MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2024

Worcestershire v Essex

Group 1, match 51 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 29 Aug 2024 – 1 Sept 2024

Worcestershire won by 43 runs

Worcestershire 1st innings26675 overs

Essex 1st innings404107.4 overs

Worcestershire 2nd innings32186 overs

Essex 2nd innings14046.3 overs

Worcestershire 1st innings 266 (75 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Roderick	lbw b SJ Cook	0	9	0	0	0.0
JD Libby	b JA Porter	7	7	1	0	100.0
Kashif Ali	b JA Porter	24	24	5	0	100.0
RP Jones	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	1	5	0	0	20.0
AJ Hose	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	0	2	0	0	0.0
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b SR Harmer	68	136	4	1	50.0
EA Brookes	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	46	73	9	0	63.0
LV van Beek	c & b SR Harmer	6	20	1	0	30.0
TAI Taylor	not out	62	94	7	0	66.0
J Leach	lbw b SR Harmer	5	8	1	0	62.5
A Virdi	c D Elgar b S Snater	42	73	5	2	57.5
Extras		5
Total	all out, 75 overs	266

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (JD Libby, 2.3 ov), 9-2 (GH Roderick, 3.1 ov), 10-3 (RP Jones, 4.1 ov), 10-4 (AJ Hose, 4.3 ov), 46-5 (Kashif Ali, 11.5 ov), 118-6 (EA Brookes, 33.5 ov), 133-7 (LV van Beek, 40.1 ov), 192-8 (BL D'Oliveira, 54.3 ov), 202-9 (J Leach, 56.1 ov), 266-10 (A Virdi, 74.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	17	5	52	5	3.06	76	0
SJ Cook	15	0	53	1	3.53	61	0
S Snater	6	2	18	1	3.00	30	2
SR Harmer	27	4	103	3	3.81	112	0
MJJ Critchley	9	0	36	0	4.00	32	0
PI Walter	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	7	15	GH Roderick 0, JD Libby 7
2	2	4	GH Roderick 0, Kashif Ali 2
3	1	6	Kashif Ali 0, RP Jones 1
4	0	2	Kashif Ali 0, AJ Hose 0
5	36	44	Kashif Ali 22, BL D'Oliveira 12
6	72	132	BL D'Oliveira 25, EA Brookes 46
7	15	38	BL D'Oliveira 9, LV van Beek 6
8	59	86	BL D'Oliveira 22, TAI Taylor 35
9	10	10	TAI Taylor 5, J Leach 5
10	64	113	TAI Taylor 22, A Virdi 42

Essex 1st innings 404 (107.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b TAI Taylor	29	59	4	0	49.2
RJ Das	b EA Brookes	46	106	8	0	43.4
T Westley	c GH Roderick b A Virdi	68	126	5	0	54.0
JM Cox	c AJ Hose b EA Brookes	3	21	0	0	14.3
MJJ Critchley	lbw b BL D'Oliveira	10	26	1	0	38.5
PI Walter	c RP Jones b LV van Beek	33	50	5	0	66.0
MS Pepper	not out	112	125	13	1	89.6
SR Harmer	c GH Roderick b EA Brookes	7	31	1	0	22.6
S Snater	c GH Roderick b LV van Beek	53	74	7	0	71.6
SJ Cook	b A Virdi	15	24	2	0	62.5
JA Porter	lbw b A Virdi	0	10	0	0	0.0
Extras		28
Total	all out, 107.4 overs	404

Did not bat: NRM Thain

Fall of wickets: 50-1 (D Elgar, 18.3 ov), 115-2 (RJ Das, 36.2 ov), 121-3 (JM Cox, 40.3 ov), 146-4 (MJJ Critchley, 47.3 ov), 201-5 (T Westley, 63.3 ov), 205-6 (PI Walter, 64.2 ov), 227-7 (SR Harmer, 72.5 ov), 361-8 (S Snater, 98.5 ov), 386-9 (SJ Cook, 103.6 ov), 404-10 (JA Porter, 107.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
J Leach	15	1	55	0	3.67	65	2
TAI Taylor	17	2	65	1	3.82	71	0
LV van Beek	19	1	83	2	4.37	81	2
A Virdi	37.4	4	126	3	3.35	139	0
EA Brookes	12	2	34	3	2.83	57	8
BL D'Oliveira	5	1	16	1	3.20	19	0
Kashif Ali	2	0	9	0	4.50	7	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	50	111	D Elgar 29, RJ Das 21
2	65	107	RJ Das 25, T Westley 36
3	6	25	T Westley 1, JM Cox 3
4	25	42	T Westley 7, MJJ Critchley 10
5	55	96	T Westley 24, PI Walter 29
6	4	5	PI Walter 4, MS Pepper 0
7	22	51	MS Pepper 15, SR Harmer 7
8	134	156	MS Pepper 73, S Snater 53
9	25	31	MS Pepper 10, SJ Cook 15
10	18	22	MS Pepper 14, JA Porter 0

