MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2024

Lancashire v Essex

Group 1, match 11 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 19 Apr 2024 – 21 Apr 2024

Essex won by an innings and 124 runs

Lancashire 1st innings14642 overs

Essex 1st innings377103.2 overs

Lancashire 2nd innings10740.3 overs

Lancashire 1st innings 146 (42 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
LWP Wells	lbw b S Snater	23	31	1	1	74.2
KK Jennings	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	5	12	1	0	41.7
JJ Bohannon	c D Elgar b S Snater	0	18	0	0	0.0
GP Balderson	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	10	30	1	0	33.3
TC Bruce	c SJ Cook b JA Porter	26	62	4	0	41.9
GJ Bell	lbw b S Snater	4	22	1	0	18.2
MF Hurst	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	3	9	0	0	33.3
TE Bailey	c SR Harmer b NRM Thain	19	23	3	0	82.6
JM Blatherwick	c NRM Thain b SR Harmer	18	10	2	1	180.0
WSA Williams	not out	32	29	4	1	110.3
NM Lyon	c S Snater b SJ Cook	0	8	0	0	0.0
Extras		6
Total	all out, 42 overs	146

Fall of wickets: 25-1 (KK Jennings, 6.4 ov), 28-2 (LWP Wells, 8.2 ov), 31-3 (JJ Bohannon, 12.3 ov), 49-4 (GP Balderson, 17.3 ov), 62-5 (GJ Bell, 26.1 ov), 71-6 (MF Hurst, 29.3 ov), 88-7 (TC Bruce, 33.6 ov), 92-8 (TE Bailey, 34.3 ov), 145-9 (JM Blatherwick, 40.2 ov), 146-10 (NM Lyon, 41.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	11	2	53	1	4.82	45	0
SJ Cook	14	7	18	3	1.29	76	0
S Snater	13	3	42	4	3.23	60	0
NRM Thain	3	0	27	1	9.00	11	4
SR Harmer	1	0	4	1	4.00	5	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	25	40	LWP Wells 20, KK Jennings 5
2	3	10	LWP Wells 3, JJ Bohannon 0
3	3	25	JJ Bohannon 0, GP Balderson 3
4	18	30	GP Balderson 7, TC Bruce 11
5	13	52	TC Bruce 7, GJ Bell 4
6	9	20	TC Bruce 6, MF Hurst 3
7	17	27	TC Bruce 2, TE Bailey 15
8	4	3	TE Bailey 4, JM Blatherwick 0
9	53	35	JM Blatherwick 18, WSA Williams 31
10	1	10	WSA Williams 1, NM Lyon 0

Essex 1st innings 377 (103.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c MF Hurst b WSA Williams	79	137	10	0	57.7
FIN Khushi	c TC Bruce b GP Balderson	53	33	9	0	160.6
SJ Cook	c KK Jennings b GP Balderson	49	126	5	0	38.9
T Westley	lbw b NM Lyon	81	138	12	0	58.7
JM Cox	c TC Bruce b JM Blatherwick	28	56	3	0	50.0
MJJ Critchley	c LWP Wells b NM Lyon	5	12	0	0	41.7
MS Pepper	c MF Hurst b WSA Williams	30	31	3	2	96.8
NRM Thain	b GP Balderson	24	50	3	0	48.0
SR Harmer	lbw b LWP Wells	9	34	0	0	26.5
S Snater	lbw b LWP Wells	1	4	0	0	25.0
JA Porter	not out	2	5	0	0	40.0
Extras		16
Total	all out, 103.2 overs	377

Fall of wickets: 62-1 (FIN Khushi, 9.2 ov), 182-2 (SJ Cook, 45.1 ov), 206-3 (D Elgar, 52.5 ov), 263-4 (JM Cox, 69.1 ov), 270-5 (MJJ Critchley, 72.1 ov), 323-6 (MS Pepper, 83.6 ov), 355-7 (NRM Thain, 93.5 ov), 365-8 (T Westley, 96.6 ov), 374-9 (S Snater, 101.1 ov), 377-10 (SR Harmer, 103.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
TE Bailey	20	3	82	0	4.10	85	2
WSA Williams	22	4	54	2	2.45	100	0
JM Blatherwick	13	1	70	1	5.38	49	6
GP Balderson	19	3	75	3	3.95	81	4
NM Lyon	24	3	65	2	2.71	105	0
LWP Wells	5.2	0	27	2	5.06	20	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	62	56	D Elgar 7, FIN Khushi 53
2	120	215	D Elgar 69, SJ Cook 49
3	24	46	D Elgar 3, T Westley 19
4	57	98	T Westley 27, JM Cox 28
5	7	18	T Westley 0, MJJ Critchley 5
6	53	71	T Westley 21, MS Pepper 30
7	32	59	T Westley 4, NRM Thain 24
8	10	19	T Westley 10, SR Harmer 0
9	9	25	SR Harmer 8, S Snater 1
10	3	13	SR Harmer 1, JA Porter 2

Lancashire 2nd innings 107 (40.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
LWP Wells	b S Snater	21	54	2	0	38.9
KK Jennings	lbw b JA Porter	3	7	0	0	42.9
WSA Williams	c sub b JA Porter	6	36	1	0	16.7
JJ Bohannon	lbw b SJ Cook	5	25	0	0	20.0
GP Balderson	lbw b S Snater	4	7	1	0	57.1
TC Bruce	b JA Porter	5	7	1	0	71.4
GJ Bell	c D Elgar b SJ Cook	35	40	4	0	87.5
MF Hurst	c SJ Cook b S Snater	13	33	2	0	39.4
TE Bailey	c & b SR Harmer	9	20	0	0	45.0
JM Blatherwick	c & b SR Harmer	0	10	0	0	0.0
NM Lyon	not out	2	4	0	0	50.0
Extras		4
Total	all out, 40.3 overs	107

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (KK Jennings, 3.2 ov), 22-2 (WSA Williams, 11.5 ov), 39-3 (JJ Bohannon, 20.1 ov), 43-4 (LWP Wells, 21.1 ov), 48-5 (GP Balderson, 21.6 ov), 48-6 (TC Bruce, 22.4 ov), 78-7 (MF Hurst, 32.1 ov), 103-8 (TE Bailey, 37.2 ov), 105-9 (JM Blatherwick, 39.3 ov), 107-10 (GJ Bell, 40.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
SJ Cook	13.3	2	28	2	2.07	65
JA Porter	12	4	24	3	2.00	59
S Snater	8	2	17	3	2.13	39
NRM Thain	2	0	14	0	7.00	4
SR Harmer	5	1	20	2	4.00	19

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	6	20	LWP Wells 3, KK Jennings 3
2	16	51	LWP Wells 6, WSA Williams 6
3	17	50	LWP Wells 12, JJ Bohannon 5
4	4	6	LWP Wells 0, GP Balderson 4
5	5	5	GP Balderson 0, TC Bruce 5
6	0	4	TC Bruce 0, GJ Bell 0
7	30	57	GJ Bell 17, MF Hurst 13
8	25	31	GJ Bell 16, TE Bailey 9
9	2	13	GJ Bell 2, JM Blatherwick 0
10	2	6	GJ Bell 0, NM Lyon 2

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2024
Umpires: AG Wharf, James Middlebrook
Match referee: JJ Whitaker
Source: Cricsheet match 1410203