MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Somerset v Essex

Group 1, match 44 · The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton · 20 Aug 2026 – 23 Aug 2026

Somerset won by 8 wickets

Somerset 1st innings469127.5 overs

Essex 1st innings15842.4 overs

Essex 2nd innings412161.1 overs

Somerset 2nd innings103/219.2 overs

Somerset 1st innings 469 (127.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JF Thomas	b S Snater	110	162	15	1	67.9
TA Lammonby	b SJ Cook	20	21	4	0	95.2
LP Goldsworthy	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	16	31	3	0	51.6
HM Nicholls	b SJ Cook	96	191	13	0	50.3
TB Abell	b S Snater	65	124	10	0	52.4
JEK Rew	not out	74	127	10	0	58.3
JT Ball	b SJ Cook	3	14	0	0	21.4
AM Vaughan	b JA Porter	0	3	0	0	0.0
L Gregory	lbw b S Snater	11	26	1	0	42.3
MJ Leach	c JA Porter b SJ Cook	5	21	1	0	23.8
M Pretorius	lbw b MJJ Critchley	48	48	7	0	100.0
Extras		21
Total	all out, 127.5 overs	469

Fall of wickets: 34-1 (TA Lammonby, 5.4 ov), 94-2 (LP Goldsworthy, 17.4 ov), 213-3 (JF Thomas, 55.3 ov), 312-4 (HM Nicholls, 81.4 ov), 348-5 (TB Abell, 94.3 ov), 352-6 (JT Ball, 98.6 ov), 353-7 (AM Vaughan, 99.5 ov), 382-8 (L Gregory, 108.1 ov), 397-9 (MJ Leach, 113.3 ov), 469-10 (M Pretorius, 127.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	27	8	70	2	2.59	131	2
SJ Cook	29	5	92	4	3.17	122	0
S Snater	26	5	96	3	3.69	114	0
SR Harmer	31	4	124	0	4.00	131	0
NRM Thain	2	0	12	0	6.00	8	0
MJJ Critchley	11.5	1	54	1	4.56	37	0
T Westley	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	34	34	JF Thomas 8, TA Lammonby 20
2	60	72	JF Thomas 37, LP Goldsworthy 16
3	119	227	JF Thomas 65, HM Nicholls 52
4	99	157	HM Nicholls 44, TB Abell 50
5	36	77	TB Abell 15, JEK Rew 21
6	4	27	JEK Rew 1, JT Ball 3
7	1	5	JEK Rew 1, AM Vaughan 0
8	29	50	JEK Rew 18, L Gregory 11
9	15	32	JEK Rew 9, MJ Leach 5
10	72	86	JEK Rew 24, M Pretorius 48

Essex 1st innings 158 (42.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b L Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.0
PI Walter	c MJ Leach b JT Ball	48	70	8	0	68.6
T Westley	c JEK Rew b L Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.0
CWJ Allison	b L Gregory	1	6	0	0	16.7
MJJ Critchley	lbw b AM Vaughan	50	88	6	1	56.8
NRM Thain	lbw b MJ Leach	10	17	2	0	58.8
MS Pepper	c HM Nicholls b AM Vaughan	35	43	5	0	81.4
SR Harmer	c LP Goldsworthy b MJ Leach	4	6	1	0	66.7
S Snater	c JEK Rew b MJ Leach	0	6	0	0	0.0
SJ Cook	b MJ Leach	0	5	0	0	0.0
JA Porter	not out	0	14	0	0	0.0
Extras		10
Total	all out, 42.4 overs	158

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (D Elgar, 0.2 ov), 0-2 (T Westley, 0.4 ov), 2-3 (CWJ Allison, 2.2 ov), 104-4 (PI Walter, 22.3 ov), 117-5 (NRM Thain, 27.4 ov), 129-6 (MJJ Critchley, 32.4 ov), 134-7 (SR Harmer, 33.6 ov), 138-8 (S Snater, 35.5 ov), 146-9 (SJ Cook, 37.3 ov), 158-10 (MS Pepper, 42.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
L Gregory	6	1	29	3	4.83	25	0	0
JT Ball	10	0	55	1	5.50	37	0	2
M Pretorius	8	3	21	0	2.63	41	1	4
MJ Leach	13	2	37	4	2.85	59	0	0
AM Vaughan	5.4	1	13	2	2.29	27	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	2	D Elgar 0, PI Walter 0
2	0	2	PI Walter 0, T Westley 0
3	2	10	PI Walter 1, CWJ Allison 1
4	102	121	PI Walter 47, MJJ Critchley 47
5	13	31	MJJ Critchley 3, NRM Thain 10
6	12	30	MJJ Critchley 0, MS Pepper 10
7	5	8	MS Pepper 1, SR Harmer 4
8	4	11	MS Pepper 4, S Snater 0
9	8	10	MS Pepper 8, SJ Cook 0
10	12	31	MS Pepper 12, JA Porter 0

