f57868 cc21706	Somerset v Essex
	Specsavers County Championship 2017 (Division 1)
Venue	The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton on 14th, 15th, 16th April 2017 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Essex 19 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	MA Gough, GD Lloyd
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), LM Rhodes (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 60/2 (Cook 39*, Lawrence 0*; 20.5 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 10/0 (Browne 6*, Cook 4*; 7 overs)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ME Trescothick	c Cook b Bopara	26	64	73	4	-
D Elgar	st Wheater b Ashar Zaidi	34	96	135	4	1
*TB Abell	c Cook b Bopara	1	10	15	-	-
JC Hildreth	c Bopara b Porter	36	56	62	6	-
+SM Davies	b Harmer	12	32	39	2	-
PD Trego	c Ashar Zaidi b Harmer	48	85	100	5	1
L Gregory	c Harmer b Wagner	3	16	19	-	-
RE van der Merwe	lbw b Ashar Zaidi	7	21	35	-	-
C Overton	c Wheater b Wagner	10	34	47	1	-
J Overton	b Ashar Zaidi	3	5	10	-	-
MJ Leach	not out	4	18	16	-	-
Extras	(10 b, 9 lb, 6 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 72.2 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-52 (Trescothick, 18.5 ov), 2-54 (Abell, 22.2 ov), 3-108 (Elgar, 35.4 ov), 4-112 (Hildreth, 38.4 ov), 5-130 (Davies, 45.6 ov), 6-143 (Gregory, 50.6 ov), 7-176 (van der Merwe, 59.4 ov), 8-188 (Trego, 64.5 ov), 9-197 (J Overton, 67.3 ov), 10-209 (C Overton, 72.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	17	7	34	1	-	-	86
Wagner	15.2	2	78	2	-	2	60
Harmer	23	10	51	2	-	-	115
Bopara	5	1	10	2	-	1	25
Ashar Zaidi	12	2	17	3	-	-	57

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NLJ Browne	b C Overton	11	24	24	2	-
AN Cook	b Gregory	52	92	136	9	-
T Westley	b van der Merwe	10	51	54	1	-
DW Lawrence	lbw b C Overton	0	8	12	-	-
RS Bopara	b Leach	8	38	39	-	-
+AJA Wheater	b van der Merwe	4	22	33	-	-
*RN ten Doeschate	c Hildreth b Gregory	4	22	24	-	-
Ashar Zaidi	c Davies b Leach	23	43	49	2	1
SR Harmer	c Davies b van der Merwe	9	18	25	1	-
N Wagner	c Davies b J Overton	5	10	15	1	-
JA Porter	not out	0	1	6	-	-
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 54.5 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Browne, 7.1 ov), 2-60 (Westley, 20.5 ov), 3-64 (Lawrence, 24.1 ov), 4-81 (Bopara, 35.2 ov), 5-81 (Cook, 36.1 ov), 6-91 (ten Doeschate, 42.4 ov), 7-91 (Wheater, 43.1 ov), 8-119 (Harmer, 49.6 ov), 9-129 (Wagner, 53.5 ov), 10-129 (Ashar Zaidi, 54.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Gregory	12	4	28	2	-	-	61
C Overton	12	6	17	2	-	-	66
J Overton	6	0	30	1	-	-	24
Leach	16.5	5	25	2	-	-	87
van der Merwe	8	1	26	3	-	-	34

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Elgar	lbw b Harmer	27	51	66	3	-
ME Trescothick	lbw b Porter	5	7	11	1	-
*TB Abell	c Wheater b Porter	0	6	18	-	-
JC Hildreth	c Harmer b Bopara	35	38	40	5	-
+SM Davies	c Porter b Wagner	11	31	34	1	-
PD Trego	c Wheater b Wagner	17	29	44	1	-
L Gregory	c Browne b Wagner	16	25	35	2	-
RE van der Merwe	c ten Doeschate b Wagner	2	7	8	-	-
C Overton	c Ashar Zaidi b Wagner	22	59	73	2	-
J Overton	c Wheater b Wagner	2	9	10	-	-
MJ Leach	not out	27	41	51	4	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Trescothick, 2.5 ov), 2-25 (Abell, 6.5 ov), 3-69 (Elgar, 15.6 ov), 4-71 (Hildreth, 16.6 ov), 5-100 (Davies, 24.5 ov), 6-109 (Trego, 28.3 ov), 7-111 (van der Merwe, 30.3 ov), 8-122 (Gregory, 34.1 ov), 9-124 (J Overton, 36.2 ov), 10-174 (C Overton, 50.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	8	1	43	2	-	-	29
Wagner	12.2	0	48	6	-	-	46
Harmer	14	4	26	1	-	-	66
Bopara	5	0	30	1	-	1	16
Ashar Zaidi	11	3	19	0	-	-	52

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NLJ Browne	c Davies b J Overton	35	113	119	4	-
AN Cook	c Hildreth b Elgar	110	214	261	16	-
T Westley	not out	86	146	178	15	1
DW Lawrence	not out	11	36	33	1	-
RS Bopara	did not bat
+AJA Wheater	did not bat
*RN ten Doeschate	did not bat
Ashar Zaidi	did not bat
SR Harmer	did not bat
N Wagner	did not bat
JA Porter	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb, 5 w)	15
Total	(2 wickets, 84.1 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-82 (Browne, 32.6 ov), 2-216 (Cook, 72.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Gregory	9.1	2	28	0	-	-	44
C Overton	11	2	54	0	-	-	46
Leach	27	4	69	0	-	-	127
J Overton	11	5	30	1	1	1	53
van der Merwe	22	6	45	0	-	-	105
Trego	3	0	19	0	-	-	11
Elgar	1	0	4	1	-	-	5

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 45.4 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 50 in 13 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 100 in 24.4 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 150 in 42.4 overs
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 16.5 overs
--> Essex second innings: 100 in 40 overs
--> Essex second innings: 150 in 51.2 overs
--> Essex second innings: 200 in 68.3 overs
--> Essex second innings: 250 in 82.5 overs
--> AN Cook (1) 50 in 85 balls with 9 fours
--> Ashar Zaidi (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> AN Cook (2) 50 in 92 balls with 8 fours
--> AN Cook (2) 100 in 202 balls with 16 fours
--> T Westley (2) 50 in 87 balls with 9 fours
--> SM Davies made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> N Wagner reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed C Overton, his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> N Wagner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 6-66)
--> N Wagner reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed RE van der Merwe, his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> D Elgar reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AN Cook, his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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