Result

Somerset won by 10 wickets

Essex vs Somerset

Division 1 · Chelmsford · Apr 10, 2026 · County Championship Division One

ESS
Essex
149 (51/20 ov)
SOM
Somerset
348/10 (92.3/20 ov)

Somerset won the toss and elected to bowling

Essex 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Dean Elgar c Jake Ball b Tom Lammonby 41 94 5 0 44.00
Paul Walter c & b Craig Overton 70 118 9 0 59.00
Dean Elgar c Tom Abell b Jack Leach 7 34 1 0 21.00
Paul Walter b Jake Ball 2 22 0 0 9.00
Wiaan Mulder c Tom Kohler-Cadmore b Jake Ball 0 2 0 0 0.00
Luc Benkenstein c James Rew b Migael Pretorius 4 8 1 0 50.00
Charlie Allison c Tom Abell b Migael Pretorius 49 84 6 0 58.00
Charlie Allison c Tom Abell b Jake Ball 0 5 0 0 0.00
Matthew Critchley c Archie Vaughan b Craig Overton 59 87 10 0 68.00
Matthew Critchley c James Rew b Tom Lammonby 0 3 0 0 0.00
Wiaan Mulder c James Rew b Migael Pretorius 31 47 5 0 66.00
Luc Benkenstein b Josh Shaw 18 49 3 0 37.00
Michael Pepper b Craig Overton 16 22 3 0 73.00
Michael Pepper c Craig Overton b Jake Ball 0 7 0 0 0.00
Simon Harmer b Josh Shaw 20 45 2 0 44.00
Simon Harmer b Craig Overton 0 2 0 0 0.00
Shane Snater b Josh Shaw 13 11 3 0 118.00
Shane Snater c Archie Vaughan b Migael Pretorius 27 46 4 0 59.00
Samuel Cook c James Rew b Jake Ball 17 38 2 0 45.00
Samuel Cook not out 1 7 0 0 14.00
James Porter c James Rew b Josh Shaw 0 11 0 0 0.00
James Porter not out 0 1 0 0 0.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Craig Overton 13.2 35 2 2.63
Craig Overton 19.0 46 2 2.42
Jake Ball 13.4 34 2 2.49
Jake Ball 19.0 67 3 3.53
Migael Pretorius 19.3 64 3 3.28
Migael Pretorius 11.0 38 1 3.45
Jack Leach 4.0 8 1 2.00
Josh Shaw 11.0 30 3 2.73
Tom Lammonby 2.0 5 2 2.50
Josh Shaw 11.0 52 1 4.73

Somerset 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Archie Vaughan not out 41 25 6 2 164.00
Jack Leach b James Porter 6 12 1 0 50.00
Joshua Thomas not out 8 9 2 0 89.00
Joshua Thomas c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook 4 20 0 0 20.00
Tom Lammonby c Dean Elgar b Samuel Cook 2 2 0 0 100.00
James Rew c Michael Pepper b Simon Harmer 48 67 9 0 72.00
Tom Abell c Michael Pepper b Shane Snater 29 42 3 0 69.00
Lewis Goldsworthy c Michael Pepper b James Porter 42 127 5 0 33.00
Craig Overton b Shane Snater 141 180 20 3 78.00
Will Smeed c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook 39 77 5 0 51.00
Migael Pretorius c Paul Walter b James Porter 6 11 1 0 55.00
Josh Shaw not out 11 17 2 0 65.00
Jake Ball c Wiaan Mulder b Shane Snater 1 4 0 0 25.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Samuel Cook 2.0 19 0 9.50
James Porter 21.0 84 3 4.00
Simon Harmer 2.4 25 0 9.38
Samuel Cook 24.0 93 3 3.88
Matthew Critchley 1.0 5 0 5.00
Shane Snater 18.3 56 3 3.03
Wiaan Mulder 7.0 21 0 3.00
Simon Harmer 16.0 60 1 3.75
Matthew Critchley 6.0 23 0 3.83

Venue

County Ground
Chelmsford, England

Innings

  • Essex — 1st Innings 149 (51)
  • Somerset — 2nd Innings 348-10 (92.3)
  • Essex — 3rd Innings 245 (72.3)
  • Somerset — 4th Innings 49-0 (5.4)