Worcestershire 2nd innings 321 (86 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
J Leach	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	0	21	0	0	0.0
JD Libby	c RJ Das b SJ Cook	65	112	9	0	58.0
GH Roderick	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	6	16	0	0	37.5
Kashif Ali	c SR Harmer b PI Walter	27	51	3	0	52.9
RP Jones	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	31	35	4	0	88.6
AJ Hose	b SR Harmer	64	91	9	0	70.3
BL D'Oliveira	c D Elgar b MJJ Critchley	51	71	7	0	71.8
EA Brookes	c RJ Das b SR Harmer	19	37	3	0	51.4
LV van Beek	not out	22	44	2	0	50.0
TAI Taylor	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	17	30	2	0	56.7
A Virdi	c & b SJ Cook	2	8	0	0	25.0
Extras		17
Total	all out, 86 overs	321

Fall of wickets: 3-1 (J Leach, 5.6 ov), 24-2 (GH Roderick, 12.2 ov), 75-3 (Kashif Ali, 27.4 ov), 130-4 (JD Libby, 37.4 ov), 136-5 (RP Jones, 40.3 ov), 216-6 (BL D'Oliveira, 60.1 ov), 259-7 (AJ Hose, 70.1 ov), 278-8 (EA Brookes, 74.4 ov), 313-9 (TAI Taylor, 83.6 ov), 321-10 (A Virdi, 85.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
SR Harmer	29	5	110	3	3.79	111
SJ Cook	15	5	23	4	1.53	74
JA Porter	12	3	41	1	3.42	52
S Snater	5	1	15	0	3.00	23
PI Walter	10	1	46	1	4.60	32
MJJ Critchley	15	1	69	1	4.60	58

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	3	36	J Leach 0, JD Libby 3
2	21	38	JD Libby 15, GH Roderick 6
3	51	92	JD Libby 20, Kashif Ali 27
4	55	60	JD Libby 27, RP Jones 27
5	6	17	RP Jones 4, AJ Hose 2
6	80	118	AJ Hose 29, BL D'Oliveira 51
7	43	60	AJ Hose 33, EA Brookes 10
8	19	27	EA Brookes 9, LV van Beek 2
9	35	56	LV van Beek 14, TAI Taylor 17
10	8	12	LV van Beek 6, A Virdi 2

Essex 2nd innings 140 (46.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Das	run out (BL D'Oliveira)	32	67	1	0	47.8
D Elgar	lbw b J Leach	6	16	1	0	37.5
T Westley	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	21	27	3	0	77.8
JM Cox	c BL D'Oliveira b LV van Beek	11	16	1	0	68.8
MJJ Critchley	c AJ Hose b A Virdi	7	8	1	0	87.5
PI Walter	c GH Roderick b LV van Beek	3	13	0	0	23.1
MS Pepper	lbw b A Virdi	22	41	2	0	53.7
SR Harmer	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	19	39	1	0	48.7
S Snater	c GH Roderick b LV van Beek	4	18	0	0	22.2
SJ Cook	c EA Brookes b LV van Beek	10	26	0	0	38.5
JA Porter	not out	0	10	0	0	0.0
Extras		5
Total	all out, 46.3 overs	140

Did not bat: NRM Thain

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (D Elgar, 4.2 ov), 53-2 (T Westley, 14.2 ov), 69-3 (RJ Das, 20.4 ov), 71-4 (JM Cox, 20.6 ov), 79-5 (MJJ Critchley, 23.5 ov), 81-6 (PI Walter, 24.4 ov), 119-7 (SR Harmer, 36.3 ov), 129-8 (MS Pepper, 39.1 ov), 137-9 (S Snater, 42.6 ov), 140-10 (SJ Cook, 46.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
J Leach	5	3	12	1	2.40	23	0
A Virdi	23	1	66	2	2.87	87	2
TAI Taylor	9	0	35	2	3.89	34	0
LV van Beek	9.3	1	26	4	2.74	44	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	17	26	RJ Das 10, D Elgar 6
2	36	60	RJ Das 15, T Westley 21
3	16	38	RJ Das 7, JM Cox 9
4	2	2	JM Cox 2, MJJ Critchley 0
5	8	17	MJJ Critchley 7, PI Walter 1
6	2	5	PI Walter 2, MS Pepper 0
7	38	71	MS Pepper 15, SR Harmer 19
8	10	16	MS Pepper 7, S Snater 3
9	8	23	S Snater 1, SJ Cook 7
10	3	21	SJ Cook 3, JA Porter 0

Match details

Toss: Worcestershire, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2024
Umpires: DJ Millns, SJ O'Shaughnessy
Match referee: PM Such
Source: Cricsheet match 1410243