MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Sussex v Essex

Group 1, match 48 · County Ground, Brighton · 22 Jul 2025 – 25 Jul 2025

Essex won by an innings and 39 runs

Sussex 1st innings20452.4 overs

Essex 1st innings504118 overs

Sussex 2nd innings26182.1 overs

Sussex 1st innings 204 (52.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DP Hughes	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	13	29	2	0	44.8
TJ Haines	c SR Harmer b KK Ahmed	19	33	4	0	57.6
TP Alsop	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	3	3	0	0	100.0
JM Coles	c D Elgar b JA Porter	52	70	7	0	74.3
D Ibrahim	c MS Pepper b KK Ahmed	9	12	2	0	75.0
JA Simpson	c JM Cox b SR Harmer	34	88	6	0	38.6
FJ Hudson-Prentice	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	0	4	0	0	0.0
JJ Carson	c MS Pepper b NRM Thain	25	32	5	0	78.1
A Karvelas	c JM Cox b NRM Thain	1	3	0	0	33.3
HT Crocombe	not out	16	21	3	0	76.2
GS Sandhu	c SJ Cook b JA Porter	13	29	3	0	44.8
Extras		19
Total	all out, 52.4 overs	204

Fall of wickets: 28-1 (DP Hughes, 8.3 ov), 31-2 (TP Alsop, 9.1 ov), 50-3 (TJ Haines, 13.6 ov), 64-4 (D Ibrahim, 17.4 ov), 120-5 (JM Coles, 30.1 ov), 120-6 (FJ Hudson-Prentice, 30.5 ov), 169-7 (JJ Carson, 43.6 ov), 169-8 (JA Simpson, 44.1 ov), 171-9 (A Karvelas, 45.4 ov), 204-10 (GS Sandhu, 52.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	12.4	3	30	4	2.37	60	0
SJ Cook	13	2	59	1	4.54	55	2
SR Harmer	9	2	26	1	2.89	42	0
KK Ahmed	10	1	46	2	4.60	45	2
NRM Thain	8	0	40	2	5.00	36	12

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	28	51	DP Hughes 13, TJ Haines 15
2	3	4	TJ Haines 0, TP Alsop 3
3	19	29	TJ Haines 4, JM Coles 14
4	14	22	JM Coles 5, D Ibrahim 9
5	56	75	JM Coles 33, JA Simpson 18
6	0	4	JA Simpson 0, FJ Hudson-Prentice 0
7	49	79	JA Simpson 16, JJ Carson 25
8	0	1	JA Simpson 0, A Karvelas 0
9	2	9	A Karvelas 1, HT Crocombe 1
10	33	42	HT Crocombe 15, GS Sandhu 13

Essex 1st innings 504 (118 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c D Ibrahim b FJ Hudson-Prentice	46	51	8	0	90.2
PI Walter	lbw b JJ Carson	47	70	7	1	67.1
T Westley	b GS Sandhu	26	66	3	0	39.4
JM Cox	c TP Alsop b GS Sandhu	132	173	23	0	76.3
SJ Cook	c TJ Haines b HT Crocombe	3	14	0	0	21.4
MJJ Critchley	run out (FJ Hudson-Prentice)	123	175	12	5	70.3
MS Pepper	c JA Simpson b FJ Hudson-Prentice	44	70	5	0	62.9
NRM Thain	b GS Sandhu	0	1	0	0	0.0
SR Harmer	c JM Coles b HT Crocombe	53	73	6	3	72.6
KK Ahmed	c GS Sandhu b FJ Hudson-Prentice	11	9	0	1	122.2
JA Porter	not out	1	10	0	0	10.0
Extras		18
Total	all out, 118 overs	504

