MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Hampshire v Essex

Group 1, match 21 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 8 May 2026 – 10 May 2026

Essex won by 6 wickets

Hampshire 1st innings23571.3 overs

Essex 1st innings27390 overs

Hampshire 2nd innings21479.5 overs

Essex 2nd innings178/441.5 overs

Hampshire 1st innings 235 (71.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TE Albert	lbw b SJ Cook	6	20	1	0	30.0
NRT Gubbins	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	8	28	1	0	28.6
TJ Prest	b SJ Cook	4	4	1	0	100.0
JS Lehmann	b JA Porter	89	164	15	0	54.3
BA Mayes	c SR Harmer b SJ Cook	20	38	3	0	52.6
BC Brown	c D Elgar b PWA Mulder	73	116	9	1	62.9
LA Dawson	b PWA Mulder	6	40	0	0	15.0
JK Fuller	c & b SR Harmer	9	7	0	1	128.6
SW Currie	run out (CWJ Allison/PWA Mulder)	0	2	0	0	0.0
KJ Abbott	not out	2	9	0	0	22.2
Codi Yusuf	lbw b PWA Mulder	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras		18
Total	all out, 71.3 overs	235

Fall of wickets: 11-1 (TE Albert, 5.2 ov), 15-2 (TJ Prest, 5.6 ov), 33-3 (NRT Gubbins, 10.6 ov), 88-4 (BA Mayes, 29.1 ov), 193-5 (JS Lehmann, 53.2 ov), 217-6 (LA Dawson, 65.3 ov), 228-7 (JK Fuller, 66.6 ov), 229-8 (SW Currie, 67.3 ov), 235-9 (BC Brown, 69.6 ov), 235-10 (Codi Yusuf, 71.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	14	6	30	1	2.14	73	0
SJ Cook	14	2	56	3	4.00	60	2
S Snater	11	1	34	1	3.09	49	0
PWA Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	3.68	52	2
SR Harmer	15	4	40	1	2.67	75	0
MJJ Critchley	5	1	15	0	3.00	20	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	11	32	TE Albert 6, NRT Gubbins 5
2	4	4	NRT Gubbins 0, TJ Prest 4
3	18	30	NRT Gubbins 3, JS Lehmann 10
4	55	109	JS Lehmann 32, BA Mayes 20
5	105	145	JS Lehmann 47, BC Brown 48
6	24	73	BC Brown 18, LA Dawson 6
7	11	9	BC Brown 2, JK Fuller 9
8	1	3	BC Brown 1, SW Currie 0
9	6	15	BC Brown 4, KJ Abbott 2
10	0	9	KJ Abbott 0, Codi Yusuf 0

Essex 1st innings 273 (90 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c Codi Yusuf b JK Fuller	18	59	4	0	30.5
PI Walter	c BC Brown b KJ Abbott	5	23	1	0	21.7
T Westley	c BA Mayes b SW Currie	34	74	5	0	45.9
SJ Cook	b JK Fuller	2	17	0	0	11.8
CWJ Allison	c BC Brown b JK Fuller	0	7	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	lbw b KJ Abbott	27	49	3	0	55.1
PWA Mulder	c BC Brown b LA Dawson	54	98	6	0	55.1
MS Pepper	c BC Brown b SW Currie	10	37	0	0	27.0
SR Harmer	not out	80	118	14	0	67.8
S Snater	c BC Brown b JK Fuller	16	23	2	1	69.6
JA Porter	b JK Fuller	12	38	3	0	31.6
Extras		15
Total	all out, 90 overs	273

Fall of wickets: 19-1 (PI Walter, 6.3 ov), 42-2 (D Elgar, 18.2 ov), 53-3 (SJ Cook, 23.4 ov), 53-4 (CWJ Allison, 25.5 ov), 80-5 (T Westley, 33.3 ov), 126-6 (MJJ Critchley, 46.5 ov), 157-7 (MS Pepper, 60.1 ov), 157-8 (PWA Mulder, 61.2 ov), 192-9 (S Snater, 68.6 ov), 273-10 (JA Porter, 89.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
KJ Abbott	24	8	45	2	1.88	119	0	0
Codi Yusuf	22	3	85	0	3.86	97	2	4
JK Fuller	15	4	43	5	2.87	74	0	2
SW Currie	14	2	37	2	2.64	62	0	0
LA Dawson	15	3	57	1	3.80	66	1	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	19	39	D Elgar 10, PI Walter 5
2	23	71	D Elgar 8, T Westley 15
3	11	32	T Westley 9, SJ Cook 2
4	0	13	T Westley 0, CWJ Allison 0
5	27	46	T Westley 10, MJJ Critchley 17
6	46	80	MJJ Critchley 10, PWA Mulder 36
7	31	80	PWA Mulder 18, MS Pepper 10
8	0	7	PWA Mulder 0, SR Harmer 0
9	35	46	SR Harmer 19, S Snater 16
10	81	126	SR Harmer 61, JA Porter 12

