BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Yates	c Harmer b Cook	8	14	23	1	0	57.14
Alex Davies (c)	c Harmer b Porter	19	60	87	3	0	31.66
Will Rhodes	c Harmer b Snater	16	16	23	2	0	100.00
Sam Hain	b Snater	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
Dan Mousley	c & b Harmer	7	15	25	1	0	46.66
Ed Barnard	c Westley b Critchley	165	285	403	14	3	57.89
Jacob Bethell	lbw b Cook	17	72	80	2	0	23.61
Michael Burgess †	c †Pepper b Snater	108	170	230	7	1	63.52
Che Simmons	b Harmer	17	38	46	3	0	44.73
Michael Rae	b Harmer	16	17	18	0	2	94.11
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	not out	2	20	21	0	0	10.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 12)	22
TOTAL	117.4 Ov (RR: 3.37)	397
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Rob Yates, 5.1 ov), 2-40 (Will Rhodes, 10.1 ov), 3-40 (Sam Hain, 10.6 ov), 4-52 (Dan Mousley, 16.2 ov), 5-64 (Alex Davies, 19.3 ov), 6-104 (Jacob Bethell, 39.3 ov), 7-313 (Michael Burgess, 98.1 ov), 8-351 (Che Simmons, 108.3 ov), 9-373 (Michael Rae, 112.4 ov), 10-397 (Ed Barnard, 117.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	26	6	89	1	3.42	115	12	1	0	0
19.3 to AL Davies, . 64/5
Sam Cook	24	3	82	2	3.41	106	8	0	0	0
5.1 to RM Yates, . 21/1 39.3 to JG Bethell, . 104/6
Shane Snater	25	8	58	3	2.32	125	4	0	0	6
10.1 to WMH Rhodes, . 40/2 10.6 to SR Hain, . 40/3 98.1 to MGK Burgess, . 313/7
Simon Harmer	30	5	93	3	3.10	126	7	2	0	0
16.2 to DR Mousley, . 52/4 108.3 to CB Simmons, . 351/8 112.4 to MD Rae, . 373/9
Matt Critchley	12.4	1	65	1	5.13	40	2	3	0	0
117.4 to EG Barnard, . 397/10

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Hain b Hannon-Dalby	15	34	55	1	0	44.11
Feroze Khushi	c Bethell b Rae	10	25	33	1	0	40.00
Nick Browne	c †Burgess b Simmons	19	50	71	2	0	38.00
Tom Westley (c)	c Hain b Simmons	5	24	32	0	0	20.83
Jordan Cox	b Yates	47	60	83	7	1	78.33
Matt Critchley	c †Burgess b Simmons	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Michael Pepper †	c †Burgess b Hannon-Dalby	10	18	26	1	0	55.55
Simon Harmer	c †Burgess b Rae	13	38	63	1	0	34.21
Shane Snater	not out	21	43	49	1	0	48.83
Sam Cook	c Mousley b Yates	6	14	16	0	0	42.85
Jamie Porter	b Yates	0	3	9	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 4)	16
TOTAL	51.2 Ov (RR: 3.15)	162
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Feroze Khushi, 7.4 ov), 2-34 (Dean Elgar, 12.4 ov), 3-52 (Tom Westley, 20.3 ov), 4-63 (Nick Browne, 24.4 ov), 5-63 (Matt Critchley, 24.5 ov), 6-77 (Michael Pepper, 30.4 ov), 7-121 (Jordan Cox, 39.4 ov), 8-145 (Simon Harmer, 46.1 ov), 9-160 (Sam Cook, 49.5 ov), 10-162 (Jamie Porter, 51.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	12	1	38	2	3.16	54	5	0	0	1
12.4 to D Elgar, . 34/2 30.4 to MS Pepper, . 77/6
Michael Rae	12	2	38	2	3.16	53	4	0	0	0
7.4 to FIN Khushi, . 16/1 46.1 to SR Harmer, . 145/8
Ed Barnard	6	2	14	0	2.33	29	2	0	0	0
Che Simmons	7	2	12	3	1.71	34	0	0	0	0
20.3 to T Westley, . 52/3 24.4 to NLJ Browne, . 63/4 24.5 to MJJ Critchley, . 63/5
Will Rhodes	6	1	21	0	3.50	27	3	0	0	1
Rob Yates	8.2	0	27	3	3.24	34	0	1	0	0
39.4 to JM Cox, . 121/7 49.5 to SJ Cook, . 160/9 51.2 to JA Porter, . 162/10

