MCC Champion County Match MCC v Essex Tuesday, March 27 2018 (14:30) to Thursday, March 30 2018 (20:46) at Kensington Oval MCC Won By an innings and 34 runs in 3 Days Essex won toss and decided to bat Essex (1st Innings) MCC (1st Innings) 187 all out (68.0 overs) 408 for 8 dec (114.0 overs) 5 Hours, 1 Minutes. 7 Hours, 39 Minutes. Essex (2nd Innings) MCC (2nd Innings) 187 all out (60.0 overs) 0 for 0 (0.0 overs) 4 Hours, 18 Minutes. 0 Minutes. Essex (1st Innings) Batsman Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s Dots S/r Nick Browne c J Simpson b F Edwards 48 105 154 6 0 80 45.71 Aron Nijjar c F Edwards b D Bess 20 62 82 3 0 53 32.26 Tom Westley lbw b P Collingwood 32 79 102 7 0 68 40.51 Dan Lawrence c J Simpson b R Gleeson 23 34 53 3 0 25 67.65 Adam Wheater c and b R Gleeson 7 30 38 1 0 27 23.33 Ryan Ten Doeschate* c J Simpson b M Fisher 4 12 22 1 0 11 33.33 James Foster+ c J Simpson b D Bess 34 49 75 6 0 35 69.39 Callum Taylor b R Gleeson 0 10 8 0 0 10 0.00 Matt Coles c S Northeast b R Gleeson 0 1 8 0 0 1 0.00 Aaron Beard lbw b R Gleeson 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.00 Jamie Porter not out 10 27 50 1 0 22 37.04 Extras 4b 1lb 0w 4nb 0pen 9 Provisional Score For Innings 187 Penalties awarded following Innings 0 Total 187 all out Bowler O M R W Wd Nb Dots S/r Econ 4s 6s Fidel Edwards 17.0 5 45 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 81 102.00 2.65 7 0 Richard Gleeson 18.0 5 50 5 0 (0) 1 (2) 88 21.80 2.78 7 0 Matthew Fisher 13.0 5 27 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 66 78.00 2.08 5 0 Dominic Bess 15.0 2 57 2 0 (0) 1 (2) 68 45.50 3.80 9 0 Paul Collingwood 5.0 3 3 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 28 30.00 0.60 0 0 Fall of Batsman Partnership Batsmen Over Wicket Aron Nijjar 1-53 53 Aron Nijjar (20) Nick Browne (30) 18.6 Nick Browne 2-89 36 Nick Browne (18) Tom Westley (18) 36.4 Tom Westley 3-112 23 Tom Westley (14) Dan Lawrence (7) 44.3 Dan Lawrence 4-130 18 Dan Lawrence (16) Adam Wheater (2) 49.3 Adam Wheater (5) Ryan Ten Doeschate Adam Wheater 5-139 9 53.1 (4) Ryan Ten 6-139 0 Ryan Ten Doeschate (0) James Foster (0) 54.1 Doeschate Callum Taylor 7-140 1 Callum Taylor (0) James Foster (1) 55.6 Matt Coles 8-142 2 Matt Coles (0) James Foster (2) 57.1 Aaron Beard 9-142 0 Aaron Beard (0) James Foster (0) 57.2 James Foster 10-187 45 James Foster (31) Jamie Porter (10) 67.6 MCC (1st Innings) Batsman Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s Dots S/r Daniel Bell Drummond* c J Foster b J Porter 3 17 26 0 0 14 17.65 Brett D'Oliveira c and b M Coles 30 51 66 4 0 37 58.82 Sam Northeast c C Taylor b A Beard 44 98 131 7 0 77 44.90 Samuel Hain not out 140 280 393 17 0 208 50.00 Delray Rawlins st J Foster b A Nijjar 28 44 41 5 0 32 63.64 Paul Collingwood c J Foster b D Lawrence 45 54 75 4 2 35 83.33 John Simpson+ c A Wheater b T Westley 5 30 41 0 0 26 16.67 Matthew Fisher c J Foster b C Taylor 0 5 3 0 0 5 0.00 Dominic Bess b D Lawrence 107 106 132 18 0 59 100.94 Richard Gleeson not out 0 1 2 0 0 1 0.00 Fidel Edwards Extras 0b 1lb 1w 4nb 0pen 6 Provisional Score For Innings 408 Penalties awarded following Innings 0 Total 408 for 8 Bowler O M R W Wd Nb Dots S/r Econ 4s 6s Jamie Porter 19.0 7 56 