f62982 cc22630	Surrey v Essex
	Rothesay County Championship 2025 (Division 1)
Venue	The Kia Oval, Kennington on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th May 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Surrey 12 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Essex 11 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	RJ Bailey, M Burns
Referee	PM Such
Scorers	D Beesley (Surrey), P Parkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 94/3 (Sibley 24*, Curran 1*; 33 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 195/2 (Elgar 60*, Westley 4*; 54 overs)
Close of play day 3	Surrey (2) 32/0 (Burns 17*, Sibley 11*; 8 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
D Elgar	c Sibley b Curran	31	25	36	6	-	15
PI Walter	c Foakes b Clark	38	63	80	6	-	45
*T Westley	c Foakes b Smith	20	53	76	3	-	44
CWJ Allison	c Foakes b Smith	0	5	7	-	-	5
MJJ Critchley	lbw b Lawes	16	44	60	2	-	34
+MS Pepper	c Curran b Overton	75	94	152	9	1	57
NRM Thain	c Foakes b Worrall	3	21	24	-	-	19
SR Harmer	lbw b Curran	0	11	11	-	-	11
S Snater	c Sibley b Overton	28	36	47	6	-	27
CAK Rajitha	b Smith	1	22	23	-	-	21
JA Porter	not out	0	1	3	-	-	1
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Elgar, 8.3 ov), 2-88 (Walter, 19.3 ov), 3-88 (Allison, 21.2 ov), 4-95 (Westley, 27.1 ov), 5-127 (Critchley, 36.6 ov), 6-143 (Thain, 42.6 ov), 7-146 (Harmer, 45.3 ov), 8-197 (Snater, 56.2 ov), 9-217 (Rajitha, 61.5 ov), 10-217 (Pepper, 62.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Worrall	14	2	47	1	-	1	65	8	-
Smith	14	2	53	3	1	-	60	8	-
Curran	9	0	32	2	-	-	37	4	-
Clark	12	3	45	1	-	-	54	8	-
Lawes	8	4	9	1	-	-	41	-	-
Overton	5.2	0	29	2	-	-	21	4	1

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*RJ Burns	c Elgar b Porter	15	18	27	3	-	13
DP Sibley	c Elgar b Rajitha	41	117	176	7	-	99
KR Patterson	c Walter b Porter	51	71	85	9	-	49
TE Lawes	b Rajitha	1	16	19	-	-	15
SM Curran	c Harmer b Rajitha	70	83	147	11	-	47
+BT Foakes	lbw b Rajitha	2	12	19	-	-	10
JJ Roy	b Snater	0	7	6	-	-	7
J Overton	c Pepper b Rajitha	0	8	11	-	-	8
J Clark	c Elgar b Harmer	54	66	93	8	-	41
NG Smith	not out	24	32	37	4	-	21
DJ Worrall	c Elgar b Harmer	13	9	8	1	1	4
Extras	(6 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Burns, 6.4 ov), 2-88 (Patterson, 26.4 ov), 3-93 (Lawes, 31.2 ov), 4-122 (Sibley, 41.1 ov), 5-132 (Foakes, 45.4 ov), 6-133 (Roy, 46.6 ov), 7-144 (Overton, 49.2 ov), 8-226 (Curran, 63.6 ov), 9-265 (Clark, 70.4 ov), 10-279 (Worrall, 72.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	19	3	65	2	-	-	87	11	-
Snater	20	3	72	1	2	-	90	12	-
Rajitha	22	4	87	5	-	1	90	14	-
Thain	7	0	41	0	-	2	22	5	-
Harmer	4.4	2	14	2	-	-	22	1	1

