MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Yorkshire v Essex

Group 1, match 22 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 9 May 2025 – 12 May 2025

Match drawn

Yorkshire 1st innings21677.5 overs

Essex 1st innings12360.4 overs

Yorkshire 2nd innings426/6d115.2 overs

Essex 2nd innings273/9133 overs

Yorkshire 1st innings 216 (77.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
A Lyth	lbw b CAK Rajitha	58	148	10	0	39.2
FJ Bean	lbw b S Snater	31	74	5	0	41.9
JH Wharton	not out	63	145	8	0	43.4
JA Tattersall	c RJ Das b MJJ Critchley	4	12	1	0	33.3
JM Bairstow	lbw b JA Porter	2	6	0	0	33.3
GCH Hill	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	0	1	0	0	0.0
ML Revis	c SR Harmer b MJJ Critchley	10	47	0	0	21.3
DM Bess	lbw b CAK Rajitha	3	10	0	0	30.0
BO Coad	c JA Porter b MJJ Critchley	0	9	0	0	0.0
D Moriarty	lbw b NRM Thain	24	19	6	0	126.3
CJ White	c D Elgar b MJJ Critchley	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		21
Total	all out, 77.5 overs	216

Fall of wickets: 71-1 (FJ Bean, 22.5 ov), 108-2 (A Lyth, 48.2 ov), 125-3 (JA Tattersall, 53.2 ov), 128-4 (JM Bairstow, 54.3 ov), 128-5 (GCH Hill, 54.4 ov), 157-6 (ML Revis, 67.6 ov), 169-7 (DM Bess, 70.6 ov), 176-8 (BO Coad, 73.4 ov), 209-9 (D Moriarty, 76.5 ov), 216-10 (CJ White, 77.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	14	6	30	2	2.14	69	0	0
S Snater	13	7	19	1	1.46	69	0	0
CAK Rajitha	17	2	69	2	4.06	82	5	8
SR Harmer	19	8	34	0	1.79	99	0	0
MJJ Critchley	13.5	2	49	4	3.54	55	0	2
NRM Thain	1	0	11	1	11.00	3	0	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	71	137	A Lyth 37, FJ Bean 31
2	37	153	A Lyth 21, JH Wharton 15
3	17	30	JH Wharton 13, JA Tattersall 4
4	3	7	JH Wharton 0, JM Bairstow 2
5	0	1	JH Wharton 0, GCH Hill 0
6	29	80	JH Wharton 16, ML Revis 10
7	12	18	JH Wharton 4, DM Bess 3
8	7	16	JH Wharton 5, BO Coad 0
9	33	19	JH Wharton 3, D Moriarty 24
10	7	6	JH Wharton 7, CJ White 0

Essex 1st innings 123 (60.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c A Lyth b GCH Hill	9	24	1	0	37.5
CWJ Allison	c JM Bairstow b BO Coad	4	7	1	0	57.1
T Westley	c JM Bairstow b BO Coad	26	89	4	0	29.2
JA Porter	b GCH Hill	0	11	0	0	0.0
RJ Das	c FJ Bean b GCH Hill	8	33	0	0	24.2
MJJ Critchley	c FJ Bean b BO Coad	6	17	1	0	35.3
MS Pepper	c JM Bairstow b D Moriarty	30	57	3	0	52.6
NRM Thain	c JM Bairstow b GCH Hill	24	78	4	0	30.8
SR Harmer	not out	3	33	0	0	9.1
S Snater	c JM Bairstow b GCH Hill	6	13	1	0	46.2
CAK Rajitha	lbw b GCH Hill	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras		7
Total	all out, 60.4 overs	123

Fall of wickets: 5-1 (CWJ Allison, 2.3 ov), 23-2 (D Elgar, 9.3 ov), 23-3 (JA Porter, 13.2 ov), 35-4 (RJ Das, 23.1 ov), 50-5 (MJJ Critchley, 28.2 ov), 59-6 (T Westley, 32.1 ov), 105-7 (MS Pepper, 49.6 ov), 111-8 (NRM Thain, 54.5 ov), 123-9 (S Snater, 60.1 ov), 123-10 (CAK Rajitha, 60.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
BO Coad	18	9	20	3	1.11	97	0
CJ White	11	4	15	0	1.36	59	2
GCH Hill	17.4	3	51	6	2.89	85	0
ML Revis	3	0	13	0	4.33	10	0
D Moriarty	10	2	19	1	1.90	45	0
DM Bess	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	5	15	D Elgar 1, CWJ Allison 4
2	18	42	D Elgar 8, T Westley 10
3	0	23	T Westley 0, JA Porter 0
4	12	59	T Westley 4, RJ Das 8
5	15	31	T Westley 9, MJJ Critchley 6
6	9	23	T Westley 3, MS Pepper 6
7	46	107	MS Pepper 24, NRM Thain 19
8	6	29	NRM Thain 5, SR Harmer 1
9	12	32	SR Harmer 2, S Snater 6
10	0	3	SR Harmer 0, CAK Rajitha 0