Fall of wickets: 63-1 (D Elgar, 13.3 ov), 114-2 (PI Walter, 25.6 ov), 142-3 (T Westley, 36.6 ov), 151-4 (SJ Cook, 41.6 ov), 345-5 (JM Cox, 84.5 ov), 430-6 (MJJ Critchley, 99.1 ov), 430-7 (NRM Thain, 99.2 ov), 451-8 (MS Pepper, 107.4 ov), 467-9 (KK Ahmed, 111.5 ov), 504-10 (SR Harmer, 117.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
GS Sandhu	32	7	122	3	3.81	130	4
HT Crocombe	23	4	117	2	5.09	93	2
FJ Hudson-Prentice	22	4	78	3	3.55	101	2
A Karvelas	13	1	69	0	5.31	50	0
JJ Carson	15	0	57	1	3.80	61	0
JM Coles	10	0	37	0	3.70	36	0
D Ibrahim	3	0	14	0	4.67	10	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	63	81	D Elgar 46, PI Walter 16
2	51	75	PI Walter 31, T Westley 20
3	28	66	T Westley 6, JM Cox 19
4	9	30	JM Cox 6, SJ Cook 3
5	194	257	JM Cox 107, MJJ Critchley 81
6	85	86	MJJ Critchley 42, MS Pepper 37
7	0	1	MS Pepper 0, NRM Thain 0
8	21	50	MS Pepper 7, SR Harmer 12
9	16	25	SR Harmer 5, KK Ahmed 11
10	37	37	SR Harmer 36, JA Porter 1

Sussex 2nd innings 261 (82.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TJ Haines	c PI Walter b SJ Cook	1	2	0	0	50.0
DP Hughes	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	14	19	3	0	73.7
TP Alsop	lbw b MJJ Critchley	72	150	9	0	48.0
JM Coles	c JA Porter b SR Harmer	108	214	14	1	50.5
D Ibrahim	c & b KK Ahmed	19	35	3	0	54.3
JA Simpson	run out (SJ Cook/MJJ Critchley)	2	10	0	0	20.0
FJ Hudson-Prentice	c SR Harmer b MJJ Critchley	9	7	2	0	128.6
JJ Carson	c PI Walter b MJJ Critchley	1	7	0	0	14.3
A Karvelas	c MS Pepper b SR Harmer	4	39	0	0	10.3
HT Crocombe	b MJJ Critchley	2	13	0	0	15.4
GS Sandhu	not out	0	5	0	0	0.0
Extras		29
Total	all out, 82.1 overs	261

Fall of wickets: 3-1 (TJ Haines, 1.1 ov), 33-2 (DP Hughes, 6.2 ov), 174-3 (TP Alsop, 48.4 ov), 212-4 (D Ibrahim, 59.4 ov), 221-5 (JA Simpson, 62.6 ov), 236-6 (FJ Hudson-Prentice, 64.5 ov), 238-7 (JJ Carson, 66.2 ov), 249-8 (A Karvelas, 75.6 ov), 261-9 (JM Coles, 81.1 ov), 261-10 (HT Crocombe, 82.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	10	2	27	1	2.70	48	0	2
SJ Cook	14	2	48	1	3.43	61	1	0
KK Ahmed	15	1	64	1	4.27	65	0	6
NRM Thain	8	1	31	0	3.88	35	0	8
SR Harmer	17	6	38	2	2.24	81	0	0
MJJ Critchley	18.1	4	41	4	2.26	86	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	3	7	TJ Haines 1, DP Hughes 2
2	30	31	DP Hughes 12, TP Alsop 15
3	141	254	TP Alsop 57, JM Coles 66
4	38	66	JM Coles 18, D Ibrahim 19
5	9	20	JM Coles 7, JA Simpson 2
6	15	11	JM Coles 4, FJ Hudson-Prentice 9
7	2	9	JM Coles 1, JJ Carson 1
8	11	58	JM Coles 7, A Karvelas 4
9	12	31	JM Coles 5, HT Crocombe 2
10	0	6	HT Crocombe 0, GS Sandhu 0

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: Mark Newell, RJ Bailey
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Source: Cricsheet match 1461871