MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Sussex v Essex

Group 1, match 51 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 2 Sept 2026 – 5 Sept 2026

Sussex won by 47 runs

Sussex 1st innings27599 overs

Essex 1st innings17758.5 overs

Sussex 2nd innings23050.1 overs

Essex 2nd innings28173.3 overs

Sussex 1st innings 275 (99 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DP Hughes	c PI Walter b S Snater	45	107	7	0	42.1
TJ Haines	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	4	20	0	0	20.0
TGR Clark	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	0	2	0	0	0.0
C Tear	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	39	123	3	0	31.7
JM Coles	c MS Pepper b Zaman Akhter	15	40	1	0	37.5
JA Simpson	lbw b JA Porter	17	58	3	0	29.3
JA Leaning	c MS Pepper b Zaman Akhter	60	110	8	0	54.5
JJ Carson	c PI Walter b JA Porter	9	12	2	0	75.0
DC Goodman	lbw b SJ Cook	22	62	2	1	35.5
A Karvelas	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	38	44	6	0	86.4
HT Crocombe	not out	12	16	2	0	75.0
Extras		14
Total	all out, 99 overs	275

Did not bat: OJ Carter

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (TJ Haines, 6.3 ov), 7-2 (TGR Clark, 6.5 ov), 79-3 (DP Hughes, 35.3 ov), 109-4 (C Tear, 46.5 ov), 116-5 (JM Coles, 52.1 ov), 149-6 (JA Simpson, 66.1 ov), 163-7 (JJ Carson, 68.5 ov), 213-8 (DC Goodman, 86.1 ov), 249-9 (JA Leaning, 93.6 ov), 275-10 (A Karvelas, 98.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
SJ Cook	19	9	32	3	1.68	98
S Snater	18	6	45	1	2.50	90
CE Bennett	3	0	10	0	3.33	13
Zaman Akhter	23	6	75	2	3.26	99
SR Harmer	16	2	34	0	2.13	73
JA Porter	15	1	44	4	2.93	64
MJJ Critchley	5	0	21	0	4.20	19

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	7	39	DP Hughes 3, TJ Haines 4
2	0	2	DP Hughes 0, TGR Clark 0
3	72	172	DP Hughes 42, C Tear 25
4	30	68	C Tear 14, JM Coles 10
5	7	32	JM Coles 5, JA Simpson 1
6	33	84	JA Simpson 16, JA Leaning 16
7	14	16	JA Leaning 5, JJ Carson 9
8	50	104	JA Leaning 28, DC Goodman 22
9	36	47	JA Leaning 11, A Karvelas 24
10	26	30	A Karvelas 14, HT Crocombe 12

Essex 1st innings 177 (58.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b JM Coles	44	117	5	0	37.6
PI Walter	b A Karvelas	28	53	5	0	52.8
T Westley	b JJ Carson	17	44	2	0	38.6
CWJ Allison	lbw b HT Crocombe	56	86	8	0	65.1
MJJ Critchley	not out	19	39	1	1	48.7
MS Pepper	lbw b JM Coles	1	3	0	0	33.3
SR Harmer	lbw b HT Crocombe	2	4	0	0	50.0
Zaman Akhter	lbw b HT Crocombe	0	1	0	0	0.0
S Snater	b HT Crocombe	0	1	0	0	0.0
MJ Killeen	b JM Coles	0	7	0	0	0.0
JA Porter	b HT Crocombe	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		10
Total	all out, 58.5 overs	177

Did not bat: CE Bennett, SJ Cook

Fall of wickets: 57-1 (PI Walter, 16.1 ov), 78-2 (T Westley, 27.1 ov), 136-3 (D Elgar, 42.3 ov), 171-4 (CWJ Allison, 54.4 ov), 172-5 (MS Pepper, 55.1 ov), 175-6 (SR Harmer, 56.1 ov), 175-7 (Zaman Akhter, 56.2 ov), 175-8 (S Snater, 56.3 ov), 176-9 (MJ Killeen, 57.5 ov), 177-10 (JA Porter, 58.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
A Karvelas	12	1	36	1	3.00	56	2
DC Goodman	6	1	34	0	5.67	24	6
TJ Haines	3	1	7	0	2.33	14	0
HT Crocombe	9.5	1	39	5	3.97	40	0
JJ Carson	17	3	45	1	2.65	77	0
TGR Clark	2	1	3	0	1.50	9	0
JM Coles	8	3	7	3	0.88	41	0
JA Leaning	1	0	4	0	4.00	2	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	57	97	D Elgar 23, PI Walter 28
2	21	66	D Elgar 4, T Westley 17
3	58	92	D Elgar 17, CWJ Allison 38
4	35	73	CWJ Allison 18, MJJ Critchley 17
5	1	3	MJJ Critchley 0, MS Pepper 1
6	3	6	MJJ Critchley 1, SR Harmer 2
7	0	1	MJJ Critchley 0, Zaman Akhter 0
8	0	1	MJJ Critchley 0, S Snater 0
9	1	8	MJJ Critchley 1, MJ Killeen 0
10	1	6	MJJ Critchley 0, JA Porter 0

