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26-05-2025
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Surrey stay unbeaten despite Porter five-for for Essex
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day four) Essex 217 & 479: Allison 140, Walter 118, Thain 50, Westley 50; Worrall 4-77 Surrey 279 & 289-7: Curran 77, Overton 47; Porter 5-88 Surrey (12 pts) drew with Essex (11 pts) Match scorecard Sam Curran added 77 to his first innings 70, in his first red-ball appearance since last September, as Surrey saw out a rain-hit final day on 289-7 to secure a draw against Essex at the Kia Oval. Curran's 121-ball effort held Surrey's batting together as seamer Jamie Porter and off-spinner Simon Harmer threatened to bowl Essex to a second County Championship win of the season. Six separate rain interruptions – all of them short, but lopping 20 overs in all from the final day's allocation – did not help Essex's cause and in the end, a 51-run stand between Jamie Overton and Jordan Clark proved decisive. Overton stayed just over two hours for his 47 from 102 balls, edging Porter to third slip just before 6.00pm from what became the last ball of the game, Clark finishing 23 not out. Porter took 5-88 from 27 overs and Harmer 2-94 from 34 with Essex taking 11 points for the draw and Surrey, who stay second in the Division One table, picked up 12. Surrey had started the day on 32 without loss, having been set an unlikely 418 in the fourth innings after Essex, led by centuries from Paul Walter and 20-year-old Charlie Allison on days two and three, had reached 479 in their own second innings. Rory Burns and Dom Sibley, Surrey's openers, were fluent early on against Essex's seamers and took their stand to 76 before Harmer made the breakthrough with the first ball of his third over of the morning. Left-hander Burns, on 39, jumped out to drive but was beaten by appreciable spin and bounce out of the bowlers' footmarks and superbly stumped by Michael Pepper, who had to bring the ball down from almost shoulder height. Sibley, having reached 40 with some excellent strokes down the ground, was similarly deceived by Harmer. The former South African Test spinner, seeing Sibley advance from his crease, tossed the ball a bit wider to leave the former England man groping for it and Pepper to complete a far simpler stumping. At lunch, with only one over at that stage lost to a sharp mid-session shower, Surrey had stabilised the innings at 142-2 through Australian left-hander Kurtis Patterson and Curran, who got off the mark in spectacular style by hooking Porter for six over deep square leg. Another shower delayed the restart by 10 minutes and, in the afternoon's second over Patterson was beaten by a break-back from Porter, operating from around the wicket, and bowled off a thin inside edge for 40. Surrey's faint hopes of chasing down their distant target fell away when Porter removed Ben Foakes and Jason Roy in the space of three balls to leave the home side 167 for five. Nibbling the ball away from the right-handers, he first had Foakes caught behind for seven before Roy was superbly held, low and left-handed, by a diving Harmer at second slip. It completed an unhappy pair for the former England one-day opener. In between further showers, Curran and Overton steadied Surrey once again in a sixth-wicket partnership that eventually realised 77 in 24 overs. Curran, on 76, survived an impassioned appeal for a low legside catch behind the wicket off Porter that may not have carried. But later, in an eventful over and one ball after Overton had looked fortunate not to be given leg-before as he moved across his stumps, Allison flung himself to his left at point to clutch a Curran square drive and give Essex renewed hope with Surrey now 244-6. Only eight more balls were possible, however, before more rain arrived and after another subsequent delay the final mini-session of play saw Essex crowding the bat in vain while Surrey's seventh wicket pair kept out Porter and Harmer - until Overton fell with the draw assured. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport
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26-05-2025
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Surrey stay unbeaten despite Porter five-for for Essex
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day four)Essex 217 & 479: Allison 140, Walter 118, Thain 50, Westley 50; Worrall 4-77 Surrey 279 & 289-7: Curran 77, Overton 47; Porter 5-88Surrey (12 pts) drew with Essex (11 pts)Match scorecard Sam Curran added 77 to his first innings 70, in his first red-ball appearance since last September, as Surrey saw out a rain-hit final day on 289-7 to secure a draw against Essex at the Kia 121-ball effort held Surrey's batting together as seamer Jamie Porter and off-spinner Simon Harmer threatened to bowl Essex to a second County Championship win of the separate rain interruptions – all of them short, but lopping 20 overs in all from the final day's allocation – did not help Essex's cause and in the end, a 51-run stand between Jamie Overton and Jordan Clark proved stayed just over two hours for his 47 from 102 balls, edging Porter to third slip just before 6.00pm from what became the last ball of the game, Clark finishing 23 not took 5-88 from 27 overs and Harmer 2-94 from 34 with Essex taking 11 points for the draw and Surrey, who stay second in the Division One table, picked up had started the day on 32 without loss, having been set an unlikely 418 in the fourth innings after Essex, led by centuries from Paul Walter and 20-year-old Charlie Allison on days two and three, had reached 479 in their own second Burns and Dom Sibley, Surrey's openers, were fluent early on against Essex's seamers and took their stand to 76 before Harmer made the breakthrough with the first ball of his third over of the Burns, on 