- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras8 (lb 8)TOTAL150 all out (50 Overs, RR: 3)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Varun Chopra, 5.3 ov), 2-38 (Nick Browne, 16.6 ov), 3-48 (Tom Westley, 19.1 ov), 4-65 (Ravi Bopara, 28.2 ov), 5-68 (Dan Lawrence, 28.6 ov), 6-85 (James Foster, 33.2 ov), 7-94 (Paul Walter, 36.5 ov), 8-105 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 38.4 ov), 9-113 (Simon Harmer, 41.2 ov), 10-150 (Jamie Porter, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TE Bailey 12 4 19 2 1.58 0 0 G Onions 15 3 43 2 2.86 0 0 JM Mennie 13 2 52 3 4.00 0 0 J Clark 6 0 17 2 2.83 0 0 MW Parkinson 4 0 11 0 2.75 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras13 (b 10, lb 1, nb 2)TOTAL144 all out (47.1 Overs, RR: 3.05)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Keaton Jennings, 2.2 ov), 2-16 (Alex Davies, 6.3 ov), 3-19 (Haseeb Hameed, 8.6 ov), 4-65 (Liam Livingstone, 17.5 ov), 5-86 (Dane Vilas, 23.4 ov), 6-88 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 24.1 ov), 7-109 (Tom Bailey, 31.2 ov), 8-141 (Joe Mennie, 45.4 ov), 9-144 (Graham Onions, 46.3 ov), 10-144 (Jordan Clark, 47.1 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras27 (b 12, lb 15)TOTAL313 all out (90.1 Overs, RR: 3.47)Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Varun Chopra, 9.5 ov), 2-58 (Nick Browne, 14.5 ov), 3-70 (Dan Lawrence, 20.3 ov), 4-127 (Ravi Bopara, 37.3 ov), 5-166 (Tom Westley, 47.5 ov), 6-174 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 50.2 ov), 7-208 (Paul Walter, 62.4 ov), 8-311 (Simon Harmer, 87.4 ov), 9-312 (Peter Siddle, 88.1 ov), 10-313 (James Foster, 90.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TE Bailey 18.1 3 73 3 4.01 0 0 G Onions 18 4 57 3 3.16 0 0 JM Mennie 18 4 47 3 2.61 0 0 MW Parkinson 18 1 49 1 2.72 0 0 LS Livingstone 7 0 20 0 2.85 0 0 J Clark 11 1 40 0 3.63 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras17 (b 3, lb 10, nb 4)TOTAL288 all out (82.2 Overs, RR: 3.49)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Haseeb Hameed, 2.6 ov), 2-32 (Keaton Jennings, 16.5 ov), 3-88 (Liam Livingstone, 30.3 ov), 4-98 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 32.2 ov), 5-139 (Alex Davies, 42.1 ov), 6-172 (Dane Vilas, 46.6 ov), 7-195 (Tom Bailey, 52.1 ov), 8-243 (Jordan Clark, 68.4 ov), 9-246 (Graham Onions, 71.1 ov), 10-288 (Joe Mennie, 82.2 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Uncontested, Lancashire
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
20,21,22 April 2018 (4-day match)
Umpires
Points
Essex 19, Lancashire 3
Close of Play
- Fri, 20 Apr - day 1 - Lancashire 1st innings 141/8 (J Clark 24*, 45.4 ov)
- Sat, 21 Apr - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 313
- Sun, 22 Apr - day 3 - Lancashire 2nd innings 288 (82.2 ov) - end of match
Match Coverage
All Match NewsPorter stars again to end Lancashire's brave chase
Alex Davies, Jordan Clark and Joe Mennie all threatened match-winning hands, but all fell to Porter as the defending champions held on by 31 runs
Foster's champion grit builds hefty lead
Foster, who briefly contemplated retirement last year, added 103 with Simon Harmer to take the game away from Lancashire
Porter and Harmer back in harness as Essex recover the poise of champions
Essex supporters watched the two standout performers of last season's title-winning team go about their work under an unseasonable April sun