23/09Result
Final, Bob Willis Trophy at London, Sep 23-27 2020
Match drawn (Essex won on 1st inns)
23/09Result
Final, Bob Willis Trophy at London, Sep 23-27 2020
Match drawn (Essex won on 1st inns)

END OF OVER:
102 | (wicket maiden) | SOM: 301/9

  • Josh Davey17 (38b)
  • Simon Harmer20-6-36-2
  • Jamie Porter29-9-85-2

5.47pm So, it's gloomy, it's cold. It's a tough ask for even a man as experienced as Sir Alastair Cook, let alone his sidekick Paul Walter actually, Nick Browne is the likelier candidate, isn't he? Harmer's on a hat-trick for the second innings, but Sam Cook is the man of the innings for Essex, his five-wicket haul triggering twin collapses, either side of a brilliant century from Eddie Byrom, whose 127-run stand with Craig Overton has pushed his side into the ascendancy... three overs left tonight

101.6
W
Harmer to Brooks, OUT, bowled him! Well, that was short and sweet, tossed onto a perfect length, outside off, biting the pitch, twisting through the gate as Brooks wafts airily. Now then ... that's not terrible news for Somerset. Runs on the board, and a chance to have a dart with the new ball before the close...

JA Brooks b Harmer 0 (3m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Jack Brooks enters the fray. What mischief does he have lodged in his willow?

101.5
W
Harmer to Leach, OUT, round the wicket, pins the knee, and Harmer strikes! Nathan Lyon winces ... that's the way to do it. Half forward, a touch straighter, Leach played for turn but it slid into the pad, and Somerset are nine-down

MJ Leach lbw b Harmer 3 (33m 13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 23.07

101.4
0
Harmer to Leach, no run, head over the ball, firm hands meeting the full length
101.3
0
Harmer to Leach, no run, poked to the leg side, balloons off the knee-roll, but no bat involved
101.2
0
Harmer to Leach, no run, solidly behind the line. Harmer is bowling in sunglasses, which is the height of optimism
101.1
0
Harmer to Leach, no run, round the wicket, outside off, through to the keeper

A change of bowling, and perhaps not before time. Here's Harmer

END OF OVER:
101 | 5 Runs | SOM: 301/8

  • Josh Davey17 (38b)
  • Jack Leach3 (8b)
  • Jamie Porter29-9-85-2
  • Sam Cook32-10-76-5
100.6
4
Porter to Davey, FOUR, tailing into the legs, and clipped sweetly down the hill! Acres of space on the leg side, and Somerset have 300 on the board! That's a hell of an effort when 150 looked a tall order yesterday

After that flurry of breakthroughs, it's suddenly gone a bit flat again for Essex

100.5
0
Porter to Davey, no run, angled in, tapped to cover, firmly behind the line again
100.4
0
Porter to Davey, no run, up on the toes, shaping into the stumps, blocked to the on side
100.3
0
Porter to Davey, no run, outside off, lifting through to the keeper
100.2
0
Porter to Davey, no run, floated onto a full length, cracked hard to mid-on, and that's a fine one-handed stop to intercept the boundary. Cuts off the single too
100.1
1
Porter to Leach, 1 run, flicked off the legs, behind square for another single

END OF OVER:
100 | (maiden) | SOM: 296/8

  • Josh Davey13 (33b)
  • Jack Leach2 (7b)
  • Sam Cook32-10-76-5
  • Jamie Porter28-9-80-2

Porter and Cook have bowled 60 out of 100 overs between them. That's hard yakka. Still, they've got Simon Harmer fresh for the second innings...

99.6
0
SJ Cook to Davey, no run, good areas to finish the over, as we head to another sanitising break

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Essex 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st25AN CookNLJ Browne
2nd1AN CookT Westley
3rd42AN CookDW Lawrence
4th30DW LawrencePI Walter
5th33RN ten DoeschatePI Walter
6th48RN ten DoeschateAJA Wheater
7th0AJA WheaterSR Harmer