39, jumped out to drive but was beaten by appreciable spin and bounce out of the bowlers' footmarks and superbly stumped by Michael Pepper, who had to bring the ball down from almost shoulder having reached 40 with some excellent strokes down the ground, was similarly deceived by Harmer. The former South African Test spinner, seeing Sibley advance from his crease, tossed the ball a bit wider to leave the former England man groping for it and Pepper to complete a far simpler lunch, with only one over at that stage lost to a sharp mid-session shower, Surrey had stabilised the innings at 142-2 through Australian left-hander Kurtis Patterson and Curran, who got off the mark in spectacular style by hooking Porter for six over deep square shower delayed the restart by 10 minutes and, in the afternoon's second over Patterson was beaten by a break-back from Porter, operating from around the wicket, and bowled off a thin inside edge for faint hopes of chasing down their distant target fell away when Porter removed Ben Foakes and Jason Roy in the space of three balls to leave the home side 167 for the ball away from the right-handers, he first had Foakes caught behind for seven before Roy was superbly held, low and left-handed, by a diving Harmer at second slip. It completed an unhappy pair for the former England one-day between further showers, Curran and Overton steadied Surrey once again in a sixth-wicket partnership that eventually realised 77 in 24 on 76, survived an impassioned appeal for a low legside catch behind the wicket off Porter that may not have carried. But later, in an eventful over and one ball after Overton had looked fortunate not to be given leg-before as he moved across his stumps, Allison flung himself to his left at point to clutch a Curran square drive and give Essex renewed hope with Surrey now eight more balls were possible, however, before more rain arrived and after another subsequent delay the final mini-session of play saw Essex crowding the bat in vain while Surrey's seventh wicket pair kept out Porter and Harmer - until Overton fell with the draw Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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24-05-2025
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Walter steers Essex into lead at The Oval
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day two)Essex 217 & 195-2: Walter 118, Elgar 60*; Smith 2-52Surrey 279: Curran 70, Clark 54, Patterson 51, Sibley 24*; Rajitha 5-87 Essex (3 pts) lead Surrey (4 pts) by 133 with eight wickets standingMatch scorecard A superb opening stand of 188 between Paul Walter and Dean Elgar stunned champions Surrey at the Kia Oval after they had looked to be in control of their County Championship was the main aggressor, hitting 19 fours in his 118, and former South Africa opener Elgar, though never comfortable at the crease, simply used all his experience to scrap his way his 60 not out from 159 stumps, Essex were 195-2 in their second innings – 133 runs in front – with Nathan Smith removing Walter and nightwatchman Simon Harmer, for a duck, in the closing had themselves been rallied earlier on an absorbing second day by Sam Curran's classy 70 and Jordan Clark's 54 in an eighth wicket stand of 82 in 14 overs. That partnership not only rescued Surrey from the depths of 144-7, in reply to Essex's first innings 217, but was also instrumental in earning them an eventual half-way lead of and Elgar's subsequent heroics, however, leaves the match intriguingly poised with two days left. Walter, 31 next week, looked surprised when he was given out caught behind slashing at a widish ball from Smith but his fourth first-class hundred was a wonderful by contrast, remained unbeaten despite several close calls. On 33, just after tea, he edged Smith between first and second slips for four to bring up Essex's 100. Neither fielder moved, while in the final session he survived two impassioned appeals for caught behind and also edged Curran just short of second Rajitha, the Sri Lankan Test seamer, was another Essex second day hero, taking 5-87, his best figures of the season so far, but it was the batting of Walter and Elgar that has perhaps tilted this game back towards the all six of their frontline pace bowlers, Surrey tried everything to break the Walter-Elgar partnership – and Dan Worrall in particular bowled without luck in an excellent eight-over spell immediately after tea – but the two left-handers stood firm until Smith broke through in the 50th over of the day began with Surrey, on 94-3 overnight, but Curran and Clark had to pull the innings around with a stand of increasing when Curran pulled once too often at Rajitha – the legside field featuring both an inner and outer ring, placed there specifically to punish any miscued stroke – Smith arrived to help Clark make sure of a batting bonus on for only his third over, strangely late in the innings at 250-8, off spinner Simon Harmer soon dismissed Clark for 54 when Elgar at slip did brilliantly to knock up an edged cut and complete a fine reflex catch from the having seen last man Worrall drive his first ball high into the pavilion for six, Harmer was also swiped over extra cover for four by the Surrey fast bowler before snaring him for 13 courtesy of a more straightforward catch at slip by them, the batting efforts of Curran, Clark, Smith and Worrall had turned a precarious Surrey position into a mid-match advantage. That was soon negated by Walter and Elgar, and this game could still go either Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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05-04-2025
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County Championship cricket day two: Essex v Surrey and more live
