MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Essex v Somerset

Group 1, match 6 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 10 Apr 2026 – 12 Apr 2026

Somerset won by 10 wickets

Essex 1st innings14951 overs

Somerset 1st innings34892.3 overs

Essex 2nd innings24572.3 overs

Somerset 2nd innings49/05.4 overs

Essex 1st innings 149 (51 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c JT Ball b TA Lammonby	41	94	5	0	43.6
PI Walter	lbw b JT Ball	2	22	0	0	9.1
PWA Mulder	c T Kohler-Cadmore b JT Ball	0	2	0	0	0.0
CWJ Allison	c TB Abell b M Pretorius	49	84	6	0	58.3
MJJ Critchley	c JEK Rew b TA Lammonby	0	3	0	0	0.0
LM Benkenstein	b J Shaw	18	49	3	0	36.7
MS Pepper	b C Overton	16	22	3	0	72.7
SR Harmer	lbw b C Overton	0	2	0	0	0.0
S Snater	b J Shaw	13	11	3	0	118.2
SJ Cook	not out	1	7	0	0	14.3
JA Porter	c JEK Rew b J Shaw	0	11	0	0	0.0
Extras		9
Total	all out, 51 overs	149

Fall of wickets: 14-1 (PI Walter, 7.3 ov), 14-2 (PWA Mulder, 7.5 ov), 77-3 (D Elgar, 29.3 ov), 77-4 (MJJ Critchley, 29.6 ov), 105-5 (CWJ Allison, 38.4 ov), 130-6 (MS Pepper, 45.1 ov), 130-7 (SR Harmer, 45.3 ov), 134-8 (LM Benkenstein, 46.4 ov), 147-9 (S Snater, 48.5 ov), 149-10 (JA Porter, 50.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
C Overton	13.2	5	35	2	2.63	63	0
JT Ball	13.4	1	34	2	2.49	63	0
M Pretorius	11	1	38	1	3.45	48	2
J Shaw	11	5	30	3	2.73	53	0
TA Lammonby	2	0	5	2	2.50	8	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	14	45	D Elgar 11, PI Walter 2
2	0	2	D Elgar 0, PWA Mulder 0
3	63	130	D Elgar 30, CWJ Allison 32
4	0	3	CWJ Allison 0, MJJ Critchley 0
5	28	52	CWJ Allison 17, LM Benkenstein 9
6	25	39	LM Benkenstein 9, MS Pepper 16
7	0	2	LM Benkenstein 0, SR Harmer 0
8	4	7	LM Benkenstein 0, S Snater 0
9	13	13	S Snater 13, SJ Cook 0
10	2	13	SJ Cook 1, JA Porter 0

Somerset 1st innings 348 (92.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Leach	b JA Porter	6	12	1	0	50.0
JF Thomas	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	4	20	0	0	20.0
TA Lammonby	c D Elgar b SJ Cook	2	2	0	0	100.0
JEK Rew	c MS Pepper b SR Harmer	48	67	9	0	71.6
TB Abell	c MS Pepper b S Snater	29	42	3	0	69.0
LP Goldsworthy	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	42	127	5	0	33.1
C Overton	lbw b S Snater	141	180	19	3	78.3
WCF Smeed	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	39	77	5	0	50.6
M Pretorius	c PI Walter b JA Porter	6	11	1	0	54.5
J Shaw	not out	11	17	2	0	64.7
JT Ball	c PWA Mulder b S Snater	1	4	0	0	25.0
Extras		19
Total	all out, 92.3 overs	348

