MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Somerset v Sussex

Group 1, match 50 · County Ground, Brighton · 27 Aug 2026 – 30 Aug 2026

Match drawn Rain likely

Somerset 1st innings20258 overs

Sussex 1st innings25069.4 overs

Somerset 2nd innings350/9d97.2 overs

Sussex 2nd innings62/114 overs

Somerset 1st innings 202 (58 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JF Thomas	c JA Simpson b HT Crocombe	26	34	5	0	76.5
TA Lammonby	c JD Unadkat b SF Hunt	1	5	0	0	20.0
AM Vaughan	c JD Unadkat b SF Hunt	20	54	4	0	37.0
HM Nicholls	b HT Crocombe	0	2	0	0	0.0
TB Abell	c C Tear b TGR Clark	72	110	7	2	65.5
JEK Rew	c JA Simpson b SF Hunt	12	40	1	0	30.0
C Overton	c JA Simpson b HT Crocombe	54	86	7	1	62.8
L Gregory	c & b TGR Clark	0	1	0	0	0.0
J Shaw	not out	7	16	0	1	43.8
M Pretorius	c TJ Haines b HT Crocombe	0	1	0	0	0.0
MJ Leach	c JA Simpson b HT Crocombe	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		10
Total	all out, 58 overs	202

Did not bat: JT Ball

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (TA Lammonby, 1.1 ov), 48-2 (JF Thomas, 12.2 ov), 48-3 (HM Nicholls, 12.4 ov), 59-4 (AM Vaughan, 18.3 ov), 96-5 (JEK Rew, 31.3 ov), 191-6 (TB Abell, 51.4 ov), 191-7 (L Gregory, 51.5 ov), 202-8 (C Overton, 57.4 ov), 202-9 (M Pretorius, 57.5 ov), 202-10 (MJ Leach, 57.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JD Unadkat	13	2	45	0	3.46	55	2
SF Hunt	16	5	31	3	1.94	80	2
HT Crocombe	14	2	56	5	4.00	62	0
JDM Evison	5	0	22	0	4.40	18	0
JJ Carson	2	0	11	0	5.50	6	0
JM Coles	3	0	18	0	6.00	8	0
TGR Clark	5	0	13	2	2.60	20	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	6	7	JF Thomas 5, TA Lammonby 1
2	42	67	JF Thomas 21, AM Vaughan 19
3	0	2	AM Vaughan 0, HM Nicholls 0
4	11	35	AM Vaughan 1, TB Abell 10
5	37	78	TB Abell 25, JEK Rew 12
6	95	121	TB Abell 37, C Overton 50
7	0	1	C Overton 0, L Gregory 0
8	11	35	C Overton 4, J Shaw 7
9	0	1	J Shaw 0, M Pretorius 0
10	0	1	J Shaw 0, MJ Leach 0

Sussex 1st innings 250 (69.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DP Hughes	lbw b M Pretorius	11	32	2	0	34.4
TJ Haines	c TA Lammonby b L Gregory	8	13	2	0	61.5
TGR Clark	c HM Nicholls b C Overton	85	83	15	1	102.4
C Tear	lbw b C Overton	34	78	6	0	43.6
JM Coles	b L Gregory	10	31	0	1	32.3
JA Simpson	not out	64	102	7	2	62.7
JDM Evison	c JEK Rew b L Gregory	4	18	1	0	22.2
JJ Carson	c TB Abell b C Overton	3	10	0	0	30.0
HT Crocombe	lbw b C Overton	0	2	0	0	0.0
SF Hunt	c TA Lammonby b M Pretorius	6	30	1	0	20.0
JD Unadkat	lbw b MJ Leach	12	20	0	2	60.0
Extras		13
Total	all out, 69.4 overs	250

