MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Somerset v Leicestershire

Group 1, match 60 · Grace Road, Leicester · 8 Sept 2026 – 10 Sept 2026

Somerset won by 377 runs

Somerset 1st innings36375.4 overs

Leicestershire 1st innings15751.1 overs

Somerset 2nd innings316/5d68.4 overs

Leicestershire 2nd innings14545.1 overs

Somerset 1st innings 363 (75.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JF Thomas	b BWM Mike	100	154	15	0	64.9
TA Lammonby	c SSE Gumbs b AM Green	74	95	11	0	77.9
AM Vaughan	lbw b NN Gilchrist	21	32	2	0	65.6
HM Nicholls	run out (NN Gilchrist)	26	35	5	0	74.3
TB Abell	c & b NN Gilchrist	1	7	0	0	14.3
JEK Rew	lbw b NN Gilchrist	61	88	10	0	69.3
C Overton	c sub b BWM Mike	9	8	2	0	112.5
L Gregory	c Rehan Ahmed b AY Patel	27	17	5	1	158.8
MJ Leach	lbw b AY Patel	0	2	0	0	0.0
M Pretorius	b Rehan Ahmed	2	6	0	0	33.3
JT Ball	not out	3	21	0	0	14.3
Extras		39
Total	all out, 75.4 overs	363

Fall of wickets: 181-1 (TA Lammonby, 35.5 ov), 222-2 (AM Vaughan, 45.1 ov), 222-3 (JF Thomas, 46.1 ov), 229-4 (TB Abell, 47.5 ov), 277-5 (HM Nicholls, 57.5 ov), 297-6 (C Overton, 60.1 ov), 340-7 (L Gregory, 65.5 ov), 344-8 (MJ Leach, 67.1 ov), 347-9 (M Pretorius, 68.2 ov), 363-10 (JEK Rew, 75.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
NN Gilchrist	16.4	3	73	3	4.38	73	0	12
BWM Mike	20	2	109	2	5.45	77	4	8
AM Green	8	1	44	1	5.50	30	0	2
AY Patel	19	2	80	2	4.21	76	0	0
Rehan Ahmed	12	2	44	1	3.67	45	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	181	215	JF Thomas 83, TA Lammonby 74
2	41	56	JF Thomas 17, AM Vaughan 21
3	0	6	JF Thomas 0, HM Nicholls 0
4	7	10	HM Nicholls 4, TB Abell 1
5	48	60	HM Nicholls 22, JEK Rew 18
6	20	14	JEK Rew 9, C Overton 9
7	43	34	JEK Rew 16, L Gregory 27
8	4	8	JEK Rew 4, MJ Leach 0
9	3	7	JEK Rew 1, M Pretorius 2
10	16	44	JEK Rew 13, JT Ball 3

Leicestershire 1st innings 157 (51.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Patel	c JEK Rew b L Gregory	12	13	2	0	92.3
SSE Gumbs	lbw b L Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.0
Rehan Ahmed	c JEK Rew b JT Ball	23	49	4	0	46.9
Hamza Shaikh	b C Overton	7	37	0	0	18.9
NF Kelly	lbw b C Overton	39	47	7	0	83.0
SS Eskinazi	c JEK Rew b JT Ball	2	6	0	0	33.3
OB Cox	lbw b C Overton	24	36	3	0	66.7
BWM Mike	lbw b M Pretorius	2	9	0	0	22.2
AY Patel	c TA Lammonby b MJ Leach	26	58	3	0	44.8
J Hull	b JT Ball	0	24	0	0	0.0
NN Gilchrist	not out	9	27	1	0	33.3
Extras		13
Total	all out, 51.1 overs	157

Did not bat: AM Green

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (SSE Gumbs, 0.3 ov), 22-2 (RK Patel, 4.3 ov), 53-3 (Hamza Shaikh, 15.4 ov), 53-4 (Rehan Ahmed, 16.6 ov), 63-5 (SS Eskinazi, 20.1 ov), 114-6 (NF Kelly, 30.4 ov), 121-7 (OB Cox, 32.3 ov), 121-8 (BWM Mike, 33.3 ov), 130-9 (J Hull, 42.4 ov), 157-10 (AY Patel, 51.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
L Gregory	6	0	17	2	2.83	29	0	2
M Pretorius	13	2	55	1	4.23	52	0	0
C Overton	13	7	23	3	1.77	64	0	0
JT Ball	11	2	39	3	3.55	47	1	0
TA Lammonby	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0
AM Vaughan	4	2	4	0	1.00	20	0	0
MJ Leach	3.1	0	8	1	2.53	14	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	3	RK Patel 1, SSE Gumbs 0
2	21	24	RK Patel 11, Rehan Ahmed 6
3	31	67	Rehan Ahmed 17, Hamza Shaikh 7
4	0	8	Rehan Ahmed 0, NF Kelly 0
5	10	19	NF Kelly 8, SS Eskinazi 2
6	51	63	NF Kelly 31, OB Cox 19
7	7	11	OB Cox 5, BWM Mike 2
8	0	6	BWM Mike 0, AY Patel 0
9	9	55	AY Patel 9, J Hull 0
10	27	51	AY Patel 17, NN Gilchrist 9

