Essex v Somerset, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 66th Match, County Championship Division One, 2025
County Championship Division One 66th Match: Essex v Somerset, September 24, 2025

Essex
ESS
438/10 (106) & 99/3 (18.1)

Somerset
SOM
433/10 (122.2) & 99/10 (33.3)
Finished
ESS won by 7 wickets
Somerset 1st InningSOM 1st Inning433/10 (122.2 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Vaughan | c PI Walter b JA Porter | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 42.11 |
c PI Walter b JA Porter | ||||||
| Joshua Thomas | b JA Porter | 86 | 127 | 14 | 1 | 67.72 |
b JA Porter | ||||||
| Tom Lammonby | lbw b CE Bennett | 47 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 36.43 |
lbw b CE Bennett | ||||||
| James Rew(WK) | c (sub Simon Fernandes) b DAJ Bracewell | 74 | 115 | 8 | 0 | 64.35 |
c (sub Simon Fernandes) b DAJ Bracewell | ||||||
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore | c (sub Simon Fernandes) b DAJ Bracewell | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
c (sub Simon Fernandes) b DAJ Bracewell | ||||||
| Lewis Goldsworthy | c CW Allison b CE Bennett | 100 | 193 | 14 | 0 | 51.81 |
c CW Allison b CE Bennett | ||||||
| Kasey Aldridge | c (sub Simon Fernandes) b JA Porter | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 31.25 |
c (sub Simon Fernandes) b JA Porter | ||||||
| Craig Overton | b SR Harmer | 60 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 85.71 |
b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Jack Leach | c (sub Simon Fernandes) b CE Bennett | 14 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 31.82 |
c (sub Simon Fernandes) b CE Bennett | ||||||
| Lewis Gregory(C) | c JA Porter b SR Harmer | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 81.82 |
c JA Porter b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Jake Ball | Not out | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 23 (b 8, w 1, nb 6, lb 8) | |||||
| Total | 433/10 (122.2) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Porter | 27 | 8 | 66 | 3 | 2.44 |
| Doug Bracewell | 22 | 2 | 87 | 2 | 3.95 |
| Simon Harmer | 25 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 2.60 |
| Charlie Edward Bennett | 16.2 | 1 | 73 | 3 | 4.47 |
| Noah Thain | 19 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 4.11 |
| Matt Critchley | 13 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 3.69 |
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (A Vaughan - 6.4 ov), 2-141 (J Thomas - 40.5 ov), 3-167 (TA Lammonby - 49.6 ov), 4-184 (TK Cadmore - 52.4 ov), 5-274 (J Rew - 81.2 ov), 6-281 (K Aldridge - 86.2 ov), 7-379 (C Overton - 105.5 ov), 8-412 (J Leach - 116.5 ov), 9-425 (L Gregory - 119.6 ov), 10-433 (L Goldsworthy - 122.2 ov)
Essex 1st InningESS 1st Inning438/10 (106 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Elgar | lbw b K Aldridge | 118 | 227 | 17 | 1 | 51.98 |
lbw b K Aldridge | ||||||
| Paul Walter | c L Goldsworthy b C Overton | 158 | 167 | 21 | 3 | 94.61 |
c L Goldsworthy b C Overton | ||||||
| Simon Harmer | c K Aldridge b C Overton | 12 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 54.55 |
c K Aldridge b C Overton | ||||||
| Tom Westley(C) | c J Thomas b C Overton | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.64 |
c J Thomas b C Overton | ||||||
| Charles Allison | b C Overton | 27 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 45.76 |
b C Overton | ||||||
| Matt Critchley | lbw b L Gregory | 29 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 53.70 |
lbw b L Gregory | ||||||
| Michael-Kyle Pepper(WK) | lbw b C Overton | 17 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 70.83 |
lbw b C Overton | ||||||
| Noah Thain | Not out | 15 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 53.57 |
Not out | ||||||
| Doug Bracewell | c (sub BGF Green) b C Overton | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c (sub BGF Green) b C Overton | ||||||
| Charlie Edward Bennett | c & b J Leach | 22 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 84.62 |
c & b J Leach | ||||||
| Jamie Porter | c J Thomas b J Leach | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 |
c J Thomas b J Leach | ||||||
| Extra | 27 (b 8, w 0, nb 8, lb 11) | |||||
| Total | 438/10 (106) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Overton | 27 | 5 | 88 | 6 | 3.26 |
| Jake Ball | 16 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 3.69 |
| Archie Vaughan | 15 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 3.93 |
| Lewis Gregory | 22.2 | 2 | 87 | 1 | 3.90 |
| Tom Lammonby | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 |
| Jack Leach | 8 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 5.88 |
| Kasey Aldridge | 14.4 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 4.23 |
Fall of wickets: 1-277 (PI Walter - 60.2 ov), 2-295 (SR Harmer - 66.4 ov), 3-307 (TZ Westley - 70.1 ov), 4-319 (D Elgar - 73.2 ov), 5-369 (CW Allison - 88.1 ov), 6-379 (MJJ Critchley - 91.5 ov), 7-393 (MKS Pepper - 94.4 ov), 8-399 (DAJ Bracewell - 98.5 ov), 9-432 (CE Bennett - 105.2 ov), 10-438 (JA Porter - 105.6 ov)
Somerset 2nd InningSOM 2nd Inning99/10 (33.3 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Vaughan | b JA Porter | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 38.10 |
b JA Porter | ||||||
| Joshua Thomas | lbw b JA Porter | 39 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 60.00 |
lbw b JA Porter | ||||||
| Tom Lammonby | lbw b CE Bennett | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b CE Bennett | ||||||
| James Rew(WK) | c NRM Thain b CE Bennett | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 |
c NRM Thain b CE Bennett | ||||||
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore | b DAJ Bracewell | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
b DAJ Bracewell | ||||||
| Lewis Goldsworthy | b SR Harmer | 19 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 32.76 |
b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Kasey Aldridge | c (sub Simon Fernandes) b JA Porter | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c (sub Simon Fernandes) b JA Porter | ||||||
| Craig Overton | lbw b JA Porter | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
lbw b JA Porter | ||||||
| Jack Leach | runout ( (sub Simon Fernandes ) / CW Allison) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
runout ( (sub Simon Fernandes ) / CW Allison) | ||||||
| Lewis Gregory(C) | Not out | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
Not out | ||||||
| Jake Ball | b SR Harmer | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Extra | 8 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 8) | |||||
| Total | 99/10 (33.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Porter | 12 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1.50 |
| Doug Bracewell | 7 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 4.71 |
| Charlie Edward Bennett | 10 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 3.60 |
| Noah Thain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Simon Harmer | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.33 |
| Matt Critchley | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (A Vaughan - 6.3 ov), 2-23 (TA Lammonby - 7.6 ov), 3-59 (J Rew - 13.6 ov), 4-60 (TK Cadmore - 14.5 ov), 5-89 (J Thomas - 26.1 ov), 6-89 (K Aldridge - 26.6 ov), 7-91 (C Overton - 28.6 ov), 8-95 (J Leach - 30.6 ov), 9-97 (L Goldsworthy - 31.6 ov), 10-99 (JT Ball - 33.3 ov)
Essex 2nd InningESS 2nd Inning99/3 (18.1 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Walter | c L Gregory b JT Ball | 30 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 96.77 |
c L Gregory b JT Ball | ||||||
| Dean Elgar | lbw b L Gregory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b L Gregory | ||||||
| Tom Westley(C) | c J Rew b L Gregory | 13 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 61.90 |
c J Rew b L Gregory | ||||||
| Charles Allison | Not out | 32 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 94.12 |
Not out | ||||||
| Matt Critchley | Not out | 19 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 79.17 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 5 (b 0, w 0, nb 4, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 99/3 (18.1) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Overton | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Lewis Gregory | 9 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 4.78 |
| Jake Ball | 4.1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.20 |
Date
2025-09-24 15:00 PM
Venue
County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss
Somerset elected to bat
Umpires
- Nigel Llong
- Russell Warren
Tv Umpires
Match Referee
- Wayne Noon
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