BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alex Lees	c †Duke b Cook	4	18	25	0	0	22.22
Scott Borthwick (c)	c †Duke b Porter	7	17	22	0	0	41.17
Colin Ackermann	lbw b Cook	112	231	291	7	0	48.48
David Bedingham	b Porter	52	51	61	7	1	101.96
Ollie Robinson †	c Browne b Harmer	90	86	114	15	0	104.65
Graham Clark	b Harmer	3	14	10	0	0	21.42
Brydon Carse	lbw b Cook	18	49	47	0	0	36.73
Paul Coughlin	c Browne b Porter	30	55	65	2	0	54.54
Ben Raine	c Cox b Snater	15	13	27	0	1	115.38
Matthew Potts	lbw b Snater	4	14	15	0	0	28.57
Callum Parkinson	not out	4	8	4	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 12)	19
TOTAL	91.4 Ov (RR: 3.90)	358
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Scott Borthwick, 4.6 ov), 2-11 (Alex Lees, 5.5 ov), 3-84 (David Bedingham, 20.5 ov), 4-221 (Ollie Robinson, 47.6 ov), 5-229 (Graham Clark, 51.5 ov), 6-275 (Brydon Carse, 67.5 ov), 7-328 (Colin Ackermann, 85.1 ov), 8-338 (Paul Coughlin, 86.4 ov), 9-343 (Matthew Potts, 89.3 ov), 10-358 (Ben Raine, 91.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	19	6	57	3	3.00	88	6	0	0	0
4.6 to SG Borthwick, . 11/1 20.5 to DG Bedingham, . 84/3 86.4 to P Coughlin, . 338/8
Sam Cook	20	4	60	3	3.00	92	6	0	0	0
5.5 to AZ Lees, . 11/2 67.5 to BA Carse, . 275/6 85.1 to CN Ackermann, . 328/7
Shane Snater	11.4	0	70	2	6.00	48	8	1	0	3
89.3 to MJ Potts, . 343/9 91.4 to BA Raine, . 358/10
Simon Harmer	24	1	88	2	3.66	88	6	1	0	0
47.6 to OG Robinson, . 221/4 51.5 to G Clark, . 229/5
Noah Thain	2	0	23	0	11.50	6	3	0	0	3
Matt Critchley	15	0	53	0	3.53	48	2	0	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Cook (c)	b Coughlin	25	53	77	3	0	47.16
Dean Elgar	c †Robinson b Potts	46	81	119	6	0	56.79
Feroze Khushi	c Clark b Parkinson	107	165	222	16	0	64.84
Nick Browne	run out (Lees)	184	321	399	20	0	57.32
Jordan Cox	b Parkinson	36	99	138	3	0	36.36
Matt Critchley	b Parkinson	3	8	16	0	0	37.50
Noah Thain	c Borthwick b Ackermann	23	43	44	1	1	53.48
Harry Duke †	run out (Borthwick)	20	17	31	0	1	117.64
Simon Harmer	b Parkinson	3	5	10	0	0	60.00
Shane Snater	not out	7	7	10	0	0	100.00
Jamie Porter	c Coughlin b Parkinson	2	3	4	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 13, lb 11, nb 8)	32
TOTAL	133 Ov (RR: 3.66)	488
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Sam Cook, 18.2 ov), 2-94 (Dean Elgar, 27.2 ov), 3-260 (Feroze Khushi, 74.5 ov), 4-360 (Jordan Cox, 108.6 ov), 5-376 (Matt Critchley, 112.2 ov), 6-431 (Noah Thain, 123.4 ov), 7-476 (Nick Browne, 130.3 ov), 8-477 (Harry Duke, 130.5 ov), 9-484 (Simon Harmer, 132.1 ov), 10-488 (Jamie Porter, 132.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Raine	23	5	53	0	2.30	111	8	0	0	0
Matthew Potts	28	5	86	1	3.07	120	10	0	0	0
27.2 to D Elgar, . 94/2
Brydon Carse	22	1	92	0	4.18	91	7	1	0	4
Paul Coughlin	15	1	58	1	3.86	62	6	0	0	0
18.2 to SJ Cook, . 64/1
Callum Parkinson	31	1	131	5	4.22	106	13	1	0	0
74.5 to FIN Khushi, . 260/3 108.6 to JM Cox, . 360/4 112.2 to MJJ Critchley, . 376/5 132.1 to SR Harmer, . 484/9 132.6 to JA Porter, . 488/10
Colin Ackermann	14	1	44	1	3.14	58	5	0	0	0
123.4 to NRM Thain, . 431/6

Durham 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alex Lees	not out	48	123	128	5	0	39.02
Scott Borthwick (c)	lbw b Porter	4	5	10	1	0	80.00
Colin Ackermann	c Cox b Critchley	32	77	85	3	0	41.55
David Bedingham	not out	33	34	32	3	1	97.05
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 6)	14
TOTAL	39.2 Ov (RR: 3.33)	131/2
Did not bat: Ollie Robinson †, Graham Clark, Brydon Carse, Paul Coughlin, Ben Raine, Matthew Potts, Callum Parkinson
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Scott Borthwick, 2.1 ov), 2-88 (Colin Ackermann, 27.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	6	1	9	1	1.50	30	1	0	0	0
2.1 to SG Borthwick, . 13/1
Sam Cook	4	1	8	0	2.00	21	1	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	16	1	46	0	2.87	73	5	0	0	0
Shane Snater	2	0	3	0	1.50	10	0	0	0	0
Matt Critchley	11.2	0	57	1	5.02	43	5	1	0	3
27.1 to CN Ackermann, . 88/2

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 26 Apr - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 5/0 (Sam Cook 4*, Dean Elgar 1*, 2 ov)

Sat, 27 Apr - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 314/3 (Nick Browne 94*, Jordan Cox 19*, 98 ov)

Sun, 28 Apr - day 3 - no play

Mon, 29 Apr - day 4 - Durham 2nd innings 131/2 (39.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Toss	Durham, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
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	26,27,28,29 April 2024 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	David Millns Rob White
Match Referee	Will Smith
Points	Durham 12, Essex 14

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Durham Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	6	1	9	1	1.5
SJ Cook	4	1	8	0	2
SR Harmer	16	1	46	0	2.87
S Snater	2	0	3	0	1.5
MJJ Critchley	11.2	0	57	1	5.02 (3 nb)

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