MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Essex v Somerset

Group 1, match 21 · The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton · 2 May 2025 – 5 May 2025

Somerset won by 3 wickets

Essex 1st innings20688.2 overs

Somerset 1st innings14546.3 overs

Essex 2nd innings259/978.4 overs

Somerset 2nd innings325/793.4 overs

Essex 1st innings 206 (88.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b M Pretorius	30	76	3	0	39.5
PI Walter	c JH Davey b C Overton	22	43	3	0	51.2
T Westley	c C Overton b JH Davey	20	80	1	0	25.0
JM Cox	c AM Vaughan b JH Davey	26	63	4	0	41.3
MJJ Critchley	lbw b MJ Leach	3	21	0	0	14.3
MS Pepper	c C Overton b MJ Leach	0	8	0	0	0.0
NRM Thain	c JEK Rew b M Pretorius	41	112	3	0	36.6
SR Harmer	lbw b MJ Leach	3	17	0	0	17.6
SJ Cook	c AM Vaughan b M Pretorius	8	73	1	0	11.0
CAK Rajitha	not out	7	20	1	0	35.0
JA Porter	b C Overton	19	22	3	0	86.4
Extras		27
Total	all out, 88.2 overs	206

Fall of wickets: 40-1 (PI Walter, 13.4 ov), 66-2 (D Elgar, 26.3 ov), 115-3 (T Westley, 42.3 ov), 118-4 (JM Cox, 44.3 ov), 121-5 (MS Pepper, 47.3 ov), 122-6 (MJJ Critchley, 49.2 ov), 136-7 (SR Harmer, 55.2 ov), 179-8 (SJ Cook, 80.4 ov), 180-9 (NRM Thain, 82.1 ov), 206-10 (JA Porter, 88.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
C Overton	13.2	5	35	2	2.63	63	0
JH Davey	14	3	39	2	2.79	68	2
L Gregory	17	3	56	0	3.29	72	8
M Pretorius	14	3	24	3	1.71	66	0
MJ Leach	30	12	35	3	1.17	149	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	40	82	D Elgar 13, PI Walter 22
2	26	77	D Elgar 17, T Westley 8
3	49	96	T Westley 12, JM Cox 25
4	3	12	JM Cox 1, MJJ Critchley 2
5	3	18	MJJ Critchley 1, MS Pepper 0
6	1	11	MJJ Critchley 0, NRM Thain 1
7	14	36	NRM Thain 11, SR Harmer 3
8	43	152	NRM Thain 28, SJ Cook 8
9	1	9	NRM Thain 1, CAK Rajitha 0
10	26	37	CAK Rajitha 7, JA Porter 19

Somerset 1st innings 145 (46.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AM Vaughan	c MJJ Critchley b SJ Cook	0	5	0	0	0.0
ARI Umeed	b SR Harmer	20	48	3	0	41.7
JH Davey	b JA Porter	27	75	4	0	36.0
TA Lammonby	c JM Cox b SR Harmer	13	20	2	0	65.0
TB Abell	c JM Cox b SR Harmer	7	8	1	0	87.5
T Banton	b CAK Rajitha	12	16	3	0	75.0
JEK Rew	c MS Pepper b CAK Rajitha	9	19	2	0	47.4
L Gregory	lbw b SJ Cook	14	34	2	0	41.2
C Overton	c SJ Cook b JA Porter	12	23	1	0	52.2
M Pretorius	c & b SR Harmer	24	20	3	0	120.0
MJ Leach	not out	1	12	0	0	8.3
Extras		6
Total	all out, 46.3 overs	145

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (AM Vaughan, 0.5 ov), 46-2 (ARI Umeed, 19.3 ov), 56-3 (JH Davey, 22.4 ov), 63-4 (TB Abell, 23.6 ov), 78-5 (TA Lammonby, 27.4 ov), 86-6 (T Banton, 28.5 ov), 97-7 (JEK Rew, 34.1 ov), 108-8 (L Gregory, 38.4 ov), 137-9 (M Pretorius, 43.3 ov), 145-10 (C Overton, 46.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
SJ Cook	14	6	31	2	2.21	67	0
SR Harmer	19	6	43	4	2.26	90	0
JA Porter	8.3	2	41	2	4.82	36	2
CAK Rajitha	5	0	26	2	5.20	20	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	5	AM Vaughan 0, ARI Umeed 0
2	46	112	ARI Umeed 20, JH Davey 23
3	10	19	JH Davey 4, TA Lammonby 6
4	7	8	TA Lammonby 0, TB Abell 7
5	15	22	TA Lammonby 7, T Banton 8
6	8	7	T Banton 4, JEK Rew 4
7	11	32	JEK Rew 5, L Gregory 6
8	11	27	L Gregory 8, C Overton 2
9	29	29	C Overton 5, M Pretorius 24
10	8	18	C Overton 5, MJ Leach 1

