MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2021

Essex v Worcestershire

Group 1 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 8 Apr 2021 – 11 Apr 2021

Match drawn

Essex 1st innings490/9d157.4 overs

Worcestershire 1st innings475177.3 overs

Essex 2nd innings28/110 overs

Essex 1st innings 490/9d (157.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	c JD Libby b EG Barnard	26	74	3	0	35.1
AN Cook	lbw b CAJ Morris	15	39	3	0	38.5
T Westley	c EG Barnard b BL D'Oliveira	213	408	32	0	52.2
DW Lawrence	lbw b EG Barnard	46	83	4	0	55.4
PI Walter	c DKH Mitchell b EG Barnard	38	124	4	0	30.6
RN ten Doeschate	lbw b BL D'Oliveira	30	52	6	0	57.7
AJA Wheater	c EG Barnard b BL D'Oliveira	87	149	6	0	58.4
SR Harmer	lbw b CAJ Morris	1	4	0	0	25.0
BMJ Allison	c JD Libby b CAJ Morris	13	15	2	0	86.7
SJ Cook	not out	2	2	0	0	100.0
Extras		19
Total	9 wickets declared, 157.4 overs	490

Did not bat: JA Porter

Fall of wickets: 30-1 (AN Cook, 13.3 ov), 57-2 (NLJ Browne, 23.5 ov), 130-3 (DW Lawrence, 50.5 ov), 254-4 (PI Walter, 95.1 ov), 304-5 (RN ten Doeschate, 109.5 ov), 461-6 (T Westley, 151.2 ov), 465-7 (SR Harmer, 152.3 ov), 487-8 (BMJ Allison, 156.5 ov), 490-9 (AJA Wheater, 157.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
J Leach	29	5	90	0	3.10	140	0	4
DY Pennington	27	3	91	0	3.37	117	0	0
CAJ Morris	27	5	95	3	3.52	123	0	0
EG Barnard	27	6	67	3	2.48	135	1	2
BL D'Oliveira	36.4	6	95	3	2.59	145	0	2
DKH Mitchell	4	0	20	0	5.00	14	0	0
JD Libby	7	0	22	0	3.14	24	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	30	81	NLJ Browne 12, AN Cook 15
2	27	62	NLJ Browne 14, T Westley 13
3	73	162	T Westley 27, DW Lawrence 46
4	124	266	T Westley 76, PI Walter 38
5	50	88	T Westley 16, RN ten Doeschate 30
6	157	249	T Westley 81, AJA Wheater 74
7	4	7	AJA Wheater 3, SR Harmer 1
8	22	26	AJA Wheater 9, BMJ Allison 13
9	3	5	AJA Wheater 1, SJ Cook 2

Worcestershire 1st innings 475 (177.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DKH Mitchell	b SJ Cook	16	45	2	0	35.6
JD Libby	not out	180	496	15	1	36.3
TC Fell	c SR Harmer b SJ Cook	0	3	0	0	0.0
GH Roderick	c T Westley b SJ Cook	0	1	0	0	0.0
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b SJ Cook	6	17	1	0	35.3
MH Wessels	lbw b JA Porter	54	92	9	0	58.7
OB Cox	lbw b SR Harmer	7	16	1	0	43.8
EG Barnard	b DW Lawrence	128	263	18	0	48.7
J Leach	c AJA Wheater b BMJ Allison	1	7	0	0	14.3
DY Pennington	st AJA Wheater b SR Harmer	56	108	10	0	51.9
CAJ Morris	lbw b SR Harmer	6	19	1	0	31.6
Extras		21
Total	all out, 177.3 overs	475

Fall of wickets: 32-1 (DKH Mitchell, 14.3 ov), 32-2 (TC Fell, 14.6 ov), 32-3 (GH Roderick, 16.1 ov), 43-4 (BL D'Oliveira, 21.2 ov), 132-5 (MH Wessels, 48.6 ov), 145-6 (OB Cox, 53.4 ov), 389-7 (EG Barnard, 145.1 ov), 390-8 (J Leach, 146.2 ov), 465-9 (DY Pennington, 173.3 ov), 475-10 (CAJ Morris, 177.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	31	4	99	1	3.19	136	0
SJ Cook	37	10	100	4	2.70	176	0
SR Harmer	61.3	20	126	3	2.05	301	0
DW Lawrence	10	1	30	1	3.00	44	0
BMJ Allison	25	6	67	1	2.68	118	2
PI Walter	9	1	31	0	3.44	35	2
T Westley	4	0	5	0	1.25	20	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	32	87	DKH Mitchell 16, JD Libby 16
2	0	3	JD Libby 0, TC Fell 0
3	0	7	JD Libby 0, GH Roderick 0
4	11	31	JD Libby 5, BL D'Oliveira 6
5	89	166	JD Libby 31, MH Wessels 54
6	13	28	JD Libby 5, OB Cox 7
7	244	549	JD Libby 107, EG Barnard 128
8	1	7	JD Libby 0, J Leach 1
9	75	163	JD Libby 12, DY Pennington 56
10	10	24	JD Libby 4, CAJ Morris 6

Essex 2nd innings 28/1 (10 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	not out	7	31	1	0	22.6
AN Cook	b J Leach	12	17	2	0	70.6
T Westley	not out	8	12	1	0	66.7
Extras		1
Total	1 wicket, 10 overs	28

Did not bat: SR Harmer, BMJ Allison, DW Lawrence, RN ten Doeschate, PI Walter, JA Porter, SJ Cook, AJA Wheater

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (AN Cook, 6.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
J Leach	4	1	14	1	3.50	20
DY Pennington	4	1	9	0	2.25	20
EG Barnard	1	1	0	0	0.00	6
CAJ Morris	1	0	4	0	4.00	4

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	17	37	NLJ Browne 4, AN Cook 12
Unbroken	11	23	NLJ Browne 3, T Westley 8

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2021
Umpires: DJ Millns, NA Mallender
Match referee: AJ Swann
Source: Cricsheet match 1244216