MatchesMen's T20 leagueVitality Blast Men 2026

Surrey v Essex

Group South · County Ground, Chelmsford · 1 Jul 2026

Surrey won by 7 runs

Surrey innings240/420 overs
Essex innings233/820 overs

The worm

SurreyEssex
05010015020025005101520Surrey: 1 wicket in over 9, 98/1Surrey: 1 wicket in over 11, 117/2Surrey: 1 wicket in over 19, 221/3Surrey: 1 wicket in over 20, 240/4Essex: 1 wicket in over 3, 31/1Essex: 1 wicket in over 8, 105/2Essex: 1 wicket in over 9, 113/3Essex: 1 wicket in over 10, 121/4Essex: 1 wicket in over 11, 124/5Essex: 1 wicket in over 15, 162/6Essex: 1 wicket in over 16, 169/7Essex: 1 wicket in over 17, 180/8

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

Runs per over

Surreywicket
015305101520Over 1: 9 runsOver 2: 17 runsOver 3: 9 runsOver 4: 10 runsOver 5: 12 runsOver 6: 18 runsOver 7: 3 runsOver 8: 11 runsOver 9: 9 runs, 1 wicketOver 10: 5 runsOver 11: 14 runs, 1 wicketOver 12: 14 runsOver 13: 7 runsOver 14: 5 runsOver 15: 10 runsOver 16: 15 runsOver 17: 16 runsOver 18: 18 runsOver 19: 19 runs, 1 wicketOver 20: 19 runs, 1 wicket
Essexwicket
015305101520Over 1: 12 runsOver 2: 14 runsOver 3: 5 runs, 1 wicketOver 4: 23 runsOver 5: 23 runsOver 6: 18 runsOver 7: 6 runsOver 8: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 9: 8 runs, 1 wicketOver 10: 8 runs, 1 wicketOver 11: 3 runs, 1 wicketOver 12: 10 runsOver 13: 11 runsOver 14: 9 runsOver 15: 8 runs, 1 wicketOver 16: 7 runs, 1 wicketOver 17: 11 runs, 1 wicketOver 18: 18 runsOver 19: 10 runsOver 20: 25 runs

Surrey innings 240/4 (20 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
JJ Royc MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley653863171.1
LJ Evansc MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley402361173.9
JR Philippenot out613054203.3
OJ Popeb S Snater5926101226.9
TK Curranc SR Harmer b Zaman Akhter01000.0
DW Lawrencenot out12311400.0
Extras3
Total4 wickets, 20 overs240

Did not bat: ARG Thomas, RJW Topley, J Clark, TE Lawes, CJ Jordan

Fall of wickets: 98-1 (LJ Evans, 8.6 ov), 116-2 (JJ Roy, 10.5 ov), 221-3 (OJ Pope, 18.6 ov), 228-4 (TK Curran, 19.3 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
S Snater4044111.00600
CE Bennett3047015.67100
Zaman Akhter4063115.75511
MJJ Critchley403629.00910
SR Harmer403609.00300
LM Benkenstein1014014.00000
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
19854JJ Roy 57, LJ Evans 40
21811JJ Roy 8, JR Philippe 9
310549JR Philippe 45, OJ Pope 59
473JR Philippe 7, TK Curran 0
Unbroken123JR Philippe 0, DW Lawrence 12

Essex innings 233/8 (20 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
PI Walterc JR Philippe b RJW Topley7830124260.0
MS Pepperb RJW Topley130033.3
CWJ Allisonc TK Curran b DW Lawrence211411150.0
LM Benkensteinc JR Philippe b DW Lawrence12820150.0
MJJ Critchleyc ARG Thomas b RJW Topley340075.0
NRM Thainc RJW Topley b TE Lawes362522144.0
SR Harmerc RJW Topley b TE Lawes151010150.0
SML Fernandesb DW Lawrence230066.7
S Snaternot out331423235.7
Zaman Akhternot out261022260.0
Extras6
Total8 wickets, 20 overs233

Did not bat: CE Bennett

Fall of wickets: 26-1 (MS Pepper, 2.1 ov), 103-2 (CWJ Allison, 7.3 ov), 105-3 (PI Walter, 8.1 ov), 117-4 (LM Benkenstein, 9.2 ov), 121-5 (MJJ Critchley, 10.1 ov), 159-6 (SR Harmer, 14.3 ov), 162-7 (SML Fernandes, 15.1 ov), 174-8 (NRM Thain, 16.3 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
RJW Topley402837.001120
J Clark2036018.00210
TK Curran3051017.00110
CJ Jordan3039013.00400
TE Lawes4050212.50401
DW Lawrence402837.00700
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
12613PI Walter 21, MS Pepper 1
27732PI Walter 56, CWJ Allison 21
324PI Walter 1, LM Benkenstein 1
4127LM Benkenstein 11, MJJ Critchley 1
545MJJ Critchley 2, NRM Thain 2
63826NRM Thain 23, SR Harmer 15
734NRM Thain 1, SML Fernandes 2
8128NRM Thain 10, S Snater 2
Unbroken5921S Snater 31, Zaman Akhter 26

Match details

Toss
Essex, chose to field
Ground
County Ground, England & Wales
Season
2026
Umpires
JC Tredwell, Tom Lungley
Match referee
SJ Davis
Source
Cricsheet match 1512842