Hampshire 2nd innings 214 (79.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TE Albert	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	1	22	0	0	4.5
NRT Gubbins	c PI Walter b SR Harmer	71	189	13	0	37.6
TJ Prest	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	1	8	0	0	12.5
JS Lehmann	b JA Porter	27	78	4	0	34.6
BA Mayes	c & b SR Harmer	8	31	0	0	25.8
BC Brown	not out	57	89	8	0	64.0
LA Dawson	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	13	19	1	1	68.4
JK Fuller	lbw b PWA Mulder	18	26	3	0	69.2
SW Currie	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	2	12	0	0	16.7
KJ Abbott	lbw b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
Codi Yusuf	c SR Harmer b PWA Mulder	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras		16
Total	all out, 79.5 overs	214

Fall of wickets: 13-1 (TE Albert, 7.6 ov), 19-2 (TJ Prest, 11.4 ov), 93-3 (JS Lehmann, 39.2 ov), 110-4 (BA Mayes, 50.1 ov), 125-5 (NRT Gubbins, 58.2 ov), 150-6 (LA Dawson, 63.6 ov), 196-7 (JK Fuller, 73.4 ov), 213-8 (SW Currie, 78.3 ov), 213-9 (KJ Abbott, 78.5 ov), 214-10 (Codi Yusuf, 79.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	14	5	35	1	2.50	69	0
SJ Cook	15	3	52	3	3.47	69	0
S Snater	5	1	15	0	3.00	24	0
SR Harmer	31	8	66	4	2.13	149	0
PWA Mulder	11.5	1	23	2	1.94	58	2
MJJ Critchley	3	0	9	0	3.00	10	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	13	48	TE Albert 1, NRT Gubbins 8
2	6	22	NRT Gubbins 5, TJ Prest 1
3	74	166	NRT Gubbins 44, JS Lehmann 27
4	17	65	NRT Gubbins 9, BA Mayes 8
5	15	49	NRT Gubbins 5, BC Brown 10
6	25	34	BC Brown 11, LA Dawson 13
7	46	58	BC Brown 28, JK Fuller 18
8	17	29	BC Brown 7, SW Currie 2
9	0	2	BC Brown 0, KJ Abbott 0
10	1	6	BC Brown 1, Codi Yusuf 0

Essex 2nd innings 178/4 (41.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c BC Brown b KJ Abbott	17	19	3	0	89.5
D Elgar	b KJ Abbott	8	33	1	0	24.2
T Westley	c TJ Prest b KJ Abbott	9	31	1	0	29.0
CWJ Allison	lbw b KJ Abbott	34	68	4	0	50.0
MJJ Critchley	not out	90	73	15	0	123.3
PWA Mulder	not out	15	27	1	1	55.6
Extras		5
Total	4 wickets, 41.5 overs	178

Did not bat: SR Harmer, MS Pepper, JA Porter, SJ Cook, S Snater

Fall of wickets: 20-1 (PI Walter, 6.2 ov), 31-2 (D Elgar, 12.3 ov), 40-3 (T Westley, 16.1 ov), 141-4 (CWJ Allison, 34.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
KJ Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.50	70
Codi Yusuf	9	1	47	0	5.22	28
LA Dawson	5	0	19	0	3.80	20
JK Fuller	8	0	32	0	4.00	33
SW Currie	4	0	25	0	6.25	12
TJ Prest	1.5	0	15	0	8.18	4

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	20	38	PI Walter 17, D Elgar 2
2	11	37	D Elgar 6, T Westley 5
3	9	22	T Westley 4, CWJ Allison 5
4	101	112	CWJ Allison 29, MJJ Critchley 68
Unbroken	37	42	MJJ Critchley 22, PWA Mulder 15

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: MJ Saggers, Rob White
Match referee: SG Hinks
Source: Cricsheet match 1513346