MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Essex v Surrey

Group 1, match 33 · Kennington Oval, London · 23 May 2025 – 26 May 2025

Match drawn

Essex 1st innings21762.2 overs

Surrey 1st innings27972.4 overs

Essex 2nd innings479139.1 overs

Surrey 2nd innings289/784 overs

Essex 1st innings 217 (62.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c DP Sibley b SM Curran	31	25	6	0	124.0
PI Walter	c BT Foakes b J Clark	38	63	6	0	60.3
T Westley	c BT Foakes b NG Smith	20	53	3	0	37.7
CWJ Allison	c BT Foakes b NG Smith	0	5	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	lbw b TE Lawes	16	44	2	0	36.4
MS Pepper	c SM Curran b J Overton	75	94	9	1	79.8
NRM Thain	c BT Foakes b DJ Worrall	3	21	0	0	14.3
SR Harmer	lbw b SM Curran	0	11	0	0	0.0
S Snater	c DP Sibley b J Overton	28	36	6	0	77.8
CAK Rajitha	b NG Smith	1	22	0	0	4.5
JA Porter	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		5
Total	all out, 62.2 overs	217

Fall of wickets: 50-1 (D Elgar, 8.3 ov), 88-2 (PI Walter, 19.3 ov), 88-3 (CWJ Allison, 21.2 ov), 95-4 (T Westley, 27.1 ov), 127-5 (MJJ Critchley, 36.6 ov), 143-6 (NRM Thain, 42.6 ov), 146-7 (SR Harmer, 45.3 ov), 197-8 (S Snater, 56.2 ov), 217-9 (CAK Rajitha, 61.5 ov), 217-10 (MS Pepper, 62.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
DJ Worrall	14	2	47	1	3.36	64	0	2
NG Smith	14	2	53	3	3.79	60	1	0
SM Curran	9	0	32	2	3.56	37	0	0
J Clark	12	3	45	1	3.75	53	0	0
TE Lawes	8	4	9	1	1.13	41	0	0
J Overton	5.2	0	29	2	5.44	21	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	50	51	D Elgar 31, PI Walter 19
2	38	66	PI Walter 19, T Westley 16
3	0	11	T Westley 0, CWJ Allison 0
4	7	35	T Westley 4, MJJ Critchley 3
5	32	59	MJJ Critchley 13, MS Pepper 19
6	16	36	MS Pepper 13, NRM Thain 3
7	3	15	MS Pepper 3, SR Harmer 0
8	51	65	MS Pepper 22, S Snater 28
9	20	33	MS Pepper 18, CAK Rajitha 1
10	0	3	MS Pepper 0, JA Porter 0

Surrey 1st innings 279 (72.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c D Elgar b JA Porter	15	18	3	0	83.3
DP Sibley	c D Elgar b CAK Rajitha	41	117	7	0	35.0
KR Patterson	c PI Walter b JA Porter	51	71	9	0	71.8
TE Lawes	b CAK Rajitha	1	16	0	0	6.3
SM Curran	c SR Harmer b CAK Rajitha	70	83	11	0	84.3
BT Foakes	lbw b CAK Rajitha	2	12	0	0	16.7
JJ Roy	b S Snater	0	7	0	0	0.0
J Overton	c MS Pepper b CAK Rajitha	0	8	0	0	0.0
J Clark	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	54	66	8	0	81.8
NG Smith	not out	24	32	4	0	75.0
DJ Worrall	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	13	9	1	1	144.4
Extras		8
Total	all out, 72.4 overs	279

Fall of wickets: 22-1 (RJ Burns, 6.4 ov), 88-2 (KR Patterson, 26.4 ov), 93-3 (TE Lawes, 31.2 ov), 122-4 (DP Sibley, 41.1 ov), 132-5 (BT Foakes, 45.4 ov), 133-6 (JJ Roy, 46.6 ov), 144-7 (J Overton, 49.2 ov), 226-8 (SM Curran, 63.6 ov), 265-9 (J Clark, 70.4 ov), 279-10 (DJ Worrall, 72.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	19	3	65	2	3.42	87	0	0
S Snater	20	3	72	1	3.60	90	2	0
CAK Rajitha	22	4	87	5	3.95	90	0	2
NRM Thain	7	0	41	0	5.86	22	0	4
SR Harmer	4.4	2	14	2	3.00	22	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	22	40	RJ Burns 15, DP Sibley 7
2	66	120	DP Sibley 15, KR Patterson 51
3	5	28	DP Sibley 2, TE Lawes 1
4	29	59	DP Sibley 17, SM Curran 12
5	10	27	SM Curran 8, BT Foakes 2
6	1	8	SM Curran 1, JJ Roy 0
7	11	14	SM Curran 11, J Overton 0
8	82	88	SM Curran 38, J Clark 41
9	39	40	J Clark 13, NG Smith 23
10	14	12	NG Smith 1, DJ Worrall 13

