MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2024

Essex v Surrey

Group 1, match 67 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 26 Sept 2024 – 29 Sept 2024

Match drawn Rain likely

Essex 1st innings508/8d117.3 overs

Surrey 1st innings267/784 overs

Essex 1st innings 508/8d (117.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c BBA Geddes b RS Patel	182	284	21	0	64.1
RJ Das	c J Blake b TE Lawes	3	6	0	0	50.0
T Westley	c TE Lawes b Y Majid	135	190	25	1	71.1
MJJ Critchley	c sub b JPA Taylor	112	171	15	0	65.5
LM Benkenstein	b RS Patel	4	6	1	0	66.7
PI Walter	c RJ Burns b RS Patel	2	4	0	0	50.0
AM Rossington	lbw b Y Majid	19	20	3	0	95.0
SR Harmer	not out	19	22	2	0	86.4
S Snater	b JPA Taylor	5	7	1	0	71.4
Extras		27
Total	8 wickets declared, 117.3 overs	508

Did not bat: JA Porter, SJ Cook

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (RJ Das, 1.4 ov), 257-2 (T Westley, 60.6 ov), 425-3 (D Elgar, 101.6 ov), 431-4 (LM Benkenstein, 103.2 ov), 433-5 (PI Walter, 103.6 ov), 468-6 (AM Rossington, 110.3 ov), 494-7 (MJJ Critchley, 115.4 ov), 508-8 (S Snater, 117.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
KAJ Roach	18	3	57	0	3.17	81	0
TE Lawes	22	2	80	1	3.64	91	0
JPA Taylor	25.3	1	125	2	4.90	97	4
DW Lawrence	8	0	49	0	6.13	23	2
Y Majid	30	0	128	2	4.27	104	2
RS Patel	12	1	41	3	3.42	50	2
OFM Sykes	2	0	11	0	5.50	3	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	10	D Elgar 1, RJ Das 3
2	253	356	D Elgar 100, T Westley 135
3	168	246	D Elgar 81, MJJ Critchley 84
4	6	8	MJJ Critchley 2, LM Benkenstein 4
5	2	4	MJJ Critchley 0, PI Walter 2
6	35	39	MJJ Critchley 12, AM Rossington 19
7	26	31	MJJ Critchley 14, SR Harmer 12
8	14	11	SR Harmer 7, S Snater 5

Surrey 1st innings 267/7 (84 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c JA Porter b SR Harmer	16	26	4	0	61.5
DP Sibley	c SJ Cook b MJJ Critchley	125	189	17	1	66.1
Y Majid	c LM Benkenstein b SR Harmer	5	36	1	0	13.9
RS Patel	lbw b JA Porter	9	22	2	0	40.9
BBA Geddes	b SR Harmer	2	9	0	0	22.2
DW Lawrence	lbw b S Snater	27	45	2	0	60.0
J Blake	not out	38	126	3	0	30.2
OFM Sykes	b T Westley	0	2	0	0	0.0
TE Lawes	not out	33	51	5	0	64.7
Extras		12
Total	7 wickets, 84 overs	267

Did not bat: JPA Taylor, KAJ Roach

Fall of wickets: 29-1 (RJ Burns, 9.1 ov), 53-2 (Y Majid, 21.4 ov), 74-3 (RS Patel, 28.6 ov), 81-4 (BBA Geddes, 31.4 ov), 156-5 (DW Lawrence, 48.2 ov), 215-6 (DP Sibley, 64.5 ov), 218-7 (OFM Sykes, 65.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
SJ Cook	11	1	56	0	5.09	49	0
SR Harmer	34	9	88	3	2.59	152	0
JA Porter	8	4	17	1	2.13	43	0
MJJ Critchley	15	2	59	1	3.93	56	0
PI Walter	3	0	15	0	5.00	10	2
S Snater	6	3	11	1	1.83	32	2
T Westley	7	1	13	1	1.86	33	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	29	55	RJ Burns 16, DP Sibley 13
2	24	75	DP Sibley 19, Y Majid 5
3	21	44	DP Sibley 11, RS Patel 9
4	7	16	DP Sibley 5, BBA Geddes 2
5	75	100	DP Sibley 43, DW Lawrence 27
6	59	99	DP Sibley 34, J Blake 25
7	3	7	J Blake 1, OFM Sykes 0
Unbroken	49	108	J Blake 12, TE Lawes 33

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2024
Umpires: ID Blackwell, RJ Bailey
Match referee: AM Smith
Rain: Draw with only 201.3 of ~360 overs bowled (56%)
Source: Cricsheet match 1410259