BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c Browne b Siddle	95	158	214	16	0	60.12
Eddie Byrom	c †Wheater b Siddle	16	38	48	3	0	42.10
Azhar Ali	c Lawrence b Harmer	17	38	42	2	0	44.73
James Hildreth	lbw b Porter	9	16	28	1	0	56.25
Tom Abell (c)	c †Wheater b Bopara	70	143	169	9	0	48.95
Steven Davies †	b Porter	45	81	111	8	0	55.55
Lewis Gregory	b Siddle	47	58	81	7	0	81.03
Dom Bess	c Lawrence b Siddle	8	22	22	1	0	36.36
Jamie Overton	not out	3	14	54	0	0	21.42
Jack Leach	b Siddle	2	20	14	0	0	10.00
Josh Davey	c Chopra b Porter	6	15	17	1	0	40.00
Extras	(lb 6)	6
TOTAL	100.3 Ov (RR: 3.22)	324
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Eddie Byrom, 11.3 ov), 2-63 (Azhar Ali, 22.4 ov), 3-104 (James Hildreth, 29.6 ov), 4-180 (Marcus Trescothick, 54.1 ov), 5-244 (Tom Abell, 76.3 ov), 6-285 (Steven Davies, 84.3 ov), 7-298 (Dom Bess, 89.3 ov), 8-313 (Lewis Gregory, 93.4 ov), 9-317 (Jack Leach, 97.3 ov), 10-324 (Josh Davey, 100.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	24.3	5	82	3	3.34	108	13	0	0	0
29.6 to JC Hildreth, . 104/3 84.3 to SM Davies, . 285/6 100.3 to JH Davey, . 324/10
Sam Cook	11	2	40	0	3.63	47	6	0	0	0
Peter Siddle	26	7	80	5	3.07	120	14	0	0	0
11.3 to EJ Byrom, . 38/1 54.1 to ME Trescothick, . 180/4 89.3 to DM Bess, . 298/7 93.4 to L Gregory, . 313/8 97.3 to MJ Leach, . 317/9
Simon Harmer	32	5	88	1	2.75	143	10	0	0	0
22.4 to Azhar Ali, . 63/2
Tom Westley	4	2	11	0	2.75	19	2	0	0	0
Ravi Bopara	3	0	17	1	5.66	10	3	0	0	0
76.3 to TB Abell, . 244/5

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c †Davies b Davey	13	30	39	3	0	43.33
Varun Chopra	lbw b Gregory	16	32	47	2	0	50.00
Tom Westley	b Davey	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
Dan Lawrence	lbw b Leach	28	55	82	3	1	50.90
Ravi Bopara	c †Davies b Overton	15	17	21	3	0	88.23
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	lbw b Overton	73	137	172	7	1	53.28
Adam Wheater †	c Gregory b Leach	10	31	31	2	0	32.25
Simon Harmer	c & b Bess	4	8	10	1	0	50.00
Peter Siddle	c Gregory b Azhar Ali	12	51	53	1	0	23.52
Jamie Porter	c †Davies b Overton	2	26	32	0	0	7.69
Sam Cook	not out	6	7	11	1	0	85.71
Extras	(b 5, lb 7)	12
TOTAL	66.4 Ov (RR: 2.86)	191
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Nick Browne, 9.4 ov), 2-29 (Varun Chopra, 10.4 ov), 3-29 (Tom Westley, 11.4 ov), 4-54 (Ravi Bopara, 16.4 ov), 5-106 (Dan Lawrence, 29.2 ov), 6-132 (Adam Wheater, 39.4 ov), 7-137 (Simon Harmer, 42.1 ov), 8-174 (Peter Siddle, 59.2 ov), 9-180 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 64.1 ov), 10-191 (Jamie Porter, 66.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lewis Gregory	11	2	37	1	3.36	50	6	0	0	0
10.4 to V Chopra, . 29/2
Josh Davey	10	3	27	2	2.70	51	5	0	0	0
9.4 to NLJ Browne, . 25/1 11.4 to T Westley, . 29/3
Jack Leach	19	9	27	2	1.42	99	3	0	0	0
29.2 to DW Lawrence, . 106/5 39.4 to AJA Wheater, . 132/6
Jamie Overton	8.4	1	40	3	4.61	35	4	1	0	0
16.4 to RS Bopara, . 54/4 64.1 to RN ten Doeschate, . 180/9 66.4 to JA Porter, . 191/10
Dom Bess	14	4	43	1	3.07	67	5	1	0	0
42.1 to SR Harmer, . 137/7
Azhar Ali	4	1	5	1	1.25	19	0	0	0	0
59.2 to PM Siddle, . 174/8

