Essex legend Simon Harmer claimed the 54th five-wicket haul of his prolific professionLV= County Championship Division One, Cloud County Floor, Chelmsford (day two)Essex 457: Lawrence 152, Westley 114, Critchley 47, Buttleman 43; Lintott 3-68Warwickshire 158: Rhodes 43, Bethell 37; Harmer 5-65, Porter 3-20 & 74-1: Rhodes 31*, Yates 27*Waerwickshire (2 pts) path Essex (8 pts) by 225 with 9 wickets standingMatch scorecard
Warwickshire capitulated within the face of Simon Harmer’s off-spin to face the prospect of a demoralising defeat towards Essex at Chelmsford.
Harmer notched his thirty second five-wicket haul in seven summers at Essex because the Bears had been compelled to observe on 299 in arrears.
Having already taken 5-65, Harmer then added one other wicket within the 24 overs of Warwickshire’s second innings within the early night sunshine, taking his season’s tally to 32 because the guests shut on 74-1, nonetheless 225 behind.
The South African spinner bowled 33 overs from the River Finish through the day damaged solely by three interval breaks, backed up by seamer Jamie Porter, who took three front-line wickets as Warwickshire had been dismissed for 158.
As anticipated, Essex had been compelled to reshuffle their line-up in a single day after Dan Lawrence, who had tops-scored with 152 of their first-innings 457, was summoned to Lord’s in preparation for Wednesday’s second Ashes Check. However Nick Browne had already been named because the nominated substitute.
After Essex added an additional 66 runs to their in a single day 3917, , the Bears misplaced two wickets inside the primary 24 deliveries when Rob Yates was taken low down at second slip by Harmer diving ahead to provide Porter his first, and Alex Davies adopted when he withdrew his bat to at least one that swung in from Sam Prepare dinner.
Jacob Bethell joined skipper Will Rhodes in a rearguard third-wicket stand of 67 runs in 21 overs that stemmed the tide.
However 19-year-old left-hander Bethell stepped again to provide himself room to chop Harmer and solely managed to edge to wicketkeeper Will Buttleman., who took two additional…
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