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24-06-2025
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Dawson stars to put Hampshire on top at Essex
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day three)Essex 296 & 108-3: Westley 50*; Dawson 2-28Hampshire 453: Dawson 139, Tilak 100; Critchley 4-102Essex (2 pts) trail Hampshire (6 pts) by 49 runsMatch scorecard Liam Dawson enjoyed the sort of day all-rounders dream of with a resilient century followed by two key Essex wickets as Hampshire took a firm grip on their County Championship match at England white-ball international's 139 from 235 balls, and a fifth-wicket partnership of 133 with fellow centurion Tilak Varma, underpinned Hampshire's first-innings 453. It left Essex requiring 157 just to make their opponents bat again, or survive four-and-a-half sessions to prevent a third Championship defeat of the Dawson quickly upset Essex plans by dismissing both openers inside the first 16 of 46 overs faced either side of tea on the third day. With Eddie Jack removing a subdued Jordan Cox, Essex were teetering on 108-3 at the close, still 49 runs there was any consolation on a miserable day for Essex it was that Simon Harmer collected the 500th first-class wicket of his nine seasons at the club. At the other end of the scale, 19-year-old pace-bowling debutant Mackenzie Jones chalked up his were two milestones pending from overnight and they were completed in the opening 13 balls of the day. First, a flick of the wrists sent the ball for the two runs that took Tilak to the sixth first-class century of his nascent career. Then, at the start of the day's third over, Harmer induced a mistimed drive from the Indian left-hander and the edge looped up into Cox's hands at slip. Tilak's 100 embraced 241 balls and included 11 fours and three followed Tilak to three-figures for the 18th time in his career when he turned Sam Cook off his hip for two runs from an over that also contained two boundaries as he raced through the they moved into the lead, Hampshire's ambition was to accumulate a horde of batting points that had proved scarce this season. Dawson and Prest added 74 in 17 overs to ease them to 371-5 by the cut-off of 110 overs and increase their season's points haul with the bat from six to told, the sixth-wicket pair put on 98 in 28 overs before they were parted. Prest went to launch Critchley over midwicket and instead sliced the ball to backward Organ skied Critchley to extra cover and was quickly followed by the demise of Dawson. He became the maiden wicket for Jones, taken spectacularly one-handed low to his right by wicketkeeper Michael Pepper. But not before Dawson had contributed 14 fours and three sixes to the Hampshire was on the scorecard twice more, first to end Abbott's cameo and provide Critchley with a fourth wicket (4-102), and then finish the innings by providing Cook with a belated third memorable day continued apace when he got a delivery to jump out of the foot-holes and take the edge of Dean Elgar's bat before ending Paul Walter's uncomfortable hour at the meanwhile, had just survived a confident lbw appeal from Jack but was not so fortunate three balls later when the same bowler rapped him on his front pad and this time the shout was captain Tom Westley dug in to lead the fightback and reached his second half-century of the campaign with his fifth boundary. It had taken him 99 balls. He was kept company to stumps by Critchley, who defended even more Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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22-06-2025
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Century for Allison as Essex dig in against Hants
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day one) Essex 292-8: Allison 101, Critchley 71, Harmer 45; Abbott 3-24 Hampshire: Yet to bat Essex (1 pt), Hampshire (2 pts) Advertisement Match scorecard Charlie Allison made it back-to-back centuries as he steered Essex into a commanding position on the first day of their County Championship match against Hampshire at Chelmsford. Before his 140 against Surrey last month, Allison's highest first-class score was 28. But the 20-year-old right-hander followed up his heroics at the Oval with 101 as the competition resumed after its break for the T20 Blast. He was the senior partner in a 107-run seventh-wicket stand with Simon Harmer, 16 years older, that carried Essex towards 292-8 at the close after they chose to bat. Allison also put on 66 for the fifth wicket with Matt Critchley, whose 71 came from 104 balls and included nine fours and a six. Advertisement Kyle Abbott took three wickets to lift his