MatchesMen's First-classSpecsavers County Championship 2018

Somerset v Essex

Group 1 · County Ground, Taunton · 19 Aug 2018 – 22 Aug 2018

Somerset won by 45 runs

Somerset 1st innings324100.3 overs

Essex 1st innings19166.4 overs

Somerset 2nd innings20266.3 overs

Essex 2nd innings290106 overs

Somerset 1st innings 324 (100.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c NLJ Browne b PM Siddle	95	158	16	0	60.1
EJ Byrom	c AJA Wheater b PM Siddle	16	38	3	0	42.1
Azhar Ali	c DW Lawrence b SR Harmer	17	38	2	0	44.7
JC Hildreth	lbw b JA Porter	9	16	1	0	56.3
TB Abell	c AJA Wheater b RS Bopara	70	143	9	0	49.0
SM Davies	b JA Porter	45	81	8	0	55.6
L Gregory	b PM Siddle	47	58	7	0	81.0
DM Bess	c DW Lawrence b PM Siddle	8	22	1	0	36.4
J Overton	not out	3	14	0	0	21.4
MJ Leach	b PM Siddle	2	20	0	0	10.0
JH Davey	c V Chopra b JA Porter	6	15	1	0	40.0
Extras		6
Total	all out, 100.3 overs	324

Fall of wickets: 38-1 (EJ Byrom, 11.3 ov), 63-2 (Azhar Ali, 22.4 ov), 104-3 (JC Hildreth, 29.6 ov), 180-4 (ME Trescothick, 54.1 ov), 244-5 (TB Abell, 76.3 ov), 285-6 (SM Davies, 84.3 ov), 298-7 (DM Bess, 89.3 ov), 313-8 (L Gregory, 93.4 ov), 317-9 (MJ Leach, 97.3 ov), 324-10 (JH Davey, 100.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
JA Porter	24.3	5	82	3	3.35	107
SJ Cook	11	2	40	0	3.64	46
PM Siddle	26	7	80	5	3.08	120
SR Harmer	32	5	88	1	2.75	143
T Westley	4	2	11	0	2.75	19
RS Bopara	3	0	17	1	5.67	10

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	38	69	ME Trescothick 16, EJ Byrom 16
2	25	67	ME Trescothick 8, Azhar Ali 17
3	41	44	ME Trescothick 32, JC Hildreth 9
4	76	145	ME Trescothick 39, TB Abell 37
5	64	134	TB Abell 33, SM Davies 31
6	41	48	SM Davies 14, L Gregory 27
7	13	30	L Gregory 5, DM Bess 8
8	15	25	L Gregory 15, J Overton 0
9	4	23	J Overton 2, MJ Leach 2
10	7	18	J Overton 1, JH Davey 6

Essex 1st innings 191 (66.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	c SM Davies b JH Davey	13	30	3	0	43.3
V Chopra	lbw b L Gregory	16	32	2	0	50.0
T Westley	b JH Davey	0	6	0	0	0.0
DW Lawrence	lbw b MJ Leach	28	55	3	1	50.9
RS Bopara	c SM Davies b J Overton	15	17	3	0	88.2
RN ten Doeschate	lbw b J Overton	73	137	7	1	53.3
AJA Wheater	c L Gregory b MJ Leach	10	31	2	0	32.3
SR Harmer	c & b DM Bess	4	8	1	0	50.0
PM Siddle	c L Gregory b Azhar Ali	12	51	1	0	23.5
JA Porter	c SM Davies b J Overton	2	26	0	0	7.7
SJ Cook	not out	6	7	1	0	85.7
Extras		12
Total	all out, 66.4 overs	191

Fall of wickets: 25-1 (NLJ Browne, 9.4 ov), 29-2 (V Chopra, 10.4 ov), 29-3 (T Westley, 11.4 ov), 54-4 (RS Bopara, 16.4 ov), 106-5 (DW Lawrence, 29.2 ov), 132-6 (AJA Wheater, 39.4 ov), 137-7 (SR Harmer, 42.1 ov), 174-8 (PM Siddle, 59.2 ov), 180-9 (RN ten Doeschate, 64.1 ov), 191-10 (JA Porter, 66.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
L Gregory	11	2	37	1	3.36	49
JH Davey	10	3	27	2	2.70	51
MJ Leach	19	9	27	2	1.42	98
J Overton	8.4	1	40	3	4.62	32
DM Bess	14	4	43	1	3.07	67
Azhar Ali	4	1	5	1	1.25	19

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	25	58	NLJ Browne 13, V Chopra 12
2	4	6	V Chopra 4, T Westley 0
3	0	6	T Westley 0, DW Lawrence 0
4	25	30	DW Lawrence 10, RS Bopara 15
5	52	76	DW Lawrence 18, RN ten Doeschate 28
6	26	62	RN ten Doeschate 14, AJA Wheater 10
7	5	15	RN ten Doeschate 1, SR Harmer 4
8	37	103	RN ten Doeschate 25, PM Siddle 12
9	6	29	RN ten Doeschate 5, JA Porter 1
10	11	15	JA Porter 1, SJ Cook 6