Essex 2nd innings 412 (161.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	b JT Ball	43	82	4	1	52.4
D Elgar	c JEK Rew b M Pretorius	56	125	9	0	44.8
T Westley	c TB Abell b MJ Leach	22	51	4	0	43.1
CWJ Allison	c JEK Rew b MJ Leach	114	254	13	2	44.9
MJJ Critchley	c TB Abell b MJ Leach	94	236	11	0	39.8
NRM Thain	c TB Abell b MJ Leach	11	54	1	0	20.4
MS Pepper	c TB Abell b MJ Leach	4	3	1	0	133.3
SR Harmer	b AM Vaughan	24	68	2	0	35.3
S Snater	b AM Vaughan	14	30	2	0	46.7
SJ Cook	not out	9	32	0	0	28.1
JA Porter	lbw b AM Vaughan	7	34	1	0	20.6
Extras		14
Total	all out, 161.1 overs	412

Fall of wickets: 82-1 (PI Walter, 26.4 ov), 127-2 (D Elgar, 42.3 ov), 127-3 (T Westley, 43.2 ov), 339-4 (MJJ Critchley, 121.4 ov), 346-5 (CWJ Allison, 127.5 ov), 350-6 (MS Pepper, 129.2 ov), 367-7 (NRM Thain, 139.2 ov), 395-8 (S Snater, 149.4 ov), 396-9 (SR Harmer, 151.1 ov), 412-10 (JA Porter, 161.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
M Pretorius	26	3	72	1	2.77	126	4
JT Ball	24.4	7	60	1	2.43	121	0
AM Vaughan	40.1	6	123	3	3.06	175	0
MJ Leach	55.2	22	81	5	1.46	274	0
JF Thomas	2	0	10	0	5.00	6	0
TA Lammonby	8	2	33	0	4.13	36	0
LP Goldsworthy	3	1	5	0	1.67	13	0
L Gregory	2	0	18	0	9.00	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	82	160	PI Walter 43, D Elgar 39
2	45	95	D Elgar 17, T Westley 22
3	0	5	T Westley 0, CWJ Allison 0
4	212	470	CWJ Allison 112, MJJ Critchley 94
5	7	37	CWJ Allison 2, NRM Thain 3
6	4	9	NRM Thain 0, MS Pepper 4
7	17	60	NRM Thain 8, SR Harmer 9
8	28	62	SR Harmer 14, S Snater 14
9	1	9	SR Harmer 1, SJ Cook 0
10	16	60	SJ Cook 9, JA Porter 7

Somerset 2nd innings 103/2 (19.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JF Thomas	c MJJ Critchley b SR Harmer	31	29	3	0	106.9
TA Lammonby	not out	39	54	5	0	72.2
LP Goldsworthy	c S Snater b SR Harmer	6	8	1	0	75.0
HM Nicholls	not out	18	25	2	0	72.0
Extras		9
Total	2 wickets, 19.2 overs	103

Did not bat: L Gregory, AM Vaughan, MJ Leach, JT Ball, JEK Rew, M Pretorius, TB Abell

Fall of wickets: 59-1 (JF Thomas, 9.1 ov), 65-2 (LP Goldsworthy, 11.1 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
SJ Cook	2	17	0	8.50	5	0
SR Harmer	9.2	39	2	4.18	34	5
MJJ Critchley	6	33	0	5.50	18	0
T Westley	2	10	0	5.00	5	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	59	55	JF Thomas 31, TA Lammonby 24
2	6	12	TA Lammonby 0, LP Goldsworthy 6
Unbroken	38	49	TA Lammonby 15, HM Nicholls 18

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to field
Ground: The Cooper Associates County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: ID Blackwell, MJ Saggers
Match referee: AM Smith
Source: Cricsheet match 1513369