MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Sussex v Surrey

Group 1, match 17 · Kennington Oval, London · 1 May 2026 – 4 May 2026

Surrey won by 8 wickets

Sussex 1st innings358/9d83.2 overs

Surrey 1st innings622158.2 overs

Sussex 2nd innings27785 overs

Surrey 2nd innings15/24 overs

Sussex 1st innings 358/9d (83.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DP Hughes	lbw b J Clark	22	33	4	0	66.7
TJ Haines	c OJ Pope b SA Abbott	0	2	0	0	0.0
TGR Clark	c MD Fisher b J Clark	44	68	7	0	64.7
JM Coles	b J Clark	6	11	1	0	54.5
JA Leaning	c JL Smith b J Clark	3	13	0	0	23.1
JA Simpson	c JL Smith b J Clark	0	2	0	0	0.0
C Tear	b MD Fisher	0	9	0	0	0.0
FJ Hudson-Prentice	c DP Sibley b MD Fisher	53	58	7	1	91.4
JJ Carson	c JL Smith b MD Fisher	105	149	14	0	70.5
OE Robinson	not out	100	152	12	1	65.8
HT Crocombe	not out	1	6	0	0	16.7
Extras		24
Total	9 wickets declared, 83.2 overs	358

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (TJ Haines, 1.2 ov), 63-2 (DP Hughes, 15.4 ov), 76-3 (TGR Clark, 17.3 ov), 83-4 (JM Coles, 19.3 ov), 83-5 (JA Simpson, 19.5 ov), 84-6 (C Tear, 22.3 ov), 92-7 (JA Leaning, 23.6 ov), 167-8 (FJ Hudson-Prentice, 36.1 ov), 340-9 (JJ Carson, 80.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
MD Fisher	24	1	92	3	3.83	103	2	0
SA Abbott	17	0	96	1	5.65	63	2	4
RJW Topley	12	0	61	0	5.08	39	0	2
J Clark	16.2	2	68	5	4.16	65	0	0
RS Patel	2	0	6	0	3.00	7	0	0
DW Lawrence	12	2	21	0	1.75	54	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	8	DP Hughes 0, TJ Haines 0
2	63	86	DP Hughes 22, TGR Clark 40
3	13	11	TGR Clark 4, JM Coles 1
4	7	12	JM Coles 5, JA Leaning 2
5	0	2	JA Leaning 0, JA Simpson 0
6	1	16	JA Leaning 1, C Tear 0
7	8	9	JA Leaning 0, FJ Hudson-Prentice 8
8	75	73	FJ Hudson-Prentice 45, JJ Carson 23
9	173	266	JJ Carson 82, OE Robinson 83
Unbroken	18	17	OE Robinson 17, HT Crocombe 1

Surrey 1st innings 622 (158.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	b HT Crocombe	77	149	8	1	51.7
DP Sibley	st JA Simpson b JJ Carson	187	377	12	3	49.6
RS Patel	c DP Hughes b JJ Carson	67	82	10	0	81.7
OJ Pope	c TGR Clark b OE Robinson	39	48	7	0	81.3
DW Lawrence	c DP Hughes b JJ Carson	13	18	1	1	72.2
JL Smith	c OE Robinson b JJ Carson	8	13	1	0	61.5
ARG Thomas	b JM Coles	120	181	9	1	66.3
J Clark	lbw b TJ Haines	5	12	0	0	41.7
SA Abbott	c JM Coles b JA Leaning	76	71	6	2	107.0
MD Fisher	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
RJW Topley	lbw b JM Coles	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		30
Total	all out, 158.2 overs	622

