MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Essex v Surrey

Group 1, match 15 · Kennington Oval, London · 24 Apr 2026 – 27 Apr 2026

Match drawn

Essex 1st innings409117.1 overs

Surrey 1st innings472156.3 overs

Essex 2nd innings302/2d86 overs

Essex 1st innings 409 (117.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c BT Foakes b J Clark	92	161	15	0	57.1
PI Walter	lbw b SA Abbott	101	184	14	0	54.9
T Westley	b TE Lawes	1	27	0	0	3.7
CWJ Allison	lbw b MD Fisher	40	67	7	0	59.7
MJJ Critchley	c RJ Burns b TE Lawes	8	14	1	0	57.1
MS Pepper	b AAP Atkinson	17	35	3	0	48.6
NRM Thain	c JL Smith b DW Lawrence	64	126	12	0	50.8
SR Harmer	lbw b SA Abbott	41	75	4	0	54.7
S Snater	c RJ Burns b DW Lawrence	17	15	2	1	113.3
SJ Cook	c RJ Burns b DW Lawrence	0	1	0	0	0.0
JA Porter	not out	0	7	0	0	0.0
Extras		28
Total	all out, 117.1 overs	409

Fall of wickets: 183-1 (D Elgar, 46.6 ov), 194-2 (T Westley, 55.3 ov), 248-3 (PI Walter, 70.3 ov), 262-4 (CWJ Allison, 73.2 ov), 262-5 (MJJ Critchley, 74.6 ov), 309-6 (MS Pepper, 87.3 ov), 384-7 (SR Harmer, 112.1 ov), 408-8 (NRM Thain, 115.1 ov), 408-9 (SJ Cook, 115.2 ov), 409-10 (S Snater, 117.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
AAP Atkinson	23	2	76	1	3.30	105	0	6
TE Lawes	23	2	89	2	3.87	93	0	0
SA Abbott	24	4	80	2	3.33	112	1	8
J Clark	25	3	87	1	3.48	109	1	2
MD Fisher	17	3	57	1	3.35	79	2	2
DW Lawrence	5.1	2	14	3	2.71	23	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	183	282	D Elgar 92, PI Walter 73
2	11	51	PI Walter 10, T Westley 1
3	54	90	PI Walter 18, CWJ Allison 36
4	14	17	CWJ Allison 4, MJJ Critchley 8
5	0	10	MJJ Critchley 0, MS Pepper 0
6	47	75	MS Pepper 17, NRM Thain 25
7	75	148	NRM Thain 31, SR Harmer 41
8	24	18	NRM Thain 8, S Snater 16
9	0	1	S Snater 0, SJ Cook 0
10	1	11	S Snater 1, JA Porter 0

Surrey 1st innings 472 (156.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	2	8	0	0	25.0
DP Sibley	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	101	283	8	0	35.7
JL Smith	c MS Pepper b S Snater	5	32	0	0	15.6
OJ Pope	c & b JA Porter	69	131	10	0	52.7
DW Lawrence	c SJ Cook b NRM Thain	125	204	15	2	61.3
BT Foakes	b MJJ Critchley	33	59	5	0	55.9
J Clark	lbw b MJJ Critchley	43	60	3	0	71.7
TE Lawes	c & b SR Harmer	36	71	5	0	50.7
SA Abbott	c MJJ Critchley b SR Harmer	8	25	0	0	32.0
AAP Atkinson	not out	21	51	2	0	41.2
MD Fisher	c MS Pepper b SR Harmer	2	19	0	0	10.5
Extras		27
Total	all out, 156.3 overs	472

Fall of wickets: 12-1 (RJ Burns, 2.2 ov), 29-2 (JL Smith, 11.3 ov), 134-3 (OJ Pope, 52.6 ov), 255-4 (DP Sibley, 96.6 ov), 341-5 (BT Foakes, 116.1 ov), 367-6 (DW Lawrence, 123.5 ov), 434-7 (TE Lawes, 140.2 ov), 434-8 (J Clark, 141.2 ov), 450-9 (SA Abbott, 148.4 ov), 472-10 (MD Fisher, 156.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	26	7	75	2	2.88	125	6
SJ Cook	29	5	62	1	2.14	139	0
S Snater	27	5	74	1	2.74	126	0
NRM Thain	20	4	70	1	3.50	84	0
SR Harmer	25.3	2	69	3	2.71	108	0
MJJ Critchley	28	3	95	2	3.39	101	2
PI Walter	1	0	8	0	8.00	2	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	12	14	RJ Burns 2, DP Sibley 10
2	17	55	DP Sibley 10, JL Smith 5
3	105	249	DP Sibley 36, OJ Pope 69
4	121	264	DP Sibley 45, DW Lawrence 68
5	86	115	DW Lawrence 53, BT Foakes 33
6	26	46	DW Lawrence 4, J Clark 18
7	67	99	J Clark 25, TE Lawes 36
8	0	6	J Clark 0, SA Abbott 0
9	16	44	SA Abbott 8, AAP Atkinson 4
10	22	47	AAP Atkinson 17, MD Fisher 2

Essex 2nd innings 302/2d (86 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	lbw b AAP Atkinson	3	37	0	0	8.1
D Elgar	not out	107	238	10	1	45.0
T Westley	c DP Sibley b DW Lawrence	136	169	22	2	80.5
CWJ Allison	not out	35	79	2	0	44.3
Extras		21
Total	2 wickets declared, 86 overs	302

Did not bat: SR Harmer, MS Pepper, JA Porter, SJ Cook, S Snater, MJJ Critchley, NRM Thain

Fall of wickets: 22-1 (PI Walter, 10.6 ov), 219-2 (T Westley, 59.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
SA Abbott	15	3	43	0	2.87	74	0	10
AAP Atkinson	11	3	12	1	1.09	56	0	2
DW Lawrence	19	2	54	1	2.84	79	0	0
J Clark	11	2	47	0	4.27	46	0	0
MD Fisher	9	1	36	0	4.00	38	0	0
TE Lawes	6	2	45	0	7.50	19	0	2
RJ Burns	7	1	29	0	4.14	23	0	0
DP Sibley	6	0	24	0	4.00	20	2	0
BT Foakes	2	0	7	0	3.50	6	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	22	66	PI Walter 3, D Elgar 11
2	197	293	D Elgar 54, T Westley 136
Unbroken	83	157	D Elgar 42, CWJ Allison 35

Match details

Toss: Surrey, chose to field
Ground: Kennington Oval, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: JD Shantry, MJ Saggers
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Source: Cricsheet match 1513340