MatchesMen's First-classSpecsavers County Championship 2017

Somerset v Essex

Group 1 · County Ground, Taunton · 14 Apr 2017 – 16 Apr 2017

Essex won by 8 wickets

Somerset 1st innings20972.2 overs

Essex 1st innings12954.5 overs

Somerset 2nd innings17450.2 overs

Essex 2nd innings257/284.1 overs

Somerset 1st innings 209 (72.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c AN Cook b RS Bopara	26	64	4	0	40.6
D Elgar	st AJA Wheater b Ashar Zaidi	34	96	4	1	35.4
TB Abell	c AN Cook b RS Bopara	1	10	0	0	10.0
JC Hildreth	c RS Bopara b JA Porter	36	56	6	0	64.3
SM Davies	b SR Harmer	12	32	2	0	37.5
PD Trego	c Ashar Zaidi b SR Harmer	48	85	5	1	56.5
L Gregory	c SR Harmer b N Wagner	3	16	0	0	18.8
RE van der Merwe	lbw b Ashar Zaidi	7	21	0	0	33.3
C Overton	c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	10	34	1	0	29.4
J Overton	b Ashar Zaidi	3	5	0	0	60.0
MJ Leach	not out	4	18	0	0	22.2
Extras		25
Total	all out, 72.2 overs	209

Fall of wickets: 52-1 (ME Trescothick, 18.5 ov), 54-2 (TB Abell, 22.2 ov), 108-3 (D Elgar, 35.4 ov), 112-4 (JC Hildreth, 38.4 ov), 130-5 (SM Davies, 45.6 ov), 143-6 (L Gregory, 50.6 ov), 176-7 (RE van der Merwe, 59.4 ov), 188-8 (PD Trego, 64.5 ov), 197-9 (J Overton, 67.3 ov), 209-10 (C Overton, 72.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	17	7	34	1	2.00	82	0
N Wagner	15.2	2	78	2	5.09	58	4
SR Harmer	23	10	51	2	2.22	112	0
RS Bopara	5	1	10	2	2.00	24	2
Ashar Zaidi	12	2	17	3	1.42	56	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	52	113	ME Trescothick 26, D Elgar 18
2	2	21	D Elgar 1, TB Abell 1
3	54	80	D Elgar 15, JC Hildreth 36
4	4	18	JC Hildreth 0, SM Davies 4
5	18	44	SM Davies 8, PD Trego 8
6	13	30	PD Trego 9, L Gregory 3
7	33	52	PD Trego 25, RE van der Merwe 7
8	12	31	PD Trego 6, C Overton 4
9	9	16	C Overton 2, J Overton 3
10	12	29	C Overton 4, MJ Leach 4

Essex 1st innings 129 (54.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	b C Overton	11	24	2	0	45.8
AN Cook	b L Gregory	52	92	9	0	56.5
T Westley	b RE van der Merwe	10	51	1	0	19.6
DW Lawrence	lbw b C Overton	0	8	0	0	0.0
RS Bopara	b MJ Leach	8	38	0	0	21.1
AJA Wheater	b RE van der Merwe	4	22	0	0	18.2
RN ten Doeschate	c JC Hildreth b L Gregory	4	22	0	0	18.2
Ashar Zaidi	c SM Davies b MJ Leach	23	43	2	1	53.5
SR Harmer	c SM Davies b RE van der Merwe	9	18	1	0	50.0
N Wagner	c SM Davies b J Overton	5	10	1	0	50.0
JA Porter	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		3
Total	all out, 54.5 overs	129

Fall of wickets: 21-1 (NLJ Browne, 7.1 ov), 60-2 (T Westley, 20.5 ov), 64-3 (DW Lawrence, 24.1 ov), 81-4 (RS Bopara, 35.2 ov), 81-5 (AN Cook, 36.1 ov), 91-6 (RN ten Doeschate, 42.4 ov), 91-7 (AJA Wheater, 43.1 ov), 119-8 (SR Harmer, 49.6 ov), 129-9 (N Wagner, 53.5 ov), 129-10 (Ashar Zaidi, 54.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
L Gregory	12	4	28	2	2.33	60
C Overton	12	6	17	2	1.42	66
J Overton	6	0	30	1	5.00	23
MJ Leach	16.5	5	25	2	1.49	87
RE van der Merwe	8	1	26	3	3.25	34

