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Somerset v Essex

Somerset won by 8 wickets

County Championship, Match 4420 August 2026 to 23 August 2026The County Ground, Taunton

SOM

Somersetbatted first

469 & 103/219.2 ov

ESS

Essex

158 & 412161.1 ov

Essex won the toss and chose to field

SOMSomerset innings

469127.5 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JF Thomas	b S Snater	110	162	15	1	67.9
TA Lammonby	b SJ Cook	20	21	4	0	95.2
LP Goldsworthy	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	16	31	3	0	51.6
HM Nicholls	b SJ Cook	96	191	13	0	50.3
TB Abell	b S Snater	65	124	10	0	52.4
JEK Rew	not out	74*	127	10	0	58.3
JT Ball	b SJ Cook	3	14	0	0	21.4
AM Vaughan	b JA Porter	0	3	0	0	0.0
L Gregory	lbw b S Snater	11	26	1	0	42.3
MJ Leach	c JA Porter b SJ Cook	5	21	1	0	23.8
M Pretorius	lbw b MJJ Critchley	48	48	7	0	100.0
Extras	b 4, lb 15, nb 2	21
Total	all out, 127.5 overs, run rate 3.67	469

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470

1-34 TA Lammonby2-94 LP Goldsworthy3-213 JF Thomas4-312 HM Nicholls5-348 TB Abell6-352 JT Ball7-353 AM Vaughan8-382 L Gregory9-397 MJ Leach10-469 M Pretorius

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JA Porter	27	8	70	2	2.59	131	10	0	1
SJ Cook	29	5	92	4	3.17	122	14	0	0
S Snater	26	5	96	3	3.69	114	15	0	0
SR Harmer	31	4	124	0	4.00	131	18	0	0
NRM Thain	2	0	12	0	6.00	8	1	1	0
MJJ Critchley	11.5	1	54	1	4.56	37	6	0	0
T Westley	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0

ESSEssex innings

15842.4 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b L Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.0
PI Walter	c MJ Leach b JT Ball	48	70	8	0	68.6
T Westley	c JEK Rew b L Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.0
CWJ Allison	b L Gregory	1	6	0	0	16.7
MJJ Critchley	lbw b AM Vaughan	50	88	6	1	56.8
NRM Thain	lbw b MJ Leach	10	17	2	0	58.8
MS Pepper	c HM Nicholls b AM Vaughan	35	43	5	0	81.4
SR Harmer	c LP Goldsworthy b MJ Leach	4	6	1	0	66.7
S Snater	c JEK Rew b MJ Leach	0	6	0	0	0.0
SJ Cook	b MJ Leach	0	5	0	0	0.0
JA Porter	not out	0*	14	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 6	10
Total	all out, 42.4 overs, run rate 3.70	158

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470

1-0 D Elgar2-0 T Westley3-2 CWJ Allison4-104 PI Walter5-117 NRM Thain6-129 MJJ Critchley7-134 SR Harmer8-138 S Snater9-146 SJ Cook10-158 MS Pepper

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
L Gregory	6	1	29	3	4.83	25	5	0	0	0
JT Ball	10	0	55	1	5.50	37	7	1	0	1
M Pretorius	8	3	21	0	2.63	41	3	0	1	2
MJ Leach	13	2	37	4	2.85	59	6	0	0	0
AM Vaughan	5.4	1	13	2	2.29	27	1	0	0	0

ESSEssex innings

412161.1 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	b JT Ball	43	82	4	1	52.4
D Elgar	c JEK Rew b M Pretorius	56	125	9	0	44.8
T Westley	c TB Abell b MJ Leach	22	51	4	0	43.1
CWJ Allison	c JEK Rew b MJ Leach	114	254	13	2	44.9
MJJ Critchley	c TB Abell b MJ Leach	94	236	11	0	39.8
NRM Thain	c TB Abell b MJ Leach	11	54	1	0	20.4
MS Pepper	c TB Abell b MJ Leach	4	3	1	0	133.3
SR Harmer	b AM Vaughan	24	68	2	0	35.3
S Snater	b AM Vaughan	14	30	2	0	46.7
SJ Cook	not out	9*	32	0	0	28.1
JA Porter	lbw b AM Vaughan	7	34	1	0	20.6
Extras	b 10, nb 4	14
Total	all out, 161.1 overs, run rate 2.56	412

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470

1-82 PI Walter2-127 D Elgar3-127 T Westley4-339 MJJ Critchley5-346 CWJ Allison6-350 MS Pepper7-367 NRM Thain8-395 S Snater9-396 SR Harmer10-412 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
M Pretorius	26	3	72	1	2.77	126	12	0	2
JT Ball	24.4	7	60	1	2.43	121	10	0	0
AM Vaughan	40.1	6	123	3	3.06	175	14	1	0
MJ Leach	55.2	22	81	5	1.46	274	3	1	0
JF Thomas	2	0	10	0	5.00	6	1	0	0
TA Lammonby	8	2	33	0	4.13	36	5	1	0
LP Goldsworthy	3	1	5	0	1.67	13	0	0	0
L Gregory	2	0	18	0	9.00	4	3	0	0

SOMSomerset innings

103/219.2 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JF Thomas	c MJJ Critchley b SR Harmer	31	29	3	0	106.9
TA Lammonby	not out	39*	54	5	0	72.2
LP Goldsworthy	c S Snater b SR Harmer	6	8	1	0	75.0
HM Nicholls	not out	18*	25	2	0	72.0
Extras	b 4, w 5	9
Total	2 wickets, 19.2 overs, run rate 5.33	103

Did not batTB Abell, JEK Rew, JT Ball, AM Vaughan, L Gregory, MJ Leach, M Pretorius

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470

1-59 JF Thomas2-65 LP Goldsworthy

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
SJ Cook	2	17	0	8.50	5	3	0
SR Harmer	9.2	39	2	4.18	34	2	1
MJJ Critchley	6	33	0	5.50	18	5	0
T Westley	2	10	0	5.00	5	1	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Essex, chose to field
Umpires: ID Blackwell and MJ Saggers
Match referee: AM Smith
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 20 / 13°C, 1.7 mm rain
Day 2: 19 / 11°C, 1.1 mm rain
Day 3: 22 / 10°C, dry
Day 4: 24 / 10°C, dry

GET/v1/matches/2026-08-20-somerset-v-essex/scorecard200

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