Essex v Somerset, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, , Specsavers County Championship Division One, 2017
Specsavers County Championship Division One : Essex v Somerset, August 28, 2017

Essex
ESS
159/10 (50.2) & 293/10 (100.1)

Somerset
SOM
164/10 (64) & 109/10 (37.5)
Finished
ESS won by 179 runs
Essex 1st inningESS 1st inn.159/10 (50.2 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varun Chopra | lbw b P Meekeren | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 42.85 |
lbw b P Meekeren | ||||||
| Nick Browne | c P Meekeren b C Overton | 44 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 46.80 |
c P Meekeren b C Overton | ||||||
| Dan Lawrence | c JC Hildreth b P Meekeren | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c JC Hildreth b P Meekeren | ||||||
| Ravi Bopara | lbw b C Overton | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5.26 |
lbw b C Overton | ||||||
| Adam Wheater | lbw b Tim Groenewald | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17.64 |
lbw b Tim Groenewald | ||||||
| Ryan ten Doeschate(C) | c ME Trescothick b C Overton | 35 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 83.33 |
c ME Trescothick b C Overton | ||||||
| James Foster(WK) | c JC Hildreth b Tim Groenewald | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 |
c JC Hildreth b Tim Groenewald | ||||||
| Paul Walter | b P Meekeren | 17 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 42.50 |
b P Meekeren | ||||||
| Simon Harmer | c ME Trescothick b P Meekeren | 12 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 48.00 |
c ME Trescothick b P Meekeren | ||||||
| Mohammad Amir | Not out | 22 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 122.22 |
Not out | ||||||
| Jamie Porter | b C Overton | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 125.00 |
b C Overton | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 0, w 1, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 159/10 (50.2) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Overton | 15.2 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 2.60 |
| Paul van Meekeren | 14 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 4.28 |
| Tim Groenewald | 13 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1.92 |
| Tom Abell | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Jack Leach | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (V Chopra - 5.5 ov), 2-21 (DW Lawrence - 7.4 ov), 3-36 (R Bopara - 13.4 ov), 4-39 (AJA Wheater - 18.3 ov), 5-90 (R Doeschate - 31.6 ov), 6-97 (NLJ Browne - 33.1 ov), 7-98 (JS Foster - 36.3 ov), 8-121 (SR Harmer - 45.1 ov), 9-140 (PI Walter - 47.5 ov), 10-159 (JA Porter - 50.2 ov)
Somerset 1st inningSOM 1st inn.164/10 (64 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c JS Foster b JA Porter | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 |
c JS Foster b JA Porter | ||||||
| Eddie Byrom | b JA Porter | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 12.82 |
b JA Porter | ||||||
| Tim Rouse | c SR Harmer b R Bopara | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 |
c SR Harmer b R Bopara | ||||||
| James Hildreth | c R Bopara b JA Porter | 51 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 72.85 |
c R Bopara b JA Porter | ||||||
| Tom Abell(C) | c V Chopra b JA Porter | 30 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 40.00 |
c V Chopra b JA Porter | ||||||
| Steven Davies(WK) | c JS Foster b JA Porter | 15 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 45.45 |
c JS Foster b JA Porter | ||||||
| Jack Leach | c JS Foster b M Amir | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
c JS Foster b M Amir | ||||||
| Craig Overton | b M Amir | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
b M Amir | ||||||
| Dom Bess | Not out | 22 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 43.13 |
Not out | ||||||
| Tim Groenewald | c JS Foster b SR Harmer | 11 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 21.15 |
c JS Foster b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Paul van Meekeren | c AJA Wheater b SR Harmer | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c AJA Wheater b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 0, w 6, nb 6, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 164/10 (64) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Porter | 17 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 2.35 |
| Mohammad Amir | 12 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 1.83 |
| Simon Harmer | 22 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 1.90 |
| Ravi Bopara | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Paul Walter | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 3.87 |
