Somerset vs Essex Scorecard, Match 66, County Championship 2025

Match 66 · County Championship 2025 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 24 Sept 2025 to 27 Sept 2025

Somerset 433 & 99

Essex 438 & 99/3

Essex won by 7 wickets

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Match summary

Somerset played Essex in Match 66, County Championship 2025 at County Ground, Chelmsford, from 24 Sept 2025 to 27 Sept 2025. Essex won by 7 wickets.

Somerset won the toss and chose to bat first. Somerset made 433 in 122.2 overs, Essex made 438 in 106 overs, Somerset made 99 in 33.3 overs, Essex made 99/3 in 18.1 overs.

PI Walter top-scored with 188 runs in the match; JA Porter took 7/84 in the match.

Somerset Innings

433/10 (122.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AM Vaughan c PI Walter b JA Porter	c PI Walter b JA Porter	8	19	1	0	42.11
JF Thomas b JA Porter	b JA Porter	86	127	14	1	67.72
TA Lammonby lbw b CE Bennett	lbw b CE Bennett	47	129	3	0	36.43
JEK Rew c ? b DAJ Bracewell	c ? b DAJ Bracewell	74	115	8	0	64.35
T Kohler-Cadmore c ? b DAJ Bracewell	c ? b DAJ Bracewell	6	8	1	0	75.00
LP Goldsworthy c CWJ Allison b CE Bennett	c CWJ Allison b CE Bennett	100	193	14	0	51.81
Kasey Aldridge c ? b JA Porter	c ? b JA Porter	5	16	1	0	31.25
C Overton b SR Harmer	b SR Harmer	60	70	11	0	85.71
MJ Leach c ? b CE Bennett	c ? b CE Bennett	14	44	1	0	31.82
L Gregory c JA Porter b SR Harmer	c JA Porter b SR Harmer	9	11	0	1	81.82
JT Ball not out	not out	1	5	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 6)	23
Total	122.2 Ov (RR: 3.54)	433/10

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (AM Vaughan, 6.4 ov), 2-141 (JF Thomas, 40.5 ov), 3-167 (TA Lammonby, 49.6 ov), 4-184 (T Kohler-Cadmore, 52.4 ov), 5-274 (JEK Rew, 81.2 ov), 6-281 (Kasey Aldridge, 86.2 ov), 7-379 (C Overton, 105.5 ov), 8-412 (MJ Leach, 116.5 ov), 9-425 (L Gregory, 119.6 ov), 10-433 (LP Goldsworthy, 122.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
JA Porter	27	8	66	3	2.44	133	9	0	0	0
DAJ Bracewell	22	2	87	2	3.95	90	11	0	0	1
SR Harmer	25	2	65	2	2.60	113	5	1	0	0
CE Bennett	16.2	1	73	3	4.47	66	10	1	1	1
NRM Thain	19	1	78	0	4.11	79	13	0	0	1
MJJ Critchley	13	1	48	0	3.69	51	6	0	0	0

Essex Innings

438/10 (106 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar lbw b Kasey Aldridge	lbw b Kasey Aldridge	118	227	17	1	51.98
PI Walter c LP Goldsworthy b C Overton	c LP Goldsworthy b C Overton	158	167	21	3	94.61
SR Harmer c Kasey Aldridge b C Overton	c Kasey Aldridge b C Overton	12	22	3	0	54.55
T Westley c JF Thomas b C Overton	c JF Thomas b C Overton	7	11	1	0	63.64
CWJ Allison b C Overton	b C Overton	27	59	4	0	45.76
MJJ Critchley lbw b L Gregory	lbw b L Gregory	29	54	4	0	53.70
MS Pepper lbw b C Overton	lbw b C Overton	17	24	2	0	70.83
NRM Thain not out	not out	15	28	2	0	53.57
DAJ Bracewell c ? b C Overton	c ? b C Overton	0	18	0	0	0.00
CE Bennett c & b MJ Leach	c & b MJ Leach	22	26	5	0	84.62
JA Porter c JF Thomas b MJ Leach	c JF Thomas b MJ Leach	6	4	0	1	150.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 11, w 0, nb 8)	27
Total	106 Ov (RR: 4.13)	438/10

