BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Steel b Atkinson	16	57	66	3	0	28.07

Alastair Cook	c †Foakes b Atkinson	51	78	106	7	0	65.38

Tom Westley (c)	b Clark	62	165	204	7	0	37.57

Dan Lawrence	c †Foakes b Abbott	2	13	27	0	0	15.38
Matt Critchley	c Burns b Jacks	60	104	130	6	2	57.69

Michael Pepper †	c †Foakes b Jacks	6	6	11	0	1	100.00

Simon Harmer	c †Foakes b Atkinson	34	61	83	5	0	55.73
Doug Bracewell	b Atkinson	12	15	16	1	1	80.00

Shane Snater	b Atkinson	4	7	8	1	0	57.14
Sam Cook	c †Foakes b Atkinson	31	37	46	5	0	83.78
Jamie Porter	not out	3	8	10	0	0	37.50
Extras	(b 4, lb 22, nb 6, w 1)	33
TOTAL	91.2 Ov (RR: 3.43)	314
Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Nick Browne, 18.2 ov), 2-95 (Alastair Cook, 28.2 ov), 3-104 (Dan Lawrence, 34.2 ov), 4-218 (Matt Critchley, 68.2 ov), 5-224 (Tom Westley, 69.4 ov), 6-224 (Michael Pepper, 70.2 ov), 7-241 (Doug Bracewell, 75.1 ov), 8-245 (Shane Snater, 77.2 ov), 9-307 (Sam Cook, 89.3 ov), 10-314 (Simon Harmer, 91.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kemar Roach	20	4	51	0	2.55	92	7	0	1	0
Sean Abbott	20	2	83	1	4.15	87	13	0	0	1
34.2 to DW Lawrence, . 104/3
Jordan Clark	21	11	39	1	1.85	109	5	0	0	1
69.4 to T Westley, pitched up, Westley drives... and gets a thick inside edge into his timbers! Essex lose both of their set batters in short order. 224/5
Gus Atkinson	19.2	3	68	6	3.51	83	9	0	0	1
18.2 to NLJ Browne, breakthrough for Surrey, Atkinson strikes with his second ball! Back of a length and nipping away, Browne fends at it and a thick outside edge is gobbled up at third slip. 62/1 28.2 to AN Cook, brilliantly held down the leg side! Atkinson extracts Cook, who had enjoyed a couple of lives but is taken this time by Ben Foakes, diving one-handed to his right. Atkinson beat Cook on the outside edge with the previous ball, then grazed the inside with one coming back in, but it needed the athleticism of Foakes to complete the dismissal. 95/2 75.1 to DAJ Bracewell, nibbling back in, Bracewell chops on! Third wicket for Atkinson, Surrey battling back brilliantly since tea. 241/7 77.2 to S Snater, . 245/8 89.3 to SJ Cook, . 307/9 91.2 to SR Harmer, . 314/10
Cameron Steel	3	0	23	0	7.66	7	0	2	0	0
Will Jacks	8	2	24	2	3.00	39	1	2	0	0
68.2 to MJJ Critchley, Burns takes a screamer at slip! Floated up wide of off, Critchley chases the drive and squirts a thick edge high and to the right of slip... only for Burns to fling up his right paw and cling on. Ends a century stand for the fourth wicket. 218/4 70.2 to MS Pepper, Pepper attempts to reverse-sweep - and is given caught behind! It looked an awkward shot, close to the gloves as it bobbled through to Foakes, and up went the finger. Essex have lost 3 for spit. 224/6

Surrey 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)	c AN Cook b SJ Cook	27	53	72	3	0	50.94

