Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	b Duffy	1	11	17	0	0	9.09
Charlie Allison	lbw b Duffy	19	23	27	4	0	82.60
Tom Westley (c)	c †Roderick b Taylor	28	44	68	5	0	63.63
Jordan Cox †	c †Roderick b Duffy	32	44	66	4	1	72.72
Matt Critchley	c †Roderick b Waite	19	34	53	3	0	55.88
Michael Pepper	lbw b Waite	10	47	65	1	0	21.27
Noah Thain	lbw b Waite	7	41	53	1	0	17.07
Simon Harmer	c †Roderick b Allison	28	77	117	4	0	36.36
Shane Snater	c Brookes b Duffy	24	27	39	2	1	88.88
Kasun Rajitha	not out	2	3	8	0	0	66.66
Jamie Porter	b Allison	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 2, w 1)	9
Total	58.4 Ov (RR: 3.05)	179
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Paul Walter, 4.3 ov), 2-21 (Charlie Allison, 6.4 ov), 3-81 (Tom Westley, 19.4 ov), 4-84 (Jordan Cox, 20.6 ov), 4-94* (Michael Pepper, retired not out), 5-106 (Matt Critchley, 31.2 ov), 6-113 (Noah Thain, 39.6 ov), 7-146 (Shane Snater, 48.5 ov), 8-177 (Michael Pepper, 57.3 ov), 9-179 (Simon Harmer, 58.2 ov), 10-179 (Jamie Porter, 58.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jacob Duffy	16	4	39	4	2.43	76	-	-	1	0
Tom Taylor	13	4	46	1	3.53	63	-	-	0	0
Ben Allison	12.4	4	37	2	2.92	61	-	-	0	1
Matthew Waite	16	4	47	3	2.93	77	-	-	0	0
Ethan Brookes	1	0	4	0	4.00	3	-	-	0	0

Worcestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Roderick †	c Critchley b Snater	4	23	30	1	0	17.39
Jake Libby	c Critchley b Snater	12	16	19	2	0	75.00
Kashif Ali	c Thain b Porter	6	24	29	0	0	25.00
Rob Jones	c †Cox b Rajitha	0	8	12	0	0	0.00
Adam Hose	c Walter b Rajitha	48	78	109	7	0	61.53
Brett D'Oliveira (c)	lbw b Rajitha	48	78	118	6	0	61.53
Matthew Waite	c sub b Porter	32	38	46	5	0	84.21
Ethan Brookes	c Walter b Thain	24	32	54	4	0	75.00
Tom Taylor	c Snater b Rajitha	3	19	29	0	0	15.78
Ben Allison	c sub b Thain	10	8	13	2	0	125.00
Jacob Duffy	not out	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 2)	15
Total	54 Ov (RR: 3.74)	202
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Jake Libby, 5.2 ov), 2-19 (Gareth Roderick, 7.4 ov), 3-22 (Rob Jones, 10.5 ov), 4-22 (Kashif Ali, 11.6 ov), 5-124 (Adam Hose, 36.2 ov), 6-131 (Brett D'Oliveira, 38.6 ov), 7-160 (Matthew Waite, 46.3 ov), 8-188 (Ethan Brookes, 51.4 ov), 9-192 (Tom Taylor, 52.5 ov), 10-202 (Ben Allison, 53.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jamie Porter	18	3	49	2	2.72	83	-	-	0
Shane Snater	15	5	44	2	2.93	74	-	-	0
Kasun Rajitha	13	4	52	4	4.00	59	-	-	0
Noah Thain	6	0	29	2	4.83	21	-	-	1
Simon Harmer	2	0	15	0	7.50	6	-	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	b Taylor	104	154	254	13	0	67.53
Charlie Allison	c †Roderick b Waite	24	45	65	3	0	53.33
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Waite	3	12	18	0	0	25.00
Jordan Cox †	c Waite b Duffy	24	22	33	5	0	109.09
Matt Critchley	c & b Brookes	5	19	24	0	0	26.31
Michael Pepper	b Waite	1	7	7	0	0	14.28
Noah Thain	c †Roderick b Brookes	54	143	166	6	0	37.76
Simon Harmer	c †Roderick b Taylor	33	87	106	4	0	37.93
Shane Snater	b Allison	48	63	80	5	1	76.19
Kasun Rajitha	lbw b Taylor	3	11	19	0	0	27.27
Jamie Porter	not out	0	7	15	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, w 2)	18
Total	95 Ov (RR: 3.33)	317
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Charlie Allison, 15.4 ov), 2-63 (Tom Westley, 19.4 ov), 3-111 (Jordan Cox, 26.4 ov), 4-127 (Matt Critchley, 32.2 ov), 5-128 (Michael Pepper, 33.4 ov), 6-211 (Paul Walter, 61.1 ov), 7-246 (Noah Thain, 77.1 ov), 8-287 (Simon Harmer, 87.5 ov), 9-303 (Kasun Rajitha, 91.5 ov), 10-317 (Shane Snater, 94.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Jacob Duffy	22	2	98	1	4.45	83	-	-	2
Tom Taylor	23	4	73	3	3.17	106	-	-	0
Ben Allison	18	4	53	1	2.94	80	-	-	0
Matthew Waite	18	6	40	3	2.22	88	-	-	0
Ethan Brookes	14	2	37	2	2.64	62	-	-	0

