Multi-dayMen

Essex v Warwickshire

Warwickshire won by 8 wickets

County Championship, Match 6115 September 2026 to 16 September 2026The County Ground, Chelmsford

ESS

Essexbatted first

134 & 18959.5 ov

WAR

Warwickshire

191 & 138/225.3 ov

Essex won the toss and chose to bat

ESSEssex innings

13444 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c RM Yates b OJ Hannon-Dalby	12	42	1	0	28.6
PI Walter	c VL Jani b ER Bamber	0	1	0	0	0.0
T Westley	lbw b CR Woakes	0	9	0	0	0.0
CWJ Allison	c RM Yates b ER Bamber	3	13	0	0	23.1
MJJ Critchley	c DR Mousley b ER Bamber	10	10	2	0	100.0
NRM Thain	c K Smith b EG Barnard	4	15	1	0	26.7
GJ Bell	not out	61*	84	8	0	72.6
S Snater	c RM Yates b EG Barnard	0	5	0	0	0.0
Zaman Akhter	c & b ER Bamber	19	52	3	0	36.5
MJ Killeen	lbw b ER Bamber	18	33	3	0	54.5
SJ Cook	b ER Bamber	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 2, lb 1, nb 4	7
Total	all out, 44 overs, run rate 3.05	134

Did not batLM Benkenstein, JAG Auld

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 200

1-1 PI Walter2-8 T Westley3-17 CWJ Allison4-29 MJJ Critchley5-33 D Elgar6-33 NRM Thain7-33 S Snater8-101 Zaman Akhter9-134 MJ Killeen10-134 SJ Cook

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
ER Bamber	15	5	26	6	1.73	73	2	1
CR Woakes	10	1	38	1	3.80	45	6	1
OJ Hannon-Dalby	6	3	10	1	1.67	31	1	0
EG Barnard	6	1	29	2	4.83	24	5	0
MJ Suthar	7	1	28	0	4.00	28	4	0

WARWarwickshire innings

19161.1 ov

Warwickshire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RM Yates	lbw b S Snater	3	2	0	0	150.0
Z Malik	b S Snater	5	18	1	0	27.8
DR Mousley	c PI Walter b SJ Cook	5	13	0	0	38.5
SR Hain	not out	88*	175	12	1	50.3
VL Jani	lbw b S Snater	25	36	5	0	69.4
EG Barnard	b MJJ Critchley	12	31	2	0	38.7
K Smith	c b Zaman Akhter	2	21	0	0	9.5
CR Woakes	b MJ Killeen	23	27	5	0	85.2
MJ Suthar	c CWJ Allison b MJJ Critchley	9	12	1	0	75.0
ER Bamber	lbw b MJJ Critchley	0	3	0	0	0.0
OJ Hannon-Dalby	c PI Walter b MJJ Critchley	4	29	1	0	13.8
Extras	b 12, lb 2, w 1	15
Total	all out, 61.1 overs, run rate 3.12	191

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 200

1-7 RM Yates2-12 DR Mousley3-20 Z Malik4-62 VL Jani5-80 EG Barnard6-91 K Smith7-127 CR Woakes8-150 MJ Suthar9-150 ER Bamber10-191 OJ Hannon-Dalby

Bowling to Warwickshire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
SJ Cook	18	7	44	1	2.44	83	5	0	0
S Snater	6.3	3	17	3	2.62	33	3	0	0
MJ Killeen	7.3	1	26	1	3.47	30	4	0	0
Zaman Akhter	10	3	36	1	3.60	47	6	1	1
MJJ Critchley	19.1	4	54	4	2.82	88	9	0	0

ESSEssex innings

18959.5 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c CR Woakes b MJ Suthar	42	56	7	0	75.0
D Elgar	c VL Jani b MJ Suthar	29	61	4	0	47.5
NRM Thain	b ER Bamber	27	86	3	0	31.4
CWJ Allison	c K Smith b EG Barnard	15	37	2	0	40.5
MJJ Critchley	c K Smith b MJ Suthar	11	16	2	0	68.8
LM Benkenstein	b CR Woakes	21	42	3	1	50.0
GJ Bell	lbw b MJ Suthar	13	24	1	0	54.2
Zaman Akhter	not out	18*	15	1	1	120.0
MJ Killeen	c RM Yates b CR Woakes	0	3	0	0	0.0
SJ Cook	lbw b MJ Suthar	2	15	0	0	13.3
JAG Auld	lbw b CR Woakes	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 10, lb 1	11
Total	all out, 59.5 overs, run rate 3.16	189

Did not batT Westley, S Snater

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 200

1-62 PI Walter2-93 D Elgar3-116 CWJ Allison4-129 NRM Thain5-135 MJJ Critchley6-169 GJ Bell7-169 LM Benkenstein8-175 MJ Killeen9-186 SJ Cook10-189 JAG Auld

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
ER Bamber	10	4	26	1	2.60	49	5	0
CR Woakes	10.5	1	33	3	3.05	46	2	1
MJ Suthar	24	5	75	5	3.13	107	9	1
OJ Hannon-Dalby	6	2	18	0	3.00	25	3	0
EG Barnard	7	3	15	1	2.14	34	2	0
RM Yates	2	0	11	0	5.50	8	2	0

WARWarwickshire innings

138/225.3 ov

Warwickshire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RM Yates	c MJJ Critchley b JAG Auld	33	41	6	0	80.5
Z Malik	c SJ Cook b MJJ Critchley	51	55	3	4	92.7
DR Mousley	not out	26*	22	4	0	118.2
SR Hain	not out	22*	35	2	1	62.9
Extras	lb 6	6
Total	2 wickets, 25.3 overs, run rate 5.41	138

Did not batVL Jani, EG Barnard, K Smith, CR Woakes, MJ Suthar, ER Bamber, OJ Hannon-Dalby

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 200

1-82 RM Yates2-106 Z Malik

Bowling to Warwickshire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
SJ Cook	5	0	19	0	3.80	22	2	1
MJ Killeen	2	0	14	0	7.00	7	3	0
MJJ Critchley	10.3	1	54	1	5.14	36	5	2
Zaman Akhter	2	0	17	0	8.50	8	1	2
JAG Auld	5	0	27	1	5.40	15	4	0
D Elgar	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Essex, chose to bat
Umpires: NJ Llong and Tom Lungley
Match referee: PM Such
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 15°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 2: 20 / 12°C, 0.5 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2026-09-15-essex-v-warwickshire/scorecard200

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    { "team": "Warwickshire", "runs": 191, "wickets": 10 },
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