Somerset vs Essex Scorecard, Specsavers County Championship 2017

Specsavers County Championship 2017 · County Ground, Taunton · 14 Apr 2017 to 16 Apr 2017

Somerset 209 & 174

Essex 129 & 257/2

Essex won by 8 wickets

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Match summary

Somerset played Essex in the Specsavers County Championship 2017 at County Ground, Taunton, from 14 Apr 2017 to 16 Apr 2017. Essex won by 8 wickets.

Somerset won the toss and chose to bat first. Somerset made 209 in 72.2 overs, Essex made 129 in 54.5 overs, Somerset made 174 in 50.2 overs, Essex made 257/2 in 84.1 overs.

Alastair Cook top-scored with 162 runs in the match; Neil Wagner took 8/126 in the match.

Somerset Innings

209/10 (72.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick c AN Cook b RS Bopara	c AN Cook b RS Bopara	26	64	4	0	40.63
D Elgar st AJA Wheater b Ashar Zaidi	st AJA Wheater b Ashar Zaidi	34	96	4	1	35.42
TB Abell c AN Cook b RS Bopara	c AN Cook b RS Bopara	1	10	0	0	10.00
JC Hildreth c RS Bopara b JA Porter	c RS Bopara b JA Porter	36	56	6	0	64.29
SM Davies b SR Harmer	b SR Harmer	12	32	2	0	37.50
PD Trego c Ashar Zaidi b SR Harmer	c Ashar Zaidi b SR Harmer	48	85	5	1	56.47
L Gregory c SR Harmer b N Wagner	c SR Harmer b N Wagner	3	16	0	0	18.75
RE van der Merwe lbw b Ashar Zaidi	lbw b Ashar Zaidi	7	21	0	0	33.33
C Overton c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	10	34	1	0	29.41
J Overton b Ashar Zaidi	b Ashar Zaidi	3	5	0	0	60.00
MJ Leach not out	not out	4	18	0	0	22.22
Extras	(b 10, lb 9, w 0, nb 6)	25
Total	72.2 Ov (RR: 2.89)	209/10

Fall of wickets: 1-52 (ME Trescothick, 18.5 ov), 2-54 (TB Abell, 22.2 ov), 3-108 (D Elgar, 35.4 ov), 4-112 (JC Hildreth, 38.4 ov), 5-130 (SM Davies, 45.6 ov), 6-143 (L Gregory, 50.6 ov), 7-176 (RE van der Merwe, 59.4 ov), 8-188 (PD Trego, 64.5 ov), 9-197 (J Overton, 67.3 ov), 10-209 (C Overton, 72.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
JA Porter	17	7	34	1	2.00	84	4	0	0
N Wagner	15.2	2	78	2	5.09	59	12	0	2
SR Harmer	23	10	51	2	2.22	115	5	2	0
RS Bopara	5	1	10	2	2.00	25	1	0	1
Ashar Zaidi	12	2	17	3	1.42	57	0	0	0

Essex Innings

129/10 (54.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne b C Overton	b C Overton	11	24	2	0	45.83
AN Cook b L Gregory	b L Gregory	52	92	9	0	56.52
T Westley b RE van der Merwe	b RE van der Merwe	10	51	1	0	19.61
DW Lawrence lbw b C Overton	lbw b C Overton	0	8	0	0	0.00
RS Bopara b MJ Leach	b MJ Leach	8	38	0	0	21.05
AJA Wheater b RE van der Merwe	b RE van der Merwe	4	22	0	0	18.18
RN ten Doeschate c JC Hildreth b L Gregory	c JC Hildreth b L Gregory	4	22	0	0	18.18
Ashar Zaidi c SM Davies b MJ Leach	c SM Davies b MJ Leach	23	43	2	1	53.49
SR Harmer c SM Davies b RE van der Merwe	c SM Davies b RE van der Merwe	9	18	1	0	50.00
N Wagner c SM Davies b J Overton	c SM Davies b J Overton	5	10	1	0	50.00
JA Porter not out	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0)	3
Total	54.5 Ov (RR: 2.35)	129/10

