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Warwickshire v Essex

Warwickshire won by 41 runs

County Championship, Match 1217 April 2026 to 20 April 2026Edgbaston, Birmingham

WAR

Warwickshirebatted first

190 & 22062.2 ov

ESS

Essex

205 & 16464.2 ov

Essex won the toss and chose to field

WARWarwickshire innings

19065 ov

Warwickshire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RM Yates	c PI Walter b JA Porter	8	12	1	0	66.7
AL Davies	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	0	1	0	0	0.0
DR Mousley	lbw b JA Porter	10	33	2	0	30.3
SR Hain	not out	88*	179	11	2	49.2
BJ Webster	b S Snater	14	17	2	0	82.4
EG Barnard	lbw b Zaman Akhter	9	27	2	0	33.3
Z Malik	lbw b JA Porter	4	21	1	0	19.0
JA Thompson	c PI Walter b SJ Cook	13	11	2	0	118.2
KHD Barker	c S Snater b Zaman Akhter	22	48	2	0	45.8
ER Bamber	c MS Pepper b S Snater	0	7	0	0	0.0
NN Gilchrist	b SJ Cook	7	35	1	0	20.0
Extras	b 4, lb 6, w 3, nb 2	15
Total	all out, 65 overs, run rate 2.92	190

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-1 AL Davies2-12 RM Yates3-25 DR Mousley4-48 BJ Webster5-65 EG Barnard6-96 Z Malik7-113 JA Thompson8-144 KHD Barker9-145 ER Bamber10-190 NN Gilchrist

Bowling to Warwickshire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	20	3	59	4	2.95	93	8	0	0	1
SJ Cook	18.5	7	38	2	2.02	95	6	0	2	0
S Snater	12.1	3	34	2	2.79	57	5	0	0	0
Zaman Akhter	13	3	47	2	3.62	57	5	2	1	0
SR Harmer	1	0	2	0	2.00	5	0	0	0	0

ESSEssex innings

20573.5 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c RM Yates b ER Bamber	7	25	1	0	28.0
PI Walter	c DR Mousley b ER Bamber	46	97	7	0	47.4
LM Benkenstein	c AL Davies b KHD Barker	1	7	0	0	14.3
CWJ Allison	lbw b NN Gilchrist	44	94	8	0	46.8
SJ Cook	c RM Yates b NN Gilchrist	19	46	3	0	41.3
MJJ Critchley	c Z Malik b ER Bamber	11	18	0	0	61.1
MS Pepper	c BJ Webster b NN Gilchrist	0	2	0	0	0.0
SR Harmer	b NN Gilchrist	48	91	6	2	52.7
S Snater	lbw b EG Barnard	8	42	1	0	19.0
Zaman Akhter	b KHD Barker	4	14	0	0	28.6
JA Porter	not out	1*	9	0	0	11.1
Extras	lb 11, w 1, nb 4	16
Total	all out, 73.5 overs, run rate 2.78	205

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-18 D Elgar2-19 LM Benkenstein3-103 PI Walter4-127 CWJ Allison5-136 SJ Cook6-136 MS Pepper7-144 MJJ Critchley8-173 S Snater9-186 Zaman Akhter10-205 SR Harmer

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
KHD Barker	17	8	37	2	2.18	85	6	0	1	2
ER Bamber	20	3	44	3	2.20	96	6	0	0	0
EG Barnard	17	7	38	1	2.24	84	4	2	0	0
JA Thompson	10	0	35	0	3.50	44	5	0	0	0
NN Gilchrist	9.5	0	40	4	4.07	39	5	0	0	0

WARWarwickshire innings

22062.2 ov

Warwickshire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RM Yates	c CWJ Allison b S Snater	22	56	4	0	39.3
AL Davies	c SR Harmer b SJ Cook	5	17	0	0	29.4
DR Mousley	c LM Benkenstein b SJ Cook	0	5	0	0	0.0
SR Hain	c SR Harmer b SJ Cook	0	5	0	0	0.0
BJ Webster	b SJ Cook	91	123	16	0	74.0
EG Barnard	c PI Walter b S Snater	17	25	4	0	68.0
Z Malik	c CWJ Allison b JA Porter	21	47	3	0	44.7
JA Thompson	c PI Walter b SR Harmer	7	19	1	0	36.8
KHD Barker	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	11	24	2	0	45.8
ER Bamber	not out	19*	25	3	0	76.0
NN Gilchrist	b S Snater	17	28	2	1	60.7
Extras	b 4, lb 6	10
Total	all out, 62.2 overs, run rate 3.53	220

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-14 AL Davies2-14 DR Mousley3-14 SR Hain4-58 RM Yates5-94 EG Barnard6-144 Z Malik7-153 JA Thompson8-177 BJ Webster9-188 KHD Barker10-220 NN Gilchrist

Bowling to Warwickshire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
JA Porter	13	8	31	1	2.38	67	6	0
SJ Cook	15	3	58	5	3.87	64	10	0
S Snater	9.2	4	15	3	1.61	49	2	0
Zaman Akhter	7	1	41	0	5.86	23	7	0
SR Harmer	18	3	65	1	3.61	80	10	1

ESSEssex innings

16464.2 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SJ Cook	c JA Thompson b KHD Barker	14	25	3	0	56.0
D Elgar	lbw b KHD Barker	0	7	0	0	0.0
PI Walter	c KHD Barker b EG Barnard	8	45	1	0	17.8
CWJ Allison	b KHD Barker	0	3	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	c DR Mousley b ER Bamber	4	5	1	0	80.0
LM Benkenstein	b ER Bamber	39	93	8	0	41.9
MS Pepper	c RM Yates b KHD Barker	9	41	1	0	22.0
SR Harmer	c RM Yates b BJ Webster	32	57	4	0	56.1
S Snater	c AL Davies b JA Thompson	11	36	2	0	30.6
Zaman Akhter	c SR Hain b BJ Webster	35	68	7	0	51.5
JA Porter	not out	0*	7	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 6, w 3, nb 2	12
Total	all out, 64.2 overs, run rate 2.55	164

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220

1-15 D Elgar2-16 SJ Cook3-16 CWJ Allison4-21 MJJ Critchley5-58 PI Walter6-80 MS Pepper7-82 LM Benkenstein8-112 S Snater9-163 SR Harmer10-164 Zaman Akhter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
ER Bamber	16	4	57	2	3.56	77	12	1	0
KHD Barker	17	5	29	4	1.71	87	4	1	0
NN Gilchrist	7	2	31	0	4.43	31	6	0	1
EG Barnard	11	6	12	1	1.09	57	1	0	0
JA Thompson	8	3	24	1	3.00	37	4	0	0
BJ Webster	4.2	2	4	2	0.92	23	0	0	0
RM Yates	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Essex, chose to field
Umpires: BJ Debenham and RA Kettleborough
Match referee: DA Cosker
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 15 / 7°C, 0.8 mm rain
Day 2: 14 / 5°C, 0.3 mm rain
Day 3: 13 / 4°C, dry
Day 4: 14 / 3°C, dry

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