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In their final home match of the season, Warwickshire chose to bowl and were unlucky not to take more than one wicket in the morning session.<\/p>\n
Olly Hannon-Dalby, in particular, maintained high pressure, conceding just three runs from his first seven overs, but the ball frequently beat the bat rather than taking the edge.<\/p>\n
Elgar and Paul Walter added 41 in 14 overs before the latter was lured into driving at a wide ball from Nathan Gilchrist and edged to wicketkeeper Alex Davies. <\/p>\n
Elgar moved diligently to 48 in 144 minutes then perished in similar fashion to his opening partner. The left-hander edged Gilchrist to Rob Yates at second slip.<\/p>\n
When Westley drove around an Ethan Bamber yorker, Essex were 111-3 but Allison and Critchley ensured there was no collapse with a measured partnership of 98 in 25 overs.<\/p>\n
Critchley was closing in on his 33rd first-class half-century when he nicked an excellent ball from Michael Booth to Davies.<\/p>\n
Allison found another resolute partner in Pepper. Both scored Championship centuries against Warwickshire at Chelmsford in July and this time they added 77 in 20 overs. <\/p>\n
Allison, having spent quite some time in the 90s, then attacked the wrong ball from Bamber as Yates accepted his 16th Championship catch of the season.<\/p>\n
That proved to be the only wicket with the new ball. Again, Warwickshire’s seamers bowled well without much luck but Pepper completed his half-century in the day’s penultimate over and Essex can be satisfied with a strong day’s work by their batters.<\/p>\n
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