MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Essex v Nottinghamshire

Group 1, match 36 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 19 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 52 runs

Essex 1st innings18457.4 overs

Nottinghamshire 1st innings457126 overs

Essex 2nd innings22182.5 overs

Essex 1st innings 184 (57.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b BA Hutton	12	39	2	0	30.8
PI Walter	c K Verreynne b OP Stone	12	31	2	0	38.7
T Westley	c FW McCann b LA Patterson-White	44	66	8	0	66.7
CWJ Allison	run out (H Hameed/K Verreynne)	19	49	1	0	38.8
MJJ Critchley	lbw b F O'Neill	1	12	0	0	8.3
LM Benkenstein	c K Verreynne b LA Patterson-White	13	24	1	0	54.2
MS Pepper	c LW James b LA Patterson-White	24	26	4	0	92.3
SR Harmer	b LA Patterson-White	1	5	0	0	20.0
S Snater	b LA Patterson-White	31	50	0	3	62.0
CE Bennett	c LW James b LA Patterson-White	21	40	4	0	52.5
JA Porter	not out	0	5	0	0	0.0
Extras		6
Total	all out, 57.4 overs	184

Fall of wickets: 23-1 (D Elgar, 9.3 ov), 31-2 (PI Walter, 12.6 ov), 87-3 (T Westley, 29.2 ov), 93-4 (CWJ Allison, 31.6 ov), 95-5 (MJJ Critchley, 32.5 ov), 128-6 (MS Pepper, 39.5 ov), 130-7 (SR Harmer, 41.1 ov), 133-8 (LM Benkenstein, 41.6 ov), 177-9 (CE Bennett, 55.4 ov), 184-10 (S Snater, 57.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
F O'Neill	16	3	43	1	2.69	71	2
BA Hutton	10	3	28	1	2.80	48	0
OP Stone	10	1	42	1	4.20	41	0
LW James	5	0	24	0	4.80	15	0
LA Patterson-White	16.4	4	43	6	2.58	81	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	23	57	D Elgar 12, PI Walter 8
2	8	21	PI Walter 4, T Westley 4
3	56	98	T Westley 40, CWJ Allison 13
4	6	16	CWJ Allison 6, MJJ Critchley 0
5	2	5	MJJ Critchley 1, LM Benkenstein 1
6	33	42	LM Benkenstein 9, MS Pepper 24
7	2	8	LM Benkenstein 1, SR Harmer 1
8	3	5	LM Benkenstein 2, S Snater 1
9	44	82	S Snater 23, CE Bennett 21
10	7	12	S Snater 7, JA Porter 0

Nottinghamshire 1st innings 457 (126 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
H Hameed	c MJJ Critchley b SR Harmer	89	204	11	0	43.6
BT Slater	c MS Pepper b S Snater	0	6	0	0	0.0
FW McCann	b S Snater	16	41	3	0	39.0
JM Clarke	c & b S Snater	27	64	3	0	42.2
JA Haynes	not out	137	206	15	0	66.5
K Verreynne	c T Westley b SR Harmer	11	33	0	0	33.3
LW James	lbw b SR Harmer	40	71	5	0	56.3
F O'Neill	st MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	61	50	9	2	122.0
LA Patterson-White	c S Snater b SR Harmer	25	21	4	1	119.0
BA Hutton	c SR Harmer b MJJ Critchley	5	14	1	0	35.7
OP Stone	c S Snater b SR Harmer	30	47	3	1	63.8
Extras		16
Total	all out, 126 overs	457

Fall of wickets: 20-1 (BT Slater, 3.3 ov), 55-2 (FW McCann, 16.5 ov), 118-3 (JM Clarke, 43.1 ov), 153-4 (H Hameed, 59.3 ov), 197-5 (K Verreynne, 69.1 ov), 293-6 (LW James, 93.2 ov), 377-7 (F O'Neill, 107.5 ov), 406-8 (LA Patterson-White, 112.1 ov), 419-9 (BA Hutton, 115.2 ov), 457-10 (OP Stone, 125.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	19	3	56	0	2.95	83	0
S Snater	21	3	62	3	2.95	94	0
SR Harmer	45	9	165	5	3.67	185	0
CE Bennett	16	4	54	0	3.38	69	2
MJJ Critchley	25	0	106	2	4.24	86	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	20	21	H Hameed 20, BT Slater 0
2	35	80	H Hameed 19, FW McCann 16
3	63	158	H Hameed 34, JM Clarke 27
4	35	98	H Hameed 16, JA Haynes 19
5	44	58	JA Haynes 29, K Verreynne 11
6	96	145	JA Haynes 51, LW James 40
7	84	87	JA Haynes 22, F O'Neill 61
8	29	26	JA Haynes 4, LA Patterson-White 25
9	13	19	JA Haynes 4, BA Hutton 5
10	38	64	JA Haynes 8, OP Stone 30

Essex 2nd innings 221 (82.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	b F O'Neill	0	3	0	0	0.0
D Elgar	lbw b OP Stone	42	76	8	0	55.3
JA Porter	c JA Haynes b F O'Neill	1	12	0	0	8.3
CE Bennett	c BT Slater b F O'Neill	5	19	1	0	26.3
T Westley	c FW McCann b LA Patterson-White	19	72	3	0	26.4
CWJ Allison	lbw b LA Patterson-White	56	104	4	2	53.8
MJJ Critchley	c K Verreynne b LA Patterson-White	13	42	1	0	31.0
LM Benkenstein	c BA Hutton b F O'Neill	42	102	3	0	41.2
MS Pepper	c FW McCann b LW James	0	7	0	0	0.0
SR Harmer	lbw b F O'Neill	27	56	3	0	48.2
S Snater	not out	3	5	0	0	60.0
Extras		13
Total	all out, 82.5 overs	221

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (PI Walter, 0.2 ov), 8-2 (JA Porter, 2.5 ov), 24-3 (CE Bennett, 8.5 ov), 65-4 (D Elgar, 26.1 ov), 75-5 (T Westley, 33.1 ov), 109-6 (MJJ Critchley, 45.5 ov), 174-7 (CWJ Allison, 65.1 ov), 175-8 (MS Pepper, 66.4 ov), 214-9 (LM Benkenstein, 80.3 ov), 221-10 (SR Harmer, 82.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
F O'Neill	13.5	2	39	5	2.82	63	2
LA Patterson-White	36	10	66	3	1.83	169	0
BA Hutton	8	2	22	0	2.75	35	0
OP Stone	15	5	40	1	2.67	68	0
FW McCann	3	0	27	0	9.00	5	0
LW James	7	1	16	1	2.29	34	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	2	2	PI Walter 0, D Elgar 0
2	6	15	D Elgar 5, JA Porter 1
3	16	36	D Elgar 7, CE Bennett 5
4	41	104	D Elgar 30, T Westley 10
5	10	42	T Westley 9, CWJ Allison 1
6	34	76	CWJ Allison 17, MJJ Critchley 13
7	65	116	CWJ Allison 38, LM Benkenstein 26
8	1	9	LM Benkenstein 1, MS Pepper 0
9	39	83	LM Benkenstein 15, SR Harmer 24
10	7	14	SR Harmer 3, S Snater 3

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: PR Pollard, Tom Lungley
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Source: Cricsheet match 1513361