Essex v Surrey
Match drawn
County Championship, Match 1524 April 2026 to 27 April 2026The Oval, London
ESS
Essexbatted first
409 & 302/2d86 ov
SUR
Surrey
472156.3 ov
Surrey won the toss and chose to field
ESSEssex innings
409117.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | c BT Foakes b J Clark | 92 | 161 | 15 | 0 | 57.1 |
| PI Walter | lbw b SA Abbott | 101 | 184 | 14 | 0 | 54.9 |
| T Westley | b TE Lawes | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 |
| CWJ Allison | lbw b MD Fisher | 40 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 59.7 |
| MJJ Critchley | c RJ Burns b TE Lawes | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 57.1 |
| MS Pepper | b AAP Atkinson | 17 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 48.6 |
| NRM Thain | c JL Smith b DW Lawrence | 64 | 126 | 12 | 0 | 50.8 |
| SR Harmer | lbw b SA Abbott | 41 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 54.7 |
| S Snater | c RJ Burns b DW Lawrence | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 113.3 |
| SJ Cook | c RJ Burns b DW Lawrence | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JA Porter | not out | 0* | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 6, w 4, nb 18 | 28 | ||||
| Total | all out, 117.1 overs, run rate 3.49 | 409 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480
1-183 D Elgar2-194 T Westley3-248 PI Walter4-262 CWJ Allison5-262 MJJ Critchley6-309 MS Pepper7-384 SR Harmer8-408 NRM Thain9-408 SJ Cook10-409 S Snater
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP Atkinson | 23 | 2 | 76 | 1 | 3.30 | 105 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TE Lawes | 23 | 2 | 89 | 2 | 3.87 | 93 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SA Abbott | 24 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 3.33 | 112 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| J Clark | 25 | 3 | 87 | 1 | 3.48 | 109 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MD Fisher | 17 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 3.35 | 79 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DW Lawrence | 5.1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2.71 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SURSurrey innings
472156.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Burns | c MS Pepper b JA Porter | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| DP Sibley | c MS Pepper b SJ Cook | 101 | 283 | 8 | 0 | 35.7 |
| JL Smith | c MS Pepper b S Snater | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 15.6 |
| OJ Pope | c & b JA Porter | 69 | 131 | 10 | 0 | 52.7 |
| DW Lawrence | c SJ Cook b NRM Thain | 125 | 204 | 15 | 2 | 61.3 |
| BT Foakes | b MJJ Critchley | 33 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 55.9 |
| J Clark | lbw b MJJ Critchley | 43 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 71.7 |
| TE Lawes | c & b SR Harmer | 36 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 50.7 |
| SA Abbott | c MJJ Critchley b SR Harmer | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 |
| AAP Atkinson | not out | 21* | 51 | 2 | 0 | 41.2 |
| MD Fisher | c MS Pepper b SR Harmer | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Extras | b 6, lb 13, nb 8 | 27 | ||||
| Total | all out, 156.3 overs, run rate 3.02 | 472 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480
1-12 RJ Burns2-29 JL Smith3-134 OJ Pope4-255 DP Sibley5-341 BT Foakes6-367 DW Lawrence7-434 TE Lawes8-434 J Clark9-450 SA Abbott10-472 MD Fisher
ESSEssex innings
302/2d86 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PI Walter | lbw b AAP Atkinson | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 |
| D Elgar | not out | 107* | 238 | 10 | 1 | 45.0 |
| T Westley | c DP Sibley b DW Lawrence | 136 | 169 | 22 | 2 | 80.5 |
| CWJ Allison | not out | 35* | 79 | 2 | 0 | 44.3 |
| Extras | lb 5, w 2, nb 14 | 21 | ||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 86 overs, run rate 3.51 | 302 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480
1-22 PI Walter2-219 T Westley
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA Abbott | 15 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 2.87 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| AAP Atkinson | 11 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1.09 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DW Lawrence | 19 | 2 | 54 | 1 | 2.84 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J Clark | 11 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 4.27 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MD Fisher | 9 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 4.00 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TE Lawes | 6 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 7.50 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RJ Burns | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4.14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DP Sibley | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BT Foakes | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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