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Fri 2 May 2025 - Mon 5 May 2025Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 4 of 4

Somerset win by 3 wickets

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,leg before wicket, bowled Pretorius Elgar, leg before wicket, bowled Pretorius	30	76	59	3	0	106	39.47
Walter,caught Davey, bowled Overton Walter, caught Davey, bowled Overton	22	43	33	3	0	56	51.16
Westley,caught Overton, bowled Davey Westley, caught Overton, bowled Davey	20	80	66	1	0	105	25.00
Cox,caught Vaughan, bowled Davey Cox, caught Vaughan, bowled Davey	26	63	50	4	0	63	41.27
Critchley,leg before wicket, bowled Leach Critchley, leg before wicket, bowled Leach	3	21	18	0	0	27	14.29
Pepper,caught Overton, bowled Leach Pepper, caught Overton, bowled Leach	0	8	8	0	0	11	0.00
Thain,caught Rew, bowled Pretorius Thain, caught Rew, bowled Pretorius	41	112	86	3	0	121	36.61
Harmer,leg before wicket, bowled Leach Harmer, leg before wicket, bowled Leach	3	17	14	0	0	19	17.65
Cook,caught Vaughan, bowled Pretorius Cook, caught Vaughan, bowled Pretorius	8	73	69	1	0	84	10.96
Rajitha,not out Rajitha, not out	7	20	16	1	0	34	35.00
Porter,bowled Overton Porter, bowled Overton	19	22	13	3	0	25	86.36
Extras, no balls 10, wides 0, byes 10, leg byes 7, total 27 Extras, no balls 10, wides 0, byes 10, leg byes 7, total 27
Total,206 all out 88.2 overs Total,206 all out 88.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Overton	13.2	5	35	2	65	0	0	5	0	2.62
Davey	14.0	3	39	2	69	1	0	7	0	2.78
Gregory	17.0	3	56	0	75	4	0	4	0	3.29
Pretorius	14.0	3	24	3	68	0	0	2	0	1.71
Leach	30.0	12	35	3	151	0	0	1	0	1.16

Fall of wicket	Batter
40 for 1 (13.4 overs)	Walter
66 for 2 (26.3 overs)	Elgar
115 for 3 (42.3 overs)	Westley
118 for 4 (44.3 overs)	Cox
121 for 5 (47.3 overs)	Pepper
122 for 6 (49.2 overs)	Critchley
136 for 7 (55.2 overs)	Harmer
179 for 8 (80.4 overs)	Cook
180 for 9 (82.1 overs)	Thain
206 for 10 (88.2 overs)	Porter

Somerset 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Vaughan,caught Critchley, bowled Cook Vaughan, caught Critchley, bowled Cook	0	5	5	0	0	4	0.00
Umeed,bowled Harmer Umeed, bowled Harmer	20	48	38	3	0	74	41.67
Davey,bowled Porter Davey, bowled Porter	27	75	63	4	0	83	36.00
Lammonby,caught Cox, bowled Harmer Lammonby, caught Cox, bowled Harmer	13	20	15	2	0	32	65.00
Abell,caught Cox, bowled Harmer Abell, caught Cox, bowled Harmer	7	8	5	1	0	4	87.50
Banton,bowled Rajitha Banton, bowled Rajitha	12	16	13	3	0	20	75.00
Rew,caught Pepper, bowled Rajitha Rew, caught Pepper, bowled Rajitha	9	19	16	2	0	24	47.37
Gregory,leg before wicket, bowled Cook Gregory, leg before wicket, bowled Cook	14	34	27	2	0	34	41.18
Overton,caught Cook, bowled Porter Overton, caught Cook, bowled Porter	12	23	15	1	0	47	52.17
Pretorius,caught and bowled Harmer Pretorius, caught and bowled Harmer	24	20	9	3	0	17	120.00
Leach,not out Leach, not out	1	12	11	0	0	10	8.33
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 2, leg byes 2, total 6 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 2, leg byes 2, total 6
Total,145 all out 46.3 overs Total,145 all out 46.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Cook	14.0	6	31	2	68	0	0	5	0	2.21
Harmer	19.0	6	43	4	92	0	0	4	0	2.26
Porter	8.3	2	41	2	36	1	0	7	0	4.82
Rajitha	5.0	0	26	2	20	0	0	5	0	5.20

Fall of wicket	Batter
0 for 1 (0.5 overs)	Vaughan
46 for 2 (19.3 overs)	Umeed
56 for 3 (22.4 overs)	Davey
63 for 4 (23.6 overs)	Abell
78 for 5 (27.4 overs)	Lammonby
86 for 6 (28.5 overs)	Banton
97 for 7 (34.1 overs)	Rew
108 for 8 (38.4 overs)	Gregory
137 for 9 (43.3 overs)	Pretorius
145 for 10 (46.3 overs)	Overton