Essex 2nd innings 479 (139.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c BT Foakes b NG Smith	118	147	19	0	80.3
D Elgar	c NG Smith b DJ Worrall	64	184	6	0	34.8
SR Harmer	c BT Foakes b NG Smith	0	7	0	0	0.0
T Westley	c KR Patterson b J Clark	50	114	7	0	43.9
CWJ Allison	c & b J Clark	140	235	19	2	59.6
MJJ Critchley	lbw b DJ Worrall	4	10	0	0	40.0
MS Pepper	c BT Foakes b SM Curran	18	35	1	0	51.4
NRM Thain	c RJ Burns b DJ Worrall	50	93	6	0	53.8
S Snater	run out (NG Smith/BT Foakes)	10	8	0	1	125.0
CAK Rajitha	c TE Lawes b DJ Worrall	0	2	0	0	0.0
JA Porter	not out	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		25
Total	all out, 139.1 overs	479

Fall of wickets: 188-1 (PI Walter, 49.1 ov), 191-2 (SR Harmer, 51.2 ov), 205-3 (D Elgar, 60.3 ov), 285-4 (T Westley, 87.4 ov), 294-5 (MJJ Critchley, 90.5 ov), 343-6 (MS Pepper, 105.1 ov), 459-7 (NRM Thain, 136.1 ov), 471-8 (CWJ Allison, 137.6 ov), 478-9 (CAK Rajitha, 138.4 ov), 479-10 (S Snater, 139.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
DJ Worrall	33	9	77	4	2.33	155	0	0
SM Curran	14	1	54	1	3.86	58	1	0
NG Smith	24	2	90	2	3.75	102	1	4
J Clark	23.1	2	87	2	3.76	79	0	0
TE Lawes	24	1	99	0	4.13	97	0	0
J Overton	21	1	54	0	2.57	91	1	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	188	295	PI Walter 118, D Elgar 58
2	3	13	D Elgar 2, SR Harmer 0
3	14	55	D Elgar 4, T Westley 10
4	80	163	T Westley 40, CWJ Allison 37
5	9	19	CWJ Allison 5, MJJ Critchley 4
6	49	86	CWJ Allison 30, MS Pepper 18
7	116	186	CWJ Allison 59, NRM Thain 50
8	12	11	CWJ Allison 9, S Snater 2
9	7	4	S Snater 7, CAK Rajitha 0
10	1	3	S Snater 1, JA Porter 0

Surrey 2nd innings 289/7 (84 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	st MS Pepper b SR Harmer	39	64	5	0	60.9
DP Sibley	st MS Pepper b SR Harmer	40	96	5	0	41.7
KR Patterson	b JA Porter	40	63	6	0	63.5
SM Curran	c CWJ Allison b JA Porter	77	121	9	1	63.6
BT Foakes	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	7	18	1	0	38.9
JJ Roy	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	0	2	0	0	0.0
J Overton	c MJJ Critchley b JA Porter	47	102	7	0	46.1
J Clark	not out	23	41	4	0	56.1
Extras		16
Total	7 wickets, 84 overs	289

Did not bat: NG Smith, DJ Worrall, TE Lawes

Fall of wickets: 76-1 (RJ Burns, 20.1 ov), 115-2 (DP Sibley, 34.2 ov), 143-3 (KR Patterson, 41.1 ov), 167-4 (BT Foakes, 47.4 ov), 167-5 (JJ Roy, 47.6 ov), 238-6 (SM Curran, 71.4 ov), 289-7 (J Overton, 83.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	27	5	88	5	3.26	118	0
S Snater	10	1	42	0	4.20	38	0
CAK Rajitha	11	0	42	0	3.82	46	4
SR Harmer	34	7	94	2	2.76	153	2
MJJ Critchley	2	0	13	0	6.50	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	76	121	RJ Burns 39, DP Sibley 33
2	39	85	DP Sibley 7, KR Patterson 30
3	28	41	KR Patterson 10, SM Curran 17
4	24	39	SM Curran 17, BT Foakes 7
5	0	2	SM Curran 0, JJ Roy 0
6	71	142	SM Curran 43, J Overton 19
7	51	74	J Overton 28, J Clark 23

Match details

Toss: Surrey, chose to field
Ground: Kennington Oval, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: M Burns, RJ Bailey
Match referee: PM Such
Source: Cricsheet match 1461856