| Vitality County Championship Division One, Cloud County Floor, Chelmsford (day one) |
| Lancashire 146: Snater 4-42, Cook dinner 3-18 |
| Essex 68-1: Khushi 53 |
| Essex (3 pts) path Lancashire (0 pts) by 78 runs |
| Match scorecard |
Essex paceman Shane Snater rediscovered the shape with the ball that abandoned him final season to drive a large gap in some fragile Lancashire batting on a rain-shortened day at Chelmsford.
The Zimbabwe-born Dutch worldwide blasted out the highest three within the Lancashire order at a private price of 1 run earlier than returning so as to add a fourth to return figures of 4-42.
Snater took simply eight costly wickets in an injury-ravaged marketing campaign final yr, having taken a mixed 67 within the two earlier seasons.
Sam Cook dinner completed with 3-18 from 14 overs as Lancashire limped to 146 all out.
In 12 overs underneath the floodlights, Feroze Khushi refused to hold about with 9 fours in a whirlwind 53 from 33 balls as Essex knocked 68 off the deficit for the lack of his wicket, caught within the slips off George Balderson.
Snater eliminated Keaton Jennings to a powerful flying catch within the gully by Matt Critchley in his first over, and trapped the freewheeling Luke Wells plumb lbw within the subsequent.
Once they returned in mid-afternoon after a close to two-hour rain break, Josh Bohannon confronted simply 9 extra scoreless balls earlier than he edged Snater and Dean Elgar took a surprising one-handed catch low down at first slip.
Cook dinner gained reward when Balderson did not withdraw his bat in time and was caught behind and Snater’s first ball after tea pinned George Bell in entrance of his stumps for simply 4.
Matty Hurst hung his bat out to Cook dinner and was a second sufferer for wicketkeeper Michael Pepper and Tom Bruce obtained a vanguard to chip Jamie Porter to mid-on earlier than Noah Thain claimed a wicket on debut along with his third ball in first-class cricket when Tom Bailey steered to second slip.
Ninth-wicket pair Jack Blatherwick and Will Williams placed on 50 in 36 balls earlier than Blatherwick went for an additional heave to Simon Harmer’s second ball of the sport and holed out on the long-leg boundary.
Cook dinner then wrapped up the innings when he had Nathan Lyon held at level to go away Williams not out on 32.
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