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PI Walter	c Foakes b Smith	118	147	201	19	-	92
D Elgar	c Smith b Worrall	64	184	248	6	-	147
SR Harmer	c Foakes b Smith	0	7	9	-	-	7
*T Westley	c Patterson b Clark	50	114	142	7	-	88
CWJ Allison	c and b Clark	140	235	304	19	2	166
MJJ Critchley	lbw b Worrall	4	10	13	-	-	6
+MS Pepper	c Foakes b Curran	18	35	59	1	-	21
NRM Thain	c Burns b Worrall	50	93	113	6	-	62
S Snater	run out (Smith->Foakes)	10	8	12	-	1	3
CAK Rajitha	c Lawes b Worrall	0	2	3	-	-	2
JA Porter	not out	0	2	2	-	-	2
Extras	(1 b, 17 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	25
Total	(all out, 139.1 overs)	479
Fall of wickets:
1-188 (Walter, 49.1 ov), 2-191 (Harmer, 51.2 ov), 3-205 (Elgar, 60.3 ov), 4-285 (Westley, 87.4 ov), 5-294 (Critchley, 90.5 ov), 6-343 (Pepper, 105.1 ov), 7-459 (Thain, 136.1 ov), 8-471 (Allison, 137.6 ov), 9-478 (Rajitha, 138.4 ov), 10-479 (Snater, 139.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Worrall	33	9	77	4	-	-	157	6	3
Curran	14	1	54	1	1	-	59	9	-
Smith	24	2	90	2	1	2	103	13	-
Clark	23.1	2	87	2	-	-	83	8	-
Lawes	24	1	99	0	-	-	98	16	-
Overton	21	1	54	0	1	-	94	6	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*RJ Burns	st Pepper b Harmer	39	64	76	5	-	43
DP Sibley	st Pepper b Harmer	40	96	125	5	-	72
KR Patterson	b Porter	40	63	72	6	-	46
SM Curran	c Allison b Porter	77	121	140	9	1	79
+BT Foakes	c Pepper b Porter	7	18	25	1	-	14
JJ Roy	c Harmer b Porter	0	2	1	-	-	2
J Overton	c Critchley b Porter	47	102	126	7	-	80
J Clark	not out	23	41	39	4	-	30
DJ Worrall	did not bat
NG Smith	did not bat
TE Lawes	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 6 nb)	16
Total	(7 wickets, 84 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-76 (Burns, 20.1 ov), 2-115 (Sibley, 34.2 ov), 3-143 (Patterson, 41.1 ov), 4-167 (Foakes, 47.4 ov), 5-167 (Roy, 47.6 ov), 6-238 (Curran, 71.4 ov), 7-289 (Overton, 83.6 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	27	5	88	5	-	-	120	13	1
Snater	10	1	42	0	-	-	39	6	-
Rajitha	11	0	42	0	-	2	47	6	-
Harmer	34	7	94	2	-	1	153	12	-
Critchley	2	0	13	0	-	-	4	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Essex (1) 103/4 (Critchley 3*, Pepper 8*; 29 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Essex (1) 217 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: Surrey (1) 203/7 (Curran 55*, Clark 34*; 59 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Essex (2) 90/0 (Walter 56*, Elgar 33*; 22 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Essex (2) 279/3 (Westley 45*, Allison 36*; 85 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Essex (2) 388/6 (Allison 94*, Thain 18*; 118 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Surrey (2) 142/2 (Patterson 39*, Curran 17*; 40 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Surrey (2) 201/5 (Curran 53*, Overton 15*; 58.2 overs)
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 8.2 overs
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 27.3 overs
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 45.4 overs
--> Essex first innings: 200 in 56.5 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 50 in 16.4 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 100 in 34.6 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 150 in 50.4 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 200 in 57.6 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 250 in 67.6 overs
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 12.6 overs
--> Essex second innings: 100 in 23.4 overs
--> Essex second innings: 150 in 39.2 overs
--> Essex second innings: 200 in 55.5 overs
--> Essex second innings: 250 in 74.5 overs
--> Essex second innings: 300 in 91.6 overs
--> Essex second innings: 350 in 106.5 overs
--> Essex second innings: 400 in 120.4 overs
--> Essex second innings: 450 in 134.2 overs
--> Surrey second innings: 50 in 11.5 overs
--> Surrey second innings: 100 in 25.6 overs
--> Surrey second innings: 150 in 43.5 overs
--> Surrey second innings: 200 in 55.6 overs
--> Surrey second innings: 250 in 75.1 overs
--> CAK Rajitha made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CAK Rajitha made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KR Patterson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BT Foakes made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BT Foakes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JJ Roy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JJ Roy made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> D Elgar (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> MS Pepper (1) 50 in 70 balls with 6 fours
--> KR Patterson (1) 50 in 69 balls with 9 fours
--> SM Curran (1) 50 in 64 balls with 8 fours
--> J Clark (1) 50 in 62 balls with 8 fours
--> D Elgar (2) 50 in 127 balls with 5 fours
--> D Elgar (2) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> PI Walter (2) 50 in 56 balls with 8 fours
--> PI Walter (2) 100 in 131 balls with 16 fours
--> T Westley (2) 50 in 111 balls with 7 fours
--> CWJ Allison (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> CWJ Allison (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> CWJ Allison (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> CWJ Allison (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> CWJ Allison (2) 50 in 97 balls with 8 fours
--> CWJ Allison (2) 100 in 185 balls with 15 fours
--> NRM Thain (2) 50 in 92 balls with 6 fours
--> DP Sibley (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> SM Curran (2) 50 in 73 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> CAK Rajitha achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed SM Curran in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-52)
--> CAK Rajitha achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings
--> JA Porter reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JJ Roy, his 3rd wicket in the Surrey second innings
--> D Elgar (31) and PI Walter (19) added 50 in 50 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the first innings
--> MS Pepper (22) and S Snater (28) added 50 in 59 balls for the Essex 8th wicket in the first innings
--> DP Sibley (15) and KR Patterson (36) added 50 in 101 balls for the Surrey 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> SM Curran (19) and J Clark (31) added 50 in 48 balls for the Surrey 8th wicket in the first innings
--> PI Walter (32) and D Elgar (21) added 50 in 78 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the second innings
--> PI Walter (62) and D Elgar (37) added 100 in 143 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the second innings
--> PI Walter (95) and D Elgar (46) added 150 in 237 balls for the Essex 1st wicket in the second innings
--> T Westley (24) and CWJ Allison (25) added 50 in 100 balls for the Essex 4th wicket in the second innings
--> CWJ Allison (22) and NRM Thain (24) added 50 in 83 balls for the Essex 7th wicket in the second innings
--> CWJ Allison (56) and NRM Thain (40) added 100 in 165 balls for the Essex 7th wicket in the second innings
--> RJ Burns (31) and DP Sibley (16) added 50 in 71 balls for the Surrey 1st wicket in the second innings
--> SM Curran (30) and J Overton (16) added 50 in 90 balls for the Surrey 6th wicket in the second innings
--> J Overton (28) and J Clark (23) added 50 in 71 balls for the Surrey 7th wicket in the second innings

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