2.85)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 3.4 ov), 2-50 (Liam Dawson, 13.3 ov), 3-73 (Ravi Bopara, 21.6 ov), 4-81 (Jesse Ryder, 25.4 ov), 5-81 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 25.6 ov), 6-160 (James Foster, 54.4 ov), 7-164 (Greg Smith, 56.2 ov), 8-197 (Graham Napier, 67.3 ov), 9-203 (Nick Browne, 70.5 ov), 10-203 (Reece Topley, 70.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KM Jarvis 19 4 54 0 2.84 0 3 TJ Lester 16 5 50 3 3.12 0 3 JP Faulkner 17 5 39 5 2.29 0 2 J Clark 6 2 19 0 3.16 1 1 AM Lilley 13 1 30 2 2.30 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras10 (b 4, lb 6)TOTAL168/3 (f/o) (59 Overs, RR: 2.84)Fall of wickets: 1-86 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 23.3 ov), 2-87 (Nick Browne, 25.4 ov), 3-127 (Ravi Bopara, 41.2 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Season
Hours of play (local time)
Match days
Points
Close of Play
- Mon, 6 Jul - day 1 - Lancashire 1st innings 96/4 (SJ Croft 9*, AL Davies 4*, 25.4 ov)
- Tue, 7 Jul - day 2 - Lancashire 1st innings 257/5 (SJ Croft 85*, JP Faulkner 37*, 70 ov)
- Wed, 8 Jul - day 3 - Essex 1st innings 139/5 (NLJ Browne 78*, JS Foster 13*, 47 ov)
- Thu, 9 Jul - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 168/3 (59 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
Match Coverage
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Croft leads professional Lancashire on second day of rain
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