Somerset 2nd innings 202 (66.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	lbw b SJ Cook	7	31	1	0	22.6
EJ Byrom	lbw b SR Harmer	42	113	4	0	37.2
DM Bess	c SR Harmer b SJ Cook	12	36	2	0	33.3
Azhar Ali	c RS Bopara b SR Harmer	23	38	3	0	60.5
JC Hildreth	b PM Siddle	15	13	2	0	115.4
TB Abell	c RS Bopara b SR Harmer	27	45	4	0	60.0
SM Davies	c MR Quinn b JA Porter	29	71	4	0	40.8
L Gregory	c V Chopra b SR Harmer	11	8	1	1	137.5
J Overton	b PM Siddle	10	13	2	0	76.9
MJ Leach	lbw b T Westley	5	18	1	0	27.8
JH Davey	not out	10	14	0	1	71.4
Extras		11
Total	all out, 66.3 overs	202

Fall of wickets: 13-1 (ME Trescothick, 9.2 ov), 33-2 (DM Bess, 19.4 ov), 85-3 (Azhar Ali, 33.6 ov), 96-4 (EJ Byrom, 37.3 ov), 118-5 (JC Hildreth, 40.2 ov), 142-6 (TB Abell, 51.1 ov), 154-7 (L Gregory, 53.3 ov), 169-8 (J Overton, 56.4 ov), 183-9 (MJ Leach, 62.2 ov), 202-10 (SM Davies, 66.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	11.3	2	44	1	3.83	49	0
SJ Cook	12	6	23	2	1.92	62	0
SR Harmer	25	6	69	4	2.76	110	0
PM Siddle	15	1	49	2	3.27	63	2
T Westley	3	1	8	1	2.67	15	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	13	56	ME Trescothick 7, EJ Byrom 6
2	20	62	EJ Byrom 4, DM Bess 12
3	52	86	EJ Byrom 26, Azhar Ali 23
4	11	21	EJ Byrom 6, JC Hildreth 5
5	22	17	JC Hildreth 10, TB Abell 12
6	24	65	TB Abell 15, SM Davies 9
7	12	14	SM Davies 1, L Gregory 11
8	15	19	SM Davies 3, J Overton 10
9	14	34	SM Davies 8, MJ Leach 5
10	19	25	SM Davies 8, JH Davey 10

Essex 2nd innings 290 (106 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	c J Overton b MJ Leach	86	181	14	0	47.5
V Chopra	lbw b MJ Leach	24	41	3	0	58.5
T Westley	lbw b J Overton	56	128	9	0	43.8
DW Lawrence	b MJ Leach	21	53	3	0	39.6
RN ten Doeschate	b MJ Leach	50	79	8	0	63.3
RS Bopara	b MJ Leach	27	59	5	0	45.8
AJA Wheater	c & b MJ Leach	1	9	0	0	11.1
SR Harmer	c ME Trescothick b DM Bess	4	33	0	0	12.1
PM Siddle	c J Overton b MJ Leach	6	18	0	0	33.3
JA Porter	lbw b MJ Leach	0	20	0	0	0.0
SJ Cook	not out	3	16	0	0	18.8
Extras		12
Total	all out, 106 overs	290

Fall of wickets: 58-1 (V Chopra, 13.4 ov), 171-2 (NLJ Browne, 57.5 ov), 171-3 (T Westley, 58.3 ov), 225-4 (DW Lawrence, 75.4 ov), 256-5 (RN ten Doeschate, 85.1 ov), 258-6 (AJA Wheater, 87.1 ov), 281-7 (RS Bopara, 95.6 ov), 281-8 (SR Harmer, 96.6 ov), 287-9 (PM Siddle, 101.2 ov), 290-10 (JA Porter, 105.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
L Gregory	5	1	20	0	4.00	23	0
JH Davey	18	4	53	0	2.94	83	0
DM Bess	26	3	78	1	3.00	116	0
MJ Leach	48	16	85	8	1.77	241	2
J Overton	9	0	44	1	4.89	36	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	58	82	NLJ Browne 30, V Chopra 24
2	113	265	NLJ Browne 56, T Westley 56
3	0	4	T Westley 0, DW Lawrence 0
4	54	103	DW Lawrence 21, RN ten Doeschate 31
5	31	57	RN ten Doeschate 19, RS Bopara 12
6	2	12	RS Bopara 1, AJA Wheater 1
7	23	53	RS Bopara 14, SR Harmer 4
8	0	6	SR Harmer 0, PM Siddle 0
9	6	26	PM Siddle 6, JA Porter 0
10	3	28	JA Porter 0, SJ Cook 3

Match details

Toss: Somerset, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2018
Umpires: BJ Debenham, DJ Millns
Source: Cricsheet match 1127652