10/07Result

County Championship Division One at Blackpool, Jul 10-13 2023

Essex won by 46 runs

359dPaul Edwards

Lancashire fail with glory as Rob Jones' pursuit of 430 falls heroically short

Doug Bracewell, Matt Critchley claim the key wickets to give Essex vital victory in title race

Match Centre

Match Details

Stanley Park, Blackpool

Series

County Championship Division One 2023

Toss

Essex , elected to bat first

Season

2023

Match days

10,11,12,13 July 2023 (4-day match)

Umpires

Peter Hartley

Steve O'Shaughnessy

Match Referee

Will Smith

Points

Essex 20, Lancashire 3

Scorecard Summary

ESSEX 282(92.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Tom Westley135 (239)
Paul Walter76 (119)

Tom Bailey6/59 (22.2)
Will Williams3/71 (24)

LANCASHIRE 145(44.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Phil Salt*35 (40)
Josh Bohannon44 (107)

Sam Cook4/42 (16.4)
Paul Walter3/20 (5)

ESSEX 292/8d(53.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Doug Bracewell*61 (35)
Dan Lawrence135 (125)

Tom Bailey3/71 (15)
Will Williams2/23 (11)

LANCASHIRE 383(94.2 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Luke Wells75 (110)
Rob Jones111 (170)

Doug Bracewell3/50 (15.2)
Matt Critchley3/70 (17)

94.2

Bracewell to Jones, OUT,

RP Jones c Lawrence b Bracewell 111 (241m 170b 12x4 2x6) SR: 65.29

94.1

Bracewell to Jones, no run,

END OF OVER:
94 | (maiden) | LANCS: 383/9

Will Williams0 (17b)
Rob Jones111 (168b)

Simon Harmer25-4-103-0
Doug Bracewell15-1-50-2

93.6

Harmer to Williams, no run,

93.5

Harmer to Williams, no run,

93.4

Harmer to Williams, no run,

93.3

Harmer to Williams, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Lancashire fail with glory as Rob Jones' pursuit of 430 falls heroically short
Doug Bracewell, Matt Critchley claim the key wickets to give Essex vital victory in title race
Dan Lawrence's Blackpool pleasure leaves Lancashire beached
England's spare batter hits 135 off 125 as Essex seize their moment to set up a victory push
Tom Westley hundred steers Essex, Tom Bailey six-for revives Lancashire
Visitors recover from sticky start to post 282 after Blackpool weather relents
Frustration on opening day at Blackpool with 28 balls in six hours
Just three balls possible in evening session as bad light ends play after long rain delay

Lancashire INNINGS		R	B
LWP Wells	caught	75	110
KK Jennings	caught wk	30	48
JJ Bohannon	caught	68	75
DJ Vilas	bowled	0	5
RP Jones	caught	111	170
PD Salt	caught	41	66
C de Grandhomme	caught	9	11
TW Hartley	caught wk	17	46
JM Blatherwick	caught	1	8
TE Bailey	caught	8	13
WSA Williams	not out	0	17
EXTRAS	(b 13, lb 3, w 1, nb 6)
TOTAL	383 (all out; 94.2 ovs)

Essex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	12.0	3	45	1	3.75	(1nb)
SJ Cook	17.0	0	69	1	4.05
DAJ Bracewell	15.2	1	50	3	3.26	(2nb)
SR Harmer	25.0	4	103	0	4.12	(1w)
MJJ Critchley	17.0	2	70	3	4.11
PI Walter	8.0	0	30	2	3.75

Lancashire 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	58	LWP Wells	KK Jennings
2nd	97	LWP Wells	JJ Bohannon
3rd	0	DJ Vilas	JJ Bohannon
4th	39	RP Jones	JJ Bohannon
5th	85	RP Jones	PD Salt
6th	15	C de Grandhomme	RP Jones
7th	65	RP Jones	TW Hartley
8th	1	RP Jones	JM Blatherwick
9th	16	TE Bailey	RP Jones
10th	7	WSA Williams	RP Jones

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	216
ESSEX	14	7	3	4	196
HANTS	14	8	4	2	192
WARKS	14	6	4	4	179
LANCS	14	3	1	10	161
NOTTS	14	4	4	6	151
SOM	14	3	4	7	148
KENT	14	2	7	5	111
MIDDX	14	3	9	2	104
NHNTS	14	2	8	4	96

Stanley Park, Blackpool

Series

Toss

Season

Match days

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

ESSEX 282(92.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 145(44.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 292/8d(53.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 383(94.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:94 | (maiden) | LANCS: 383/9