MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Essex v Hampshire

Group 1, match 37 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 22 Jun 2025 – 25 Jun 2025

Match drawn

Essex 1st innings29698.1 overs

Hampshire 1st innings453138.1 overs

Essex 2nd innings358/6d119 overs

Essex 1st innings 296 (98.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b JK Fuller	16	42	3	0	38.1
PI Walter	c AGH Orr b KJ Abbott	6	11	1	0	54.5
T Westley	lbw b KJ Abbott	28	77	4	0	36.4
JM Cox	c JK Fuller b EV Jack	0	6	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	lbw b LA Dawson	71	104	9	1	68.3
CWJ Allison	b FS Organ	101	192	11	2	52.6
MS Pepper	c BC Brown b KJ Abbott	3	19	0	0	15.8
SR Harmer	run out (EV Jack/JK Fuller)	45	110	6	0	40.9
S Snater	c JK Fuller b KJ Abbott	11	18	2	0	61.1
SJ Cook	b KJ Abbott	3	6	0	0	50.0
MW Jones	not out	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras		12
Total	all out, 98.1 overs	296

Fall of wickets: 19-1 (PI Walter, 4.3 ov), 39-2 (D Elgar, 11.3 ov), 44-3 (JM Cox, 14.1 ov), 97-4 (T Westley, 32.5 ov), 163-5 (MJJ Critchley, 51.4 ov), 172-6 (MS Pepper, 56.5 ov), 279-7 (SR Harmer, 92.3 ov), 292-8 (CWJ Allison, 95.3 ov), 295-9 (SJ Cook, 96.3 ov), 296-10 (S Snater, 98.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
KJ Abbott	19.1	10	26	5	1.36	100
EV Jack	19	2	79	1	4.16	75
JK Fuller	17	3	50	1	2.94	77
LA Dawson	28	5	79	1	2.82	130
FS Organ	13	0	44	1	3.38	51
Tilak Varma	2	0	6	0	3.00	9

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	19	27	D Elgar 4, PI Walter 6
2	20	42	D Elgar 12, T Westley 8
3	5	16	T Westley 5, JM Cox 0
4	53	112	T Westley 15, MJJ Critchley 38
5	66	113	MJJ Critchley 33, CWJ Allison 33
6	9	31	CWJ Allison 6, MS Pepper 3
7	107	214	CWJ Allison 60, SR Harmer 45
8	13	18	CWJ Allison 2, S Snater 10
9	3	6	S Snater 0, SJ Cook 3
10	1	10	S Snater 1, MW Jones 0

Hampshire 1st innings 453 (138.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AGH Orr	c JM Cox b SJ Cook	9	30	1	0	30.0
FS Middleton	c PI Walter b SR Harmer	61	82	9	0	74.4
NRT Gubbins	c PI Walter b SJ Cook	0	1	0	0	0.0
Tilak Varma	c JM Cox b SR Harmer	100	241	11	3	41.5
BC Brown	c D Elgar b MJJ Critchley	42	68	6	0	61.8
LA Dawson	c MS Pepper b MW Jones	139	235	14	3	59.1
TJ Prest	c S Snater b MJJ Critchley	41	92	4	0	44.6
FS Organ	c T Westley b MJJ Critchley	4	21	0	0	19.0
JK Fuller	not out	20	30	2	1	66.7
KJ Abbott	c MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	26	28	5	0	92.9
EV Jack	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	1	2	0	0	50.0
Extras		10
Total	all out, 138.1 overs	453

Fall of wickets: 34-1 (AGH Orr, 8.2 ov), 34-2 (NRT Gubbins, 8.3 ov), 96-3 (FS Middleton, 29.1 ov), 164-4 (BC Brown, 51.1 ov), 297-5 (Tilak Varma, 93.1 ov), 395-6 (TJ Prest, 121.1 ov), 405-7 (FS Organ, 127.4 ov), 405-8 (LA Dawson, 128.3 ov), 452-9 (KJ Abbott, 137.3 ov), 453-10 (EV Jack, 138.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
SJ Cook	27.1	6	91	3	3.35	130	0
S Snater	16	2	73	0	4.56	67	0
MW Jones	13	1	57	1	4.38	53	2
SR Harmer	45	13	107	2	2.38	208	0
MJJ Critchley	30	2	102	4	3.40	119	0
PI Walter	3	0	8	0	2.67	11	0
T Westley	4	0	7	0	1.75	17	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	34	50	AGH Orr 9, FS Middleton 23
2	0	1	FS Middleton 0, NRT Gubbins 0
3	62	124	FS Middleton 38, Tilak Varma 24
4	68	132	Tilak Varma 26, BC Brown 42
5	133	252	Tilak Varma 50, LA Dawson 81
6	98	168	LA Dawson 52, TJ Prest 41
7	10	39	LA Dawson 6, FS Organ 4
8	0	5	LA Dawson 0, JK Fuller 0
9	47	54	JK Fuller 20, KJ Abbott 26
10	1	4	JK Fuller 0, EV Jack 1

Essex 2nd innings 358/6d (119 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c Tilak Varma b LA Dawson	12	48	2	0	25.0
D Elgar	c BC Brown b LA Dawson	18	34	2	0	52.9
T Westley	not out	130	322	12	0	40.4
JM Cox	lbw b EV Jack	12	38	1	0	31.6
MJJ Critchley	lbw b LA Dawson	19	72	1	0	26.4
CWJ Allison	c TJ Prest b LA Dawson	13	31	2	0	41.9
MS Pepper	c KJ Abbott b TJ Prest	140	154	20	1	90.9
SR Harmer	not out	5	15	0	0	33.3
Extras		9
Total	6 wickets declared, 119 overs	358

Did not bat: MW Jones, SJ Cook, S Snater

Fall of wickets: 30-1 (D Elgar, 11.3 ov), 45-2 (PI Walter, 15.6 ov), 72-3 (JM Cox, 28.2 ov), 113-4 (MJJ Critchley, 53.1 ov), 131-5 (CWJ Allison, 61.1 ov), 346-6 (MS Pepper, 114.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
KJ Abbott	23	10	42	0	1.83	118
EV Jack	17	1	71	1	4.18	66
LA Dawson	41	12	82	4	2.00	203
FS Organ	20	0	57	0	2.85	80
JK Fuller	10	0	57	0	5.70	25
NRT Gubbins	2	0	9	0	4.50	6
Tilak Varma	3	0	21	0	7.00	6
TJ Prest	3	0	10	1	3.33	8

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	30	69	PI Walter 11, D Elgar 18
2	15	27	PI Walter 1, T Westley 14
3	27	74	T Westley 14, JM Cox 12
4	41	149	T Westley 22, MJJ Critchley 19
5	18	48	T Westley 5, CWJ Allison 13
6	215	323	T Westley 68, MS Pepper 140
Unbroken	12	24	T Westley 7, SR Harmer 5

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: James Middlebrook, RJ Bailey
Match referee: PM Such
Source: Cricsheet match 1461860