f62900 cc22571	Essex v Surrey
	Rothesay County Championship 2025 (Division 1)
Venue	Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th April 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 14 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Surrey 11 (Batting 2, Bowling 1)
Umpires	ID Blackwell, RJ Warren
Referee	JJ Whitaker
Scorers	D Beesley (Surrey), P Parkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 356/4 (Critchley 45*, Pepper 18*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (1) 109/1 (Burns 59*, Pope 45*; 42 overs)
Close of play day 3	Surrey (2) 9/0 (Burns 5*, Sibley 0*; 6 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PI Walter	c Foakes b Fisher	95	172	255	14	-	126
CWJ Allison	lbw b Lawrence	25	55	85	3	-	43
*T Westley	c Smith b Roach	40	67	64	7	-	50
JM Cox	b Roach	117	148	184	21	-	96
MJJ Critchley	not out	145	261	336	17	1	180
+MS Pepper	c Sibley b Lawrence	109	162	222	13	1	107
NRM Thain	c Roach b Lawrence	26	26	29	5	-	15
SR Harmer	did not bat
S Snater	did not bat
SJ Cook	did not bat
JA Porter	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 14 nb)	25
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 147.2 overs)	582
Fall of wickets:
1-78 (Allison, 19.4 ov), 2-126 (Westley, 35.6 ov), 3-226 (Walter, 62.1 ov), 4-318 (Cox, 83.3 ov), 5-534 (Pepper, 139.4 ov), 6-582 (Thain, 147.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roach	26	4	84	2	-	2	117	11	-
Clark	27	6	71	0	-	-	131	12	-
Fisher	25	6	102	1	-	-	109	17	-
Taylor	29	5	107	0	-	4	123	14	-
Lawrence	35.2	2	169	3	-	-	118	20	2
Patel	5	0	38	0	-	1	14	6	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*RJ Burns	c Pepper b Harmer	73	171	208	10	-	135
DP Sibley	lbw b Cook	3	9	13	-	-	7
OJD Pope	b Porter	45	111	148	5	-	83
JL Smith	b Snater	25	34	40	4	-	24
+BT Foakes	not out	92	191	279	10	-	136
DW Lawrence	c Cox b Harmer	3	6	11	-	-	4
RS Patel	c Pepper b Harmer	2	27	36	-	-	25
J Clark	lbw b Cook	45	88	77	5	1	66
MD Fisher	b Harmer	30	57	63	6	-	46
JPA Taylor	b Critchley	26	75	66	5	-	64
KAJ Roach	lbw b Critchley	1	10	10	-	-	9
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 129.5 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Sibley, 3.2 ov), 2-111 (Pope, 44.1 ov), 3-148 (Smith, 53.6 ov), 4-148 (Burns, 54.1 ov), 5-156 (Lawrence, 56.2 ov), 6-180 (Patel, 66.1 ov), 7-251 (Clark, 87.4 ov), 8-306 (Fisher, 104.6 ov), 9-356 (Taylor, 126.6 ov), 10-365 (Roach, 129.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	16	4	56	1	-	-	76	11	-
Cook	21	3	67	2	-	-	93	7	1
Harmer	47	12	83	4	-	-	229	7	-
Snater	16	3	50	1	-	-	75	9	-
Critchley	18.5	2	47	2	-	-	85	6	-
Thain	11	0	42	0	-	-	41	5	-

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Surrey second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*RJ Burns	lbw b Harmer	25	56	71	5	-	47
DP Sibley	c Cox b Thain	66	221	271	8	-	181
OJD Pope	c Pepper b Snater	1	4	3	-	-	3
JL Smith	run out (Snater->Pepper->Critchley)	32	49	49	5	1	37
+BT Foakes	b Porter	50	134	168	4	-	97
DW Lawrence	c Cox b Critchley	18	57	69	1	-	45
RS Patel	not out	8	57	50	1	-	53
J Clark	not out	2	6	4	-	-	5
KAJ Roach	did not bat
MD Fisher	did not bat
JPA Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, 97 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Burns, 18.1 ov), 2-39 (Pope, 19.1 ov), 3-81 (Smith, 33.6 ov), 4-181 (Sibley, 75.1 ov), 5-198 (Foakes, 81.3 ov), 6-215 (Lawrence, 95.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	11	5	16	1	-	-	60	3	-
Cook	10	3	22	0	-	-	48	3	-
Harmer	34	13	46	1	-	-	175	5	-
Snater	7	2	23	1	-	-	31	4	-
Walter	2	0	25	0	-	-	4	4	1
Critchley	18	1	39	1	-	1	80	2	-
Westley	7	3	10	0	-	-	35	1	-
Thain	8	0	25	1	-	1	34	2	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Essex (1) 114/1 (Walter 54*, Westley 32*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Essex (1) 231/3 (Cox 59*, Critchley 2*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) 466/4 (Critchley 100*, Pepper 70*; 127 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Surrey (1) 28/1 (Burns 15*, Pope 10*; 10 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Surrey (1) 186/6 (Foakes 19*, Clark 3*; 71 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Surrey (1) 307/8 (Foakes 66*, Taylor 0*; 106 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Surrey (2) 88/3 (Sibley 21*, Foakes 5*; 39 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Surrey (2) 164/3 (Sibley 59*, Foakes 42*; 72 overs)
