29/08Result

51st Match, County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, Aug 29-Sep 1 2024

Worcs won by 43 runs

63dECB Reporters Network

Essex title charge on the rails as Worcestershire upset the odds

Worcestershire dug deep to notch remarkable third win of the season to boost their survival hopes

Match Centre

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford

Series

County Championship Division One 2024

Toss

Worcestershire , elected to bat first

Season

2024

Hours of play (local time)

11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

29,30,31 August, 1 September 2024 (4-day match)

Essex replacement

JM Cox for NRM Thain (Worcestershire 1st innings, 73.1 ov)

Umpires

David Millns

Steve O'Shaughnessy

Match Referee

Peter Such

Points

Worcestershire 20, Essex 7

Scorecard Summary

46.3

van Beek to Cook, OUT,

SJ Cook c Brookes b van Beek 10 (31m 26b 0x4 0x6) SR: 38.46

46.2

van Beek to Cook, no run,

46.1

van Beek to Cook, no run,

END OF OVER:
46 | 1 Run | ESSEX: 140/9

Jamie Porter0 (10b)
Sam Cook10 (23b)

Amar Virdi23-1-66-2
Logan van Beek9-1-26-3

45.6

Virdi to Porter, no run,

45.5

Virdi to Cook, 1 run,

45.4

Virdi to Cook, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Essex title charge on the rails as Worcestershire upset the odds
Worcestershire dug deep to notch remarkable third win of the season to boost their survival hopes
Worcestershire take fight to final day as Essex are frustrated in victory push
Visitors lead by 165 overnight, with hopes of pushing for third consecutive win
Michael Pepper's maiden hundred keeps Essex pushing for victory
Westley makes 68 as challengers secure handy first-innings lead at Chelmsford
Jamie Porter stars with five-for but Essex let dominance slip away
Worcestershire recover from 10 for 4 before capping day with last-ball wicket of Elgar

Essex INNINGS		R	B
RJ Das	run out	32	67
D Elgar	lbw	6	16
T Westley	caught wk	21	27
JM Cox	caught	11	16
MJJ Critchley	caught	7	8
PI Walter	caught wk	3	13
MS Pepper	lbw	22	41
SR Harmer	caught wk	19	39
S Snater	caught wk	4	18
SJ Cook	caught	10	26
JA Porter	not out	0	10
EXTRAS	(b 1, nb 4)
TOTAL	140 (all out; 46.3 ovs)

Worcs BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Leach	5.0	3	12	1	2.40
A Virdi	23.0	1	66	2	2.86	(1nb)
TAI Taylor	9.0	0	35	2	3.88
LV van Beek	9.3	1	26	4	2.73	(1nb)

Essex 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	17	D Elgar	RJ Das
2nd	36	T Westley	RJ Das
3rd	16	JM Cox	RJ Das
4th	2	MJJ Critchley	JM Cox
5th	8	MJJ Critchley	PI Walter
6th	2	MS Pepper	PI Walter
7th	38	SR Harmer	MS Pepper
8th	10	S Snater	MS Pepper
9th	8	S Snater	SJ Cook
10th	3	JA Porter	SJ Cook

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

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Essex replacement

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

WORCESTERSHIRE 266(75 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 404(107.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

WORCESTERSHIRE 321(86 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

ESSEX 140(46.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:46 | 1 Run | ESSEX: 140/9

Essex title charge on the rails as Worcestershire upset the odds

Worcestershire take fight to final day as Essex are frustrated in victory push

Michael Pepper's maiden hundred keeps Essex pushing for victory

Jamie Porter stars with five-for but Essex let dominance slip away

WORCESTERSHIRE 266(75 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 404(107.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

WORCESTERSHIRE 321(86 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

ESSEX 140(46.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
46 | 1 Run | ESSEX: 140/9