Dom Sibley	c †Pepper b Bracewell	48	83	113	3	3	57.83

Ollie Pope	lbw b Porter	26	47	67	3	1	55.31

Jamie Smith	c †Pepper b Bracewell	2	7	11	0	0	28.57

Ben Foakes †	b SJ Cook	24	68	89	3	0	35.29

Will Jacks	lbw b Snater	26	30	39	2	2	86.66

Cameron Steel	c SJ Cook b Harmer	7	24	31	1	0	29.16

Jordan Clark	lbw b Porter	25	51	56	4	0	49.01
Sean Abbott	c Browne b Porter	31	60	93	4	0	51.66
Gus Atkinson	lbw b Porter	13	34	42	1	0	38.23
Kemar Roach	not out	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, nb 2)	11
TOTAL	76.5 Ov (RR: 3.12)	240
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Rory Burns, 16.6 ov), 2-105 (Dom Sibley, 28.1 ov), 3-107 (Jamie Smith, 30.4 ov), 4-110 (Ollie Pope, 34.1 ov), 5-149 (Will Jacks, 43.4 ov), 6-163 (Cameron Steel, 51.3 ov), 7-167 (Ben Foakes, 52.3 ov), 8-212 (Jordan Clark, 66.4 ov), 9-235 (Sean Abbott, 74.6 ov), 10-240 (Gus Atkinson, 76.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sam Cook	17	5	38	2	2.23	84	4	0	0	0
16.6 to RJ Burns, fullish length, seaming away... and a low edge is taken at first slip! A Cook holds on going to his right, and S Cook has the breakthrough. An Essex Chefs special does for Burns. 56/1 52.3 to BT Foakes, pitched up, Foakes goes for the drive... and drags on! Off stump out of the ground, Foakes is comprehensively done for. Surrey lose their seventh. 167/7
Simon Harmer	18	4	71	1	3.94	82	4	6	0	0
51.3 to CT Steel, dragged down... and slapped straight to deep square leg! Steel gifts Harmer a wicket on the stroke of tea, and the champions are in a little strife, having lost 5 for 58 during the afternoon session. 163/6
Jamie Porter	14.5	3	51	4	3.43	61	5	0	0	0
34.1 to OJ Pope, first ball of a new spell and Porter strikes! Maybe stayed a touch low, Pope was pinned on the front pad and up went Mike Burns' finger. Looked pretty adjacent. Surrey have lost 3 for 5 here. 110/4 66.4 to J Clark, . 212/8 74.6 to SA Abbott, . 235/9 76.5 to AAP Atkinson, . 240/10
Shane Snater	14	3	31	1	2.21	69	5	0	0	0
43.4 to WG Jacks, stays low, trapped on the crease! Jacks was back in front of his stumps and could do very little as the ball cannoned into his pads. Pretty simple decision for umpire James Middlebrook. 149/5
Doug Bracewell	11	1	37	2	3.36	49	6	0	0	1
28.1 to DP Sibley, drives at a length ball in the channel - gone! Bracewell coaxes an edge, slightly crooked bat from Sibley and Pepper swallows it behind the stumps. 105/2 30.4 to JL Smith, jaffa from Bracewell! Speared in and then nipping away on off stump to graze the edge through to Pepper! Two in quick succession for the Kiwi. 107/3
Matt Critchley	2	0	3	0	1.50	9	0	0	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Jacks b Atkinson	47	102	151	3	0	46.07

