Essex v Somerset - Cricket - BBC Sport

Wed 24 Sep 2025 - Sat 27 Sep 2025Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 4 of 4

Essex win by 7 wickets

Somerset 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Vaughan,caught Walter, bowled Porter Vaughan, caught Walter, bowled Porter	8	19	16	1	0	28	42.11
Thomas,bowled Porter Thomas, bowled Porter	86	127	92	14	1	165	67.72
Lammonby,leg before wicket, bowled Bennett Lammonby, leg before wicket, bowled Bennett	47	129	98	3	0	177	36.43
J Rew,caught substitute, bowled Bracewell J Rew, caught substitute, bowled Bracewell	74	115	74	8	0	152	64.35
Kohler-Cadmore,caught substitute, bowled Bracewell Kohler-Cadmore, caught substitute, bowled Bracewell	6	8	6	1	0	16	75.00
Goldsworthy,caught Allison, bowled Bennett Goldsworthy, caught Allison, bowled Bennett	100	193	143	14	0	262	51.81
Aldridge,caught substitute, bowled Porter Aldridge, caught substitute, bowled Porter	5	16	14	1	0	20	31.25
Overton,bowled Harmer Overton, bowled Harmer	60	70	44	11	0	84	85.71
Leach,caught substitute, bowled Bennett Leach, caught substitute, bowled Bennett	14	44	37	1	0	35	31.82
Gregory,caught Porter, bowled Harmer Gregory, caught Porter, bowled Harmer	9	11	7	0	1	11	81.82
Ball,not out Ball, not out	1	5	4	0	0	10	20.00
Extras, no balls 6, wides 1, byes 8, leg byes 8, total 23 Extras, no balls 6, wides 1, byes 8, leg byes 8, total 23
Total,433 all out 122.2 overs Total,433 all out 122.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	27.0	8	66	3	133	0	0	9	0	2.44
Bracewell	22.0	2	87	2	90	1	0	11	0	3.95
Harmer	25.0	2	65	2	113	0	0	5	1	2.60
Bennett	16.2	1	73	3	66	1	1	10	1	4.46
Thain	19.0	1	78	0	79	1	0	13	0	4.10
Critchley	13.0	1	48	0	51	0	0	6	0	3.69

Fall of wicket	Batter
20 for 1 (6.4 overs)	Vaughan
141 for 2 (40.5 overs)	Thomas
167 for 3 (49.6 overs)	Lammonby
184 for 4 (52.4 overs)	Kohler-Cadmore
274 for 5 (81.2 overs)	J Rew
281 for 6 (86.2 overs)	Aldridge
379 for 7 (105.5 overs)	Overton
412 for 8 (116.5 overs)	Leach
425 for 9 (119.6 overs)	Gregory
433 for 10 (122.2 overs)	Goldsworthy

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,leg before wicket, bowled Aldridge Elgar, leg before wicket, bowled Aldridge	118	227	172	17	1	289	51.98
Walter,caught Goldsworthy, bowled Overton Walter, caught Goldsworthy, bowled Overton	158	167	92	21	3	230	94.61
Harmer,caught Aldridge, bowled Overton Harmer, caught Aldridge, bowled Overton	12	22	19	3	0	25	54.55
Westley,caught Thomas, bowled Overton Westley, caught Thomas, bowled Overton	7	11	9	1	0	15	63.64
Allison,bowled Overton Allison, bowled Overton	27	59	47	4	0	77	45.76
Critchley,leg before wicket, bowled Gregory Critchley, leg before wicket, bowled Gregory	29	54	37	4	0	78	53.70
Pepper,leg before wicket, bowled Overton Pepper, leg before wicket, bowled Overton	17	24	17	2	0	30	70.83
Thain,not out Thain, not out	15	28	21	2	0	66	53.57
Bracewell,caught substitute, bowled Overton Bracewell, caught substitute, bowled Overton	0	18	18	0	0	18	0.00
Bennett,caught and bowled Leach Bennett, caught and bowled Leach	22	26	19	5	0	28	84.62
Porter,caught Thomas, bowled Leach Porter, caught Thomas, bowled Leach	6	4	3	0	1	3	150.00
Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 8, leg byes 11, total 27 Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 8, leg byes 11, total 27
Total,438 all out 106.0 overs Total,438 all out 106.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Overton	27.0	5	88	6	127	0	0	15	0	3.25
Ball	16.0	3	59	0	71	0	0	11	0	3.68
Vaughan	15.0	2	59	0	60	0	0	5	2	3.93
Gregory	22.2	2	87	1	97	3	0	13	0	3.89
Lammonby	3.0	0	17	0	13	1	0	3	0	5.66
Leach	8.0	1	47	2	26	0	0	3	3	5.87
Aldridge	14.4	2	62	1	56	0	0	9	0	4.22

