MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Worcestershire v Essex

Group 1, match 30 · County Ground, Worcester · 16 May 2025 – 18 May 2025

Worcestershire won by 225 runs

Worcestershire 1st innings35899.2 overs

Essex 1st innings15760 overs

Worcestershire 2nd innings13457.3 overs

Essex 2nd innings11043.5 overs

Worcestershire 1st innings 358 (99.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Roderick	lbw b S Snater	17	38	2	0	44.7
JD Libby	c MS Pepper b NRM Thain	16	51	2	0	31.4
HM Nicholls	c MS Pepper b CAK Rajitha	0	9	0	0	0.0
Kashif Ali	b S Snater	46	81	5	0	56.8
RP Jones	c RJ Das b NRM Thain	54	117	9	1	46.2
BL D'Oliveira	c MS Pepper b S Snater	3	6	0	0	50.0
EA Brookes	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	31	45	5	0	68.9
MJ Waite	c MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	73	91	11	1	80.2
TAI Taylor	b MJJ Critchley	43	69	7	0	62.3
BMJ Allison	c CWJ Allison b S Snater	38	66	3	1	57.6
Y Singh	not out	5	26	1	0	19.2
Extras		32
Total	all out, 99.2 overs	358

Fall of wickets: 31-1 (GH Roderick, 9.6 ov), 36-2 (HM Nicholls, 12.4 ov), 58-3 (JD Libby, 21.1 ov), 119-4 (Kashif Ali, 39.3 ov), 123-5 (BL D'Oliveira, 41.2 ov), 182-6 (EA Brookes, 54.6 ov), 192-7 (RP Jones, 57.6 ov), 287-8 (TAI Taylor, 79.2 ov), 334-9 (MJ Waite, 91.4 ov), 358-10 (BMJ Allison, 99.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	25	6	57	1	2.28	119	0	0
S Snater	24.2	5	78	4	3.21	106	0	0
CAK Rajitha	21	6	81	1	3.86	94	2	2
NRM Thain	13	0	71	2	5.46	52	0	4
SR Harmer	10	0	34	0	3.40	42	0	0
MJJ Critchley	6	0	13	2	2.17	26	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	31	60	GH Roderick 17, JD Libby 9
2	5	16	JD Libby 5, HM Nicholls 0
3	22	51	JD Libby 2, Kashif Ali 20
4	61	110	Kashif Ali 26, RP Jones 18
5	4	11	RP Jones 1, BL D'Oliveira 3
6	59	82	RP Jones 26, EA Brookes 31
7	10	18	RP Jones 9, MJ Waite 1
8	95	128	MJ Waite 45, TAI Taylor 43
9	47	74	MJ Waite 27, BMJ Allison 20
10	24	46	BMJ Allison 18, Y Singh 5

Essex 1st innings 157 (60 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c EA Brookes b TAI Taylor	16	56	2	0	28.6
CWJ Allison	b BMJ Allison	0	2	0	0	0.0
T Westley	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	6	15	1	0	40.0
RJ Das	c RP Jones b MJ Waite	44	91	7	0	48.4
MJJ Critchley	c GH Roderick b BMJ Allison	15	31	3	0	48.4
MS Pepper	c EA Brookes b TAI Taylor	13	37	3	0	35.1
NRM Thain	b MJ Waite	15	61	2	0	24.6
SR Harmer	c GH Roderick b EA Brookes	14	30	2	0	46.7
S Snater	c GH Roderick b Y Singh	20	24	3	1	83.3
CAK Rajitha	not out	6	10	1	0	60.0
JA Porter	c GH Roderick b MJ Waite	4	3	1	0	133.3
Extras		4
Total	all out, 60 overs	157

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (CWJ Allison, 1.2 ov), 9-2 (T Westley, 6.2 ov), 46-3 (D Elgar, 18.6 ov), 75-4 (MJJ Critchley, 29.3 ov), 98-5 (MS Pepper, 38.3 ov), 98-6 (RJ Das, 39.1 ov), 117-7 (SR Harmer, 48.2 ov), 142-8 (S Snater, 55.5 ov), 153-9 (NRM Thain, 59.3 ov), 157-10 (JA Porter, 59.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
TAI Taylor	15	5	23	3	1.53	77
BMJ Allison	15	6	27	2	1.80	77
Y Singh	12	1	55	1	4.58	54
MJ Waite	12	3	34	3	2.83	58
EA Brookes	6	2	14	1	2.33	30

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	8	D Elgar 0, CWJ Allison 0
2	9	30	D Elgar 1, T Westley 6
3	37	76	D Elgar 15, RJ Das 22
4	29	63	RJ Das 13, MJJ Critchley 15
5	23	54	RJ Das 9, MS Pepper 13
6	0	4	RJ Das 0, NRM Thain 0
7	19	55	NRM Thain 5, SR Harmer 14
8	25	45	NRM Thain 5, S Snater 20
9	11	22	NRM Thain 5, CAK Rajitha 6
10	4	3	CAK Rajitha 0, JA Porter 4

