Multi-dayMen

Somerset v Sussex

Match drawn

County Championship, Match 5027 August 2026 to 30 August 2026The County Ground, Brighton

SOM

Somersetbatted first

202 & 350/9d97.2 ov

SUS

Sussex

250 & 62/114 ov

Sussex won the toss and chose to field

SOMSomerset innings

20258 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JF Thomas	c JA Simpson b HT Crocombe	26	34	5	0	76.5
TA Lammonby	c JD Unadkat b SF Hunt	1	5	0	0	20.0
AM Vaughan	c JD Unadkat b SF Hunt	20	54	4	0	37.0
HM Nicholls	b HT Crocombe	0	2	0	0	0.0
TB Abell	c C Tear b TGR Clark	72	110	7	2	65.5
JEK Rew	c JA Simpson b SF Hunt	12	40	1	0	30.0
C Overton	c JA Simpson b HT Crocombe	54	86	7	1	62.8
L Gregory	c & b TGR Clark	0	1	0	0	0.0
J Shaw	not out	7*	16	0	1	43.8
M Pretorius	c TJ Haines b HT Crocombe	0	1	0	0	0.0
MJ Leach	c JA Simpson b HT Crocombe	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 6, nb 4	10
Total	all out, 58 overs, run rate 3.48	202

Did not batJT Ball

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-6 TA Lammonby2-48 JF Thomas3-48 HM Nicholls4-59 AM Vaughan5-96 JEK Rew6-191 TB Abell7-191 L Gregory8-202 C Overton9-202 M Pretorius10-202 MJ Leach

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JD Unadkat	13	2	45	0	3.46	55	7	0	1
SF Hunt	16	5	31	3	1.94	80	4	0	1
HT Crocombe	14	2	56	5	4.00	62	10	1	0
JDM Evison	5	0	22	0	4.40	18	1	1	0
JJ Carson	2	0	11	0	5.50	6	0	1	0
JM Coles	3	0	18	0	6.00	8	1	1	0
TGR Clark	5	0	13	2	2.60	20	1	0	0

SUSSussex innings

25069.4 ov

Sussex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DP Hughes	lbw b M Pretorius	11	32	2	0	34.4
TJ Haines	c TA Lammonby b L Gregory	8	13	2	0	61.5
TGR Clark	c HM Nicholls b C Overton	85	83	15	1	102.4
C Tear	lbw b C Overton	34	78	6	0	43.6
JM Coles	b L Gregory	10	31	0	1	32.3
JA Simpson	not out	64*	102	7	2	62.7
JDM Evison	c JEK Rew b L Gregory	4	18	1	0	22.2
JJ Carson	c TB Abell b C Overton	3	10	0	0	30.0
HT Crocombe	lbw b C Overton	0	2	0	0	0.0
SF Hunt	c TA Lammonby b M Pretorius	6	30	1	0	20.0
JD Unadkat	lbw b MJ Leach	12	20	0	2	60.0
Extras	b 1, lb 10, nb 2	13
Total	all out, 69.4 overs, run rate 3.59	250

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-15 TJ Haines2-57 DP Hughes3-149 TGR Clark4-154 C Tear5-172 JM Coles6-180 JDM Evison7-193 JJ Carson8-193 HT Crocombe9-210 SF Hunt10-250 JD Unadkat

Bowling to Sussex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
L Gregory	19	6	55	3	2.89	91	10	0	1
J Shaw	8	2	51	0	6.38	31	8	2	0
C Overton	20	1	66	4	3.30	88	9	1	0
M Pretorius	15	3	55	2	3.67	68	7	2	0
MJ Leach	7.4	1	12	1	1.57	40	0	1	0

SOMSomerset innings

350/9d97.2 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JF Thomas	c C Tear b SF Hunt	48	66	8	0	72.7
TA Lammonby	lbw b HT Crocombe	93	171	12	0	54.4
AM Vaughan	c JA Simpson b JD Unadkat	24	62	3	0	38.7
HM Nicholls	c JM Coles b JDM Evison	50	129	4	0	38.8
TB Abell	b SF Hunt	37	66	6	0	56.1
JEK Rew	c JJ Carson b TGR Clark	27	44	2	0	61.4
C Overton	c JJ Carson b JDM Evison	8	11	0	1	72.7
L Gregory	not out	32*	34	4	1	94.1
M Pretorius	c JA Simpson b TGR Clark	2	5	0	0	40.0
MJ Leach	c SF Hunt b JJ Carson	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 7, lb 5, w 2, nb 14	28
Total	9 wickets, 97.2 overs, run rate 3.60	350

Did not batJ Shaw, JT Ball

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-92 JF Thomas2-141 AM Vaughan3-198 TA Lammonby4-268 TB Abell5-283 HM Nicholls6-295 C Overton7-334 JEK Rew8-343 M Pretorius9-350 MJ Leach

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JD Unadkat	23	1	93	1	4.04	91	13	0	0	2
SF Hunt	15	4	48	2	3.20	67	6	0	1	3
JJ Carson	21.2	2	66	1	3.09	85	6	0	0	2
HT Crocombe	17	3	53	1	3.12	74	8	0	0	0
JM Coles	7	0	21	0	3.00	27	2	0	0	0
JDM Evison	11	2	40	2	3.64	46	4	1	0	0
TGR Clark	3	0	17	2	5.67	7	0	1	1	0

SUSSussex innings

62/114 ov

Sussex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DP Hughes	c TB Abell b M Pretorius	13	27	2	0	48.1
TJ Haines	not out	30*	37	5	0	81.1
TGR Clark	not out	15*	22	1	1	68.2
Extras	nb 4	4
Total	1 wicket, 14 overs, run rate 4.43	62

Did not batC Tear, JM Coles, JA Simpson, JDM Evison, JJ Carson, HT Crocombe, SF Hunt, JD Unadkat

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-23 DP Hughes

Bowling to Sussex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
L Gregory	3	0	11	0	3.67	13	1	0	1
C Overton	3	1	9	0	3.00	15	2	0	0
AM Vaughan	4	0	25	0	6.25	14	2	1	0
M Pretorius	4	0	17	1	4.25	18	3	0	1

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Sussex, chose to field
Umpires: JD Shantry and Tom Lungley
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 25 / 17°C, 6.3 mm rain
Day 2: 23 / 16°C, 0.6 mm rain
Day 3: 22 / 17°C, 7.2 mm rain
Day 4: 21 / 16°C, 3 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2026-08-27-somerset-v-sussex/scorecard200

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  "result": "Match drawn",
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    { "team": "Sussex", "runs": 250, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Somerset", "runs": 350, "wickets": 9 },
    { "team": "Sussex", "runs": 62, "wickets": 1 }
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