Essex 2nd innings 259/9 (78.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b L Gregory	23	39	2	1	59.0
PI Walter	lbw b JH Davey	0	9	0	0	0.0
T Westley	lbw b C Overton	26	102	3	0	25.5
JM Cox	retired hurt	103	156	16	0	66.0
MJJ Critchley	c L Gregory b MJ Leach	28	60	4	0	46.7
MS Pepper	lbw b M Pretorius	36	60	6	0	60.0
NRM Thain	c JEK Rew b M Pretorius	0	11	0	0	0.0
SR Harmer	c AM Vaughan b MJ Leach	4	19	0	0	21.1
SJ Cook	c ARI Umeed b M Pretorius	2	13	0	0	15.4
CAK Rajitha	lbw b MJ Leach	0	4	0	0	0.0
JA Porter	not out	0	5	0	0	0.0
Extras		37
Total	9 wickets, 78.4 overs	259

Fall of wickets: 3-1 (PI Walter, 2.4 ov), 45-2 (D Elgar, 13.5 ov), 102-3 (T Westley, 33.6 ov), 163-4 (MJJ Critchley, 52.3 ov), 252-5 (MS Pepper, 71.1 ov), 253-6 (NRM Thain, 73.1 ov), 255-7 (SJ Cook, 75.3 ov), 256-8 (CAK Rajitha, 76.2 ov), 259-9 (SR Harmer, 78.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JH Davey	7	1	32	1	4.57	28	2
C Overton	13	5	37	1	2.85	58	0
L Gregory	12	2	45	1	3.75	54	10
MJ Leach	29.4	5	73	3	2.46	135	0
M Pretorius	14	4	36	3	2.57	65	0
AM Vaughan	3	0	11	0	3.67	13	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	3	16	D Elgar 1, PI Walter 0
2	42	67	D Elgar 22, T Westley 6
3	57	121	T Westley 20, JM Cox 37
4	61	111	JM Cox 24, MJJ Critchley 28
5	89	112	JM Cox 42, MS Pepper 36
6	1	12	NRM Thain 0, SR Harmer 0
7	2	14	SR Harmer 0, SJ Cook 2
8	1	5	SR Harmer 1, CAK Rajitha 0
9	3	14	SR Harmer 3, JA Porter 0

Somerset 2nd innings 325/7 (93.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AM Vaughan	c sub b SJ Cook	4	23	1	0	17.4
ARI Umeed	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	0	11	0	0	0.0
TA Lammonby	lbw b SR Harmer	30	49	4	0	61.2
TB Abell	b SR Harmer	29	67	3	0	43.3
T Banton	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	13	22	2	0	59.1
JEK Rew	lbw b SR Harmer	116	189	18	0	61.4
L Gregory	b CAK Rajitha	57	87	8	0	65.5
C Overton	not out	53	111	3	1	47.7
M Pretorius	not out	1	5	0	0	20.0
Extras		22
Total	7 wickets, 93.4 overs	325

Did not bat: MJ Leach, JH Davey

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (ARI Umeed, 3.5 ov), 8-2 (AM Vaughan, 6.5 ov), 54-3 (TA Lammonby, 21.5 ov), 71-4 (TB Abell, 27.2 ov), 78-5 (T Banton, 29.2 ov), 179-6 (L Gregory, 52.4 ov), 312-7 (JEK Rew, 91.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
SJ Cook	22	4	55	1	2.50	99	0
JA Porter	12	4	43	1	3.58	53	0
SR Harmer	38.4	3	120	4	3.10	168	0
CAK Rajitha	15	2	71	1	4.73	59	4
MJJ Critchley	6	2	18	0	3.00	26	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	23	AM Vaughan 0, ARI Umeed 0
2	8	18	AM Vaughan 4, TA Lammonby 4
3	46	90	TA Lammonby 26, TB Abell 19
4	17	33	TB Abell 10, T Banton 7
5	7	12	T Banton 6, JEK Rew 1
6	101	140	JEK Rew 36, L Gregory 57
7	133	235	JEK Rew 79, C Overton 41
Unbroken	13	11	C Overton 12, M Pretorius 1

Match details

Toss: Somerset, chose to field
Ground: The Cooper Associates County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: BJ Debenham, NJ Llong
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Source: Cricsheet match 1461844