Worcestershire 2nd innings 134 (57.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Roderick	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	0	7	0	0	0.0
JD Libby	lbw b JA Porter	10	40	1	0	25.0
HM Nicholls	lbw b S Snater	2	5	0	0	40.0
Kashif Ali	lbw b SR Harmer	31	66	3	0	47.0
RP Jones	lbw b S Snater	19	59	2	0	32.2
BMJ Allison	lbw b SR Harmer	0	5	0	0	0.0
Y Singh	lbw b SR Harmer	7	29	1	0	24.1
BL D'Oliveira	c CAK Rajitha b SR Harmer	4	5	1	0	80.0
EA Brookes	lbw b JA Porter	38	70	6	0	54.3
MJ Waite	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	8	54	0	0	14.8
TAI Taylor	not out	5	5	1	0	100.0
Extras		10
Total	all out, 57.3 overs	134

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (GH Roderick, 1.5 ov), 3-2 (HM Nicholls, 3.4 ov), 26-3 (JD Libby, 13.3 ov), 58-4 (Kashif Ali, 26.1 ov), 58-5 (BMJ Allison, 26.6 ov), 66-6 (RP Jones, 33.3 ov), 71-7 (BL D'Oliveira, 34.3 ov), 80-8 (Y Singh, 36.5 ov), 125-9 (MJ Waite, 55.3 ov), 134-10 (EA Brookes, 57.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
JA Porter	15.3	5	30	3	1.94	78
S Snater	18	4	45	3	2.50	86
CAK Rajitha	3	0	12	0	4.00	11
SR Harmer	21	5	37	4	1.76	99

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	11	GH Roderick 0, JD Libby 1
2	2	11	JD Libby 0, HM Nicholls 2
3	23	59	JD Libby 9, Kashif Ali 14
4	32	76	Kashif Ali 17, RP Jones 13
5	0	5	RP Jones 0, BMJ Allison 0
6	8	39	RP Jones 6, Y Singh 2
7	5	6	Y Singh 1, BL D'Oliveira 4
8	9	14	Y Singh 4, EA Brookes 1
9	45	112	EA Brookes 33, MJ Waite 8
10	9	12	EA Brookes 4, TAI Taylor 5

Essex 2nd innings 110 (43.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CWJ Allison	c GH Roderick b MJ Waite	23	44	4	0	52.3
D Elgar	c GH Roderick b BMJ Allison	9	31	1	0	29.0
T Westley	lbw b Y Singh	4	11	1	0	36.4
RJ Das	lbw b MJ Waite	0	10	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	c GH Roderick b EA Brookes	17	39	4	0	43.6
MS Pepper	c RP Jones b MJ Waite	2	13	0	0	15.4
NRM Thain	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	23	57	4	0	40.4
SR Harmer	lbw b MJ Waite	9	34	1	0	26.5
S Snater	c EA Brookes b MJ Waite	1	4	0	0	25.0
CAK Rajitha	not out	13	17	3	0	76.5
JA Porter	b MJ Waite	4	3	1	0	133.3
Extras		5
Total	all out, 43.5 overs	110

Fall of wickets: 34-1 (D Elgar, 11.3 ov), 35-2 (CWJ Allison, 13.3 ov), 41-3 (T Westley, 14.5 ov), 45-4 (RJ Das, 17.1 ov), 47-5 (MS Pepper, 21.2 ov), 77-6 (MJJ Critchley, 30.1 ov), 92-7 (NRM Thain, 38.3 ov), 93-8 (S Snater, 39.1 ov), 106-9 (SR Harmer, 43.2 ov), 110-10 (JA Porter, 43.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
TAI Taylor	14	5	36	1	2.57	71
BMJ Allison	11	5	26	1	2.36	53
Y Singh	5	0	18	1	3.60	22
MJ Waite	10.5	7	19	6	1.75	58
EA Brookes	3	1	6	1	2.00	15

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	34	69	CWJ Allison 22, D Elgar 9
2	1	12	CWJ Allison 1, T Westley 0
3	6	8	T Westley 4, RJ Das 0
4	4	14	RJ Das 0, MJJ Critchley 4
5	2	25	MJJ Critchley 0, MS Pepper 2
6	30	53	MJJ Critchley 13, NRM Thain 17
7	15	50	NRM Thain 6, SR Harmer 9
8	1	4	SR Harmer 0, S Snater 1
9	13	25	SR Harmer 0, CAK Rajitha 13
10	4	3	CAK Rajitha 0, JA Porter 4

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: GD Lloyd, ID Blackwell
Match referee: AJ Swann
Source: Cricsheet match 1461853