RESULT

ESS vs SOM Scorecard, County Championship Division One, 24 September, 2025, County Ground, Chelmsford & Match Stats

ESS

438/10 (106 ov) & 99/3 (18.1 ov)

SOM

433/10 (122.2 ov) & 99/10 (33.3 ov)

Essex won by 7 wickets

Somerset 1st Inning

433/10 (122.2 ov)

RR 3.54

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Archie Vaughan c PI Walter b JA Porter	8	19	1	0	42.11
Joshua Thomas b JA Porter	86	127	14	1	67.72
Tom Lammonby lbw b CE Bennett	47	129	3	0	36.43
James Rew c (sub Simon Fernandes) b DAJ Bracewell	74	115	8	0	64.35
Tom Kohler-Cadmore c (sub Simon Fernandes) b DAJ Bracewell	6	8	1	0	75.00
Lewis Goldsworthy c CW Allison b CE Bennett	100	193	14	0	51.81
Kasey Aldridge c (sub Simon Fernandes) b JA Porter	5	16	1	0	31.25
Craig Overton b SR Harmer	60	70	11	0	85.71
Jack Leach c (sub Simon Fernandes) b CE Bennett	14	44	1	0	31.82
Lewis Gregory c JA Porter b SR Harmer	9	11	0	1	81.82
Jake Ball Not out	1	5	0	0	20.00
EXTRAS (b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 6, p 0)	23
TOTAL (3.54 RUNS PER OVER)	433/10 (122.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 20-1 (Archie Vaughan, 6.4 ov), 141-2 (Joshua Thomas, 40.5 ov), 167-3 (Tom Lammonby, 49.6 ov), 184-4 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 52.4 ov), 274-5 (James Rew, 81.2 ov), 281-6 (Kasey Aldridge, 86.2 ov), 379-7 (Craig Overton, 105.5 ov), 412-8 (Jack Leach, 116.5 ov), 425-9 (Lewis Gregory, 119.6 ov), 433-10 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 122.2 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
Jamie Porter	27	8	66	3	0	0	2.44
Doug Bracewell	22	2	87	2	1	0	3.95
Simon Harmer	25	2	65	2	0	0	2.60
Charlie Edward Bennett	16.2	1	73	3	1	1	4.47
Noah Thain	19	1	78	0	1	0	4.11
Matt Critchley	13	1	48	0	0	0	3.69

Essex 1st Inning

438/10 (106 ov)

RR 4.13

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar lbw b K Aldridge	118	227	17	1	51.98
Paul Walter c L Goldsworthy b C Overton	158	167	21	3	94.61
Simon Harmer c K Aldridge b C Overton	12	22	3	0	54.55
Tom Westley c J Thomas b C Overton	7	11	1	0	63.64
Charles Allison b C Overton	27	59	4	0	45.76
Matt Critchley lbw b L Gregory	29	54	4	0	53.70
Michael-Kyle Pepper lbw b C Overton	17	24	2	0	70.83
Noah Thain Not out	15	28	2	0	53.57
Doug Bracewell c (sub BGF Green) b C Overton	0	18	0	0	0.00
Charlie Edward Bennett c & b J Leach	22	26	5	0	84.62
Jamie Porter c J Thomas b J Leach	6	4	0	1	150.00
EXTRAS (b 8, lb 11, w 0, nb 8, p 0)	27
TOTAL (4.13 RUNS PER OVER)	438/10 (106 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 277-1 (Paul Walter, 60.2 ov), 295-2 (Simon Harmer, 66.4 ov), 307-3 (Tom Westley, 70.1 ov), 319-4 (Dean Elgar, 73.2 ov), 369-5 (Charles Allison, 88.1 ov), 379-6 (Matt Critchley, 91.5 ov), 393-7 (Michael-Kyle Pepper, 94.4 ov), 399-8 (Doug Bracewell, 98.5 ov), 432-9 (Charlie Edward Bennett, 105.2 ov), 438-10 (Jamie Porter, 105.6 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Craig Overton	27	5	88	6	0	3.26
Jake Ball	16	3	59	0	0	3.69
Archie Vaughan	15	2	59	0	0	3.93
Lewis Gregory	22.2	2	87	1	3	3.90
Tom Lammonby	3	0	17	0	1	5.67
Jack Leach	8	1	47	2	0	5.88
Kasey Aldridge	14.4	1	62	1	0	4.23

Somerset 2nd Inning

99/10 (33.3 ov)

RR 2.96

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Archie Vaughan b JA Porter	8	21	2	0	38.10
Joshua Thomas lbw b JA Porter	39	65	7	0	60.00
Tom Lammonby lbw b CE Bennett	0	5	0	0	0.00
James Rew c NRM Thain b CE Bennett	19	19	4	0	100.00
Tom Kohler-Cadmore b DAJ Bracewell	0	4	0	0	0.00
Lewis Goldsworthy b SR Harmer	19	58	1	0	32.76
Kasey Aldridge c (sub Simon Fernandes) b JA Porter	0	5	0	0	0.00
Craig Overton lbw b JA Porter	2	6	0	0	33.33
Jack Leach runout ( (sub Simon Fernandes ) / CW Allison)	1	7	0	0	14.29
Lewis Gregory Not out	2	3	0	0	66.67
Jake Ball b SR Harmer	1	8	0	0	12.50
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	8
TOTAL (2.96 RUNS PER OVER)	99/10 (33.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 22-1 (Archie Vaughan, 6.3 ov), 23-2 (Tom Lammonby, 7.6 ov), 59-3 (James Rew, 13.6 ov), 60-4 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 14.5 ov), 89-5 (Joshua Thomas, 26.1 ov), 89-6 (Kasey Aldridge, 26.6 ov), 91-7 (Craig Overton, 28.6 ov), 95-8 (Jack Leach, 30.6 ov), 97-9 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 31.6 ov), 99-10 (Jake Ball, 33.3 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Jamie Porter	12	5	18	4	1.50
Doug Bracewell	7	1	33	1	4.71
Charlie Edward Bennett	10	2	36	2	3.60
Noah Thain	2	2	0	0	0.00
Simon Harmer	1.3	0	2	2	1.33
Matt Critchley	1	0	2	0	2.00

Essex 2nd Inning

99/3 (18.1 ov)

RR 5.45

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter c L Gregory b JT Ball	30	31	3	0	96.77
Dean Elgar lbw b L Gregory	0	1	0	0	0.00
Tom Westley c J Rew b L Gregory	13	21	2	0	61.90
Charles Allison Not out	32	34	4	2	94.12
Matt Critchley Not out	19	24	3	0	79.17
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 4, p 0)	5
TOTAL (5.45 RUNS PER OVER)	99/3 (18.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 2-1 (Dean Elgar, 1.1 ov), 30-2 (Tom Westley, 5.5 ov), 56-3 (Paul Walter, 10.1 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Michael-Kyle Pepper, Noah Thain, Simon Harmer, Doug Bracewell, Charlie Edward Bennett, Jamie Porter

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Craig Overton	5	0	25	0	0	5.00
Lewis Gregory	9	2	43	2	2	4.78
Jake Ball	4.1	0	30	1	0	7.20

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: County Championship Division One
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 · 03:00 PM
TOSS: Somerset elected to bat
Venue: County Ground, Chelmsford
UMPIRES: Nigel Llong (England), Russell Warren (England)
MATCH REFEREE: Wayne Noon (England)

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring