MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Essex v Worcestershire

Group 1, match 13 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 18 Apr 2025 – 21 Apr 2025

Essex won by 28 runs

Essex 1st innings17958.4 overs

Worcestershire 1st innings20254 overs

Essex 2nd innings31795 overs

Worcestershire 2nd innings26684.4 overs

Essex 1st innings 179 (58.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	b JA Duffy	1	11	0	0	9.1
CWJ Allison	lbw b JA Duffy	19	23	4	0	82.6
T Westley	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	28	44	5	0	63.6
JM Cox	c GH Roderick b JA Duffy	32	44	4	1	72.7
MJJ Critchley	c GH Roderick b MJ Waite	19	34	3	0	55.9
MS Pepper	lbw b MJ Waite	10	47	1	0	21.3
NRM Thain	lbw b MJ Waite	7	41	1	0	17.1
SR Harmer	c GH Roderick b BMJ Allison	28	77	4	0	36.4
S Snater	c EA Brookes b JA Duffy	24	27	2	1	88.9
CAK Rajitha	not out	2	3	0	0	66.7
JA Porter	b BMJ Allison	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		9
Total	all out, 58.4 overs	179

Fall of wickets: 16-1 (PI Walter, 4.3 ov), 21-2 (CWJ Allison, 6.4 ov), 81-3 (T Westley, 19.4 ov), 84-4 (JM Cox, 20.6 ov), 106-5 (MJJ Critchley, 31.2 ov), 113-6 (NRM Thain, 39.6 ov), 146-7 (S Snater, 48.5 ov), 177-8 (MS Pepper, 57.3 ov), 179-9 (SR Harmer, 58.2 ov), 179-10 (JA Porter, 58.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Duffy	16	4	39	4	2.44	75	1	0
TAI Taylor	13	4	46	1	3.54	63	0	0
BMJ Allison	12.4	4	37	2	2.92	61	0	2
MJ Waite	16	4	47	3	2.94	76	0	0
EA Brookes	1	0	4	0	4.00	3	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	16	27	PI Walter 1, CWJ Allison 15
2	5	13	CWJ Allison 4, T Westley 1
3	60	78	T Westley 27, JM Cox 31
4	3	8	JM Cox 1, MJJ Critchley 1
5	22	62	MJJ Critchley 18, MS Pepper 1
6	7	52	NRM Thain 4, SR Harmer 3
7	33	53	SR Harmer 5, S Snater 24
8	31	52	SR Harmer 20, MS Pepper 9
9	2	5	SR Harmer 0, CAK Rajitha 2
10	0	2	CAK Rajitha 0, JA Porter 0

Worcestershire 1st innings 202 (54 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Roderick	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	4	23	1	0	17.4
JD Libby	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	12	16	2	0	75.0
Kashif Ali	c NRM Thain b JA Porter	6	24	0	0	25.0
RP Jones	c JM Cox b CAK Rajitha	0	8	0	0	0.0
AJ Hose	c PI Walter b CAK Rajitha	48	78	7	0	61.5
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b CAK Rajitha	48	78	6	0	61.5
MJ Waite	c sub b JA Porter	32	38	5	0	84.2
EA Brookes	c PI Walter b NRM Thain	24	32	4	0	75.0
TAI Taylor	c S Snater b CAK Rajitha	3	19	0	0	15.8
BMJ Allison	c sub b NRM Thain	10	8	2	0	125.0
JA Duffy	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		15
Total	all out, 54 overs	202

Fall of wickets: 16-1 (JD Libby, 5.2 ov), 19-2 (GH Roderick, 7.4 ov), 22-3 (RP Jones, 10.5 ov), 22-4 (Kashif Ali, 11.6 ov), 124-5 (AJ Hose, 36.2 ov), 131-6 (BL D'Oliveira, 38.6 ov), 160-7 (MJ Waite, 46.3 ov), 188-8 (EA Brookes, 51.4 ov), 192-9 (TAI Taylor, 52.5 ov), 202-10 (BMJ Allison, 53.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	18	3	49	2	2.72	83	0
S Snater	15	5	44	2	2.93	74	0
CAK Rajitha	13	4	52	4	4.00	58	0
NRM Thain	6	0	29	2	4.83	18	2
SR Harmer	2	0	15	0	7.50	6	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	16	32	GH Roderick 4, JD Libby 12
2	3	14	GH Roderick 0, Kashif Ali 3
3	3	19	Kashif Ali 3, RP Jones 0
4	0	7	Kashif Ali 0, AJ Hose 0
5	102	146	AJ Hose 48, BL D'Oliveira 48
6	7	16	BL D'Oliveira 0, MJ Waite 7
7	29	45	MJ Waite 25, EA Brookes 4
8	28	31	EA Brookes 20, TAI Taylor 3
9	4	7	TAI Taylor 0, BMJ Allison 4
10	10	7	BMJ Allison 6, JA Duffy 0