Alastair Cook	b Roach	14	36	45	2	0	38.88

Tom Westley (c)	c †Foakes b Clark	25	57	54	3	0	43.85

Dan Lawrence	b Atkinson	28	25	44	3	1	112.00

Matt Critchley	c Smith b Clark	18	26	43	1	0	69.23

Michael Pepper †	c Sibley b Abbott	10	14	17	2	0	71.42

Simon Harmer	c Burns b Abbott	9	22	33	1	0	40.90

Doug Bracewell	c & b Abbott	8	7	7	2	0	114.28

Shane Snater	b Clark	19	11	26	1	2	172.72

Sam Cook	c Abbott b Clark	6	5	6	1	0	120.00

Jamie Porter	not out	3	8	11	0	0	37.50
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 4)	11
TOTAL	51.5 Ov (RR: 3.81)	198
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Alastair Cook, 11.6 ov), 2-62 (Tom Westley, 25.6 ov), 3-116 (Dan Lawrence, 35.6 ov), 4-119 (Nick Browne, 37.3 ov), 5-134 (Michael Pepper, 40.6 ov), 6-154 (Matt Critchley, 45.1 ov), 7-163 (Doug Bracewell, 46.5 ov), 8-170 (Simon Harmer, 48.1 ov), 9-181 (Sam Cook, 49.3 ov), 10-198 (Shane Snater, 51.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kemar Roach	13	1	46	1	3.53	52	5	0	0	0
11.6 to AN Cook, lovely delivery from Roach, and Cook has been cleaned up in the first over of the day! Round the wicket, just enough inswing to beat the attempted drive, and off pole is out of the ground. 24/1
Jordan Clark	12.5	0	58	4	4.51	46	4	2	0	1
25.6 to T Westley, angled in and curling away, feathered behind! Westley survived a tight appeal earlier in the over, but he turns and heads for the pavilion this time. Clark picks up Surrey's second wicket of the morning. 62/2 45.1 to MJJ Critchley, now Critchley holes out to deep midwicket! Banged in short by Clark, he's hitting to the longer boundary, where Jamie Smith takes a good, tumbling catch. 154/6 49.3 to SJ Cook, length ball, Cook chips to cover! Essex's innings is dribbling away in a flurry of shots. But maybe thy already think they have enough. 181/9 51.5 to S Snater, bowled 'im! Pitched up, full and straight from Clark, a big old swing and a miss from Snater and that is the end of the Essex innings. 198/10
Will Jacks	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0
Gus Atkinson	13	3	37	2	2.84	54	4	0	0	0
35.6 to DW Lawrence, bowled 'im! Lawrence tries to get funky and walks across his stumps, only to miss the ball and see it clatter into leg stump. 116/3 37.3 to NLJ Browne, short ball, Browne heaves across the line... and is caught at midwicket! Well held above his head by Jacks. Atkinson gets another, Surrey chipping away. 119/4
Sean Abbott	12	3	50	3	4.16	48	6	1	0	1
40.6 to MS Pepper, charges down, throws the bat... and slashes a thick edge to deep third! Pepper goes cheaply looking for fast runs straight after lunch. Are Essex thinking of a declaration here?. 134/5 46.5 to DAJ Bracewell, top-edged swipe, Abbott pouches the catch! Bracwell was here for a good time not a long time, and Essex are six down, the lead 237. They seem pretty determined to set up a chase here. 163/7 48.1 to SR Harmer, full and thumped - straight to long-on! Burns holds it safely, Essex lose their eighth, Harmer the latest to fall trying to give it a whack. 170/8

Surrey 2nd Innings (T: 273 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)	c Harmer b Bracewell	10	43	58	1	0	23.25

Dom Sibley	c Harmer b SJ Cook	0	2	5	0	0	0.00

Ollie Pope	c Browne b Snater	47	58	77	5	1	81.03

Jamie Smith	not out	39	126	158	6	0	30.95
Will Jacks	c Critchley b Snater	9	14	18	0	1	64.28

Sean Abbott	c Critchley b Harmer	13	10	19	2	0	130.00

Ben Foakes †	lbw b Harmer	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Cameron Steel	lbw b Bracewell	10	52	60	1	0	19.23