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (ME Trescothick - 4.3 ov), 2-10 (TD Rouse - 11.4 ov), 3-20 (EJ Byrom - 14.5 ov), 4-98 (TB Abell - 36.3 ov), 5-101 (JC Hildreth - 38.3 ov), 6-118 (J Leach - 43.2 ov), 7-118 (C Overton - 43.6 ov), 8-133 (SM Davies - 48.1 ov), 9-164 (Tim Groenewald - 63.2 ov), 10-164 (P Meekeren - 63.6 ov)
Essex 2nd inningESS 2nd inn.293/10 (100.1 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varun Chopra | lbw b C Overton | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 |
lbw b C Overton | ||||||
| Nick Browne | b Tim Groenewald | 83 | 198 | 12 | 1 | 41.91 |
b Tim Groenewald | ||||||
| Dan Lawrence | lbw b C Overton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b C Overton | ||||||
| Ravi Bopara | st SM Davies b J Leach | 9 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 20.93 |
st SM Davies b J Leach | ||||||
| Adam Wheater | c SM Davies b C Overton | 88 | 188 | 11 | 0 | 46.80 |
c SM Davies b C Overton | ||||||
| Ryan ten Doeschate(C) | c ME Trescothick b J Leach | 67 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 74.44 |
c ME Trescothick b J Leach | ||||||
| James Foster(WK) | lbw b Tim Groenewald | 22 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 64.70 |
lbw b Tim Groenewald | ||||||
| Paul Walter | Not out | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Simon Harmer | lbw b Dom Bess | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 |
lbw b Dom Bess | ||||||
| Jamie Porter | c SM Davies b Dom Bess | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c SM Davies b Dom Bess | ||||||
| Mohammad Amir | Absent hurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Absent hurt | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 1, w 0, nb 4, lb 9) | |||||
| Total | 293/10 (100.1) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Overton | 25 | 8 | 68 | 3 | 2.72 |
| Paul van Meekeren | 20 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Tim Groenewald | 21 | 5 | 74 | 2 | 3.52 |
| Jack Leach | 25 | 8 | 52 | 2 | 2.08 |
| Dom Bess | 9.1 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1.85 |
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (V Chopra - 4.5 ov), 2-8 (DW Lawrence - 6.1 ov), 3-39 (R Bopara - 19.6 ov), 4-157 (NLJ Browne - 64.3 ov), 5-234 (AJA Wheater - 84.2 ov), 6-284 (JS Foster - 94.4 ov), 7-284 (R Doeschate - 95.1 ov), 8-293 (SR Harmer - 98.4 ov), 9-293 (JA Porter - 100.1 ov)
Somerset 2nd inningSOM 2nd inn.109/10 (37.5 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | b JA Porter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
b JA Porter | ||||||
| Eddie Byrom | c JS Foster b JA Porter | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 62.50 |
c JS Foster b JA Porter | ||||||
| Tim Rouse | c JS Foster b JA Porter | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 112.50 |
c JS Foster b JA Porter | ||||||
| James Hildreth | c JS Foster b JA Porter | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 |
c JS Foster b JA Porter | ||||||
| Tom Abell(C) | lbw b SR Harmer | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Steven Davies(WK) | c NLJ Browne b JA Porter | 19 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 37.25 |
c NLJ Browne b JA Porter | ||||||
| Craig Overton | b SR Harmer | 36 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 49.31 |
b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Dom Bess | lbw b SR Harmer | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Jack Leach | b JA Porter | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 |
b JA Porter | ||||||
| Tim Groenewald | b JA Porter | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5.88 |
b JA Porter | ||||||
| Paul van Meekeren | Not out | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 109/10 (37.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Porter | 14 | 2 | 55 | 7 | 3.92 |
| Paul Walter | 7 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 3.14 |
| Simon Harmer | 15.5 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 1.83 |
| Ravi Bopara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (ME Trescothick - 0.2 ov), 2-10 (TD Rouse - 2.6 ov), 3-31 (EJ Byrom - 6.1 ov), 4-32 (TB Abell - 7.3 ov), 5-42 (JC Hildreth - 10.4 ov), 6-81 (SM Davies - 24.4 ov), 7-82 (Dom Bess - 25.4 ov), 8-99 (J Leach - 30.3 ov), 9-105 (Tim Groenewald - 34.6 ov), 10-109 (C Overton - 37.5 ov)
Date
2017-08-28 15:30 PM
Venue
County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss
Essex elected to bat
Umpires
- Neil Mallender
- Mike Burns
Tv Umpires
Match Referee
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