season's tally to 35, but Hampshire let slip their morning advantage as a blustery, overcast day gave way to bright evening sunshine. Initially, it looked as if Essex's travails of late – one win across both formats this summer – were being lain bare on a green wicket that gave encouragement to Hampshire's seam attack. By midday Essex had lost three of their top four. Paul Walter mistimed a flick off his legs low to a diving Ali Orr off Abbott, Dean Elgar was beaten for pace by John Fuller, and Jordan Cox ducked into a short ball from Eddie Jack and spliced the ball high to Fuller at third slip. The premature departures did not preclude Essex handing county caps to the latter pair during the lunch interval. Former captain Graham Gooch handed one to Elgar, while Cox received his from Jason Gallian, previously his cricket master at Felsted School, now chairman of the cricket committee. Advertisement Back in the middle, Critchley was putting behind him his struggles with the bat in the T20 Blast. He contributed 38 of the 53-run fourth-wicket stand with skipper Tom Westley which included a six over long leg off Liam Dawson, and a well-timed sweep for four, also off the England white-ball spinner. Westley was more circumspect, though the four fours in his 77-ball 28 were venomous in their execution and included one from his first ball through mid-wicket off Abbott, and an imperious pull against Fuller. However, he departed lbw to one from Abbott that might otherwise have just clipped the top of the stumps. Under gathering grey clouds, Critchley reached his half-century from 84 balls amid a flurry of boundaries, the milestone four pulled through mid-wicket off Felix Organ. Another time he went in tiptoes to late-cut Jack to the third-man rope. Allison kept pace with Critchley, and he launched Dawson effortlessly over extra cover for a six that brought up the fifty partnership in 13 overs. He hit another straight over the same bowler's head. However, the stand was worth 66 when the wily Dawson had Critchley playing over a shorter-pitched delivery which looked as if it might have missed leg stump. Advertisement Abbott had figures of 3-12 from 13 overs when he had Michael Pepper edging to the wicketkeeper. But that just brought together Allison and Harmer for a patient partnership that steadied Essex and ultimately gave them a measure of control. Harmer brought up the hundred partnership in 33 overs when he swatted Jack to the mid-wicket boundary. But with Allison on 99, he turned the ball to square leg, the pair hesitated and Harmer sacrificed his wicket as Jack's throw went to the bowler's end. Allison duly reached his century from 188 balls with 11 fours and two sixes, but one run later he dragged on to Organ and was bowled off the last ball of the day. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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22-06-2025
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Century for Allison as Essex dig in against Hants
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day one)Essex 292-8: Allison 101, Critchley 71, Harmer 45; Abbott 3-24Hampshire: Yet to batEssex (1 pt), Hampshire (2 pts)Match scorecard Charlie Allison made it back-to-back centuries as he steered Essex into a commanding position on the first day of their County Championship match against Hampshire at his 140 against Surrey last month, Allison's highest first-class score was 28. But the 20-year-old right-hander followed up his heroics at the Oval with 101 as the competition resumed after its break for the T20 was the senior partner in a 107-run seventh-wicket stand with Simon Harmer, 16 years older, that carried Essex towards 292-8 at the close after they chose to bat. Allison also put on 66 for the fifth wicket with Matt Critchley, whose 71 came from 104 balls and included nine fours and a Abbott took three wickets to lift his season's tally to 35, but Hampshire let slip their morning advantage as a blustery, overcast day gave way to bright evening it looked as if Essex's travails of late – one win across both formats this summer – were being lain bare on a green wicket that gave encouragement to Hampshire's seam midday Essex had lost three of their top four. Paul Walter mistimed a flick off his legs low to a diving Ali Orr off Abbott, Dean Elgar was beaten for pace by John Fuller, and Jordan Cox ducked into a short ball from Eddie Jack and spliced the ball high to Fuller at third premature departures did not preclude Essex handing county caps to the latter pair during the lunch interval. Former captain Graham Gooch handed one to Elgar, while Cox received his from Jason Gallian, previously