Essex 2nd innings 317 (95 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	b TAI Taylor	104	154	13	0	67.5
CWJ Allison	c GH Roderick b MJ Waite	24	45	3	0	53.3
T Westley	lbw b MJ Waite	3	12	0	0	25.0
JM Cox	c MJ Waite b JA Duffy	24	22	5	0	109.1
MJJ Critchley	c & b EA Brookes	5	19	0	0	26.3
MS Pepper	b MJ Waite	1	7	0	0	14.3
NRM Thain	c GH Roderick b EA Brookes	54	143	6	0	37.8
SR Harmer	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	33	87	4	0	37.9
S Snater	b BMJ Allison	48	63	5	1	76.2
CAK Rajitha	lbw b TAI Taylor	3	11	0	0	27.3
JA Porter	not out	0	7	0	0	0.0
Extras		18
Total	all out, 95 overs	317

Fall of wickets: 53-1 (CWJ Allison, 15.4 ov), 63-2 (T Westley, 19.4 ov), 111-3 (JM Cox, 26.4 ov), 127-4 (MJJ Critchley, 32.2 ov), 128-5 (MS Pepper, 33.4 ov), 211-6 (PI Walter, 61.1 ov), 246-7 (NRM Thain, 77.1 ov), 287-8 (SR Harmer, 87.5 ov), 303-9 (CAK Rajitha, 91.5 ov), 317-10 (S Snater, 94.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
JA Duffy	22	2	98	1	4.45	81	2
TAI Taylor	23	4	73	3	3.17	106	0
BMJ Allison	18	4	53	1	2.94	78	0
MJ Waite	18	6	40	3	2.22	86	0
EA Brookes	14	2	37	2	2.64	59	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	53	94	PI Walter 25, CWJ Allison 24
2	10	24	PI Walter 7, T Westley 3
3	48	42	PI Walter 23, JM Cox 24
4	16	34	PI Walter 9, MJJ Critchley 5
5	1	8	PI Walter 0, MS Pepper 1
6	83	165	PI Walter 40, NRM Thain 38
7	35	96	NRM Thain 16, SR Harmer 15
8	41	64	SR Harmer 18, S Snater 22
9	16	24	S Snater 12, CAK Rajitha 3
10	14	19	S Snater 14, JA Porter 0

Worcestershire 2nd innings 266 (84.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Roderick	lbw b JA Porter	0	2	0	0	0.0
JD Libby	c CWJ Allison b S Snater	14	27	3	0	51.9
Kashif Ali	c JM Cox b SR Harmer	50	91	9	0	54.9
RP Jones	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	4	22	0	0	18.2
AJ Hose	lbw b NRM Thain	21	42	4	0	50.0
BL D'Oliveira	c PI Walter b JA Porter	36	92	5	0	39.1
MJ Waite	b JA Porter	27	89	3	0	30.3
EA Brookes	c & b JA Porter	88	105	6	7	83.8
TAI Taylor	c PI Walter b JA Porter	1	16	0	0	6.3
BMJ Allison	b CAK Rajitha	0	12	0	0	0.0
JA Duffy	not out	0	12	0	0	0.0
Extras		25
Total	all out, 84.4 overs	266

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (GH Roderick, 0.2 ov), 18-2 (JD Libby, 7.5 ov), 32-3 (RP Jones, 13.3 ov), 78-4 (AJ Hose, 25.4 ov), 119-5 (Kashif Ali, 35.5 ov), 162-6 (BL D'Oliveira, 55.2 ov), 186-7 (MJ Waite, 66.2 ov), 192-8 (TAI Taylor, 70.2 ov), 202-9 (BMJ Allison, 74.6 ov), 266-10 (EA Brookes, 84.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	24.4	8	52	6	2.11	125	0	0
S Snater	26	8	69	1	2.65	126	0	0
CAK Rajitha	18	3	67	1	3.72	77	1	0
NRM Thain	7	0	35	1	5.00	27	0	4
SR Harmer	9	5	23	1	2.56	45	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	2	GH Roderick 0, JD Libby 0
2	18	45	JD Libby 14, Kashif Ali 3
3	14	34	Kashif Ali 6, RP Jones 4
4	46	73	Kashif Ali 23, AJ Hose 21
5	41	61	Kashif Ali 18, BL D'Oliveira 19
6	43	117	BL D'Oliveira 17, MJ Waite 22
7	24	66	MJ Waite 5, EA Brookes 18
8	6	24	EA Brookes 1, TAI Taylor 1
9	10	28	EA Brookes 10, BMJ Allison 0
10	64	58	EA Brookes 59, JA Duffy 0

Match details

Toss: Worcestershire, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: Rob White, SJ O'Shaughnessy
Match referee: SJ Davis
Source: Cricsheet match 1461836