Simmons to Harmer, FOUR, slow bouncer, deflected down the leg-side, Harmer wins it with a boundary, and Critchley is left high and dry! He won't mind though... a famous win for Essex, over-turning a massive deficit

97.1

Simmons to Harmer, no run,

97.1

2nb

Simmons to Harmer, 2 no balls, a no-ball! Will Critchley be stranded?

END OF OVER:
97 | 7 Runs | ESSEX: 325/6

Matt Critchley99 (184b)
Simon Harmer10 (11b)

Jacob Bethell7-1-28-0
Michael Rae20-1-86-3

96.6

Bethell to Critchley, 2 runs, reverse-sweep, placed nicely into the gap ... 99 ...

96.5

Bethell to Critchley, 2 runs, flicked off the toes, out to backward square... Critchley's onto 97

96.4

Bethell to Harmer, 1 run,

Match Coverage

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Cox hundred, Critchley 99* complete Essex pursuit of victory
Hosts complete four-wicket win after coming back from 235-run first-innings deficit
Jordan Cox, Matt Critchley put Essex on course for come-from-behind triumph
Fifth-wicket partnership turns tables on Warwickshire to put 330-run chase on course
'New Jofra Archer' makes stunning impact on first-class debut
Che Simmons blasts a hole in Essex batting with three wickets in 15 balls as Warwickshire take stranglehold
Barnard, Burgess hundreds lift Warwickshire from early disarray
Unbroken stand worth 204 repels Essex after six wickets had fallen in first half of day

Essex INNINGS		R	B
D Elgar	lbw	60	113
FIN Khushi	lbw	0	1
NLJ Browne	caught	8	9
T Westley	lbw	18	69
JM Cox	caught	112	192
MJJ Critchley	not out	99	184
MS Pepper	bowled	1	7
SR Harmer	not out	14	14
S Snater
SJ Cook
JA Porter
EXTRAS	(lb 2, w 7, nb 10)
TOTAL	331 (6 wkts; 97.2 ovs)

Warwickshire BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
OJ Hannon-Dalby	15.0	4	27	0	1.80	(1nb)
MD Rae	20.0	1	86	3	4.30
RM Yates	26.0	4	90	0	3.46
CB Simmons	13.2	1	59	2	4.42	(4nb)
EG Barnard	13.0	2	31	1	2.38
JG Bethell	7.0	1	28	0	4.00	(3w)
DR Mousley	3.0	1	8	0	2.66

Essex 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	D Elgar	FIN Khushi
2nd	12	D Elgar	NLJ Browne
3rd	53	T Westley	D Elgar
4th	47	D Elgar	JM Cox
5th	176	MJJ Critchley	JM Cox
6th	5	MS Pepper	MJJ Critchley
7th	38	SR Harmer	MJJ Critchley

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	231
HANTS	14	6	1	6	214
SOM	14	5	3	6	196
ESSEX	14	6	3	5	194
DURH	14	4	4	5	171
WORCS	14	3	4	7	162
WARKS	14	1	4	9	159
NOTTS	14	2	4	8	155
LANCS	14	3	6	5	134
KENT	14	1	8	5	99

County Ground, Chelmsford

Series

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Warwickshire replacement

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Points

WARWICKSHIRE 397(117.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 162(51.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

WARWICKSHIRE 94(37.1 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

ESSEX 331/6(97.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:97 | 7 Runs | ESSEX: 325/6

Cox hundred, Critchley 99* complete Essex pursuit of victory

Jordan Cox, Matt Critchley put Essex on course for come-from-behind triumph

'New Jofra Archer' makes stunning impact on first-class debut

Barnard, Burgess hundreds lift Warwickshire from early disarray

WARWICKSHIRE 397(117.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 162(51.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

WARWICKSHIRE 94(37.1 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

ESSEX 331/6(97.2 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
97 | 7 Runs | ESSEX: 325/6