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Northamptonshire v Essex

Group Cross Pool · County Ground, Northampton · 26 Jun 2026

Northamptonshire won by 130 runs

Northamptonshire innings238/620 overs
Essex innings10813.2 overs

The worm

NorthamptonshireEssex
05010015020025005101520Northamptonshire: 1 wicket in over 8, 98/1Northamptonshire: 1 wicket in over 12, 146/2Northamptonshire: 1 wicket in over 18, 226/3Northamptonshire: 1 wicket in over 19, 234/4Northamptonshire: 2 wickets in over 20, 238/6Essex: 1 wicket in over 2, 15/1Essex: 1 wicket in over 4, 47/2Essex: 1 wicket in over 5, 61/3Essex: 1 wicket in over 7, 71/4Essex: 1 wicket in over 8, 75/5Essex: 1 wicket in over 10, 91/6Essex: 2 wickets in over 12, 100/8Essex: 2 wickets in over 14, 108/10

Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.

Runs per over

Northamptonshirewicket
012245101520Over 1: 16 runsOver 2: 6 runsOver 3: 18 runsOver 4: 12 runsOver 5: 15 runsOver 6: 18 runsOver 7: 7 runsOver 8: 6 runs, 1 wicketOver 9: 16 runsOver 10: 22 runsOver 11: 9 runsOver 12: 1 run, 1 wicketOver 13: 8 runsOver 14: 9 runsOver 15: 14 runsOver 16: 14 runsOver 17: 19 runsOver 18: 16 runs, 1 wicketOver 19: 8 runs, 1 wicketOver 20: 4 runs, 2 wickets
Essexwicket
012245101520Over 1: 7 runsOver 2: 8 runs, 1 wicketOver 3: 15 runsOver 4: 17 runs, 1 wicketOver 5: 14 runs, 1 wicketOver 6: 5 runsOver 7: 5 runs, 1 wicketOver 8: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 9: 10 runsOver 10: 6 runs, 1 wicketOver 11: 5 runsOver 12: 4 runs, 2 wicketsOver 13: 8 runsOver 14: 0 runs, 2 wickets

Northamptonshire innings 238/6 (20 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
R Vasconcelosb SR Harmer4421100209.5
CA Lynnc LM Benkenstein b SR Harmer7537113202.7
DJ Willeyc MS Pepper b CE Bennett652964224.1
J Broadc SML Fernandes b S Snater282131133.3
SA Zaibb Zaman Akhter11701157.1
LD McManusc SR Harmer b Zaman Akhter7510140.0
CG Harrisonnot out1100100.0
NA McSweeneynot out01000.0
Extras7
Total6 wickets, 20 overs238

Did not bat: GLS Scrimshaw, JJG Sales, BW Sanderson

Fall of wickets: 98-1 (R Vasconcelos, 7.5 ov), 146-2 (CA Lynn, 11.2 ov), 215-3 (DJ Willey, 17.3 ov), 226-4 (J Broad, 18.1 ov), 236-5 (LD McManus, 19.3 ov), 237-6 (SA Zaib, 19.5 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
S Snater3042114.00610
CE Bennett3034111.33811
Zaman Akhter4046211.50411
SR Harmer403929.75900
MJJ Critchley4045011.25400
LM Benkenstein1022022.00000
PI Walter10909.00110
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
19847R Vasconcelos 44, CA Lynn 53
24821CA Lynn 22, DJ Willey 25
36937DJ Willey 40, J Broad 27
4114J Broad 1, SA Zaib 9
5108SA Zaib 2, LD McManus 7
612SA Zaib 0, CG Harrison 1
Unbroken11CG Harrison 0, NA McSweeney 0

Essex innings 108 (13.2 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
PI Walterb BW Sanderson13830162.5
MS Pepperc BW Sanderson b JJG Sales231131209.1
JM Coxc LD McManus b BW Sanderson21922233.3
CWJ Allisonc NA McSweeney b GLS Scrimshaw571071.4
LM Benkensteinc NA McSweeney b SA Zaib4410100.0
MJJ Critchleyb CG Harrison11820137.5
SR Harmerc R Vasconcelos b CG Harrison12151080.0
SML Fernandesnot out101000100.0
S Snaterst LD McManus b CG Harrison01000.0
Zaman Akhterlbw b CG Harrison7610116.7
CE Bennettb CG Harrison01000.0
Extras2
Totalall out, 13.2 overs108

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (PI Walter, 1.4 ov), 47-2 (JM Cox, 3.6 ov), 57-3 (MS Pepper, 4.4 ov), 66-4 (CWJ Allison, 6.1 ov), 72-5 (LM Benkenstein, 7.2 ov), 85-6 (MJJ Critchley, 9.1 ov), 98-7 (SR Harmer, 11.3 ov), 98-8 (S Snater, 11.4 ov), 108-9 (Zaman Akhter, 13.1 ov), 108-10 (CE Bennett, 13.2 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
DJ Willey2022011.00300
BW Sanderson2025212.50600
JJG Sales201819.00400
SA Zaib20914.50700
GLS Scrimshaw302317.67700
CG Harrison2.20953.86500
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
11510PI Walter 13, MS Pepper 2
23214MS Pepper 11, JM Cox 21
3104MS Pepper 10, CWJ Allison 0
499CWJ Allison 5, LM Benkenstein 4
567LM Benkenstein 0, MJJ Critchley 6
61311MJJ Critchley 5, SR Harmer 8
71314SR Harmer 4, SML Fernandes 7
801SML Fernandes 0, S Snater 0
9109SML Fernandes 3, Zaman Akhter 7
1001SML Fernandes 0, CE Bennett 0

Match details

Toss
Essex, chose to field
Ground
County Ground, England & Wales
Season
2026
Umpires
James Middlebrook, Naeem Ashraf
Match referee
Wayne Noon
Source
Cricsheet match 1512833