MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Surrey v Essex

Group 1, match 47 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 27 Aug 2026 – 30 Aug 2026

Match drawn Rain likely

Surrey 1st innings18353.2 overs

Essex 1st innings27985 overs

Surrey 2nd innings298/899 overs

Surrey 1st innings 183 (53.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	lbw b JA Porter	6	13	1	0	46.2
DP Sibley	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	21	56	3	0	37.5
J Blake	c SR Harmer b S Snater	14	42	3	0	33.3
ARG Thomas	c MJJ Critchley b SJ Cook	43	65	8	0	66.2
BT Foakes	lbw b S Snater	0	3	0	0	0.0
MK Lomror	run out (Zaman Akhter/MS Pepper/SJ Cook)	17	48	2	0	35.4
OJ Pope	lbw b Zaman Akhter	13	22	2	0	59.1
TE Lawes	c MS Pepper b Zaman Akhter	38	43	8	0	88.4
MD Fisher	c T Westley b Zaman Akhter	4	3	1	0	133.3
RD Chahar	c T Westley b SJ Cook	9	13	1	0	69.2
DJ Worrall	not out	12	12	3	0	100.0
Extras		6
Total	all out, 53.2 overs	183

Did not bat: NV Gorantla

Fall of wickets: 16-1 (RJ Burns, 4.3 ov), 41-2 (J Blake, 17.5 ov), 41-3 (DP Sibley, 18.4 ov), 50-4 (BT Foakes, 19.6 ov), 102-5 (MK Lomror, 36.1 ov), 108-6 (ARG Thomas, 38.5 ov), 138-7 (OJ Pope, 45.4 ov), 146-8 (MD Fisher, 47.1 ov), 161-9 (RD Chahar, 50.3 ov), 183-10 (TE Lawes, 53.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
JA Porter	14	5	56	1	4.00	63
S Snater	9	2	31	2	3.44	39
CE Bennett	3	1	5	0	1.67	16
Zaman Akhter	10.2	3	36	3	3.48	47
SJ Cook	15	5	41	3	2.73	72
SR Harmer	2	1	8	0	4.00	9

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	16	27	RJ Burns 6, DP Sibley 10
2	25	80	DP Sibley 11, J Blake 14
3	0	5	DP Sibley 0, ARG Thomas 0
4	9	8	ARG Thomas 9, BT Foakes 0
5	52	97	ARG Thomas 30, MK Lomror 17
6	6	16	ARG Thomas 4, OJ Pope 2
7	30	41	OJ Pope 11, TE Lawes 18
8	8	9	TE Lawes 4, MD Fisher 4
9	15	20	TE Lawes 6, RD Chahar 9
10	22	17	TE Lawes 10, DJ Worrall 12

Essex 1st innings 279 (85 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c RJ Burns b MK Lomror	113	191	14	1	59.2
PI Walter	c BT Foakes b DJ Worrall	4	8	1	0	50.0
T Westley	lbw b DJ Worrall	22	52	3	0	42.3
CWJ Allison	c ARG Thomas b RD Chahar	43	85	4	1	50.6
MJJ Critchley	c BT Foakes b TE Lawes	24	66	2	0	36.4
MS Pepper	c OJ Pope b RD Chahar	21	26	3	0	80.8
SR Harmer	c DJ Worrall b RD Chahar	8	27	1	0	29.6
Zaman Akhter	c J Blake b RD Chahar	0	2	0	0	0.0
S Snater	not out	23	30	1	2	76.7
JA Porter	c BT Foakes b RD Chahar	1	8	0	0	12.5
SJ Cook	b RD Chahar	1	15	0	0	6.7
Extras		19
Total	all out, 85 overs	279

Did not bat: CE Bennett

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (PI Walter, 2.4 ov), 56-2 (T Westley, 19.4 ov), 167-3 (CWJ Allison, 48.3 ov), 218-4 (D Elgar, 66.2 ov), 220-5 (MJJ Critchley, 67.2 ov), 248-6 (MS Pepper, 74.1 ov), 248-7 (Zaman Akhter, 74.3 ov), 259-8 (SR Harmer, 78.1 ov), 269-9 (JA Porter, 80.4 ov), 279-10 (SJ Cook, 84.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
DJ Worrall	16	6	32	2	2.00	80
MD Fisher	21	3	59	0	2.81	92
TE Lawes	13	2	48	1	3.69	55
MK Lomror	13	2	41	1	3.15	55
RD Chahar	22	4	80	6	3.64	83

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	9	16	D Elgar 1, PI Walter 4
2	47	102	D Elgar 23, T Westley 22
3	111	173	D Elgar 63, CWJ Allison 43
4	51	107	D Elgar 26, MJJ Critchley 23
5	2	6	MJJ Critchley 1, MS Pepper 1
6	28	41	MS Pepper 20, SR Harmer 7
7	0	2	SR Harmer 0, Zaman Akhter 0
8	11	22	SR Harmer 1, S Snater 5
9	10	15	S Snater 9, JA Porter 1
10	10	26	S Snater 9, SJ Cook 1

Surrey 2nd innings 298/8 (99 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	lbw b SR Harmer	20	40	3	0	50.0
DP Sibley	c T Westley b SR Harmer	10	27	2	0	37.0
J Blake	c MS Pepper b SR Harmer	14	70	2	0	20.0
OJ Pope	c & b SJ Cook	5	9	1	0	55.6
MD Fisher	c PI Walter b S Snater	4	20	0	0	20.0
BT Foakes	not out	120	226	15	1	53.1
MK Lomror	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	11	37	0	0	29.7
ARG Thomas	c MS Pepper b Zaman Akhter	33	52	5	0	63.5
TE Lawes	b SJ Cook	44	83	6	0	53.0
RD Chahar	not out	17	30	2	1	56.7
Extras		20
Total	8 wickets, 99 overs	298

Did not bat: DJ Worrall, NV Gorantla

Fall of wickets: 33-1 (DP Sibley, 8.4 ov), 34-2 (RJ Burns, 12.3 ov), 45-3 (OJ Pope, 15.2 ov), 51-4 (MD Fisher, 21.3 ov), 73-5 (J Blake, 34.1 ov), 92-6 (MK Lomror, 45.1 ov), 144-7 (ARG Thomas, 59.4 ov), 248-8 (TE Lawes, 87.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
JA Porter	11	2	44	1	4.00	47
SJ Cook	27	8	53	2	1.96	130
SR Harmer	38	13	92	3	2.42	180
S Snater	6	1	21	1	3.50	25
MJJ Critchley	7	0	31	0	4.43	24
Zaman Akhter	8	0	24	1	3.00	32
T Westley	1	0	5	0	5.00	4
PI Walter	1	0	8	0	8.00	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	33	52	RJ Burns 19, DP Sibley 10
2	1	23	RJ Burns 1, J Blake 0
3	11	17	J Blake 6, OJ Pope 5
4	6	37	J Blake 2, MD Fisher 4
5	22	76	J Blake 6, BT Foakes 14
6	19	66	BT Foakes 4, MK Lomror 11
7	52	87	BT Foakes 19, ARG Thomas 33
8	104	168	BT Foakes 56, TE Lawes 44
Unbroken	50	68	BT Foakes 27, RD Chahar 17

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: M Burns, NJ Llong
Match referee: AJ Swann
Rain: Draw with only 237.2 of ~360 overs bowled (66%)
Source: Cricsheet match 1513372