Somerset 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	lbw b Cook	7	31	37	1	0	22.58
Eddie Byrom	lbw b Harmer	42	113	154	4	0	37.16
Dom Bess	c Harmer b Cook	12	36	40	2	0	33.33
Azhar Ali	c Bopara b Harmer	23	38	62	3	0	60.52
James Hildreth	b Siddle	15	13	25	2	0	115.38
Tom Abell (c)	c Bopara b Harmer	27	45	49	4	0	60.00
Steven Davies †	c sub (MR Quinn) b Porter	29	71	98	4	0	40.84
Lewis Gregory	c Chopra b Harmer	11	8	7	1	1	137.50
Jamie Overton	b Siddle	10	13	14	2	0	76.92
Jack Leach	lbw b Westley	5	18	22	1	0	27.77
Josh Davey	not out	10	14	17	0	1	71.42
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 2)	11
TOTAL	66.3 Ov (RR: 3.03)	202
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Marcus Trescothick, 9.2 ov), 2-33 (Dom Bess, 19.4 ov), 3-85 (Azhar Ali, 33.6 ov), 4-96 (Eddie Byrom, 37.3 ov), 5-118 (James Hildreth, 40.2 ov), 6-142 (Tom Abell, 51.1 ov), 7-154 (Lewis Gregory, 53.3 ov), 8-169 (Jamie Overton, 56.4 ov), 9-183 (Jack Leach, 62.2 ov), 10-202 (Steven Davies, 66.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	11.3	2	44	1	3.82	50	7	0	0	0
66.3 to SM Davies, . 202/10
Sam Cook	12	6	23	2	1.91	62	4	0	0	0
9.2 to ME Trescothick, . 13/1 19.4 to DM Bess, . 33/2
Simon Harmer	25	6	69	4	2.76	112	8	0	0	0
33.6 to Azhar Ali, . 85/3 37.3 to EJ Byrom, . 96/4 51.1 to TB Abell, . 142/6 53.3 to L Gregory, . 154/7
Peter Siddle	15	1	49	2	3.26	66	5	1	0	1
40.2 to JC Hildreth, . 118/5 56.4 to J Overton, . 169/8
Tom Westley	3	1	8	1	2.66	15	0	1	0	0
62.2 to MJ Leach, . 183/9

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 336 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Overton b Leach	86	181	216	14	0	47.51
Varun Chopra	lbw b Leach	24	41	51	3	0	58.53
Tom Westley	lbw b Overton	56	128	170	9	0	43.75
Dan Lawrence	b Leach	21	53	63	3	0	39.62
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	b Leach	50	79	93	8	0	63.29
Ravi Bopara	b Leach	27	59	75	5	0	45.76
Adam Wheater †	c & b Leach	1	9	8	0	0	11.11
Simon Harmer	c Trescothick b Bess	4	33	36	0	0	12.12
Peter Siddle	c Overton b Leach	6	18	19	0	0	33.33
Jamie Porter	lbw b Leach	0	20	28	0	0	0.00
Sam Cook	not out	3	16	13	0	0	18.75
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 2)	12
TOTAL	106 Ov (RR: 2.73)	290
Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Varun Chopra, 13.4 ov), 2-171 (Nick Browne, 57.5 ov), 3-171 (Tom Westley, 58.3 ov), 4-225 (Dan Lawrence, 75.4 ov), 5-256 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 85.1 ov), 6-258 (Adam Wheater, 87.1 ov), 7-281 (Ravi Bopara, 95.6 ov), 8-281 (Simon Harmer, 96.6 ov), 9-287 (Peter Siddle, 101.2 ov), 10-290 (Jamie Porter, 105.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lewis Gregory	5	1	20	0	4.00	23	4	0	0	0
Josh Davey	18	4	53	0	2.94	85	9	0	0	0
Dom Bess	26	3	78	1	3.00	117	11	0	0	0
96.6 to SR Harmer, . 281/8
Jack Leach	48	16	85	8	1.77	242	10	0	0	1
13.4 to V Chopra, . 58/1 57.5 to NLJ Browne, . 171/2 75.4 to DW Lawrence, . 225/4 85.1 to RN ten Doeschate, . 256/5 87.1 to AJA Wheater, . 258/6 95.6 to RS Bopara, . 281/7 101.2 to PM Siddle, . 287/9 105.6 to JA Porter, . 290/10
Jamie Overton	9	0	44	1	4.88	36	8	0	0	0
58.3 to T Westley, . 171/3

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sun, 19 Aug - day 1 - Somerset 1st innings 308/7 (Lewis Gregory 42*, Jamie Overton 0*, 92 ov)

Mon, 20 Aug - day 2 - Somerset 2nd innings 32/1 (Eddie Byrom 10*, Dom Bess 11*, 16 ov)

Tue, 21 Aug - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 147/1 (Nick Browne 75*, Tom Westley 43*, 43 ov)

Wed, 22 Aug - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 290 (106 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Somerset, elected to bat first
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division One
Season	2018
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	19,20,21,22 August 2018 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ben Debenham David Millns
Reserve Umpire	James Middlebrook
Points	Somerset 22, Essex 3

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Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Gregory	5	1	20	0	4
JH Davey	18	4	53	0	2.94
DM Bess	26	3	78	1	3
MJ Leach	48	16	85	8	1.77 (1 nb)
J Overton	9	0	44	1	4.88

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