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	21	43	NLJ Browne 11, AN Cook 10
2	39	82	AN Cook 29, T Westley 10
3	4	20	AN Cook 4, DW Lawrence 0
4	17	67	AN Cook 9, RS Bopara 8
5	0	5	AN Cook 0, AJA Wheater 0
6	10	39	AJA Wheater 4, RN ten Doeschate 4
7	0	3	AJA Wheater 0, Ashar Zaidi 0
8	28	41	Ashar Zaidi 19, SR Harmer 9
9	10	23	Ashar Zaidi 4, N Wagner 5
10	0	6	Ashar Zaidi 0, JA Porter 0

Somerset 2nd innings 174 (50.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b SR Harmer	27	51	3	0	52.9
ME Trescothick	lbw b JA Porter	5	7	1	0	71.4
TB Abell	c AJA Wheater b JA Porter	0	6	0	0	0.0
JC Hildreth	c SR Harmer b RS Bopara	35	38	5	0	92.1
SM Davies	c JA Porter b N Wagner	11	31	1	0	35.5
PD Trego	c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	17	29	1	0	58.6
L Gregory	c NLJ Browne b N Wagner	16	25	2	0	64.0
RE van der Merwe	c RN ten Doeschate b N Wagner	2	7	0	0	28.6
C Overton	c Ashar Zaidi b N Wagner	22	59	2	0	37.3
J Overton	c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	2	9	0	0	22.2
MJ Leach	not out	27	41	4	0	65.9
Extras		10
Total	all out, 50.2 overs	174

Fall of wickets: 11-1 (ME Trescothick, 2.5 ov), 25-2 (TB Abell, 6.5 ov), 69-3 (D Elgar, 15.6 ov), 71-4 (JC Hildreth, 16.6 ov), 100-5 (SM Davies, 24.5 ov), 109-6 (PD Trego, 28.3 ov), 111-7 (RE van der Merwe, 30.3 ov), 122-8 (L Gregory, 34.1 ov), 124-9 (J Overton, 36.2 ov), 174-10 (C Overton, 50.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	8	1	43	2	5.38	28	0
N Wagner	12.2	0	48	6	3.89	45	0
SR Harmer	14	4	26	1	1.86	64	0
RS Bopara	5	0	30	1	6.00	15	2
Ashar Zaidi	11	3	19	0	1.73	52	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	11	17	D Elgar 2, ME Trescothick 5
2	14	24	D Elgar 14, TB Abell 0
3	44	55	D Elgar 11, JC Hildreth 33
4	2	6	JC Hildreth 2, SM Davies 0
5	29	47	SM Davies 11, PD Trego 15
6	9	22	PD Trego 2, L Gregory 6
7	2	12	L Gregory 0, RE van der Merwe 2
8	11	22	L Gregory 10, C Overton 1
9	2	13	C Overton 0, J Overton 2
10	50	84	C Overton 21, MJ Leach 27

Essex 2nd innings 257/2 (84.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	c SM Davies b J Overton	35	113	4	0	31.0
AN Cook	c JC Hildreth b D Elgar	110	214	16	0	51.4
T Westley	not out	86	146	15	1	58.9
DW Lawrence	not out	11	33	1	0	33.3
Extras		15
Total	2 wickets, 84.1 overs	257

Did not bat: SR Harmer, RN ten Doeschate, JA Porter, AJA Wheater, N Wagner, RS Bopara, Ashar Zaidi

Fall of wickets: 82-1 (NLJ Browne, 32.6 ov), 216-2 (AN Cook, 72.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
L Gregory	9.1	2	28	0	3.05	43	0	0
C Overton	11	2	54	0	4.91	45	0	0
MJ Leach	27	4	69	0	2.56	127	0	0
J Overton	11	5	30	1	2.73	53	5	2
RE van der Merwe	22	6	45	0	2.05	105	0	0
PD Trego	3	0	19	0	6.33	11	0	0
D Elgar	1	0	4	1	4.00	5	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	82	198	NLJ Browne 35, AN Cook 47
2	134	236	AN Cook 63, T Westley 60
Unbroken	41	71	T Westley 26, DW Lawrence 11

Match details

Toss: Somerset, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2017
Umpires: GD Lloyd, MA Gough
Source: Cricsheet match 1068532