Essex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,bowled Gregory Elgar, bowled Gregory	23	39	29	2	1	59	58.97
Walter,leg before wicket, bowled Davey Walter, leg before wicket, bowled Davey	0	9	9	0	0	11	0.00
Westley,leg before wicket, bowled Overton Westley, leg before wicket, bowled Overton	26	102	86	3	0	117	25.49
Cox,retired hurt Cox, retired hurt	103	156	104	16	0	207	66.03
Critchley,caught Gregory, bowled Leach Critchley, caught Gregory, bowled Leach	28	60	47	4	0	69	46.67
Pepper,leg before wicket, bowled Pretorius Pepper, leg before wicket, bowled Pretorius	36	60	43	6	0	77	60.00
Thain,caught Rew, bowled Pretorius Thain, caught Rew, bowled Pretorius	0	11	11	0	0	16	0.00
Harmer,caught Vaughan, bowled Leach Harmer, caught Vaughan, bowled Leach	4	19	16	0	0	29	21.05
Cook,caught Umeed, bowled Pretorius Cook, caught Umeed, bowled Pretorius	2	13	11	0	0	7	15.38
Rajitha,leg before wicket, bowled Leach Rajitha, leg before wicket, bowled Leach	0	4	4	0	0	3	0.00
Porter,not out Porter, not out	0	5	5	0	0	7	0.00
Extras, no balls 12, wides 0, byes 14, leg byes 11, total 37 Extras, no balls 12, wides 0, byes 14, leg byes 11, total 37
Total,259 all out 78.4 overs Total,259 all out 78.4 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Davey	7.0	1	32	1	30	1	0	3	1	4.57
Overton	13.0	5	37	1	60	0	0	6	0	2.84
Gregory	12.0	2	45	1	55	5	0	5	0	3.75
Leach	29.4	5	73	3	139	0	0	10	0	2.46
Pretorius	14.0	4	36	3	65	0	0	5	0	2.57
Vaughan	3.0	0	11	0	13	0	0	2	0	3.66

Fall of wicket	Batter
3 for 1 (2.4 overs)	Walter
45 for 2 (13.5 overs)	Elgar
102 for 3 (33.6 overs)	Westley
163 for 4 (52.3 overs)	Critchley
252 for 5 (71.1 overs)	Pepper
253 for 6 (73.1 overs)	Thain
255 for 7 (75.3 overs)	Cook
256 for 8 (76.2 overs)	Rajitha
259 for 9 (78.4 overs)	Harmer

Somerset 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Vaughan,caught substitute, bowled Cook Vaughan, caught substitute, bowled Cook	4	23	22	1	0	27	17.39
Umeed,caught Harmer, bowled Porter Umeed, caught Harmer, bowled Porter	0	11	11	0	0	13	0.00
Lammonby,leg before wicket, bowled Harmer Lammonby, leg before wicket, bowled Harmer	30	49	35	4	0	65	61.22
Abell,bowled Harmer Abell, bowled Harmer	29	67	51	3	0	74	43.28
Banton,caught Elgar, bowled Harmer Banton, caught Elgar, bowled Harmer	13	22	15	2	0	30	59.09
Rew,leg before wicket, bowled Harmer Rew, leg before wicket, bowled Harmer	116	189	136	18	0	232	61.38
Gregory,bowled Rajitha Gregory, bowled Rajitha	57	87	58	8	0	80	65.52
Overton,not out Overton, not out	53	111	78	3	1	148	47.75
Pretorius,not out Pretorius, not out	1	5	4	0	0	7	20.00
Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 8, leg byes 5, penalties 5, total 22 Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 8, leg byes 5, penalties 5, total 22
Total,325 for 7 93.4 overs Total,325 for 7 93.4 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Cook	22.0	4	55	1	100	0	0	6	0	2.50
Porter	12.0	4	43	1	54	0	0	8	0	3.58
Harmer	38.4	3	120	4	170	0	0	14	1	3.10
Rajitha	15.0	2	71	1	59	2	0	8	0	4.73
Critchley	6.0	2	18	0	27	0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
0 for 1 (3.5 overs)	Umeed
8 for 2 (6.5 overs)	Vaughan
54 for 3 (21.5 overs)	Lammonby
71 for 4 (27.2 overs)	Abell
78 for 5 (29.2 overs)	Banton
179 for 6 (52.4 overs)	Gregory
312 for 7 (91.5 overs)	Rew

home team, Somerset

Archie Vaughan
Andy Umeed
Tom Lammonby
Tom Abell
Tom Banton
James Rew , Wicket Keeper
Lewis Gregory , Captain
Craig Overton
Josh Davey
Migael Pretorius
Jack Leach

away team, Essex

Paul Walter
Dean Elgar
Tom Westley , Captain
Jordan Cox
Matt Critchley
Michael Pepper , Wicket Keeper
Noah Thain
Simon Harmer
Sam Cook
Kasun Rajitha
Jamie Porter

Somerset
Essex

home team, Somerset

Archie Vaughan
Andy Umeed
Tom Lammonby
Tom Abell
Tom Banton
James Rew , Wicket Keeper
Lewis Gregory , Captain
Craig Overton
Josh Davey
Migael Pretorius
Jack Leach

Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Officials:: Nigel Llong, Ben Debenham, Phil Whitticase