Essex seal vital innings victory as Derbyshire's resistance is picked off at Chelmsford
Champions recover from first-day washout to complete second win of campaign
13/05Result
Group 1, County Championship at Chelmsford, May 13-16 2021
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![Essex]( "Essex")
412/3d -
![Derbyshire]( "Derbyshire")
146 & 251 (92.4 ov) (f/o)
13/05Result
Group 1, County Championship at Chelmsford, May 13-16 2021
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![Essex]( "Essex")
412/3d -
![Derbyshire]( "Derbyshire")
146 & 251 (92.4 ov) (f/o)
Match Centre
Match Details
Series
Toss
Derbyshire , elected to field first
Season
Match days
13,14,15,16 May 2021 (4-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Essex 24, Derbyshire 1
Scorecard Summary
ESSEX 412/3d (76 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Tom Westley106 (112)
- Dan Lawrence*152 (133)
- Billy Stanlake2/91 (17)
- Matt Critchley1/87 (12)
DERBYSHIRE 146 (56.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Wayne Madsen23 (41)
- Brooke Guest49 (116)
- Simon Harmer9/80 (25.5)
- Dan Lawrence1/20 (11)
DERBYSHIRE 251 f/o (92.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Billy Godleman45 (95)
- Brooke Guest65 (141)
- Jamie Porter3/41 (19)
- Sam Cook3/45 (16.4)
4.02pm Essex were right up against it after losing the first day of this match to rain, but it's been a stunning win in little more than two days of actual play. Dan Lawrence's extraordinary 152 put huge runs on the board in the first innings, Simon Harmer's career-best 9 for 80 enabled the follow-on, and despite a valiant bout of resistance from Brooke Guest in particular, they were unpicked wicket by wicket in a typically wholehearted team performance.
But the champions are back up and running, an innings defeat last week, an innings win this week.
92.4
W
SJ Cook to Hughes, OUT, closes the face on a leg-stump line, a leading edge to point and Essex have pulled off their victory!
AL Hughes c Walter b SJ Cook 8 (49m 35b 0x4 0x6) SR: 22.85
92.3
0
SJ Cook to Hughes, no run,
92.2
0
SJ Cook to Hughes, no run,
92.1
0
SJ Cook to Hughes, no run,
END OF OVER:92 | 3 Runs | DERBS: 251/9
- Dustin Melton2 (4b)
- Alex Hughes8 (31b)
- Simon Harmer45-10-122-3
- Sam Cook16-5-45-2
91.6
2
Harmer to Melton, 2 runs,
91.5
0
Harmer to Melton, no run,
Match Coverage
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County Championship
| Division 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
| LANCS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| WARKS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| HANTS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| YORKS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| SOM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Division 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| ESSEX | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| GLOUC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 |
| DURH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| NHNTS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| SUR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| GLAM | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Division 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KENT | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| MIDDX | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| WORCS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| LEICS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| DERBS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| SUSS | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Group 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 151 |
| WARKS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 145 |
| DURH | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 132 |
| ESSEX | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 129 |
| WORCS | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 109 |
| DERBS | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 72 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| SOM | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 148 |
| HANTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 145 |
| GLOUC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 131 |
| SUR | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 123 |
| LEICS | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 111 |
| MIDDX | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 84 |
| Group 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| LANCS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 150 |
| YORKS | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 149 |
| GLAM | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 127 |
| NHNTS | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 123 |
| KENT | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 97 |
| SUSS | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 94 |