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 91 114.00 2.95 10 0 Matt Coles 23.0 4 92 1 1 (1) 0 (0) 104 139.00 4.00 15 1 Aaron Beard 21.0 4 79 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 85 126.00 3.76 11 0 Callum Taylor 11.0 0 59 1 0 (0) 2 (4) 40 68.00 5.36 8 0 Aron Nijjar 16.0 4 48 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 71 96.00 3.00 5 1 Dan Lawrence 19.0 2 63 2 0 (0) 0 (0) 81 57.00 3.32 6 0 Tom Westley 2.0 0 3 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 10 12.00 1.50 0 0 Ryan Ten Doeschate 3.0 0 7 0 0 (0) 0 (0) 11 0.00 2.33 0 0 Fall of Batsman Partnership Batsmen Over Wicket Daniel Bell Daniel Bell Drummond (3) Brett 1-16 16 6.5 Drummond D'Oliveira (13) Brett D'Oliveira 2-47 31 Brett D'Oliveira (17) Sam Northeast (14) 16.3 Sam Northeast 3-93 46 Sam Northeast (30) Samuel Hain (15) 38.1 Delray Rawlins 4-128 35 Delray Rawlins (28) Samuel Hain (7) 49.1 Paul Collingwood 5-210 82 Paul Collingwood (45) Samuel Hain (37) 69.1 John Simpson 6-235 25 John Simpson (5) Samuel Hain (18) 78.5 Matthew Fisher 7-236 1 Matthew Fisher (0) Samuel Hain (1) 79.6 Dominic Bess 8-408 172 Dominic Bess (107) Samuel Hain (62) 113.5 Essex (2nd Innings) Batsman Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s Dots S/r Nick Browne c B D'Oliveira b R Gleeson 2 8 6 0 0 6 25.00 Aron Nijjar c S Northeast b R Gleeson 30 58 68 4 0 45 51.72 Tom Westley c and b D Bess 62 85 143 12 0 61 72.94 Dan Lawrence c R Gleeson b D Bess 7 40 47 1 0 36 17.50 Adam Wheater c D Bess b R Gleeson 23 75 101 1 0 60 30.67 Ryan Ten Doeschate* b M Fisher 4 8 12 1 0 7 50.00 James Foster+ st J Simpson b D Bess 29 56 78 3 0 39 51.79 Callum Taylor b D Bess 0 6 5 0 0 6 0.00 Matt Coles not out 10 13 32 2 0 9 76.92 Aaron Beard lbw b D Bess 0 2 2 0 0 2 0.00 Jamie Porter lbw b D Bess 10 10 11 1 0 5 100.00 Extras 5b 2lb 1w 2nb 0pen 10 Provisional Score For Innings 187 Penalties awarded following Innings 0 Total 187 all out Bowler O M R W Wd Nb Dots S/r Econ 4s 6s Fidel Edwards 9.0 0 42 0 0 (0) 0 (0) 37 0.00 4.67 6 0 Richard Gleeson 15.0 3 46 3 1 (1) 0 (0) 70 30.33 3.07 7 0 Matthew Fisher 12.0 2 33 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 53 72.00 2.75 4 0 Dominic Bess 18.0 2 51 6 0 (0) 0 (0) 81 18.00 2.83 7 0 Paul Collingwood 6.0 3 8 0 0 (0) 1 (2) 34 0.00 1.33 1 0 Fall of Batsman Partnership Batsmen Over Wicket Nick Browne 1-3 3 Nick Browne (2) Aron Nijjar (1) 1.3 Aron Nijjar 2-54 51 Aron Nijjar (29) Tom Westley (22) 15.6 Dan Lawrence 3-77 23 Dan Lawrence (7) Tom Westley (9) 27.3 Tom Westley 4-115 38 Tom Westley (31) Adam Wheater (5) 35.5 Ryan Ten Ryan Ten Doeschate (4) Adam Wheater 5-122 7 38.5 Doeschate (3) Adam Wheater 6-157 35 Adam Wheater (15) James Foster (19) 52.5 Callum Taylor 7-158 1 Callum Taylor (0) James Foster (1) 53.6 James Foster 8-171 13 James Foster (9) Matt Coles (4) 57.1 Aaron Beard 9-171 0 Aaron Beard (0) Matt Coles (0) 57.3 Jamie Porter 10-187 16 Jamie Porter (10) Matt Coles (6) 59.6 Close of Play Scores Day 1: ECB MCC (1st Innings) 73 for 2(28.0 overs) S Northeast 35* S Hain 5* Day 2: Essex (2nd Innings) 26 for 1(8.0 overs) A Nijjar 5* T Westley 19* Match Report Man of the Match: Dominic Bess Weather: Sunny Pitch: Hard Umpires: David Millns & Jeremy Lloyds Scorers: Suzanne Belle .