MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Yorkshire v Essex

Group 1, match 57 · Headingley, Leeds · 8 Sept 2026 – 10 Sept 2026

Yorkshire won by an innings and 106 runs

Yorkshire 1st innings390118 overs

Essex 1st innings17169.4 overs

Essex 2nd innings11340 overs

Yorkshire 1st innings 390 (118 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
A Lyth	lbw b S Snater	62	114	11	0	54.4
W Luxton	b JA Porter	50	82	10	0	61.0
SM Whiteman	c JA Porter b MJJ Critchley	0	5	0	0	0.0
JH Wharton	c D Elgar b MJJ Critchley	3	10	0	0	30.0
ML Revis	lbw b MJ Killeen	61	96	10	0	63.5
JM Bairstow	lbw b S Snater	5	10	1	0	50.0
GCH Hill	c & b S Snater	40	135	3	0	29.6
DM Bess	not out	80	137	8	0	58.4
Kuldeep Yadav	c & b MJJ Critchley	36	94	4	0	38.3
BM Cliff	c MJ Killeen b MJJ Critchley	14	24	2	0	58.3
CJ White	lbw b MJJ Critchley	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		39
Total	all out, 118 overs	390

Fall of wickets: 121-1 (W Luxton, 30.4 ov), 126-2 (SM Whiteman, 31.4 ov), 130-3 (A Lyth, 34.2 ov), 132-4 (JH Wharton, 35.6 ov), 139-5 (JM Bairstow, 38.6 ov), 233-6 (ML Revis, 64.4 ov), 281-7 (GCH Hill, 85.6 ov), 364-8 (Kuldeep Yadav, 111.5 ov), 390-9 (BM Cliff, 117.5 ov), 390-10 (CJ White, 117.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
JA Porter	20.5	2	76	1	3.65	92	0
S Snater	28	5	82	3	2.93	123	0
Zaman Akhter	18	3	53	0	2.94	81	1
MJ Killeen	17.1	5	43	1	2.50	78	0
MJJ Critchley	30	3	85	5	2.83	124	1
T Westley	4	0	14	0	3.50	12	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	121	184	A Lyth 59, W Luxton 50
2	5	6	A Lyth 1, SM Whiteman 0
3	4	16	A Lyth 2, JH Wharton 2
4	2	10	JH Wharton 1, ML Revis 1
5	7	18	ML Revis 2, JM Bairstow 5
6	94	154	ML Revis 58, GCH Hill 24
7	48	128	GCH Hill 16, DM Bess 29
8	83	155	DM Bess 39, Kuldeep Yadav 36
9	26	36	DM Bess 12, BM Cliff 14
10	0	1	DM Bess 0, CJ White 0

Essex 1st innings 171 (69.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b DM Bess	34	111	6	0	30.6
PI Walter	lbw b Kuldeep Yadav	4	31	0	0	12.9
T Westley	b Kuldeep Yadav	0	7	0	0	0.0
CWJ Allison	lbw b Kuldeep Yadav	15	12	2	1	125.0
MJJ Critchley	lbw b GCH Hill	1	3	0	0	33.3
LM Benkenstein	lbw b DM Bess	10	44	1	0	22.7
GJ Bell	not out	64	118	6	1	54.2
S Snater	b DM Bess	10	20	1	0	50.0
Zaman Akhter	c JM Bairstow b GCH Hill	29	67	4	0	43.3
MJ Killeen	b Kuldeep Yadav	1	5	0	0	20.0
SJ Cook	b GCH Hill	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		3
Total	all out, 69.4 overs	171

Did not bat: JA Porter

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (PI Walter, 10.4 ov), 15-2 (T Westley, 12.5 ov), 31-3 (CWJ Allison, 16.3 ov), 32-4 (MJJ Critchley, 17.2 ov), 66-5 (LM Benkenstein, 33.1 ov), 75-6 (D Elgar, 35.6 ov), 97-7 (S Snater, 43.2 ov), 165-8 (Zaman Akhter, 67.4 ov), 168-9 (MJ Killeen, 68.6 ov), 171-10 (SJ Cook, 69.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
CJ White	13	6	28	0	2.15	67	2
BM Cliff	9	4	18	0	2.00	45	0
Kuldeep Yadav	23	6	70	4	3.04	104	0
DM Bess	12	2	36	3	3.00	56	0
GCH Hill	9.4	6	12	3	1.24	50	0
A Lyth	3	0	6	0	2.00	13	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	15	64	D Elgar 11, PI Walter 4
2	0	13	D Elgar 0, T Westley 0
3	16	22	D Elgar 1, CWJ Allison 15
4	1	5	D Elgar 0, MJJ Critchley 1
5	34	95	D Elgar 22, LM Benkenstein 10
6	9	17	D Elgar 0, GJ Bell 9
7	22	44	GJ Bell 12, S Snater 10
8	68	146	GJ Bell 38, Zaman Akhter 29
9	3	8	GJ Bell 2, MJ Killeen 1
10	3	4	GJ Bell 3, SJ Cook 0

Essex 2nd innings 113 (40 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	st JM Bairstow b DM Bess	48	104	7	1	46.2
D Elgar	c JM Bairstow b GCH Hill	4	18	1	0	22.2
T Westley	lbw b GCH Hill	0	10	0	0	0.0
CWJ Allison	c JH Wharton b Kuldeep Yadav	1	6	0	0	16.7
MJJ Critchley	b Kuldeep Yadav	0	1	0	0	0.0
LM Benkenstein	c GCH Hill b Kuldeep Yadav	4	6	1	0	66.7
GJ Bell	c JM Bairstow b Kuldeep Yadav	28	40	3	0	70.0
S Snater	lbw b DM Bess	4	8	1	0	50.0
Zaman Akhter	b Kuldeep Yadav	7	8	1	0	87.5
MJ Killeen	not out	12	23	0	0	52.2
SJ Cook	b Kuldeep Yadav	1	16	0	0	6.3
Extras		4
Total	all out, 40 overs	113

Did not bat: JA Porter

Fall of wickets: 13-1 (D Elgar, 6.2 ov), 13-2 (T Westley, 8.6 ov), 14-3 (CWJ Allison, 11.5 ov), 14-4 (MJJ Critchley, 11.6 ov), 26-5 (LM Benkenstein, 13.6 ov), 66-6 (GJ Bell, 27.1 ov), 71-7 (S Snater, 28.6 ov), 84-8 (Zaman Akhter, 31.4 ov), 106-9 (PI Walter, 34.4 ov), 113-10 (SJ Cook, 39.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
GCH Hill	6	4	2	2	0.33	34
CJ White	4	2	12	0	3.00	21
Kuldeep Yadav	16	3	50	6	3.13	70
ML Revis	4	2	13	0	3.25	20
DM Bess	10	1	32	2	3.20	45

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	13	38	PI Walter 9, D Elgar 4
2	0	16	PI Walter 0, T Westley 0
3	1	17	PI Walter 0, CWJ Allison 1
4	0	1	PI Walter 0, MJJ Critchley 0
5	12	12	PI Walter 8, LM Benkenstein 4
6	40	79	PI Walter 12, GJ Bell 28
7	5	11	PI Walter 1, S Snater 4
8	13	16	PI Walter 6, Zaman Akhter 7
9	22	18	PI Walter 12, MJ Killeen 6
10	7	32	MJ Killeen 6, SJ Cook 1

Match details

Toss: Yorkshire, chose to bat
Ground: Headingley, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: James Middlebrook, SJ O'Shaughnessy
Match referee: PM Such
Source: Cricsheet match 1513382