Essex v Durham, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 56th Match, County Championship Division One, 2025

County Championship Division One 56th Match: Essex v Durham, September 08, 2025

Essex

ESS

457/8d (128)

Durham

DUR

333/10 (100.2) & 173/7 (66.2)

Finished

Match Drawn

Durham 1st InningDUR 1st Inning333/10 (100.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Alex Lees(C)	lbw b SR Harmer	94	152	15	0	61.84
lbw b SR Harmer
Emilio Gay	c MJJ Critchley b DAJ Bracewell	22	33	4	0	66.67
c MJJ Critchley b DAJ Bracewell
Ben McKinney	b JA Porter	121	228	18	2	55.13
b JA Porter
David Bedingham	runout (MKS Pepper / JA Porter)	0	1	0	0	0.00
runout (MKS Pepper / JA Porter)
Colin Ackermann	b S Snater	13	31	1	0	41.94
b S Snater
Oliver George Robinson(WK)	c MKS Pepper b DAJ Bracewell	15	23	3	0	41.18
c MKS Pepper b DAJ Bracewell
Graham Clark	Not out	37	72	4	1	51.39
Not out
Ben Raine	lbw b JA Porter	0	3	0	0	0.00
lbw b JA Porter
Matthew Potts	b JA Porter	0	1	0	0	0.00
b JA Porter
Samuel Conners	c & b DAJ Bracewell	24	55	2	0	43.64
c & b DAJ Bracewell
Callum Parkinson	b JA Porter	0	4	0	0	0.00
b JA Porter
Extra	7 (b 0, w 0, nb 2, lb 5)
Total	333/10 (100.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jamie Porter	23.2	4	77	4	3.30
Shane Snater	19.2	6	64	1	3.21
Doug Bracewell	17	0	70	3	4.12
Simon Harmer	27	7	68	1	2.52
Noah Thain	3	0	19	0	6.00
Matt Critchley	10.4	1	30	0	3.00

Fall of wickets: 1-55 (E Gay - 10.6 ov), 2-189 (A Lees - 49.6 ov), 3-190 (DG Bedingham - 50.6 ov), 4-240 (C Ackermann - 64.5 ov), 5-262 (OG Robinson - 72.3 ov), 6-283 (BS McKinney - 84.3 ov), 7-283 (BA Raine - 84.6 ov), 8-291 (MJ Potts - 86.1 ov), 9-332 (S Conners - 99.3 ov), 10-333 (CF Parkinson - 100.2 ov)

Essex 1st InningESS 1st Inning457/8 (128 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dean Elgar	c OG Robinson b MJ Potts	150	283	17	1	53.00
c OG Robinson b MJ Potts
Paul Walter	c BS McKinney b BA Raine	4	15	1	0	26.67
c BS McKinney b BA Raine
Tom Westley(C)	lbw b CF Parkinson	32	74	7	0	43.24
lbw b CF Parkinson
Charles Allison	b C Ackermann	33	51	5	1	64.71
b C Ackermann
Matt Critchley	lbw b MJ Potts	129	168	17	1	76.79
lbw b MJ Potts
Michael-Kyle Pepper(WK)	lbw b S Conners	4	16	1	0	25.00
lbw b S Conners
Noah Thain	c BS McKinney b MJ Potts	24	60	3	0	40.00
c BS McKinney b MJ Potts
Simon Harmer	b BA Raine	44	70	5	0	63.77
b BA Raine
Doug Bracewell	Not out	22	19	2	1	115.79
Not out
Shane Snater	Not out	9	14	2	0	64.29
Not out
Extra	6 (b 0, w 0, nb 2, lb 4)
Total	457/8 (128)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Ben Raine	31	6	103	2	3.32
Matthew Potts	30	7	95	3	3.17
Samuel Conners	27	3	90	1	3.30
Callum Parkinson	28	4	118	1	4.21
Colin Ackermann	12	0	47	1	3.92

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (PI Walter - 6.2 ov), 2-83 (TZ Westley - 30.5 ov), 3-158 (CW Allison - 47.4 ov), 4-349 (D Elgar - 97.2 ov), 5-354 (MJJ Critchley - 99.5 ov), 6-358 (MKS Pepper - 102.1 ov), 7-410 (NRM Thain - 119.3 ov), 8-447 (SR Harmer - 125.3 ov)

Durham 2nd InningDUR 2nd Inning173/7 (66.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Alex Lees(C)	lbw b JA Porter	5	13	0	0	38.46
lbw b JA Porter
Emilio Gay	lbw b JA Porter	13	16	2	0	81.25
lbw b JA Porter
Ben McKinney	b SR Harmer	11	64	1	0	17.19
b SR Harmer
David Bedingham	c DAJ Bracewell b NRM Thain	16	60	1	1	26.67
c DAJ Bracewell b NRM Thain
Colin Ackermann	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	5	28	1	0	17.86
c D Elgar b SR Harmer
Oliver George Robinson(WK)	c MKS Pepper b SR Harmer	21	55	4	0	38.18
c MKS Pepper b SR Harmer
Graham Clark	lbw b JA Porter	15	24	2	0	62.50
lbw b JA Porter
Ben Raine	Not out	42	71	5	1	59.15
Not out
Matthew Potts	Not out	34	67	3	0	50.75
Not out
Extra	11 (b 5, w 0, nb 0, lb 6)
Total	173/7 (66.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jamie Porter	16.2	4	36	3	2.20
Doug Bracewell	9	4	21	0	2.33
Simon Harmer	27	11	64	3	2.37
Noah Thain	6	2	17	1	2.83
Matt Critchley	6	0	17	0	2.83
Tom Westley	2	0	7	0	3.50

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (A Lees - 4.2 ov), 2-19 (E Gay - 6.2 ov), 3-45 (BS McKinney - 23.3 ov), 4-51 (DG Bedingham - 26.6 ov), 5-67 (C Ackermann - 33.3 ov), 6-92 (G Clark - 42.5 ov), 7-96 (OG Robinson - 43.3 ov)

Date

2025-09-08 15:00 PM

Venue

County Ground, Chelmsford

Toss

Durham elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee