MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Warwickshire v Essex

Group 1, match 12 · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 17 Apr 2026 – 20 Apr 2026

Warwickshire won by 41 runs

Warwickshire 1st innings19065 overs

Essex 1st innings20573.5 overs

Warwickshire 2nd innings22062.2 overs

Essex 2nd innings16464.2 overs

Warwickshire 1st innings 190 (65 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RM Yates	c PI Walter b JA Porter	8	12	1	0	66.7
AL Davies	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	0	1	0	0	0.0
DR Mousley	lbw b JA Porter	10	33	2	0	30.3
SR Hain	not out	88	179	11	2	49.2
BJ Webster	b S Snater	14	17	2	0	82.4
EG Barnard	lbw b Zaman Akhter	9	27	2	0	33.3
Z Malik	lbw b JA Porter	4	21	1	0	19.0
JA Thompson	c PI Walter b SJ Cook	13	11	2	0	118.2
KHD Barker	c S Snater b Zaman Akhter	22	48	2	0	45.8
ER Bamber	c MS Pepper b S Snater	0	7	0	0	0.0
NN Gilchrist	b SJ Cook	7	35	1	0	20.0
Extras		15
Total	all out, 65 overs	190

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (AL Davies, 0.2 ov), 12-2 (RM Yates, 4.2 ov), 25-3 (DR Mousley, 10.4 ov), 48-4 (BJ Webster, 17.2 ov), 65-5 (EG Barnard, 23.5 ov), 96-6 (Z Malik, 32.1 ov), 113-7 (JA Thompson, 35.4 ov), 144-8 (KHD Barker, 48.1 ov), 145-9 (ER Bamber, 49.6 ov), 190-10 (NN Gilchrist, 64.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	20	3	59	4	2.95	93	0	2
SJ Cook	18.5	7	38	2	2.02	95	2	0
S Snater	12.1	3	34	2	2.79	57	0	0
Zaman Akhter	13	3	47	2	3.62	57	1	0
SR Harmer	1	0	2	0	2.00	5	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	2	RM Yates 1, AL Davies 0
2	11	24	RM Yates 7, DR Mousley 4
3	13	38	DR Mousley 6, SR Hain 5
4	23	40	SR Hain 9, BJ Webster 14
5	17	39	SR Hain 0, EG Barnard 9
6	31	50	SR Hain 26, Z Malik 4
7	17	21	SR Hain 4, JA Thompson 13
8	31	75	SR Hain 8, KHD Barker 22
9	1	11	SR Hain 0, ER Bamber 0
10	45	90	SR Hain 36, NN Gilchrist 7

Essex 1st innings 205 (73.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c RM Yates b ER Bamber	7	25	1	0	28.0
PI Walter	c DR Mousley b ER Bamber	46	97	7	0	47.4
LM Benkenstein	c AL Davies b KHD Barker	1	7	0	0	14.3
CWJ Allison	lbw b NN Gilchrist	44	94	8	0	46.8
SJ Cook	c RM Yates b NN Gilchrist	19	46	3	0	41.3
MJJ Critchley	c Z Malik b ER Bamber	11	18	0	0	61.1
MS Pepper	c BJ Webster b NN Gilchrist	0	2	0	0	0.0
SR Harmer	b NN Gilchrist	48	91	6	2	52.7
S Snater	lbw b EG Barnard	8	42	1	0	19.0
Zaman Akhter	b KHD Barker	4	14	0	0	28.6
JA Porter	not out	1	9	0	0	11.1
Extras		16
Total	all out, 73.5 overs	205

Fall of wickets: 18-1 (D Elgar, 9.2 ov), 19-2 (LM Benkenstein, 10.4 ov), 103-3 (PI Walter, 33.1 ov), 127-4 (CWJ Allison, 42.3 ov), 136-5 (SJ Cook, 46.4 ov), 136-6 (MS Pepper, 46.6 ov), 144-7 (MJJ Critchley, 49.6 ov), 173-8 (S Snater, 62.6 ov), 186-9 (Zaman Akhter, 67.5 ov), 205-10 (SR Harmer, 73.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
KHD Barker	17	8	37	2	2.18	85	1	4
ER Bamber	20	3	44	3	2.20	96	0	0
EG Barnard	17	7	38	1	2.24	84	0	0
JA Thompson	10	0	35	0	3.50	44	0	0
NN Gilchrist	9.5	0	40	4	4.07	39	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	18	56	D Elgar 7, PI Walter 7
2	1	8	PI Walter 0, LM Benkenstein 1
3	84	135	PI Walter 39, CWJ Allison 38
4	24	56	CWJ Allison 6, SJ Cook 18
5	9	25	SJ Cook 1, MJJ Critchley 8
6	0	2	MJJ Critchley 0, MS Pepper 0
7	8	18	MJJ Critchley 3, SR Harmer 5
8	29	78	SR Harmer 18, S Snater 8
9	13	29	SR Harmer 7, Zaman Akhter 4
10	19	36	SR Harmer 18, JA Porter 1