Jordan Clark	not out	13	16	32	2	0	81.25
Extras	(b 8, lb 2, nb 2)	12
TOTAL	53.4 Ov (RR: 2.85)	153/7
Did not bat: Gus Atkinson, Kemar Roach
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Dom Sibley, 1.2 ov), 2-39 (Rory Burns, 13.4 ov), 3-73 (Ollie Pope, 20.1 ov), 4-83 (Will Jacks, 24.1 ov), 5-103 (Sean Abbott, 28.1 ov), 6-103 (Ben Foakes, 28.3 ov), 7-128 (Cameron Steel, 45.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	9	2	18	0	2.00	46	3	0	0	0
Sam Cook	11.4	1	45	1	3.85	46	6	0	0	0
1.2 to DP Sibley, gone for a duck, Sibley nicks low to second slip! Searching line and just a touch of seam movement away from the right-hander, takes the outside edge to be scooped up by the bucket hands of Harmer. 0/1
Shane Snater	9	2	26	2	2.88	42	2	1	0	0
20.1 to OJ Pope, Pope miscues to cover! Snater takes the big wicket, wasn't quite there for the drive and it popped up for a simple catch. Still no Surrey batter has passed 50 in this game. Time to batten down the hatches?. 73/3 24.1 to WG Jacks, pitched up, and Jacks skews his drive to midwicket! Snater gets his second and Surrey might well now turn thoughts to trying to make this game safe. 83/4
Doug Bracewell	9	2	45	2	5.00	38	6	1	0	1
13.4 to RJ Burns, brilliant grab at slip! Big flash at a full, wide delivery, Burns gets a thick edge... and Harmer goes one-handed high to his left to pluck an absolute blinder! And with that wicket, the players troop off for tea, Surrey needing 234 from 40.2 overs. 39/2 45.2 to CT Steel, Steel goes, trapped in front by a full toss! Flicks and misses, the ball angling in towards middle and leg, and Middlebrook doesn't have to think long about the decision. Essex three wickets away, 8.4 overs left to bowl. 128/7
Simon Harmer	13	9	6	2	0.46	73	0	0	0	0
28.1 to SA Abbott, and he strikes first ball! Abbott fulfils his brief by attempting a takedown of the offspinner, but skies his slog towards cow corner, where Matt Critchley settles himself safely under the catch. The ECG crowd roar in approval, Essex halfway to their target. 103/5 28.3 to BT Foakes, pinned in front second ball! Spin for Harmer and it catches Foakes on the crease, neither fully back nor forwards, and up goes Mike Burns' finger. Now then, the champions really are on the ropes. 103/6
Matt Critchley	2	1	3	0	1.50	10	0	0	0	0

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Thu, 04 May - day 1 - Surrey 1st innings 1/0 (Rory Burns 1*, Dom Sibley 0*, 2 ov)

Fri, 05 May - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 15/0 (Nick Browne 6*, Alastair Cook 9*, 5 ov)

Sat, 06 May - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 24/0 (Nick Browne 10*, Alastair Cook 14*, 11.4 ov)

Sun, 07 May - day 4 - Surrey 2nd innings 153/7 (53.4 ov) - end of match

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Day 4

Surrey 2nd innings
Batting and bowling points: Essex 5, Surrey 3

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2023
Match days	4,5,6,7 May 2023 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	James Middlebrook Mike Burns
Match Referee	Dean Cosker
Points	Essex 10, Surrey 8

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Surrey Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
RJ Burns	caught	10	43
DP Sibley	caught	0	2
OJ Pope	caught	47	58
JL Smith	not out	39	126
WG Jacks	caught	9	14
SA Abbott	caught	13	10
BT Foakes	lbw	0	2
CT Steel	lbw	10	52
J Clark	not out	13	16
Extras	(b 8, lb 2, nb 2)
Total	153(7 wkts; 53.4 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	9	2	18	0	2
SJ Cook	11.4	1	45	1	3.85
S Snater	9	2	26	2	2.88
DAJ Bracewell	9	2	45	2	5 (1 nb)
SR Harmer	13	9	6	2	0.46
MJJ Critchley	2	1	3	0	1.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	0	Rory Burns	Dom Sibley
2nd	39	Rory Burns	Ollie Pope
3rd	34	Ollie Pope	Jamie Smith
4th	10	Will Jacks	Jamie Smith
5th	20	Sean Abbott	Jamie Smith
6th	0	Ben Foakes	Jamie Smith
7th	25	Cameron Steel	Jamie Smith
8th	25	Jordan Clark	Jamie Smith

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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

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