Essex v Surrey
Vitality County Championship
The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford
Thursday 26 – Sunday 29 September 2024 | 10:30am start
Team News
Essex: Dean Elgar, Robin Das, Tom Westley*, Matt Critchley, Luc Benkenstein, Paul Walter, Adam Rossington+, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Sam Cook, Jamie Porter
Surrey: Rory Burns*, Dom Sibley, Ryan Patel, Ben Geddes, Dan Lawrence, Josh Blake+, Ollie Sykes, Tom Lawes, Yousef Majid, James Taylor, Kemar Roach
Match Details
Umpires: Rob Bailey & Ian Blackwell
Match Referee: Mike Smith
Scorers: Paul Parkinson & Debbie Beesley
Toss: Essex won the toss and chose to bat first
Scorecard: View here
Day One Highlights
Day One Report
Dean Elgar marked the milestone of 1,000 Vitality County Championship runs in 2024 by hitting a fifty, but the opening day of Essex’s season-ending clash with Surrey was heavily curtailed by rain.
Elgar, who has now totalled 1,016 First-Class runs at an average of 53.47 since signing for the Eagles in January, advanced to an unbeaten 54, as the Eagles posted 116-1 before rain swept in at lunch.
Tom Westley also made 52 not out, sharing in an unbroken partnership of 112 with Elgar, as Essex overcame the early loss of Robin Das, who had been caught behind by Josh Blake off Tom Lawes.
That was the only joy for a much-changed Surrey, however, as Elgar and Westley dominated the visiting bowling attack for most of the morning.
Elgar reached his landmark with a cut for four off Dan Lawrence, and although there was time for both players to go to fifty, a shower just before 12:30pm gave way to heavier rain.
With no let-up for much of the rest of the afternoon, that ensured the day ended early, with only 28.3 overs bowled.
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In what’s set to be an unmissable afternoon of IT20 cricket, some of the world’s best T20 cricketers will go head to head in a T20 set in the heart of Essex.
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