MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Essex v Warwickshire

Group 1, match 52 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 29 Jul 2025 – 1 Aug 2025

Match drawn

Essex 1st innings602/6d149 overs

Warwickshire 1st innings485133.4 overs

Essex 2nd innings96/131 overs

Essex 1st innings 602/6d (149 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c Z Malik b BJ Webster	33	65	5	0	50.8
PI Walter	c AL Davies b CJ Rocchiccioli	86	160	9	2	53.8
T Westley	c RM Yates b BJ Webster	148	278	17	0	53.2
JM Cox	b Z Malik	34	56	3	0	60.7
MJJ Critchley	c K Smith b ER Bamber	19	22	3	0	86.4
CWJ Allison	c VL Jani b RM Yates	133	202	17	2	65.8
MS Pepper	not out	107	117	11	2	91.5
Extras		42
Total	6 wickets declared, 149 overs	602

Did not bat: JA Porter, SJ Cook, S Snater, NRM Thain

Fall of wickets: 68-1 (D Elgar, 18.3 ov), 200-2 (PI Walter, 59.4 ov), 281-3 (JM Cox, 78.5 ov), 316-4 (MJJ Critchley, 85.4 ov), 407-5 (T Westley, 111.1 ov), 602-6 (CWJ Allison, 148.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
OJ Hannon-Dalby	23	4	65	0	2.83	106	0	0
ER Bamber	26	3	116	1	4.46	103	1	4
CJ Rocchiccioli	34	2	135	1	3.97	120	0	0
BJ Webster	22	7	55	2	2.50	106	0	4
EG Barnard	19	1	74	0	3.89	78	0	2
RM Yates	14	0	81	1	5.79	40	0	0
Z Malik	3	0	7	1	2.33	14	0	2
DR Mousley	8	0	40	0	5.00	28	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	68	111	D Elgar 33, PI Walter 26
2	132	247	PI Walter 60, T Westley 68
3	81	115	T Westley 39, JM Cox 34
4	35	41	T Westley 12, MJJ Critchley 19
5	91	153	T Westley 29, CWJ Allison 55
6	195	227	CWJ Allison 78, MS Pepper 107

Warwickshire 1st innings 485 (133.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RM Yates	lbw b MJJ Critchley	27	72	3	0	37.5
AL Davies	st MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	58	116	6	0	50.0
DR Mousley	c PI Walter b S Snater	75	88	11	1	85.2
ER Bamber	c & b MJJ Critchley	107	207	18	0	51.7
Z Malik	c PI Walter b S Snater	0	1	0	0	0.0
BJ Webster	c MJJ Critchley b SJ Cook	32	75	4	0	42.7
EG Barnard	not out	108	123	14	1	87.8
K Smith	c CWJ Allison b S Snater	8	6	2	0	133.3
VL Jani	lbw b MJJ Critchley	41	75	6	0	54.7
CJ Rocchiccioli	c & b MJJ Critchley	16	14	2	1	114.3
OJ Hannon-Dalby	lbw b T Westley	3	27	0	0	11.1
Extras		10
Total	all out, 133.4 overs	485

Fall of wickets: 52-1 (RM Yates, 20.5 ov), 138-2 (AL Davies, 39.3 ov), 202-3 (DR Mousley, 57.2 ov), 202-4 (Z Malik, 57.3 ov), 282-5 (BJ Webster, 85.2 ov), 336-6 (ER Bamber, 98.2 ov), 345-7 (K Smith, 99.5 ov), 431-8 (VL Jani, 119.3 ov), 448-9 (CJ Rocchiccioli, 122.1 ov), 485-10 (OJ Hannon-Dalby, 133.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	17	2	74	0	4.35	77	0	2
SJ Cook	23	4	81	1	3.52	102	1	0
S Snater	27	7	69	3	2.56	131	0	0
MJJ Critchley	40	5	171	5	4.28	161	0	0
NRM Thain	14	3	52	0	3.71	57	0	2
T Westley	12.4	1	33	1	2.61	51	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	52	125	RM Yates 27, AL Davies 25
2	86	112	AL Davies 33, DR Mousley 53
3	64	107	DR Mousley 22, ER Bamber 41
4	0	1	ER Bamber 0, Z Malik 0
5	80	167	ER Bamber 43, BJ Webster 32
6	54	78	ER Bamber 23, EG Barnard 31
7	9	9	EG Barnard 1, K Smith 8
8	86	118	EG Barnard 41, VL Jani 41
9	17	16	EG Barnard 1, CJ Rocchiccioli 16
10	37	69	EG Barnard 34, OJ Hannon-Dalby 3

Essex 2nd innings 96/1 (31 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	not out	35	73	4	0	47.9
NRM Thain	c K Smith b ER Bamber	2	12	0	0	16.7
T Westley	not out	51	103	7	0	49.5
Extras		8
Total	1 wicket, 31 overs	96

Did not bat: MS Pepper, D Elgar, CWJ Allison, JA Porter, SJ Cook, S Snater, MJJ Critchley, JM Cox

Fall of wickets: 10-1 (NRM Thain, 3.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
OJ Hannon-Dalby	10	2	24	0	2.40	45	0
ER Bamber	5	0	21	1	4.20	22	0
CJ Rocchiccioli	11	1	41	0	3.73	42	0
BJ Webster	5	3	6	0	1.20	29	4

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	10	21	PI Walter 8, NRM Thain 2
Unbroken	86	165	PI Walter 27, T Westley 51

Match details

Toss: Warwickshire, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: ID Blackwell, Tom Lungley
Match referee: Wayne Noon
Source: Cricsheet match 1461875