Somerset 2nd innings 316/5d (68.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JF Thomas	lbw b Rehan Ahmed	55	83	8	0	66.3
TA Lammonby	c RK Patel b AY Patel	69	121	7	0	57.0
AM Vaughan	lbw b Rehan Ahmed	4	10	1	0	40.0
HM Nicholls	not out	100	112	9	4	89.3
TB Abell	c RK Patel b AY Patel	58	71	7	0	81.7
JEK Rew	c NF Kelly b NN Gilchrist	21	10	1	2	210.0
C Overton	not out	4	5	0	0	80.0
Extras		5
Total	5 wickets declared, 68.4 overs	316

Did not bat: L Gregory, MJ Leach, JT Ball, M Pretorius

Fall of wickets: 113-1 (JF Thomas, 27.2 ov), 119-2 (AM Vaughan, 29.3 ov), 137-3 (TA Lammonby, 40.5 ov), 256-4 (TB Abell, 62.3 ov), 292-5 (JEK Rew, 66.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
NN Gilchrist	10.4	1	48	1	4.50	41	1
J Hull	10	3	54	0	5.40	32	0
BWM Mike	6	2	34	0	5.67	23	0
AY Patel	23	2	101	2	4.39	84	1
Rehan Ahmed	19	2	76	2	4.00	65	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	113	164	JF Thomas 55, TA Lammonby 56
2	6	13	TA Lammonby 2, AM Vaughan 4
3	18	68	TA Lammonby 11, HM Nicholls 7
4	119	130	HM Nicholls 60, TB Abell 58
5	36	23	HM Nicholls 15, JEK Rew 21
Unbroken	24	14	HM Nicholls 18, C Overton 4

Leicestershire 2nd innings 145 (45.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Patel	c C Overton b L Gregory	2	18	0	0	11.1
SSE Gumbs	b C Overton	7	31	1	0	22.6
Rehan Ahmed	c C Overton b L Gregory	6	9	1	0	66.7
Hamza Shaikh	lbw b C Overton	24	43	4	0	55.8
NF Kelly	c JEK Rew b C Overton	6	32	1	0	18.8
SS Eskinazi	c AM Vaughan b C Overton	9	21	2	0	42.9
OB Cox	c JEK Rew b MJ Leach	39	59	6	0	66.1
BWM Mike	lbw b JT Ball	9	11	1	0	81.8
AY Patel	c JF Thomas b MJ Leach	18	17	4	0	105.9
J Hull	not out	12	26	2	0	46.2
NN Gilchrist	lbw b MJ Leach	2	5	0	0	40.0
Extras		11
Total	all out, 45.1 overs	145

Did not bat: AM Green

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (RK Patel, 4.3 ov), 10-2 (Rehan Ahmed, 6.5 ov), 25-3 (SSE Gumbs, 12.4 ov), 46-4 (Hamza Shaikh, 18.6 ov), 60-5 (SS Eskinazi, 24.5 ov), 65-6 (NF Kelly, 26.1 ov), 89-7 (BWM Mike, 32.1 ov), 118-8 (AY Patel, 37.6 ov), 139-9 (OB Cox, 43.1 ov), 145-10 (NN Gilchrist, 45.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
L Gregory	6	3	10	2	1.67	30	2
M Pretorius	9	2	21	0	2.33	44	0
C Overton	11	2	33	4	3.00	52	0
JT Ball	10	2	42	1	4.20	45	0
MJ Leach	9.1	1	30	3	3.27	40	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	27	RK Patel 2, SSE Gumbs 2
2	6	14	SSE Gumbs 0, Rehan Ahmed 6
3	15	35	SSE Gumbs 5, Hamza Shaikh 4
4	21	38	Hamza Shaikh 20, NF Kelly 1
5	14	35	NF Kelly 4, SS Eskinazi 9
6	5	8	NF Kelly 1, OB Cox 4
7	24	36	OB Cox 15, BWM Mike 9
8	29	35	OB Cox 11, AY Patel 18
9	21	31	OB Cox 9, J Hull 12
10	6	12	J Hull 0, NN Gilchrist 2

Match details

Toss: Leicestershire, chose to field
Ground: Grace Road, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: DJ Millns, PR Pollard
Match referee: AM Smith
Source: Cricsheet match 1513385