Fall of wickets: 148-1 (RJ Burns, 48.5 ov), 257-2 (RS Patel, 75.3 ov), 329-3 (OJ Pope, 95.6 ov), 363-4 (DW Lawrence, 103.2 ov), 371-5 (JL Smith, 105.3 ov), 446-6 (DP Sibley, 125.5 ov), 461-7 (J Clark, 130.6 ov), 622-8 (SA Abbott, 157.5 ov), 622-9 (ARG Thomas, 158.1 ov), 622-10 (RJW Topley, 158.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
FJ Hudson-Prentice	20	4	84	0	4.20	86	0
OE Robinson	27	4	99	1	3.67	105	4
HT Crocombe	27	4	89	1	3.30	109	0
TJ Haines	11	1	28	1	2.55	47	0
JJ Carson	34	4	128	4	3.76	124	0
TGR Clark	13.5	2	50	0	3.61	53	2
JA Leaning	4.1	0	28	1	6.72	9	0
JM Coles	21.2	1	92	2	4.31	64	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	148	293	RJ Burns 77, DP Sibley 62
2	109	160	DP Sibley 33, RS Patel 67
3	72	123	DP Sibley 33, OJ Pope 39
4	34	44	DP Sibley 15, DW Lawrence 13
5	8	13	DP Sibley 0, JL Smith 8
6	75	122	DP Sibley 44, ARG Thomas 31
7	15	31	ARG Thomas 8, J Clark 5
8	161	161	ARG Thomas 81, SA Abbott 76
9	0	2	ARG Thomas 0, MD Fisher 0
10	0	1	MD Fisher 0, RJW Topley 0

Sussex 2nd innings 277 (85 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TJ Haines	not out	20	39	3	0	51.3
DP Hughes	c RJ Burns b J Clark	39	95	4	0	41.1
TGR Clark	lbw b MD Fisher	0	1	0	0	0.0
JM Coles	c JL Smith b MD Fisher	0	4	0	0	0.0
JA Leaning	lbw b J Clark	15	33	2	0	45.5
JA Simpson	c JL Smith b DW Lawrence	13	50	1	0	26.0
C Tear	b RJW Topley	61	131	6	0	46.6
FJ Hudson-Prentice	c JL Smith b SA Abbott	15	27	2	0	55.6
JJ Carson	lbw b SA Abbott	48	70	5	2	68.6
OE Robinson	c JL Smith b J Clark	42	59	7	0	71.2
HT Crocombe	lbw b MD Fisher	4	3	1	0	133.3
Extras		20
Total	all out, 85 overs	277

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (TGR Clark, 0.2 ov), 0-2 (JM Coles, 0.6 ov), 29-3 (JA Leaning, 11.6 ov), 61-4 (JA Simpson, 27.5 ov), 82-5 (DP Hughes, 33.6 ov), 111-6 (FJ Hudson-Prentice, 42.2 ov), 193-7 (JJ Carson, 64.2 ov), 237-8 (C Tear, 73.2 ov), 272-9 (OE Robinson, 83.5 ov), 277-10 (HT Crocombe, 84.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
MD Fisher	19	5	52	3	2.74	91	0	0
SA Abbott	17	3	49	2	2.88	78	0	2
J Clark	16	4	40	3	2.50	79	1	2
DW Lawrence	18	3	54	1	3.00	76	0	0
RJW Topley	12	2	47	1	3.92	45	1	0
RS Patel	3	0	21	0	7.00	8	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	2	TJ Haines 0, DP Hughes 0
2	0	4	DP Hughes 0, JM Coles 0
3	29	66	DP Hughes 12, JA Leaning 15
4	32	95	DP Hughes 19, JA Simpson 13
5	21	37	DP Hughes 8, C Tear 13
6	29	50	C Tear 11, FJ Hudson-Prentice 15
7	82	132	C Tear 27, JJ Carson 48
8	44	54	C Tear 10, OE Robinson 28
9	35	63	OE Robinson 14, TJ Haines 19
10	5	7	TJ Haines 1, HT Crocombe 4

Surrey 2nd innings 15/2 (4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	lbw b JM Coles	1	6	0	0	16.7
DP Sibley	not out	4	9	0	0	44.4
RS Patel	lbw b JM Coles	0	2	0	0	0.0
OJ Pope	not out	10	7	2	0	142.9
Extras		0
Total	2 wickets, 4 overs	15

Did not bat: ARG Thomas, SA Abbott, DW Lawrence, RJW Topley, MD Fisher, J Clark, JL Smith

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (RJ Burns, 1.4 ov), 1-2 (RS Patel, 1.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TJ Haines	2	0	8	0	4.00	8	0	0
JM Coles	2	1	7	2	3.50	9	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	10	RJ Burns 1, DP Sibley 0
2	0	2	DP Sibley 0, RS Patel 0
Unbroken	14	12	DP Sibley 4, OJ Pope 10

Match details

Toss: Surrey, chose to field
Ground: Kennington Oval, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: GD Lloyd, RJ Warren
Match referee: SJ Davis
Source: Cricsheet match 1513342