Warwickshire 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Yates	lbw b Harmer	28	44	74	1	0	63.63
Alex Davies (c)	c Harmer b Cook	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Will Rhodes	lbw b Porter	3	12	14	0	0	25.00
Ed Barnard	c †Pepper b Porter	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Dan Mousley	c & b Critchley	11	36	36	1	0	30.55
Michael Rae	b Harmer	5	16	23	0	0	31.25
Jacob Bethell	c & b Critchley	17	44	65	1	1	38.63
Michael Burgess †	c sub b Critchley	18	35	39	1	0	51.42
Chris Benjamin	c Cox b Critchley	2	7	9	0	0	28.57
Che Simmons	c Westley b Harmer	8	17	23	0	0	47.05
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	not out	2	9	11	0	0	22.22
Extras		0
TOTAL	37.1 Ov (RR: 2.52)	94
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Alex Davies, 0.5 ov), 2-12 (Will Rhodes, 3.6 ov), 3-12 (Ed Barnard, 5.1 ov), 4-39 (Dan Mousley, 14.2 ov), 5-43 (Rob Yates, 17.3 ov), 6-48 (Michael Rae, 19.1 ov), 7-71 (Michael Burgess, 30.1 ov), 8-73 (Chris Benjamin, 32.1 ov), 9-88 (Jacob Bethell, 34.3 ov), 10-94 (Che Simmons, 37.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sam Cook	8	1	14	1	1.75	37	0	0	0	0
0.5 to AL Davies, . 3/1
Jamie Porter	4	1	17	2	4.25	15	1	0	0	0
3.6 to WMH Rhodes, . 12/2 5.1 to EG Barnard, . 12/3
Simon Harmer	14.1	3	28	3	1.97	65	1	0	0	0
17.3 to RM Yates, . 43/5 19.1 to MD Rae, . 48/6 37.1 to CB Simmons, . 94/10
Shane Snater	2	0	11	0	5.50	6	1	0	0	0
Matt Critchley	9	0	24	4	2.66	41	1	1	0	0
14.2 to DR Mousley, . 39/4 30.1 to MGK Burgess, . 71/7 32.1 to CG Benjamin, . 73/8 34.3 to JG Bethell, . 88/9

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 330 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b Barnard	60	113	149	7	0	53.09
Feroze Khushi	lbw b Rae	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Nick Browne	c Simmons b Rae	8	9	13	1	0	88.88
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Simmons	18	69	86	1	0	26.08
Jordan Cox	c Bethell b Simmons	112	192	259	14	1	58.33

Matt Critchley	not out	99	184	250	9	2	53.80
Michael Pepper †	b Rae	1	7	10	0	0	14.28

Simon Harmer	not out	14	14	27	2	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 10, w 7)	19
TOTAL	97.2 Ov (RR: 3.40)	331/6
Did not bat: Shane Snater, Sam Cook, Jamie Porter
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Feroze Khushi, 1.1 ov), 2-12 (Nick Browne, 3.4 ov), 3-65 (Tom Westley, 24.4 ov), 4-112 (Dean Elgar, 36.3 ov), 5-288 (Jordan Cox, 90.1 ov), 6-293 (Michael Pepper, 91.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	15	4	27	0	1.80	72	1	0	0	1
Michael Rae	20	1	86	3	4.30	78	11	1	0	0
1.1 to FIN Khushi, . 0/1 3.4 to NLJ Browne, . 12/2 91.6 to MS Pepper, Gives it the charge, and under-edged into his own stumps! Now there's a scramble to the finish in prospect! Too tight to the body to get the cut away. 293/6
Rob Yates	26	4	90	0	3.46	109	9	2	0	0
Che Simmons	13.2	1	59	2	4.42	52	7	0	0	4
24.4 to T Westley, . 65/3 90.1 to JM Cox, Full length, angled into the toes first-up, a bit of a loosener, Cox takes on the airy flick across the line and hole out to deep square leg! Cox tosses his bat in disgust, he's given Warwickshire a glimmer!. 288/5
Ed Barnard	13	2	31	1	2.38	58	3	0	0	0
36.3 to D Elgar, . 112/4
Jacob Bethell	7	1	28	0	4.00	30	2	0	3	0
Dan Mousley	3	1	8	0	2.66	14	1	0	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 17 May - day 1 - Warwickshire 1st innings 308/6 (Ed Barnard 115*, Michael Burgess 105*, 96 ov)

Sat, 18 May - day 2 - Warwickshire 2nd innings 43/5 (Michael Rae 1*, 17.3 ov)

Sun, 19 May - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 224/4 (Jordan Cox 77*, Matt Critchley 46*, 74 ov)

Mon, 20 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 331/6 (97.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 4

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Warwickshire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2024
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	17,18,19,20 May 2024 - day (4-day match)
WARKS Player Replacement	Substitute: Chris Benjamin in, Sam Hain out (3rd innings, 17.3 ov)
FC debut	Che Simmons
Umpires	Ben Debenham James Middlebrook
Match Referee	Jason Swift
Points	Essex 18, Warwickshire 6

Match Coverage

Cox hundred, Critchley 99* complete Essex pursuit of victory

Jordan Cox, Matt Critchley put Essex on course for come-from-behind triumph

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Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
OJ Hannon-Dalby	15	4	27	0	1.8 (1 nb)
MD Rae	20	1	86	3	4.3
RM Yates	26	4	90	0	3.46
CB Simmons	13.2	1	59	2	4.42 (4 nb)
EG Barnard	13	2	31	1	2.38
JG Bethell	7	1	28	0	4
DR Mousley	3	1	8	0	2.66

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