Worcestershire 2nd Innings (T: 295 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Roderick †	lbw b Porter	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Jake Libby	c Allison b Snater	14	27	33	3	0	51.85
Kashif Ali	c †Cox b Harmer	50	91	147	9	0	54.94
Rob Jones	c Harmer b Porter	4	22	23	0	0	18.18
Adam Hose	lbw b Thain	21	42	52	4	0	50.00
Brett D'Oliveira (c)	c Walter b Porter	36	92	118	5	0	39.13
Matthew Waite	b Porter	27	89	120	3	0	30.33
Ethan Brookes	c & b Porter	88	105	123	6	7	83.80
Tom Taylor	c Walter b Porter	1	16	16	0	0	6.25
Ben Allison	b Rajitha	0	12	19	0	0	0.00
Jacob Duffy	not out	0	12	44	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 16, nb 4, w 1)	25
Total	84.4 Ov (RR: 3.14)	266
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Gareth Roderick, 0.2 ov), 2-18 (Jake Libby, 7.5 ov), 3-32 (Rob Jones, 13.3 ov), 4-78 (Adam Hose, 25.4 ov), 5-119 (Kashif Ali, 35.5 ov), 6-162 (Brett D'Oliveira, 55.2 ov), 7-186 (Matthew Waite, 66.2 ov), 8-192 (Tom Taylor, 70.2 ov), 9-202 (Ben Allison, 74.6 ov), 10-266 (Ethan Brookes, 84.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	24.4	8	52	6	2.10	127	-	-	0	0
Shane Snater	26	8	69	1	2.65	128	-	-	0	0
Kasun Rajitha	18	3	67	1	3.72	78	-	-	1	0
Noah Thain	7	0	35	1	5.00	27	-	-	0	2
Simon Harmer	9	5	23	1	2.55	47	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Fri, 18 Apr - day 1 - Worcs 1st innings 98/4 (Adam Hose 39*, Brett D'Oliveira 31*, 28 ov)

Sat, 19 Apr - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 233/6 (Noah Thain 49*, Simon Harmer 11*, 70 ov)

Sun, 20 Apr - day 3 - Worcs 2nd innings 185/6 (Matthew Waite 27*, Ethan Brookes 17*, 64 ov)

Mon, 21 Apr - day 4 - Worcs 2nd innings 266 (84.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Worcestershire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2025
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	18,19,20,21 April 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Rob White Steve O'Shaughnessy
Match Referee	Steve Davis
Points	Essex 19, Worcestershire 3

Language

English

Match Coverage

Porter six-for trumps Brookes onslaught as Essex seal first win

Shane Snater, Jamie Porter put Essex on course for first win of season

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Worcs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	24.4	8	52	6	2.1
S Snater	26	8	69	1	2.65
CAK Rajitha	18	3	67	1	3.72
NRM Thain	7	0	35	1	5 (2 nb)
SR Harmer	9	5	23	1	2.55

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