Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day four) Sussex 275 & 230: Coles 79; Akhter 4-51 Essex 177 & 271: Critchley 96; Coles 4-98 Sussex (20 pts) beat Essex (3 pts) by 47 runs Match scorecard Sussex took an hour and 20 minutes and 21 overs to wrap up the last
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Chelmsford (day four) Surrey 183 & 298-8: Foakes 120*; Harmer 3-92 Essex 279: Elgar 113; Chahar 6-80 Essex (12 pts) drew with Surrey (11 pts) Match scorecard Ben Foakes produced the most obdurate hundred of his career at Chelmsford to frustrate the county of his birth and prevent Surrey suffering
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Chelmsford (day two) Surrey 183 & 51-4: Burns 20; Harmer 2-19 Essex 279: Elgar 113; Chahar 6-80 Surrey (3 pts) trail Essex (4 pts) by 45 runs Match scorecard Dean Elgar’s 56th first-class century helped Essex into a commanding position on day two against relegation-threatened Surrey. The 39-year-old former South
Cook was straight into the attack when he appeared on the pitch an hour after a start delayed after lunch – and needed just 10 deliveries to announce his arrival. Former England opener Dom Sibley was all at sea as he nicked from an initial six-over Cook burst containing four maidens and just eight runs
Somerset were given a boost when skipper Lewis Gregory declared himself fit to bowl but his two overs proved expensive as Allison and Critchley continued where they had left off the previous evening. The pair had taken the score from 127-3 to 339 when Leach found the edge of Critchley’s bat and Tom Abell took