Fall of wickets: 1-277 (PI Walter, 60.2 ov), 2-295 (SR Harmer, 66.4 ov), 3-307 (T Westley, 70.1 ov), 4-319 (D Elgar, 73.2 ov), 5-369 (CWJ Allison, 88.1 ov), 6-379 (MJJ Critchley, 91.5 ov), 7-393 (MS 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)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
C Overton	27	5	88	6	3.26	127	15	0	0
JT Ball	16	3	59	0	3.69	71	11	0	0
AM Vaughan	15	2	59	0	3.93	60	5	2	0
L Gregory	22.2	2	87	1	3.90	97	13	0	3
TA Lammonby	3	0	17	0	5.67	13	3	0	1
MJ Leach	8	1	47	2	5.88	26	3	3	0
Kasey Aldridge	14.4	1	62	1	4.23	56	9	0	0

Somerset Innings

99/10 (33.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AM Vaughan b JA Porter	b JA Porter	8	21	2	0	38.10
JF Thomas lbw b JA Porter	lbw b JA Porter	39	65	7	0	60.00
TA Lammonby lbw b CE Bennett	lbw b CE Bennett	0	5	0	0	0.00
JEK Rew c NRM Thain b CE Bennett	c NRM Thain b CE Bennett	19	19	4	0	100.00
T Kohler-Cadmore b DAJ Bracewell	b DAJ Bracewell	0	4	0	0	0.00
LP Goldsworthy b SR Harmer	b SR Harmer	19	58	1	0	32.76
Kasey Aldridge c ? b JA Porter	c ? b JA Porter	0	5	0	0	0.00
C Overton lbw b JA Porter	lbw b JA Porter	2	6	0	0	33.33
MJ Leach run out (CWJ Allison)	run out (CWJ Allison)	1	7	0	0	14.29
L Gregory not out	not out	2	3	0	0	66.67
JT Ball b SR Harmer	b SR Harmer	1	8	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 0)	8
Total	33.3 Ov (RR: 2.96)	99/10

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (AM Vaughan, 6.3 ov), 2-23 (TA Lammonby, 7.6 ov), 3-59 (JEK Rew, 13.6 ov), 4-60 (T Kohler-Cadmore, 14.5 ov), 5-89 (JF Thomas, 26.1 ov), 6-89 (Kasey Aldridge, 26.6 ov), 7-91 (C Overton, 28.6 ov), 8-95 (MJ Leach, 30.6 ov), 9-97 (LP Goldsworthy, 31.6 ov), 10-99 (JT Ball, 33.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s
JA Porter	12	5	18	4	1.50	61	2
DAJ Bracewell	7	1	33	1	4.71	29	6
CE Bennett	10	2	36	2	3.60	45	6
NRM Thain	2	2	0	0	0.00	12	0
SR Harmer	1.3	0	2	2	1.33	7	0
MJJ Critchley	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0

Essex Innings

99/3 (18.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter c L Gregory b JT Ball	c L Gregory b JT Ball	30	31	3	0	96.77
D Elgar lbw b L Gregory	lbw b L Gregory	0	1	0	0	0.00
T Westley c JEK Rew b L Gregory	c JEK Rew b L Gregory	13	21	2	0	61.90
CWJ Allison not out	not out	32	34	4	2	94.12
MJJ Critchley not out	not out	19	24	3	0	79.17
Extras	(b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 4)	5
Total	18.1 Ov (RR: 5.45)	99/3

Did not bat: SR Harmer, MS Pepper, CE Bennett, DAJ Bracewell, JA Porter, NRM Thain

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

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
C Overton	5	0	25	0	5.00	21	4	0	0
L Gregory	9	2	43	2	4.78	39	5	0	2
JT Ball	4.1	0	30	1	7.20	16	3	2	0

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Somerset vs Essex match on 24 Sept 2025?

Essex won by 7 wickets.

Who scored the most runs in Somerset vs Essex?

PI Walter (Essex) with 188 runs across 2 innings.

Who took the most wickets in Somerset vs Essex?

JA Porter, with 7/84.

Who won the toss in Somerset vs Essex?

Somerset, who chose to bat first.

Where was Somerset vs Essex played?

At County Ground, Chelmsford.