Worcestershire v Essex, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 30th Match, County Championship Division One, 2025
County Championship Division One 30th Match: Worcestershire v Essex at Worcester, May 16, 2025

Worcestershire
WOR
358/10 (99.2) & 134/10 (57.3)

Essex
ESS
157/10 (60) & 110/10 (43.5)
Finished
WOR won by 225 runs
Worcestershire 1st InningWOR 1st Inning358/10 (99.2 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gareth Roderick(WK) | lbw b S Snater | 17 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 44.74 |
lbw b S Snater | ||||||
| Jake Libby | c MKS Pepper b NRM Thain | 16 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 31.37 |
c MKS Pepper b NRM Thain | ||||||
| Henry Nicholls | c MKS Pepper b K Rajitha | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c MKS Pepper b K Rajitha | ||||||
| Kashif Ali | b S Snater | 46 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 56.79 |
b S Snater | ||||||
| Rob Jones | c RJ Das b NRM Thain | 54 | 117 | 9 | 1 | 46.15 |
c RJ Das b NRM Thain | ||||||
| Brett D'Oliveira(C) | c MKS Pepper b S Snater | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
c MKS Pepper b S Snater | ||||||
| Ethan Brookes | c MKS Pepper b JA Porter | 31 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 68.89 |
c MKS Pepper b JA Porter | ||||||
| Matthew Waite | c MKS Pepper b MJJ Critchley | 73 | 91 | 11 | 1 | 80.22 |
c MKS Pepper b MJJ Critchley | ||||||
| Tom Taylor | b MJJ Critchley | 43 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 62.32 |
b MJJ Critchley | ||||||
| Ben Allison | c CW Allison b S Snater | 38 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 57.58 |
c CW Allison b S Snater | ||||||
| Yadvinder Singh | Not out | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 19.23 |
Not out | ||||||
| Yadvinder Singh | Not out | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 19.23 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 32 (b 8, w 2, nb 6, lb 16) | |||||
| Total | 358/10 (99.2) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Porter | 25 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 2.28 |
| Shane Snater | 24.2 | 5 | 78 | 4 | 3.21 |
| Kasun Rajitha | 21 | 6 | 81 | 1 | 3.85 |
| Noah Thain | 13 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 5.46 |
| Simon Harmer | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3.40 |
| Matt Critchley | 6 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2.17 |
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (GH Roderick - 9.6 ov), 2-36 (H Nicholls - 12.4 ov), 3-58 (JD Libby - 21.1 ov), 4-119 (K Ali - 39.3 ov), 5-123 (BL D'Oliveira - 41.2 ov), 6-182 (E Brookes - 54.6 ov), 7-192 (RP Jones - 57.6 ov), 8-287 (TAI Taylor - 79.2 ov), 9-334 (MJ Waite - 91.4 ov), 10-358 (B Allison - 99.2 ov)
Essex 1st InningESS 1st Inning157/10 (60 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Elgar | c E Brookes b TAI Taylor | 16 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 28.57 |
c E Brookes b TAI Taylor | ||||||
| Charles Allison | b B Allison | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
b B Allison | ||||||
| Tom Westley(C) | c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 |
c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor | ||||||
| Robin Das | c RP Jones b MJ Waite | 44 | 91 | 7 | 0 | 48.35 |
c RP Jones b MJ Waite | ||||||
| Matt Critchley | c GH Roderick b B Allison | 15 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 48.39 |
c GH Roderick b B Allison | ||||||
| Michael-Kyle Pepper(WK) | c E Brookes b TAI Taylor | 13 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 35.14 |
c E Brookes b TAI Taylor | ||||||
| Noah Thain | b MJ Waite | 15 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 24.59 |
b MJ Waite | ||||||
| Simon Harmer | c GH Roderick b E Brookes | 14 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 46.67 |
c GH Roderick b E Brookes | ||||||
| Shane Snater | c GH Roderick b Y Singh | 20 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 83.33 |
c GH Roderick b Y Singh | ||||||
| Kasun Rajitha | Not out | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Jamie Porter | c GH Roderick b MJ Waite | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
c GH Roderick b MJ Waite | ||||||
| Extra | 4 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 157/10 (60) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Taylor | 15 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 1.53 |
| Ben Allison | 15 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 1.80 |
| Yadvinder Singh | 12 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 4.58 |
| Matthew Waite | 12 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2.83 |
| Ethan Brookes | 6 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2.33 |
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (CW Allison - 1.2 ov), 2-9 (TZ Westley - 6.2 ov), 3-46 (D Elgar - 18.6 ov), 4-75 (MJJ Critchley - 29.3 ov), 5-98 (MKS Pepper - 38.3 ov), 6-98 (RJ Das - 39.1 ov), 7-117 (SR Harmer - 48.2 ov), 8-142 (S Snater - 55.5 ov), 9-153 (NRM Thain - 59.3 ov), 10-157 (JA Porter - 59.6 ov)
