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

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (D Elgar - 1.1 ov), 2-30 (TZ Westley - 5.5 ov), 3-56 (PI Walter - 10.1 ov)

Date

2025-09-24 15:00 PM

Venue

County Ground, Chelmsford

Toss

Somerset elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee