Simon Harmer dismissed Tom Kohler-Cadmore with the ultimate ball of day threeLV= County Championship Division One, Cloud County Floor, Chelmsford (day three)Essex 462-9 dec & 170-7 dec: Critchley 52; Aldridge 4-36Somerset 167 & 172-4: Lammonby 59, Abell 54*; Critchley 2-29Somerset (2 pts) want 294 extra runs to beat Essex (6 pts)Match scorecard

Matt Critchley made his sixth half-century of the season earlier than taking two wickets as Essex pushed for a crushing victory over Somerset within the County Championship.

All-rounder Critchley notched up 52, to go along with his first innings century, as Essex set Somerset an unlikely 466 runs to win in just below 5 periods.

Somerset’s batters, headed by Tom Lammonby and Tom Abell’s half-centuries, took benefit of a heavy-rolled pitch to mattress in, present tremendous grit, and bolster their possibilities of saving a draw.

Critchley struck along with his first ball to pin Lammonby for a two-hour 59 and likewise dismissed George Bartlett.

Essex want six wickets on the ultimate day to win on the Cloud County Floor, Chelmsford for the primary time this season, whereas Somerset nonetheless want 294 runs.

Essex had determined to not implement the follow-on, with the choice hinging on giving the bowlers an extended break, the offset being much less time to bowl Somerset out.

They’d taken their 295 first-innings result in 310, however misplaced Nick Browne in seven overs on the second night.

However the third morning was a meandering session the place Essex appeared in no rush to declare, albeit in opposition to some well-directed bowling – 113 runs had been scored within the session with 4 wickets falling.

New Zealand quick bowler Matt Henry pinned Division One’s main run-scorer Tom Westley leg earlier than within the sixth over of the day.

Paul Walter confirmed just a few moments of intent in his 25 earlier than a drive with little footwork was properly caught at gully, whereas Feroze Khushi fended a ball which stopped within the pitch to first slip.

Critchley had proven impetus, as he had throughout his 121 within the first innings, to push the result in 450 – the free…

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