Worcestershire 2nd InningWOR 2nd Inning134/10 (57.3 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gareth Roderick(WK) | c MJJ Critchley b S Snater | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c MJJ Critchley b S Snater | ||||||
| Jake Libby | lbw b JA Porter | 10 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 |
lbw b JA Porter | ||||||
| Henry Nicholls | lbw b S Snater | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
lbw b S Snater | ||||||
| Kashif Ali | lbw b SR Harmer | 31 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 46.97 |
lbw b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Rob Jones | lbw b S Snater | 19 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 32.20 |
lbw b S Snater | ||||||
| Ben Allison | lbw b SR Harmer | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Yadvinder Singh | lbw b SR Harmer | 7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 24.14 |
lbw b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Brett D'Oliveira(C) | c K Rajitha b SR Harmer | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
c K Rajitha b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Ethan Brookes | lbw b JA Porter | 38 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 54.29 |
lbw b JA Porter | ||||||
| Matthew Waite | c MKS Pepper b JA Porter | 8 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 14.81 |
c MKS Pepper b JA Porter | ||||||
| Tom Taylor | Not out | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 10 (b 7, w 0, nb 0, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 134/10 (57.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Porter | 15.3 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 1.94 |
| Shane Snater | 18 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 2.50 |
| Kasun Rajitha | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Simon Harmer | 21 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 1.76 |
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (GH Roderick - 1.5 ov), 2-3 (H Nicholls - 3.4 ov), 3-26 (JD Libby - 13.3 ov), 4-58 (K Ali - 26.1 ov), 5-58 (B Allison - 26.6 ov), 6-66 (RP Jones - 33.3 ov), 7-71 (BL D'Oliveira - 34.3 ov), 8-80 (Y Singh - 36.5 ov), 9-125 (MJ Waite - 55.3 ov), 10-134 (E Brookes - 57.3 ov)
Essex 2nd InningESS 2nd Inning110/10 (43.5 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Allison | c GH Roderick b MJ Waite | 23 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 52.27 |
c GH Roderick b MJ Waite | ||||||
| Dean Elgar | c GH Roderick b B Allison | 9 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 29.03 |
c GH Roderick b B Allison | ||||||
| Tom Westley(C) | lbw b Y Singh | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 |
lbw b Y Singh | ||||||
| Robin Das | lbw b MJ Waite | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b MJ Waite | ||||||
| Matt Critchley | c GH Roderick b E Brookes | 17 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 43.59 |
c GH Roderick b E Brookes | ||||||
| Michael-Kyle Pepper(WK) | c RP Jones b MJ Waite | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 |
c RP Jones b MJ Waite | ||||||
| Noah Thain | c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor | 23 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 40.35 |
c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor | ||||||
| Simon Harmer | lbw b MJ Waite | 9 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 26.47 |
lbw b MJ Waite | ||||||
| Shane Snater | c E Brookes b MJ Waite | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
c E Brookes b MJ Waite | ||||||
| Kasun Rajitha | Not out | 13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 76.47 |
Not out | ||||||
| Jamie Porter | b MJ Waite | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
b MJ Waite | ||||||
| Extra | 5 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 110/10 (43.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Taylor | 14 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 2.57 |
| Ben Allison | 11 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 2.36 |
| Yadvinder Singh | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3.60 |
| Matthew Waite | 10.5 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1.75 |
| Ethan Brookes | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2.00 |
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (D Elgar - 11.3 ov), 2-35 (CW Allison - 13.3 ov), 3-41 (TZ Westley - 14.5 ov), 4-45 (RJ Das - 17.1 ov), 5-47 (MKS Pepper - 21.2 ov), 6-77 (MJJ Critchley - 30.1 ov), 7-92 (NRM Thain - 38.3 ov), 8-93 (S Snater - 39.1 ov), 9-106 (SR Harmer - 43.2 ov), 10-110 (JA Porter - 43.5 ov)
Date
2025-05-16 15:30 PM
Venue
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Toss
Essex elected to bowl
Umpires
- Graham Lloyd
- Ian Blackwell
Tv Umpires
Match Referee
- Alec Swann
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