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (NLJ Browne, 7.1 ov), 2-60 (T Westley, 20.5 ov), 3-64 (DW Lawrence, 24.1 ov), 4-81 (RS Bopara, 35.2 ov), 5-81 (AN Cook, 36.1 ov), 6-91 (RN ten Doeschate, 42.4 ov), 7-91 (AJA Wheater, 43.1 ov), 8-119 (SR Harmer, 49.6 ov), 9-129 (N Wagner, 53.5 ov), 10-129 (Ashar Zaidi, 54.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
L Gregory	12	4	28	2	2.33	61	3	0
C Overton	12	6	17	2	1.42	66	3	0
J Overton	6	0	30	1	5.00	24	6	0
MJ Leach	16.5	5	25	2	1.49	87	2	0
RE van der Merwe	8	1	26	3	3.25	34	2	1

Somerset Innings

174/10 (50.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar lbw b SR Harmer	lbw b SR Harmer	27	51	3	0	52.94
ME Trescothick lbw b JA Porter	lbw b JA Porter	5	7	1	0	71.43
TB Abell c AJA Wheater b JA Porter	c AJA Wheater b JA Porter	0	6	0	0	0.00
JC Hildreth c SR Harmer b RS Bopara	c SR Harmer b RS Bopara	35	38	5	0	92.11
SM Davies c JA Porter b N Wagner	c JA Porter b N Wagner	11	31	1	0	35.48
PD Trego c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	17	29	1	0	58.62
L Gregory c NLJ Browne b N Wagner	c NLJ Browne b N Wagner	16	25	2	0	64.00
RE van der Merwe c RN ten Doeschate b N Wagner	c RN ten Doeschate b N Wagner	2	7	0	0	28.57
C Overton c Ashar Zaidi b N Wagner	c Ashar Zaidi b N Wagner	22	59	2	0	37.29
J Overton c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	c AJA Wheater b N Wagner	2	9	0	0	22.22
MJ Leach not out	not out	27	41	4	0	65.85
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, w 0, nb 2)	10
Total	50.2 Ov (RR: 3.46)	174/10

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (ME Trescothick, 2.5 ov), 2-25 (TB Abell, 6.5 ov), 3-69 (D Elgar, 15.6 ov), 4-71 (JC Hildreth, 16.6 ov), 5-100 (SM Davies, 24.5 ov), 6-109 (PD Trego, 28.3 ov), 7-111 (RE van der Merwe, 30.3 ov), 8-122 (L Gregory, 34.1 ov), 9-124 (J Overton, 36.2 ov), 10-174 (C Overton, 50.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
JA Porter	8	1	43	2	5.38	29	7	0
N Wagner	12.2	0	48	6	3.89	46	5	0
SR Harmer	14	4	26	1	1.86	66	2	0
RS Bopara	5	0	30	1	6.00	16	4	1
Ashar Zaidi	11	3	19	0	1.73	52	1	0

Essex Innings

257/2 (84.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne c SM Davies b J Overton	c SM Davies b J Overton	35	113	4	0	30.97
AN Cook c JC Hildreth b D Elgar	c JC Hildreth b D Elgar	110	214	16	0	51.40
T Westley not out	not out	86	146	15	1	58.90
DW Lawrence not out	not out	11	33	1	0	33.33
Extras	(b 8, lb 0, w 5, nb 2)	15
Total	84.1 Ov (RR: 3.05)	257/2

Did not bat: SR Harmer, RN ten Doeschate, JA Porter, AJA Wheater, N Wagner, RS Bopara, Ashar Zaidi

Fall of wickets: 1-82 (NLJ Browne, 32.6 ov), 2-216 (AN Cook, 72.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
L Gregory	9.1	2	28	0	3.05	44	5	0	0	0
C Overton	11	2	54	0	4.91	46	9	1	0	0
MJ Leach	27	4	69	0	2.56	127	9	0	0	0
J Overton	11	5	30	1	2.73	53	3	0	1	1
RE van der Merwe	22	6	45	0	2.05	105	5	0	0	0
PD Trego	3	0	19	0	6.33	11	4	0	0	0
D Elgar	1	0	4	1	4.00	5	1	0	0	0

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Somerset vs Essex match on 14 Apr 2017?

Essex won by 8 wickets.

Who scored the most runs in Somerset vs Essex?

Alastair Cook (Essex) with 162 runs across 2 innings.

Who took the most wickets in Somerset vs Essex?

Neil Wagner, with 8/126.

Who won the toss in Somerset vs Essex?

Somerset, who chose to bat first.

Where was Somerset vs Essex played?

At County Ground, Taunton.