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (TJ Haines, 4.4 ov), 57-2 (DP Hughes, 13.3 ov), 149-3 (TGR Clark, 32.2 ov), 154-4 (C Tear, 36.3 ov), 172-5 (JM Coles, 43.2 ov), 180-6 (JDM Evison, 47.5 ov), 193-7 (JJ Carson, 54.2 ov), 193-8 (HT Crocombe, 54.4 ov), 210-9 (SF Hunt, 61.5 ov), 250-10 (JD Unadkat, 69.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
L Gregory	19	6	55	3	2.89	91	2
J Shaw	8	2	51	0	6.38	31	0
C Overton	20	1	66	4	3.30	88	0
M Pretorius	15	3	55	2	3.67	68	0
MJ Leach	7.4	1	12	1	1.57	40	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	15	28	DP Hughes 5, TJ Haines 8
2	42	53	DP Hughes 6, TGR Clark 35
3	92	113	TGR Clark 50, C Tear 32
4	5	25	C Tear 2, JM Coles 3
5	18	41	JM Coles 7, JA Simpson 11
6	8	27	JA Simpson 4, JDM Evison 4
7	13	39	JA Simpson 10, JJ Carson 3
8	0	2	JA Simpson 0, HT Crocombe 0
9	17	43	JA Simpson 11, SF Hunt 6
10	40	47	JA Simpson 28, JD Unadkat 12

Somerset 2nd innings 350/9d (97.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JF Thomas	c C Tear b SF Hunt	48	66	8	0	72.7
TA Lammonby	lbw b HT Crocombe	93	171	12	0	54.4
AM Vaughan	c JA Simpson b JD Unadkat	24	62	3	0	38.7
HM Nicholls	c JM Coles b JDM Evison	50	129	4	0	38.8
TB Abell	b SF Hunt	37	66	6	0	56.1
JEK Rew	c JJ Carson b TGR Clark	27	44	2	0	61.4
C Overton	c JJ Carson b JDM Evison	8	11	0	1	72.7
L Gregory	not out	32	34	4	1	94.1
M Pretorius	c JA Simpson b TGR Clark	2	5	0	0	40.0
MJ Leach	c SF Hunt b JJ Carson	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras		28
Total	9 wickets declared, 97.2 overs	350

Did not bat: JT Ball, J Shaw

Fall of wickets: 92-1 (JF Thomas, 22.4 ov), 141-2 (AM Vaughan, 40.5 ov), 198-3 (TA Lammonby, 58.1 ov), 268-4 (TB Abell, 80.3 ov), 283-5 (HM Nicholls, 84.2 ov), 295-6 (C Overton, 86.4 ov), 334-7 (JEK Rew, 94.3 ov), 343-8 (M Pretorius, 96.4 ov), 350-9 (MJ Leach, 97.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JD Unadkat	23	1	93	1	4.04	91	0	4
SF Hunt	15	4	48	2	3.20	67	1	6
JJ Carson	21.2	2	66	1	3.09	85	0	4
HT Crocombe	17	3	53	1	3.12	74	0	0
JM Coles	7	0	21	0	3.00	27	0	0
JDM Evison	11	2	40	2	3.64	46	0	0
TGR Clark	3	0	17	2	5.67	7	1	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	92	136	JF Thomas 48, TA Lammonby 41
2	49	109	TA Lammonby 21, AM Vaughan 24
3	57	104	TA Lammonby 31, HM Nicholls 20
4	70	134	HM Nicholls 28, TB Abell 37
5	15	23	HM Nicholls 2, JEK Rew 10
6	12	14	JEK Rew 3, C Overton 8
7	39	47	JEK Rew 14, L Gregory 21
8	9	13	L Gregory 5, M Pretorius 2
9	7	4	L Gregory 6, MJ Leach 1

Sussex 2nd innings 62/1 (14 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DP Hughes	c TB Abell b M Pretorius	13	27	2	0	48.1
TJ Haines	not out	30	37	5	0	81.1
TGR Clark	not out	15	22	1	1	68.2
Extras		4
Total	1 wicket, 14 overs	62

Did not bat: JDM Evison, JD Unadkat, HT Crocombe, JJ Carson, SF Hunt, C Tear, JM Coles, JA Simpson

Fall of wickets: 23-1 (DP Hughes, 7.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
L Gregory	3	0	11	0	3.67	13	2
C Overton	3	1	9	0	3.00	15	0
AM Vaughan	4	0	25	0	6.25	14	0
M Pretorius	4	0	17	1	4.25	18	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	23	48	DP Hughes 13, TJ Haines 6
Unbroken	39	36	TJ Haines 24, TGR Clark 15

Match details

Toss: Sussex, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: JD Shantry, Tom Lungley
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Rain: Draw with only 239 of ~360 overs bowled (66%)
Source: Cricsheet match 1513375