Fall of wicket	Batter
277 for 1 (60.2 overs)	Walter
295 for 2 (66.4 overs)	Harmer
307 for 3 (70.1 overs)	Westley
319 for 4 (73.2 overs)	Elgar
369 for 5 (88.1 overs)	Allison
379 for 6 (91.5 overs)	Critchley
393 for 7 (94.4 overs)	Pepper
399 for 8 (98.5 overs)	Bracewell
432 for 9 (105.2 overs)	Bennett
438 for 10 (105.6 overs)	Porter

Somerset 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Vaughan,bowled Porter Vaughan, bowled Porter	8	21	19	2	0	27	38.10
Thomas,leg before wicket, bowled Porter Thomas, leg before wicket, bowled Porter	39	65	48	7	0	118	60.00
Lammonby,leg before wicket, bowled Bennett Lammonby, leg before wicket, bowled Bennett	0	5	5	0	0	6	0.00
J Rew,caught Thain, bowled Bennett J Rew, caught Thain, bowled Bennett	19	19	13	4	0	26	100.00
Kohler-Cadmore,bowled Bracewell Kohler-Cadmore, bowled Bracewell	0	4	4	0	0	4	0.00
Goldsworthy,bowled Harmer Goldsworthy, bowled Harmer	19	58	45	1	0	78	32.76
Aldridge,caught substitute, bowled Porter Aldridge, caught substitute, bowled Porter	0	5	5	0	0	3	0.00
Overton,leg before wicket, bowled Porter Overton, leg before wicket, bowled Porter	2	6	5	0	0	8	33.33
Leach,run out Allison Leach, run out Allison	1	7	6	0	0	8	14.29
Gregory,not out Gregory, not out	2	3	1	0	0	9	66.67
Ball,bowled Harmer Ball, bowled Harmer	1	8	7	0	0	5	12.50
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 8, total 8 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 8, total 8
Total,99 all out 33.3 overs Total,99 all out 33.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	12.0	5	18	4	61	0	0	2	0	1.50
Bracewell	7.0	1	33	1	29	0	0	6	0	4.71
Bennett	10.0	2	36	2	45	0	0	6	0	3.60
Thain	2.0	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.00
Harmer	1.3	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	1.33
Critchley	1.0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
22 for 1 (6.3 overs)	Vaughan
23 for 2 (7.6 overs)	Lammonby
59 for 3 (13.6 overs)	J Rew
60 for 4 (14.5 overs)	Kohler-Cadmore
89 for 5 (26.1 overs)	Thomas
89 for 6 (26.6 overs)	Aldridge
91 for 7 (28.6 overs)	Overton
95 for 8 (30.6 overs)	Leach
97 for 9 (31.6 overs)	Goldsworthy
99 for 10 (33.3 overs)	Ball

Essex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Walter,caught Gregory, bowled Ball Walter, caught Gregory, bowled Ball	30	31	17	3	0	45	96.77
Elgar,leg before wicket, bowled Gregory Elgar, leg before wicket, bowled Gregory	0	1	1	0	0	5	0.00
Westley,caught J Rew, bowled Gregory Westley, caught J Rew, bowled Gregory	13	21	17	2	0	19	61.90
Allison,not out Allison, not out	32	34	26	4	2	53	94.12
Critchley,not out Critchley, not out	19	24	16	3	0	32	79.17
Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 5 Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 5
Total,99 for 3 18.1 overs Total,99 for 3 18.1 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Overton	5.0	0	25	0	21	0	0	4	0	5.00
Gregory	9.0	2	43	2	39	2	0	5	0	4.77
Ball	4.1	0	30	1	16	0	0	3	2	7.20

Fall of wicket	Batter
2 for 1 (1.1 overs)	Elgar
30 for 2 (5.5 overs)	Westley
56 for 3 (10.1 overs)	Walter

home team, Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Tom Westley , Captain
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Michael Pepper , Wicket Keeper
Noah Thain
Simon Harmer
Doug Bracewell
Charlie Bennett
Jamie Porter

away team, Somerset

Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Archie Vaughan
Tom Lammonby
James Rew , Wicket Keeper
Lewis Goldsworthy
Kasey Aldridge
Josh Thomas
Lewis Gregory , Captain
Craig Overton
Jack Leach
Jake Ball

Essex
Somerset

home team, Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Tom Westley , Captain
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Michael Pepper , Wicket Keeper
Noah Thain
Simon Harmer
Doug Bracewell
Charlie Bennett
Jamie Porter

Start Time:: 10:30
Toss:: Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Venue:: Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford
Officials:: Nigel Llong, Russell Warren, Wayne Noon