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Hampshire v Essex

Essex won by 6 wickets

County Championship, Match 218 May 2026 to 10 May 2026The County Ground, Chelmsford

HAM

Hampshirebatted first

235 & 21479.5 ov

ESS

Essex

273 & 178/441.5 ov

Essex won the toss and chose to field

HAMHampshire innings

23571.3 ov

Hampshire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TE Albert	lbw b SJ Cook	6	20	1	0	30.0
NRT Gubbins	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	8	28	1	0	28.6
TJ Prest	b SJ Cook	4	4	1	0	100.0
JS Lehmann	b JA Porter	89	164	15	0	54.3
BA Mayes	c SR Harmer b SJ Cook	20	38	3	0	52.6
BC Brown	c D Elgar b PWA Mulder	73	116	9	1	62.9
LA Dawson	b PWA Mulder	6	40	0	0	15.0
JK Fuller	c & b SR Harmer	9	7	0	1	128.6
SW Currie	run out (CWJ Allison, PWA Mulder)	0	2	0	0	0.0
KJ Abbott	not out	2*	9	0	0	22.2
Codi Yusuf	lbw b PWA Mulder	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 14, nb 4	18
Total	all out, 71.3 overs, run rate 3.29	235

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-11 TE Albert2-15 TJ Prest3-33 NRT Gubbins4-88 BA Mayes5-193 JS Lehmann6-217 LA Dawson7-228 JK Fuller8-229 SW Currie9-235 BC Brown10-235 Codi Yusuf

Bowling to Hampshire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JA Porter	14	6	30	1	2.14	73	6	0	0
SJ Cook	14	2	56	3	4.00	60	10	0	1
S Snater	11	1	34	1	3.09	49	4	0	0
PWA Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	3.68	52	5	0	1
SR Harmer	15	4	40	1	2.67	75	4	2	0
MJJ Critchley	5	1	15	0	3.00	20	1	0	0

ESSEssex innings

27390 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c Codi Yusuf b JK Fuller	18	59	4	0	30.5
PI Walter	c BC Brown b KJ Abbott	5	23	1	0	21.7
T Westley	c BA Mayes b SW Currie	34	74	5	0	45.9
SJ Cook	b JK Fuller	2	17	0	0	11.8
CWJ Allison	c BC Brown b JK Fuller	0	7	0	0	0.0
MJJ Critchley	lbw b KJ Abbott	27	49	3	0	55.1
PWA Mulder	c BC Brown b LA Dawson	54	98	6	0	55.1
MS Pepper	c BC Brown b SW Currie	10	37	0	0	27.0
SR Harmer	not out	80*	118	14	0	67.8
S Snater	c BC Brown b JK Fuller	16	23	2	1	69.6
JA Porter	b JK Fuller	12	38	3	0	31.6
Extras	b 4, lb 2, w 3, nb 6	15
Total	all out, 90 overs, run rate 3.03	273

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-19 PI Walter2-42 D Elgar3-53 SJ Cook4-53 CWJ Allison5-80 T Westley6-126 MJJ Critchley7-157 MS Pepper8-157 PWA Mulder9-192 S Snater10-273 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
KJ Abbott	24	8	45	2	1.88	119	5	0	0	0
Codi Yusuf	22	3	85	0	3.86	97	13	0	2	2
JK Fuller	15	4	43	5	2.87	74	7	0	0	1
SW Currie	14	2	37	2	2.64	62	4	0	0	0
LA Dawson	15	3	57	1	3.80	66	9	1	1	0

HAMHampshire innings

21479.5 ov

Hampshire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TE Albert	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	1	22	0	0	4.5
NRT Gubbins	c PI Walter b SR Harmer	71	189	13	0	37.6
TJ Prest	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	1	8	0	0	12.5
JS Lehmann	b JA Porter	27	78	4	0	34.6
BA Mayes	c & b SR Harmer	8	31	0	0	25.8
BC Brown	not out	57*	89	8	0	64.0
LA Dawson	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	13	19	1	1	68.4
JK Fuller	lbw b PWA Mulder	18	26	3	0	69.2
SW Currie	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	2	12	0	0	16.7
KJ Abbott	lbw b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
Codi Yusuf	c SR Harmer b PWA Mulder	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 10, nb 2	16
Total	all out, 79.5 overs, run rate 2.68	214

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-13 TE Albert2-19 TJ Prest3-93 JS Lehmann4-110 BA Mayes5-125 NRT Gubbins6-150 LA Dawson7-196 JK Fuller8-213 SW Currie9-213 KJ Abbott10-214 Codi Yusuf

Bowling to Hampshire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JA Porter	14	5	35	1	2.50	69	7	0	0
SJ Cook	15	3	52	3	3.47	69	10	0	0
S Snater	5	1	15	0	3.00	24	3	0	0
SR Harmer	31	8	66	4	2.13	149	7	1	0
PWA Mulder	11.5	1	23	2	1.94	58	2	0	1
MJJ Critchley	3	0	9	0	3.00	10	0	0	0

ESSEssex innings

178/441.5 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c BC Brown b KJ Abbott	17	19	3	0	89.5
D Elgar	b KJ Abbott	8	33	1	0	24.2
T Westley	c TJ Prest b KJ Abbott	9	31	1	0	29.0
CWJ Allison	lbw b KJ Abbott	34	68	4	0	50.0
MJJ Critchley	not out	90*	73	15	0	123.3
PWA Mulder	not out	15*	27	1	1	55.6
Extras	lb 5	5
Total	4 wickets, 41.5 overs, run rate 4.25	178

Did not batSJ Cook, MS Pepper, SR Harmer, S Snater, JA Porter

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-20 PI Walter2-31 D Elgar3-40 T Westley4-141 CWJ Allison

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
KJ Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.50	70	6	0
Codi Yusuf	9	1	47	0	5.22	28	6	0
LA Dawson	5	0	19	0	3.80	20	3	0
JK Fuller	8	0	32	0	4.00	33	5	0
SW Currie	4	0	25	0	6.25	12	4	0
TJ Prest	1.5	0	15	0	8.18	4	1	1

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Essex, chose to field
Umpires: MJ Saggers and Rob White
Match referee: SG Hinks
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 17 / 8°C, dry
Day 2: 18 / 9°C, dry
Day 3: 14 / 6°C, dry

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