MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Essex v Surrey

Group 1 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 4 Apr 2025 – 7 Apr 2025

Match drawn

Essex 1st innings582/6d147.2 overs

Surrey 1st innings365129.5 overs

Surrey 2nd innings219/697 overs

Essex 1st innings 582/6d (147.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c BT Foakes b MD Fisher	95	172	14	0	55.2
CWJ Allison	lbw b DW Lawrence	25	55	3	0	45.5
T Westley	c JL Smith b KAJ Roach	40	67	7	0	59.7
JM Cox	b KAJ Roach	117	148	21	0	79.1
MJJ Critchley	not out	145	261	17	1	55.6
MS Pepper	c DP Sibley b DW Lawrence	109	162	13	1	67.3
NRM Thain	c KAJ Roach b DW Lawrence	26	26	5	0	100.0
Extras		25
Total	6 wickets declared, 147.2 overs	582

Did not bat: SR Harmer, JA Porter, SJ Cook, S Snater

Fall of wickets: 78-1 (CWJ Allison, 19.4 ov), 126-2 (T Westley, 35.6 ov), 226-3 (PI Walter, 62.1 ov), 318-4 (JM Cox, 83.3 ov), 534-5 (MS Pepper, 139.4 ov), 582-6 (NRM Thain, 147.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
KAJ Roach	26	4	84	2	3.23	116	4
J Clark	27	6	71	0	2.63	130	0
MD Fisher	25	6	102	1	4.08	108	0
JPA Taylor	29	5	107	0	3.69	120	8
DW Lawrence	35.2	2	169	3	4.78	116	0
RS Patel	5	0	38	0	7.60	14	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	78	118	PI Walter 51, CWJ Allison 25
2	48	98	PI Walter 5, T Westley 40
3	100	157	PI Walter 39, JM Cox 56
4	92	128	JM Cox 61, MJJ Critchley 25
5	216	337	MJJ Critchley 98, MS Pepper 109
6	48	46	MJJ Critchley 22, NRM Thain 26

Surrey 1st innings 365 (129.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c MS Pepper b SR Harmer	73	171	10	0	42.7
DP Sibley	lbw b SJ Cook	3	9	0	0	33.3
OJ Pope	b JA Porter	45	111	5	0	40.5
JL Smith	b S Snater	25	34	4	0	73.5
BT Foakes	not out	92	191	10	0	48.2
DW Lawrence	c JM Cox b SR Harmer	3	6	0	0	50.0
RS Patel	c MS Pepper b SR Harmer	2	27	0	0	7.4
J Clark	lbw b SJ Cook	45	88	5	1	51.1
MD Fisher	b SR Harmer	30	57	6	0	52.6
JPA Taylor	b MJJ Critchley	26	75	5	0	34.7
KAJ Roach	lbw b MJJ Critchley	1	10	0	0	10.0
Extras		20
Total	all out, 129.5 overs	365

Fall of wickets: 8-1 (DP Sibley, 3.2 ov), 111-2 (OJ Pope, 44.1 ov), 148-3 (JL Smith, 53.6 ov), 148-4 (RJ Burns, 54.1 ov), 156-5 (DW Lawrence, 56.2 ov), 180-6 (RS Patel, 66.1 ov), 251-7 (J Clark, 87.4 ov), 306-8 (MD Fisher, 104.6 ov), 356-9 (JPA Taylor, 126.6 ov), 365-10 (KAJ Roach, 129.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
JA Porter	16	4	56	1	3.50	76
SJ Cook	21	3	67	2	3.19	93
SR Harmer	47	12	83	4	1.77	226
S Snater	16	3	50	1	3.13	73
MJJ Critchley	18.5	2	47	2	2.50	82
NRM Thain	11	0	42	0	3.82	41

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	8	20	RJ Burns 5, DP Sibley 3
2	103	245	RJ Burns 56, OJ Pope 45
3	37	59	RJ Burns 12, JL Smith 25
4	0	1	RJ Burns 0, BT Foakes 0
5	8	13	BT Foakes 5, DW Lawrence 3
6	24	59	BT Foakes 11, RS Patel 2
7	71	129	BT Foakes 26, J Clark 45
8	55	104	BT Foakes 24, MD Fisher 30
9	50	132	BT Foakes 18, JPA Taylor 26
10	9	17	BT Foakes 8, KAJ Roach 1

Surrey 2nd innings 219/6 (97 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	lbw b SR Harmer	25	56	5	0	44.6
DP Sibley	c JM Cox b NRM Thain	66	221	8	0	29.9
OJ Pope	c MS Pepper b S Snater	1	4	0	0	25.0
JL Smith	run out (MS Pepper)	32	49	5	1	65.3
BT Foakes	b JA Porter	50	134	4	0	37.3
DW Lawrence	c JM Cox b MJJ Critchley	18	57	1	0	31.6
RS Patel	not out	8	57	1	0	14.0
J Clark	not out	2	6	0	0	33.3
Extras		17
Total	6 wickets, 97 overs	219

Did not bat: JPA Taylor, KAJ Roach, MD Fisher

Fall of wickets: 38-1 (RJ Burns, 18.1 ov), 39-2 (OJ Pope, 19.1 ov), 81-3 (JL Smith, 33.6 ov), 181-4 (DP Sibley, 75.1 ov), 198-5 (BT Foakes, 81.3 ov), 215-6 (DW Lawrence, 95.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	11	5	16	1	1.45	60	0
SJ Cook	10	3	22	0	2.20	47	0
SR Harmer	34	13	46	1	1.35	174	0
S Snater	7	2	23	1	3.29	31	0
PI Walter	2	0	25	0	12.50	4	0
MJJ Critchley	18	1	39	1	2.17	80	2
T Westley	7	3	10	0	1.43	33	0
NRM Thain	8	0	25	1	3.13	34	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	38	109	RJ Burns 25, DP Sibley 9
2	1	6	DP Sibley 0, OJ Pope 1
3	42	89	DP Sibley 10, JL Smith 32
4	100	247	DP Sibley 47, BT Foakes 48
5	17	38	BT Foakes 2, DW Lawrence 13
6	17	82	DW Lawrence 5, RS Patel 8
Unbroken	4	11	RS Patel 0, J Clark 2

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: ID Blackwell, RJ Warren
Match referee: JJ Whitaker
Source: Cricsheet match 1461824