MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Essex v Hampshire

Group 1, match 2 · The Rose Bowl, Southampton · 3 Apr 2026 – 5 Apr 2026

Essex won by an innings and 137 runs

Essex 1st innings461/7d138.3 overs

Hampshire 1st innings15648.3 overs

Hampshire 2nd innings16859.3 overs

Essex 1st innings 461/7d (138.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c BA Mayes b KJ Abbott	2	4	0	0	50.0
PI Walter	c BC Brown b S Baker	9	37	1	0	24.3
T Westley	retired hurt	28	73	5	0	38.4
PWA Mulder	b KJ Abbott	17	44	3	0	38.6
MJJ Critchley	c EV Jack b TJ Prest	173	266	20	1	65.0
CWJ Allison	c TJ Prest b EV Jack	80	140	12	1	57.1
MS Pepper	lbw b Codi Yusuf	32	58	4	0	55.2
NRM Thain	c BC Brown b S Baker	2	14	0	0	14.3
SR Harmer	not out	71	145	8	1	49.0
S Snater	not out	37	50	3	2	74.0
Extras		10
Total	7 wickets declared, 138.3 overs	461

Did not bat: JA Porter, SJ Cook

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (D Elgar, 0.4 ov), 27-2 (PI Walter, 14.1 ov), 67-3 (PWA Mulder, 28.6 ov), 253-4 (CWJ Allison, 76.6 ov), 303-5 (MS Pepper, 92.6 ov), 308-6 (NRM Thain, 95.5 ov), 400-7 (MJJ Critchley, 122.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
KJ Abbott	28	5	76	2	2.71	135	1
Codi Yusuf	28	5	98	1	3.50	122	0
S Baker	22	3	68	2	3.09	96	1
EV Jack	17.3	2	99	1	5.66	64	1
LA Dawson	38	4	98	0	2.58	159	1
TJ Prest	4	1	13	1	3.25	18	0
NRT Gubbins	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	2	4	D Elgar 2, PI Walter 0
2	25	81	PI Walter 9, T Westley 16
3	40	89	T Westley 12, PWA Mulder 17
4	186	288	MJJ Critchley 103, CWJ Allison 80
5	50	96	MJJ Critchley 18, MS Pepper 32
6	5	17	MJJ Critchley 2, NRM Thain 2
7	92	159	MJJ Critchley 43, SR Harmer 47
Unbroken	61	97	SR Harmer 24, S Snater 37

Hampshire 1st innings 156 (48.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JJ Weatherley	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	1	16	0	0	6.3
NRT Gubbins	b SJ Cook	0	3	0	0	0.0
TJ Prest	c MS Pepper b S Snater	8	27	1	0	29.6
JS Lehmann	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	34	49	5	0	69.4
BC Brown	b SJ Cook	3	26	0	0	11.5
BA Mayes	lbw b S Snater	8	25	2	0	32.0
LA Dawson	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	1	6	0	0	16.7
Codi Yusuf	b PWA Mulder	12	24	2	0	50.0
KJ Abbott	lbw b SR Harmer	35	43	8	0	81.4
EV Jack	not out	31	50	5	1	62.0
S Baker	lbw b MJJ Critchley	10	24	2	0	41.7
Extras		13
Total	all out, 48.3 overs	156

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (NRT Gubbins, 1.3 ov), 5-2 (JJ Weatherley, 5.2 ov), 38-3 (TJ Prest, 13.1 ov), 52-4 (JS Lehmann, 16.5 ov), 54-5 (BC Brown, 21.4 ov), 63-6 (LA Dawson, 24.3 ov), 65-7 (BA Mayes, 25.4 ov), 91-8 (Codi Yusuf, 32.1 ov), 139-9 (KJ Abbott, 41.3 ov), 156-10 (S Baker, 48.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	11	5	19	2	1.73	58	0
SJ Cook	11	5	33	3	3.00	52	0
PWA Mulder	9	2	35	1	3.89	38	4
S Snater	9	2	38	2	4.22	37	0
SR Harmer	8	4	22	1	2.75	43	0
MJJ Critchley	0.3	0	0	1	0.00	3	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	9	JJ Weatherley 0, NRT Gubbins 0
2	5	23	JJ Weatherley 1, TJ Prest 4
3	33	47	TJ Prest 4, JS Lehmann 21
4	14	22	JS Lehmann 13, BC Brown 1
5	2	29	BC Brown 2, BA Mayes 0
6	9	17	BA Mayes 8, LA Dawson 1
7	2	7	BA Mayes 0, Codi Yusuf 2
8	26	39	Codi Yusuf 10, KJ Abbott 12
9	48	56	KJ Abbott 23, EV Jack 24
10	17	42	EV Jack 7, S Baker 10

Hampshire 2nd innings 168 (59.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JJ Weatherley	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	4	4	1	0	100.0
NRT Gubbins	c NRM Thain b MJJ Critchley	48	161	7	0	29.8
TJ Prest	lbw b SR Harmer	55	67	10	0	82.1
JS Lehmann	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	9	18	2	0	50.0
BC Brown	b SR Harmer	12	27	2	0	44.4
BA Mayes	b SR Harmer	4	22	1	0	18.2
LA Dawson	b MJJ Critchley	14	27	2	0	51.9
Codi Yusuf	lbw b MJJ Critchley	2	6	0	0	33.3
KJ Abbott	not out	4	17	1	0	23.5
EV Jack	b MJJ Critchley	6	9	1	0	66.7
S Baker	c S Snater b MJJ Critchley	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		10
Total	all out, 59.3 overs	168

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (JJ Weatherley, 0.4 ov), 85-2 (TJ Prest, 23.3 ov), 100-3 (JS Lehmann, 28.3 ov), 119-4 (BC Brown, 37.2 ov), 129-5 (BA Mayes, 43.4 ov), 149-6 (LA Dawson, 51.3 ov), 155-7 (Codi Yusuf, 53.3 ov), 160-8 (NRT Gubbins, 55.5 ov), 168-9 (EV Jack, 59.1 ov), 168-10 (S Baker, 59.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	9	3	25	1	2.78	45	0
SJ Cook	9	3	23	1	2.56	46	0
SR Harmer	25	9	49	3	1.96	127	0
PWA Mulder	4	0	26	0	6.50	15	4
S Snater	8	1	32	0	4.00	34	0
MJJ Critchley	4.3	1	9	5	2.00	24	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	4	JJ Weatherley 4, NRT Gubbins 0
2	81	137	NRT Gubbins 21, TJ Prest 55
3	15	30	NRT Gubbins 6, JS Lehmann 9
4	19	53	NRT Gubbins 6, BC Brown 12
5	10	38	NRT Gubbins 4, BA Mayes 4
6	20	47	NRT Gubbins 6, LA Dawson 14
7	6	12	NRT Gubbins 4, Codi Yusuf 2
8	5	14	NRT Gubbins 1, KJ Abbott 4
9	8	20	KJ Abbott 0, EV Jack 6
10	0	2	KJ Abbott 0, S Baker 0

Match details

Toss: Hampshire, chose to field
Ground: The Rose Bowl, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: ID Blackwell, M Burns
Match referee: SJ Davis
Source: Cricsheet match 1513327