Did not bat: AM Vaughan, T Kohler-Cadmore

Fall of wickets: 8-1 (MJ Leach, 2.5 ov), 11-2 (TA Lammonby, 3.6 ov), 16-3 (JF Thomas, 5.2 ov), 73-4 (TB Abell, 18.2 ov), 114-5 (JEK Rew, 30.1 ov), 212-6 (LP Goldsworthy, 57.2 ov), 330-7 (C Overton, 86.3 ov), 330-8 (WCF Smeed, 87.4 ov), 347-9 (M Pretorius, 91.5 ov), 348-10 (JT Ball, 92.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	21	5	84	3	4.00	88	6
SJ Cook	24	5	93	3	3.88	103	0
S Snater	18.3	6	56	3	3.03	88	0
PWA Mulder	7	1	21	0	3.00	35	2
SR Harmer	16	2	60	1	3.75	72	0
MJJ Critchley	6	0	23	0	3.83	18	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	8	17	MJ Leach 6, JF Thomas 0
2	3	7	JF Thomas 1, TA Lammonby 2
3	5	8	JF Thomas 3, JEK Rew 0
4	57	78	JEK Rew 22, TB Abell 29
5	41	71	JEK Rew 26, LP Goldsworthy 15
6	98	163	LP Goldsworthy 27, C Overton 67
7	118	175	C Overton 74, WCF Smeed 39
8	0	7	WCF Smeed 0, M Pretorius 0
9	17	25	M Pretorius 6, J Shaw 11
10	1	4	J Shaw 0, JT Ball 1

Essex 2nd innings 245 (72.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c & b C Overton	70	118	9	0	59.3
D Elgar	c TB Abell b MJ Leach	7	34	1	0	20.6
LM Benkenstein	c JEK Rew b M Pretorius	4	8	1	0	50.0
CWJ Allison	c TB Abell b JT Ball	0	5	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	c AM Vaughan b C Overton	59	87	10	0	67.8
PWA Mulder	c JEK Rew b M Pretorius	31	47	5	0	66.0
MS Pepper	c C Overton b JT Ball	0	7	0	0	0.0
SR Harmer	lbw b J Shaw	20	45	2	0	44.4
S Snater	c AM Vaughan b M Pretorius	27	46	4	0	58.7
SJ Cook	c JEK Rew b JT Ball	17	38	2	0	44.7
JA Porter	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		10
Total	all out, 72.3 overs	245

Fall of wickets: 29-1 (D Elgar, 8.6 ov), 40-2 (LM Benkenstein, 13.2 ov), 45-3 (CWJ Allison, 14.5 ov), 141-4 (MJJ Critchley, 40.3 ov), 150-5 (PI Walter, 44.2 ov), 151-6 (MS Pepper, 45.6 ov), 192-7 (PWA Mulder, 55.5 ov), 203-8 (SR Harmer, 61.4 ov), 241-9 (SJ Cook, 71.5 ov), 245-10 (S Snater, 72.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
C Overton	19	4	46	2	2.42	87	0
JT Ball	19	2	67	3	3.53	76	0
M Pretorius	19.3	5	64	3	3.28	89	2
MJ Leach	4	0	8	1	2.00	19	0
J Shaw	11	2	52	1	4.73	43	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	29	54	PI Walter 22, D Elgar 7
2	11	26	PI Walter 6, LM Benkenstein 4
3	5	9	PI Walter 5, CWJ Allison 0
4	96	154	PI Walter 34, MJJ Critchley 59
5	9	23	PI Walter 3, PWA Mulder 6
6	1	10	PWA Mulder 1, MS Pepper 0
7	41	59	PWA Mulder 24, SR Harmer 17
8	11	35	SR Harmer 3, S Snater 7
9	38	61	S Snater 16, SJ Cook 17
10	4	4	S Snater 4, JA Porter 0

Somerset 2nd innings 49/0 (5.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AM Vaughan	not out	41	25	6	2	164.0
JF Thomas	not out	8	9	2	0	88.9
Extras		0
Total	0 wickets, 5.4 overs	49

Did not bat: MJ Leach, JT Ball, WCF Smeed, JEK Rew, M Pretorius, TA Lammonby, J Shaw, TB Abell, C Overton, LP Goldsworthy, T Kohler-Cadmore

Bowler	O	M	R	Econ	Dots
SJ Cook	2	1	19	9.50	7
SR Harmer	2.4	0	25	9.38	10
MJJ Critchley	1	0	5	5.00	4

Match details

Toss: Somerset, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: MA Gough, SJ O'Shaughnessy
Match referee: JJ Whitaker
Source: Cricsheet match 1513331