his cricket master at Felsted School, now chairman of the cricket in the middle, Critchley was putting behind him his struggles with the bat in the T20 Blast. He contributed 38 of the 53-run fourth-wicket stand with skipper Tom Westley which included a six over long leg off Liam Dawson, and a well-timed sweep for four, also off the England white-ball was more circumspect, though the four fours in his 77-ball 28 were venomous in their execution and included one from his first ball through mid-wicket off Abbott, and an imperious pull against Fuller. However, he departed lbw to one from Abbott that might otherwise have just clipped the top of the gathering grey clouds, Critchley reached his half-century from 84 balls amid a flurry of boundaries, the milestone four pulled through mid-wicket off Felix Organ. Another time he went in tiptoes to late-cut Jack to the third-man kept pace with Critchley, and he launched Dawson effortlessly over extra cover for a six that brought up the fifty partnership in 13 overs. He hit another straight over the same bowler's head. However, the stand was worth 66 when the wily Dawson had Critchley playing over a shorter-pitched delivery which looked as if it might have missed leg had figures of 3-12 from 13 overs when he had Michael Pepper edging to the wicketkeeper. But that just brought together Allison and Harmer for a patient partnership that steadied Essex and ultimately gave them a measure of brought up the hundred partnership in 33 overs when he swatted Jack to the mid-wicket boundary. But with Allison on 99, he turned the ball to square leg, the pair hesitated and Harmer sacrificed his wicket as Jack's throw went to the bowler's duly reached his century from 188 balls with 11 fours and two sixes, but one run later he dragged on to Organ and was bowled off the last ball of the Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
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09-06-2025
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Essex T20 form 'not good enough'
Essex need to start putting some pride into their T20 Blast performances, says captain Simon Harmer. Sunday's six-wicket hammering by Middlesex was their fourth successive loss at the start of the campaign and leaves them bottom of the South Group. Advertisement "We need to find ways to win games of cricket and if we're brutally honest we haven't been good enough," said Harmer after the defeat at Chelmsford. "Coming off the back of the four-day stuff into the T20s we were probably a bit rusty in the first couple of games but for the last two there are no excuses." Essex opened their campaign with a 106-run loss to Hampshire before eight-wicket and six-wicket defeats by Somerset and Glamorgan respectively. "We need to be better in all departments - as a team and an individual you need to find ways to change the momentum and you do that by winning games of cricket, by scoring a hundred, taking wickets," said Harmer. Advertisement "I truly believe we're a lot better than what we're displaying - we could have been smarter how we went about our business (against Middlesex) and we need to start putting up our hands and putting some pride into our performances and into the badge." Essex are next in action at home to Glamorgan on Thursday before a trip to Sussex 24 hours later.
BBC News
09-06-2025
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Essex T20 form 'not good enough'
Essex need to start putting some pride into their T20 Blast performances, says captain Simon six-wicket hammering by Middlesex was their fourth successive loss at the start of the campaign and leaves them bottom of the South Group."We need to find ways to win games of cricket and if we're brutally honest we haven't been good enough," said Harmer after the defeat at Chelmsford."Coming off the back of the four-day stuff into the T20s we were probably a bit rusty in the first couple of games but for the last two there are no excuses."Essex opened their campaign with a 106-run loss to Hampshire before eight-wicket and six-wicket defeats by Somerset and Glamorgan respectively."We need to be better in all departments - as a team and an individual you need to find ways to change the momentum and you do that by winning games of cricket, by scoring a hundred, taking wickets," said Harmer."I truly believe we're a lot better than what we're displaying - we could have been smarter how we went about our business (against Middlesex) and we need to start putting up our hands and putting some pride into our performances and into the badge."Essex are next in action at home to Glamorgan on Thursday before a trip to Sussex 24 hours later.
