Result

Essex won by 6 wickets

Essex vs Hampshire

Division 1 · Chelmsford · May 08, 2026 · County Championship Division One

HAM
Hampshire
235 (71.3/20 ov)
ESS
Essex
273/10 (90/20 ov)

Essex won the toss and elected to bowling

Hampshire 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Toby Albert b Samuel Cook 6 20 1 0 30.00
Toby Albert c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook 1 22 0 0 5.00
Nick Gubbins c Paul Walter b Simon Harmer 71 189 13 0 38.00
Nick Gubbins c Matthew Critchley b Shane Snater 8 28 1 0 29.00
Tom Prest c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook 1 8 0 0 13.00
Tom Prest b Samuel Cook 4 4 1 0 100.00
Jake Lehmann b James Porter 89 164 15 0 54.00
Jake Lehmann b James Porter 27 78 4 0 35.00
Ben Mayes c & b Simon Harmer 8 31 0 0 26.00
Ben Mayes c Simon Harmer b Samuel Cook 20 38 3 0 53.00
Ben Brown not out 57 89 8 0 64.00
Ben Brown c Dean Elgar b Wiaan Mulder 73 116 9 1 63.00
Liam Dawson b Wiaan Mulder 6 40 0 0 15.00
Liam Dawson c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook 13 19 1 1 68.00
James Fuller c & b Simon Harmer 9 7 0 1 129.00
James Fuller b Wiaan Mulder 18 26 3 0 69.00
Scott Currie c Charlie Allison 0 2 0 0 0.00
Scott Currie c Dean Elgar b Simon Harmer 2 12 0 0 17.00
Kyle Abbott not out 2 9 0 0 22.00
Kyle Abbott b Simon Harmer 0 2 0 0 0.00
Codi Yusuf c Simon Harmer b Wiaan Mulder 0 4 0 0 0.00
Codi Yusuf b Wiaan Mulder 0 3 0 0 0.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
James Porter 14.0 30 1 2.14
James Porter 14.0 35 1 2.50
Samuel Cook 14.0 56 3 4.00
Samuel Cook 15.0 52 3 3.47
Shane Snater 11.0 34 1 3.09
Shane Snater 5.0 15 0 3.00
Wiaan Mulder 12.3 46 3 3.68
Simon Harmer 31.0 66 4 2.13
Wiaan Mulder 11.5 23 2 1.94
Simon Harmer 15.0 40 1 2.67
Matthew Critchley 3.0 9 0 3.00
Matthew Critchley 5.0 15 0 3.00

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Dean Elgar c Codi Yusuf b James Fuller 18 59 4 0 31.00
Paul Walter c Ben Brown b Kyle Abbott 17 19 3 0 89.00
Paul Walter c Ben Brown b Kyle Abbott 5 23 1 0 22.00
Dean Elgar b Kyle Abbott 8 33 1 0 24.00
Tom Westley c Ben Mayes b Scott Currie 34 74 5 0 46.00
Tom Westley c Tom Prest b Kyle Abbott 9 31 1 0 29.00
Charlie Allison b Kyle Abbott 34 68 4 0 50.00
Samuel Cook b James Fuller 2 17 0 0 12.00
Charlie Allison c Ben Brown b James Fuller 0 7 0 0 0.00
Matthew Critchley not out 90 73 15 0 123.00
Matthew Critchley b Kyle Abbott 27 49 3 0 55.00
Wiaan Mulder not out 15 27 1 1 56.00
Wiaan Mulder c Ben Brown b Liam Dawson 54 98 6 0 55.00
Michael Pepper c Ben Brown b Scott Currie 10 37 0 0 27.00
Simon Harmer not out 80 118 14 0 68.00
Shane Snater c Ben Brown b James Fuller 16 23 2 1 70.00
James Porter b James Fuller 12 38 3 0 32.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Kyle Abbott 14.0 35 4 2.50
Kyle Abbott 24.0 45 2 1.88
Codi Yusuf 9.0 47 0 5.22
Codi Yusuf 22.0 85 0 3.86
Liam Dawson 5.0 19 0 3.80
James Fuller 15.0 43 5 2.87
Scott Currie 14.0 37 2 2.64
James Fuller 8.0 32 0 4.00
Scott Currie 4.0 25 0 6.25
Liam Dawson 15.0 57 1 3.80
Tom Prest 1.5 15 0 8.18

Venue

County Ground
Chelmsford, England

Innings

  • Hampshire — 1st Innings 235 (71.3)
  • Essex — 2nd Innings 273-10 (90)
  • Hampshire — 3rd Innings 214 (79.5)
  • Essex — 4th Innings 178-4 (41.5)