County Championship Division One 2024: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Essex vs Somerset (Updated) ft. Tom Lammonby and Sam Cook

The 21st match of the County Championship Division One between Essen and Somerset concluded inside the first two days on a greenish track. Migal Pretorius’ spell of 4 for 36 denied Essex to post a good-looking score in the first innings.

They were bundled out for just 156 with Tom Westley top-scoring for 43 off 84. The likes of Jami Porter and Sam Cook made great use of the track as they ran through Somerset’s batting in the second innings.

Tom Lammonby (38 off 116) and Andrew Umeed (31 off 37) made vital contributions with the bat but despite that, they were bowled out for just 128.

The wicket continues to prove to be a deathbed for the batters as Essex could only manage 138 in their second essay. Josh Davey and Lewis Gregory picked three wickets each for Somerset.

Essex had set a target of 167 and fought pretty hard to defend that. However, Somerset, eventually, chased it down with three wickets in hand.

Meanwhile, the Kent beat Lancashire by seven wickets in the 20th match of the County Championship Division one on Monday. Batting first, Kent had managed to score 261 and in reply, Lancashire were bundled out for just 92. Asked to bat again, Lancashire put in a brilliant display of batting as they notched 332 runs in their second essay.

However, despite that, Kent easily chased down the target in the end with seven wickets in hand. Skipper Daniel Bell-Drummond played a match-winning knock of 79 off 156 deliveries.

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Country Championship Division One Most Runs List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	AL Davies (WARKS)	4	5	0	481	256	96.2	684	70.32	2	0	1	32	3
2	JM Clarke (NOTTS)	4	7	1	480	213*	80	818	58.67	3	0	2	31	7
3	DJ Bell-Drummond (KENT)	4	8	2	428	135	71.33	759	56.38	2	2	0	28	8
4	TA Lammonby (SOM)	5	8	1	411	100	58.71	833	49.33	1	3	1	28	2
5	D Elgar (ESSEX)	5	8	0	395	120	49.37	666	59.3	1	2	0	38	0
6	RM Yates (WARKS)	4	5	1	386	191	96.5	514	75.09	1	2	0	10	4
7	JM Cox (ESSEX)	5	8	1	365	116*	52.14	592	61.65	1	2	1	32	1
8	WMH Rhodes (WARKS)	4	5	1	357	178*	89.25	542	65.86	1	2	0	32	0
9	JD Libby (WORCS)	4	6	1	349	101*	69.8	632	55.22	1	3	0	28	4
10	DG Bedingham (DURH)	3	6	1	346	138	69.2	364	95.05	1	1	0	29	5

Alex Davies has managed to score the most runs in the tournament thus far. In four matches, he has racked up 481 runs at an outstanding average of 96.20. Joe Clarke is at second with 480 runs to his name.

Daniel Bell-Drummond moved to number three with 428 runs in four matches. Tom Lammonby finds himself at the fourth spot with 411 runs, followed by Deal Elgar at fifth with 395 runs.

Rob Yates has occupied the sixth position with 386 runs under his belt, while Jordan Cox is at seventh with 365 runs. The eighth and ninth positions are occupied by Will Rhodes (357) and Jake Libby (349), respectively.

David Begindham rounds off the top 10 spots with 346 runs under his name in three matches.

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Country Championship Division One Most Wickets List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	SJ Cook (ESSEX)	4	8	685	114.1	33	280	25	6/14	11.2	2.45	27.4	1	2
2	JA Porter (ESSEX)	5	10	866	144.2	37	425	25	5/37	17	2.94	34.64	1	1
3	CT Steel (SUR)	4	6	573	95.3	16	259	21	5/25	12.33	2.71	27.28	1	2
4	S Snater (ESSEX)	5	10	616	102.4	19	354	19	4/42	18.63	3.44	32.42	2	0
5	L Gregory (SOM)	5	9	663	110.3	19	405	15	4/66	27	3.66	44.2	1	0
6	DJ Worrall (SUR)	2	4	446	74.2	16	170	14	5/47	12.14	2.28	31.85	1	1
7	NG Smith (WORCS)	3	5	474	79	21	252	13	4/29	19.38	3.18	36.46	1	0
8	CG Harrison (NOTTS)	4	5	542	90.2	6	323	13	5/128	24.84	3.57	41.69	1	1
9	MW Parkinson (KENT)	4	6	861	143.3	11	596	13	5/177	45.84	4.15	66.23	0	1
10	NM Lyon (LANCS)	4	6	775	129.1	22	323	12	3/50	26.91	2.5	64.58	0	0

Sam Cook is at the top of the pile with 25 wickets to his name. Jamie Porter is at second with 25 wickets, followed by Cameron Steel (21) and Shane Snater (19) at third and fourth spots, respectively.

Lewis Gregory is at fifth with 15 wickets under his belt, while Daniel Worrall is at sixth spot with 14 wickets.

The seventh and eighth spots are occupied by Nathan Smith (13) and Calvin Harrison (13), respectively. The bottom two positions in the top ten list are taken over by Matt Parkinson (13) and Nathan Lyon (12), respectively.