Sussex 2nd innings 230 (50.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TGR Clark	b JA Porter	14	18	2	0	77.8
TJ Haines	c Zaman Akhter b S Snater	10	16	2	0	62.5
C Tear	c CWJ Allison b SR Harmer	3	18	0	0	16.7
JM Coles	c SR Harmer b Zaman Akhter	79	125	9	1	63.2
OJ Carter	lbw b SR Harmer	26	28	6	0	92.9
JA Simpson	lbw b SR Harmer	0	6	0	0	0.0
JA Leaning	c T Westley b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
JJ Carson	lbw b Zaman Akhter	42	37	6	2	113.5
DC Goodman	c sub b Zaman Akhter	6	12	1	0	50.0
A Karvelas	c T Westley b Zaman Akhter	22	34	1	1	64.7
HT Crocombe	not out	9	5	0	1	180.0
Extras		19
Total	all out, 50.1 overs	230

Did not bat: DP Hughes

Fall of wickets: 28-1 (TJ Haines, 5.2 ov), 28-2 (TGR Clark, 6.2 ov), 40-3 (C Tear, 11.4 ov), 90-4 (OJ Carter, 21.1 ov), 90-5 (JA Simpson, 23.1 ov), 90-6 (JA Leaning, 23.3 ov), 153-7 (JJ Carson, 34.5 ov), 173-8 (DC Goodman, 38.3 ov), 207-9 (A Karvelas, 46.6 ov), 230-10 (JM Coles, 50.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
JA Porter	10	2	27	1	2.70	46
S Snater	6	2	21	1	3.50	26
SR Harmer	18	1	96	4	5.33	67
Zaman Akhter	11.1	1	51	4	4.57	40
MJJ Critchley	5	0	16	0	3.20	19

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	28	32	TGR Clark 14, TJ Haines 10
2	0	6	TGR Clark 0, C Tear 0
3	12	32	C Tear 3, JM Coles 9
4	50	57	JM Coles 20, OJ Carter 26
5	0	12	JM Coles 0, JA Simpson 0
6	0	2	JM Coles 0, JA Leaning 0
7	63	68	JM Coles 15, JJ Carson 42
8	20	22	JM Coles 14, DC Goodman 6
9	34	51	JM Coles 7, A Karvelas 22
10	23	19	JM Coles 14, HT Crocombe 9

Essex 2nd innings 281 (73.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c C Tear b JM Coles	1	11	0	0	9.1
D Elgar	b HT Crocombe	35	43	7	0	81.4
T Westley	c JA Simpson b JJ Carson	33	37	7	0	89.2
CWJ Allison	c OJ Carter b JJ Carson	42	64	5	2	65.6
MJJ Critchley	c TJ Haines b JM Coles	96	132	8	2	72.7
SR Harmer	c JA Leaning b A Karvelas	16	50	2	0	32.0
MS Pepper	b JM Coles	3	13	0	0	23.1
Zaman Akhter	lbw b JM Coles	0	6	0	0	0.0
MJ Killeen	c JA Simpson b A Karvelas	13	34	2	0	38.2
S Snater	c JA Leaning b HT Crocombe	35	45	4	2	77.8
JA Porter	not out	0	6	0	0	0.0
Extras		7
Total	all out, 73.3 overs	281

Did not bat: CE Bennett, SJ Cook

Fall of wickets: 3-1 (PI Walter, 3.5 ov), 69-2 (D Elgar, 14.2 ov), 79-3 (T Westley, 15.6 ov), 150-4 (CWJ Allison, 31.4 ov), 181-5 (SR Harmer, 44.5 ov), 190-6 (MS Pepper, 47.6 ov), 192-7 (Zaman Akhter, 49.4 ov), 223-8 (MJ Killeen, 60.4 ov), 271-9 (S Snater, 70.3 ov), 281-10 (MJJ Critchley, 73.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
A Karvelas	11	1	48	2	4.36	44
JM Coles	29.3	2	98	4	3.32	128
HT Crocombe	14	0	61	2	4.36	55
JJ Carson	19	3	67	2	3.53	83

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	3	23	PI Walter 1, D Elgar 2
2	66	63	D Elgar 33, T Westley 29
3	10	10	T Westley 4, CWJ Allison 6
4	71	94	CWJ Allison 36, MJJ Critchley 35
5	31	79	MJJ Critchley 15, SR Harmer 16
6	9	19	MJJ Critchley 6, MS Pepper 3
7	2	10	MJJ Critchley 2, Zaman Akhter 0
8	31	66	MJJ Critchley 17, MJ Killeen 13
9	48	59	MJJ Critchley 12, S Snater 35
10	10	18	MJJ Critchley 9, JA Porter 0

Match details

Toss: Sussex, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: RJ Warren, Surendiran Shanmugam
Match referee: JJ Whitaker
Source: Cricsheet match 1513376