Yorkshire 2nd innings 426/6d (115.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
A Lyth	c T Westley b NRM Thain	185	287	23	1	64.5
FJ Bean	c MJJ Critchley b NRM Thain	19	93	2	0	20.4
JH Wharton	c JA Porter b SR Harmer	61	117	4	2	52.1
JA Tattersall	c & b NRM Thain	31	80	3	0	38.8
JM Bairstow	c SR Harmer b MJJ Critchley	79	74	8	3	106.8
GCH Hill	c D Elgar b MJJ Critchley	4	10	0	0	40.0
ML Revis	not out	37	32	5	0	115.6
Extras		10
Total	6 wickets declared, 115.2 overs	426

Did not bat: CJ White, D Moriarty, BO Coad, DM Bess

Fall of wickets: 72-1 (FJ Bean, 33.5 ov), 225-2 (JH Wharton, 72.6 ov), 297-3 (JA Tattersall, 94.2 ov), 312-4 (A Lyth, 98.5 ov), 327-5 (GCH Hill, 103.2 ov), 426-6 (JM Bairstow, 115.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	18	3	45	0	2.50	80	0	0
S Snater	23	6	82	0	3.57	97	1	0
SR Harmer	22	4	50	1	2.27	98	0	0
CAK Rajitha	17	5	49	0	2.88	80	0	2
NRM Thain	18	0	96	3	5.33	64	1	0
MJJ Critchley	17.2	0	98	2	5.65	51	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	72	203	A Lyth 53, FJ Bean 19
2	153	235	A Lyth 88, JH Wharton 61
3	72	128	A Lyth 36, JA Tattersall 31
4	15	27	A Lyth 8, JM Bairstow 7
5	15	27	JM Bairstow 11, GCH Hill 4
6	99	72	JM Bairstow 61, ML Revis 37

Essex 2nd innings 273/9 (133 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CWJ Allison	c DM Bess b CJ White	20	42	3	0	47.6
D Elgar	c FJ Bean b CJ White	4	4	1	0	100.0
T Westley	lbw b GCH Hill	18	28	3	0	64.3
RJ Das	c GCH Hill b CJ White	0	15	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	c JM Bairstow b GCH Hill	75	246	10	0	30.5
MS Pepper	lbw b GCH Hill	68	229	5	2	29.7
NRM Thain	b DM Bess	1	15	0	0	6.7
SR Harmer	not out	32	115	6	0	27.8
S Snater	lbw b CJ White	0	32	0	0	0.0
CAK Rajitha	b D Moriarty	21	40	3	0	52.5
JA Porter	not out	2	34	0	0	5.9
Extras		32
Total	9 wickets, 133 overs	273

Fall of wickets: 8-1 (D Elgar, 1.4 ov), 42-2 (T Westley, 11.4 ov), 42-3 (CWJ Allison, 12.4 ov), 45-4 (RJ Das, 16.4 ov), 199-5 (MS Pepper, 92.6 ov), 202-6 (NRM Thain, 95.5 ov), 206-7 (MJJ Critchley, 96.2 ov), 212-8 (S Snater, 106.1 ov), 251-9 (CAK Rajitha, 119.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
BO Coad	14	4	37	0	2.64	69	0
CJ White	24	12	43	4	1.79	125	0
GCH Hill	20	8	31	3	1.55	104	2
DM Bess	38	18	52	1	1.37	200	0
D Moriarty	26	7	53	1	2.04	127	0
ML Revis	8	2	24	0	3.00	37	0
A Lyth	3	2	5	0	1.67	16	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	8	10	CWJ Allison 4, D Elgar 4
2	34	60	CWJ Allison 16, T Westley 18
3	0	6	CWJ Allison 0, RJ Das 0
4	3	24	RJ Das 0, MJJ Critchley 1
5	154	458	MJJ Critchley 68, MS Pepper 68
6	3	17	MJJ Critchley 2, NRM Thain 1
7	4	3	MJJ Critchley 4, SR Harmer 0
8	6	59	SR Harmer 2, S Snater 0
9	39	79	SR Harmer 14, CAK Rajitha 21
Unbroken	22	82	SR Harmer 16, JA Porter 2

Match details

Toss: Yorkshire, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: JD Shantry, SJ O'Shaughnessy
Match referee: AM Smith
Source: Cricsheet match 1461845