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 14.3 overs
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 25.3 overs
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 43.1 overs
--> Essex first innings: 200 in 54.4 overs
--> Essex first innings: 250 in 70.2 overs
--> Essex first innings: 300 in 79.3 overs
--> Essex first innings: 350 in 92.3 overs
--> Essex first innings: 400 in 107.5 overs
--> Essex score at 110 overs in the first innings was 402-4
--> Essex first innings: 450 in 122.3 overs
--> Essex first innings: 500 in 133.2 overs
--> Essex first innings: 550 in 143.1 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 50 in 17.5 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 100 in 40.2 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 150 in 54.5 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 200 in 77.1 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 250 in 85.6 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 300 in 103.3 overs
--> Surrey score at 110 overs in the first innings was 318-8
--> Surrey first innings: 350 in 122.1 overs
--> Surrey second innings: 50 in 23.6 overs
--> Surrey second innings: 100 in 41.2 overs
--> Surrey second innings: 150 in 64.3 overs
--> Surrey second innings: 200 in 83.5 overs
--> CWJ Allison made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CWJ Allison made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PI Walter (1) 50 in 58 balls with 9 fours
--> T Westley (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 38
--> JM Cox (1) 50 in 77 balls with 9 fours
--> JM Cox (1) 100 in 132 balls with 18 fours
--> MJJ Critchley (1) 50 in 107 balls with 8 fours
--> MJJ Critchley (1) 100 in 208 balls with 13 fours
--> MS Pepper (1) 50 in 102 balls with 8 fours
--> MS Pepper (1) 100 in 154 balls with 13 fours
--> MS Pepper (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 54
--> MS Pepper (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> NRM Thain (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in County Championship matches
--> RJ Burns (1) 50 in 114 balls with 7 fours
--> BT Foakes (1) 50 in 91 balls with 8 fours
--> J Clark (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> DP Sibley (2) 50 in 181 balls with 6 fours
--> BT Foakes (2) 50 in 128 balls with 4 fours
--> SR Harmer reached 950 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RS Patel, his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> PI Walter (45) and CWJ Allison (5) added 50 in 87 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the first innings
--> PI Walter (29) and JM Cox (20) added 50 in 71 balls for the Essex 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> PI Walter (39) and JM Cox (56) added 100 in 157 balls for the Essex 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> JM Cox (33) and MJJ Critchley (15) added 50 in 76 balls for the Essex 4th wicket in the first innings
--> MJJ Critchley (29) and MS Pepper (21) added 50 in 99 balls for the Essex 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MJJ Critchley (48) and MS Pepper (49) added 100 in 211 balls for the Essex 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MJJ Critchley (75) and MS Pepper (74) added 150 in 265 balls for the Essex 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MJJ Critchley (98) and MS Pepper (100) added 200 in 330 balls for the Essex 5th wicket in the first innings
--> RJ Burns (30) and OJD Pope (20) added 50 in 110 balls for the Surrey 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> RJ Burns (54) and OJD Pope (44) added 100 in 229 balls for the Surrey 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> BT Foakes (24) and J Clark (28) added 50 in 98 balls for the Surrey 7th wicket in the first innings
--> BT Foakes (24) and MD Fisher (26) added 50 in 95 balls for the Surrey 8th wicket in the first innings
--> BT Foakes (18) and JPA Taylor (26) added 50 in 129 balls for the Surrey 9th wicket in the first innings
--> DP Sibley (28) and BT Foakes (22) added 50 in 151 balls for the Surrey 4th wicket in the second innings
--> DP Sibley (47) and BT Foakes (48) added 100 in 242 balls for the Surrey 4th wicket in the second innings

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