DIVISION ONE Chelmsford: Essex 356-4 v Surrey Southampton: Hampshire 164-5 v Yorkshire 121 Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Durham 370-9 Taunton: Somerset 187-4 v Worcestershire 154 Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Sussex 386-5 DIVISION TWO The County Ground: Derbyshire 127-2 v Gloucestershire 222 Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 229 v Leicestershire 65-1 Lord's: Middlesex 260 v Lancashire 68-0 Wantage Road: Northamptonshire 118-7 v Kent 231 Share The first day of the cricket season in early April isn't supposed to feel like this. T-shirts, ice-creams, arm-crispingly warm. At Chelmsford, where nearly 2,500 came through the turnstiles, feet in the queue before half past nine, the champions were in town. But Surrey, seeking their fourth title on the bounce, didn't have things their way against Essex. They lost the toss on a flat pitch, and first Paul Walter, then Jordan Cox, batted with a bounce and a song. Cox, who was due to make his Test debut in the winter at Christchurch only to be thwarted by a broken thumb, played with bellicose beauty. He drove Dan Lawrence into the boundary boards with a thud to reach his century, watched with purring admiration by Graham Gooch. When he was finally out for 117, including 21 fours, Chelmsford rose. As they did for Walter, the stand-in opener while Dean Elgar is on paternity leave, who fell five short of a hundred – a first Surrey wicket for Matt Fisher. The home side ended the day on 356 for four. Things weren't going so well for England's Zak Crawley, who lost his stumps in spectacular style to the Northamptonshire new boy Liam Guthrie, out for one. Tawanda Muyeye's 72 then helped Kent to a respectable 231, before Northants were fleeced to 118 for seven. At the Rose Bowl, Jonny Bairstow's first day as Yorkshire captain didn't unfold entirely as planned as they were skittled for 121 by Hampshire. Shadow in the corner Liam Dawson snaffled three for eight, and there was a first wicket for Sonny Baker, who had Bairstow caught flaming to third man, bothered by an insect. In reply Hampshire were 165 for five at the close of play. It was shaping up to be Ethan Bamber's day at Edgbaston when Warwickshire's winter signing from Middlesex burst out of the traps with three new ball strikes. But bar a wicket on debut for the 18-year-old leg-spinner Tazeem Ali, things took a downward turn for the hosts thereafter as a succulent career-best 140 from Tom Clark, and a pugnacious 116 not out from the captain, John Simpson, bent the script the way of Sussex, who finished on 386 for five. A statement day for the Division One newcomers; a slightly concerning one for the more established hosts without the injured Oliver Hannon-Dalby and Chris Rushworth. Colin Ackermann had some birthday luck on his way to the first century of the year, bowled for 80 only for the bails to settle back in their groove. Durham ploughed on towards 400 despite four wickets for Nottinghamshire's Australian Fergus O'Neill. At Taunton, Kasey Aldridge's five wickets ruined a good Worcestershire start as they lost nine for 52 and were all out for 154. Half centuries from the Toms Abell and Banton then rescued Somerset from a precarious 39 for three to finish on 187 for four. The big name Division Two game at Lord's swung merrily; Sam Robson and Max Holden easing Middlesex to 127 for one before the Lancashire debutant Ollie Sutton (two for 57) and Tom Aspinwall (four for 32) took charge. Leicestershire bowled out Glamorgan for 229, the on loan Shoaib Bashir bowled by Rehan Ahmed for 20 while Derbyshire's Luis Reece grabbed six for 52 against Gloucestershire before Caleb Jewell's 61 from 48 balls showed why he was in Mickey Arthur's little black book. Share
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26-03-2025
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Essex cricketers take on Simon Lightwood MP in unlikely bus race
Professional cricketers laid down their bats to race a junior minister in what was an unlikely match-up behind the wheel of a County Cricket Club's Matt Critchley and Paul Walter got in the driving seat along with Simon Lightwood MP at North Weald event aimed to demonstrate the skills required to be a bus driver and encourage others to take up bus driving said the quirky contest "felt like something out of Top Gear". The all-rounder was declared the winner of the challenge on Tuesday, having racked up the best score on the course."To be honest, once I saw Matt could do it I thought 'anyone can do it'," he said."Although I think I struggled on the theory; I didn't know what an air compression brake was, and still don't, but it's quite fun when you press it." 'Bit nervous' The Department for Transport (DfT) publicity stunt followed £1bn funding being announced to deliver London-style buses across and Walter were invited by the DfT and First Bus to take on the time-trialled obstacle course, designed to mimic the real bus driving Bus also recently released an Essex County Cricket Club-themed bus as part of the partnership between the two laughed off knocking over a handful of cones on the course, claiming: "I was too busy practising my small talk."But it's not too bad, it's like driving a bus - once you do it once, you don't forget."He continued: "I was a little bit nervous, to be honest."I didn't really have it in my diary that I'd be driving a bus at any point in my life." The DfT said under its bus funding plan, money would be allocated based on levels of deprivation and say Southend-on-Sea will receive "unprecedented" the Labour government's Bus Services Bill, local authorities could "take back control" of services through said the event in Essex helped him better understand the "commitment and skill" needed to drive a added: "It was really hard. I've got such respect for our trainee drivers, it was a really gruelling course." Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