Warwickshire 2nd innings 220 (62.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RM Yates	c CWJ Allison b S Snater	22	56	4	0	39.3
AL Davies	c SR Harmer b SJ Cook	5	17	0	0	29.4
DR Mousley	c LM Benkenstein b SJ Cook	0	5	0	0	0.0
SR Hain	c SR Harmer b SJ Cook	0	5	0	0	0.0
BJ Webster	b SJ Cook	91	123	16	0	74.0
EG Barnard	c PI Walter b S Snater	17	25	4	0	68.0
Z Malik	c CWJ Allison b JA Porter	21	47	3	0	44.7
JA Thompson	c PI Walter b SR Harmer	7	19	1	0	36.8
KHD Barker	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	11	24	2	0	45.8
ER Bamber	not out	19	25	3	0	76.0
NN Gilchrist	b S Snater	17	28	2	1	60.7
Extras		10
Total	all out, 62.2 overs	220

Fall of wickets: 14-1 (AL Davies, 5.5 ov), 14-2 (DR Mousley, 7.4 ov), 14-3 (SR Hain, 9.3 ov), 58-4 (RM Yates, 16.6 ov), 94-5 (EG Barnard, 26.2 ov), 144-6 (Z Malik, 40.3 ov), 153-7 (JA Thompson, 45.1 ov), 177-8 (BJ Webster, 52.2 ov), 188-9 (KHD Barker, 54.2 ov), 220-10 (NN Gilchrist, 62.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
JA Porter	13	8	31	1	2.38	67
SJ Cook	15	3	58	5	3.87	64
S Snater	9.2	4	15	3	1.61	49
Zaman Akhter	7	1	41	0	5.86	23
SR Harmer	18	3	65	1	3.61	80

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	14	35	RM Yates 8, AL Davies 5
2	0	11	RM Yates 0, DR Mousley 0
3	0	11	RM Yates 0, SR Hain 0
4	44	45	RM Yates 14, BJ Webster 30
5	36	56	BJ Webster 15, EG Barnard 17
6	50	85	BJ Webster 29, Z Malik 21
7	9	28	BJ Webster 2, JA Thompson 7
8	24	43	BJ Webster 15, KHD Barker 5
9	11	12	KHD Barker 6, ER Bamber 5
10	32	48	ER Bamber 14, NN Gilchrist 17

Essex 2nd innings 164 (64.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SJ Cook	c JA Thompson b KHD Barker	14	25	3	0	56.0
D Elgar	lbw b KHD Barker	0	7	0	0	0.0
PI Walter	c KHD Barker b EG Barnard	8	45	1	0	17.8
CWJ Allison	b KHD Barker	0	3	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	c DR Mousley b ER Bamber	4	5	1	0	80.0
LM Benkenstein	b ER Bamber	39	93	8	0	41.9
MS Pepper	c RM Yates b KHD Barker	9	41	1	0	22.0
SR Harmer	c RM Yates b BJ Webster	32	57	4	0	56.1
S Snater	c AL Davies b JA Thompson	11	36	2	0	30.6
Zaman Akhter	c SR Hain b BJ Webster	35	68	7	0	51.5
JA Porter	not out	0	7	0	0	0.0
Extras		12
Total	all out, 64.2 overs	164

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (D Elgar, 5.1 ov), 16-2 (SJ Cook, 5.3 ov), 16-3 (CWJ Allison, 5.6 ov), 21-4 (MJJ Critchley, 8.2 ov), 58-5 (PI Walter, 19.3 ov), 80-6 (MS Pepper, 35.3 ov), 82-7 (LM Benkenstein, 36.6 ov), 112-8 (S Snater, 46.4 ov), 163-9 (SR Harmer, 62.1 ov), 164-10 (Zaman Akhter, 64.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
ER Bamber	16	4	57	2	3.56	77	1	0
KHD Barker	17	5	29	4	1.71	87	2	0
NN Gilchrist	7	2	31	0	4.43	31	0	2
EG Barnard	11	6	12	1	1.09	57	0	0
JA Thompson	8	3	24	1	3.00	37	0	0
BJ Webster	4.2	2	4	2	0.92	23	0	0
RM Yates	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	15	31	SJ Cook 14, D Elgar 0
2	1	2	SJ Cook 0, PI Walter 1
3	0	3	PI Walter 0, CWJ Allison 0
4	5	14	PI Walter 1, MJJ Critchley 4
5	37	67	PI Walter 6, LM Benkenstein 25
6	22	96	LM Benkenstein 12, MS Pepper 9
7	2	9	LM Benkenstein 2, SR Harmer 0
8	30	58	SR Harmer 18, S Snater 11
9	51	93	SR Harmer 14, Zaman Akhter 34
10	1	13	Zaman Akhter 1, JA Porter 0

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to field
Ground: Edgbaston, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: BJ Debenham, RA Kettleborough
Match referee: DA Cosker
Source: Cricsheet match 1513337