Multi-dayMenUpset 44

Sussex v Essex

Sussex won by 47 runs

County Championship, Match 512 September 2026 to 5 September 2026The County Ground, Chelmsford

SUS

Sussexbatted first

275 & 23050.1 ov

ESS

Essex

177 & 28173.3 ov

Sussex won the toss and chose to bat

SUSSussex innings

27599 ov

Sussex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DP Hughes	c PI Walter b S Snater	45	107	7	0	42.1
TJ Haines	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	4	20	0	0	20.0
TGR Clark	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	0	2	0	0	0.0
C Tear	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	39	123	3	0	31.7
JM Coles	c MS Pepper b Zaman Akhter	15	40	1	0	37.5
JA Simpson	lbw b JA Porter	17	58	3	0	29.3
JA Leaning	c MS Pepper b Zaman Akhter	60	110	8	0	54.5
JJ Carson	c PI Walter b JA Porter	9	12	2	0	75.0
DC Goodman	lbw b SJ Cook	22	62	2	1	35.5
A Karvelas	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	38	44	6	0	86.4
HT Crocombe	not out	12*	16	2	0	75.0
Extras	b 5, lb 9	14
Total	all out, 99 overs, run rate 2.78	275

Did not batOJ Carter

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290

1-7 TJ Haines2-7 TGR Clark3-79 DP Hughes4-109 C Tear5-116 JM Coles6-149 JA Simpson7-163 JJ Carson8-213 DC Goodman9-249 JA Leaning10-275 A Karvelas

Bowling to Sussex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
SJ Cook	19	9	32	3	1.68	98	4	0
S Snater	18	6	45	1	2.50	90	8	0
CE Bennett	3	0	10	0	3.33	13	2	0
Zaman Akhter	23	6	75	2	3.26	99	10	0
SR Harmer	16	2	34	0	2.13	73	3	0
JA Porter	15	1	44	4	2.93	64	6	0
MJJ Critchley	5	0	21	0	4.20	19	1	1

ESSEssex innings

17758.5 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b JM Coles	44	117	5	0	37.6
PI Walter	b A Karvelas	28	53	5	0	52.8
T Westley	b JJ Carson	17	44	2	0	38.6
CWJ Allison	lbw b HT Crocombe	56	86	8	0	65.1
MJJ Critchley	not out	19*	39	1	1	48.7
MS Pepper	lbw b JM Coles	1	3	0	0	33.3
SR Harmer	lbw b HT Crocombe	2	4	0	0	50.0
Zaman Akhter	lbw b HT Crocombe	0	1	0	0	0.0
S Snater	b HT Crocombe	0	1	0	0	0.0
MJ Killeen	b JM Coles	0	7	0	0	0.0
JA Porter	b HT Crocombe	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 2, nb 8	10
Total	all out, 58.5 overs, run rate 3.01	177

Did not batSJ Cook, CE Bennett

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290

1-57 PI Walter2-78 T Westley3-136 D Elgar4-171 CWJ Allison5-172 MS Pepper6-175 SR Harmer7-175 Zaman Akhter8-175 S Snater9-176 MJ Killeen10-177 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
A Karvelas	12	1	36	1	3.00	56	4	1	1
DC Goodman	6	1	34	0	5.67	24	4	0	3
TJ Haines	3	1	7	0	2.33	14	1	0	0
HT Crocombe	9.5	1	39	5	3.97	40	6	0	0
JJ Carson	17	3	45	1	2.65	77	6	0	0
TGR Clark	2	1	3	0	1.50	9	0	0	0
JM Coles	8	3	7	3	0.88	41	0	0	0
JA Leaning	1	0	4	0	4.00	2	0	0	0

SUSSussex innings

23050.1 ov

Sussex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TGR Clark	b JA Porter	14	18	2	0	77.8
TJ Haines	c Zaman Akhter b S Snater	10	16	2	0	62.5
C Tear	c CWJ Allison b SR Harmer	3	18	0	0	16.7
JM Coles	c SR Harmer b Zaman Akhter	79	125	9	1	63.2
OJ Carter	lbw b SR Harmer	26	28	6	0	92.9
JA Simpson	lbw b SR Harmer	0	6	0	0	0.0
JA Leaning	c T Westley b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
JJ Carson	lbw b Zaman Akhter	42	37	6	2	113.5
DC Goodman	c b Zaman Akhter	6	12	1	0	50.0
A Karvelas	c T Westley b Zaman Akhter	22	34	1	1	64.7
HT Crocombe	not out	9*	5	0	1	180.0
Extras	b 18, lb 1	19
Total	all out, 50.1 overs, run rate 4.58	230

Did not batDP Hughes

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290

1-28 TJ Haines2-28 TGR Clark3-40 C Tear4-90 OJ Carter5-90 JA Simpson6-90 JA Leaning7-153 JJ Carson8-173 DC Goodman9-207 A Karvelas10-230 JM Coles

Bowling to Sussex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
JA Porter	10	2	27	1	2.70	46	4	0
S Snater	6	2	21	1	3.50	26	4	0
SR Harmer	18	1	96	4	5.33	67	10	5
Zaman Akhter	11.1	1	51	4	4.57	40	8	0
MJJ Critchley	5	0	16	0	3.20	19	1	0

ESSEssex innings

28173.3 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c C Tear b JM Coles	1	11	0	0	9.1
D Elgar	b HT Crocombe	35	43	7	0	81.4
T Westley	c JA Simpson b JJ Carson	33	37	7	0	89.2
CWJ Allison	c OJ Carter b JJ Carson	42	64	5	2	65.6
MJJ Critchley	c TJ Haines b JM Coles	96	132	8	2	72.7
SR Harmer	c JA Leaning b A Karvelas	16	50	2	0	32.0
MS Pepper	b JM Coles	3	13	0	0	23.1
Zaman Akhter	lbw b JM Coles	0	6	0	0	0.0
MJ Killeen	c JA Simpson b A Karvelas	13	34	2	0	38.2
S Snater	c JA Leaning b HT Crocombe	35	45	4	2	77.8
JA Porter	not out	0*	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 3	7
Total	all out, 73.3 overs, run rate 3.82	281

Did not batSJ Cook, CE Bennett

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290

1-3 PI Walter2-69 D Elgar3-79 T Westley4-150 CWJ Allison5-181 SR Harmer6-190 MS Pepper7-192 Zaman Akhter8-223 MJ Killeen9-271 S Snater10-281 MJJ Critchley

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
A Karvelas	11	1	48	2	4.36	44	8	0
JM Coles	29.3	2	98	4	3.32	128	13	1
HT Crocombe	14	0	61	2	4.36	55	9	1
JJ Carson	19	3	67	2	3.53	83	5	4

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Sussex, chose to bat
Umpires: RJ Warren and Surendiran Shanmugam
Match referee: JJ Whitaker
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 21 / 15°C, 0.5 mm rain
Day 2: 24 / 18°C, 0.9 mm rain
Day 3: 22 / 14°C, 0.8 mm rain
Day 4: 22 / 13°C, dry

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