RESULT

ESS vs HAM Scorecard, County Championship Division One, 8 May, 2026, County Ground, Chelmsford & Match Stats

ESS

273/10 (90 ov) & 178/4 (41.5 ov)

HAM

235/10 (71.3 ov) & 214/10 (79.5 ov)

Essex won by 6 wickets

Hampshire 1st Inning

235/10 (71.3 ov)

RR 3.29

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Toby Albert lbw b S Cook	6	20	1	0	30.00
Nick Gubbins c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	8	28	1	0	28.57
Tom Prest b S Cook	4	4	1	0	100.00
Jake Lehmann b JA Porter	89	164	15	0	54.27
Ben Mayes c SR Harmer b S Cook	20	38	3	0	52.63
Ben Brown c D Elgar b PWA Mulder	73	116	9	1	62.93
Liam Dawson b PWA Mulder	6	40	0	0	15.00
James Fuller c & b SR Harmer	9	7	0	1	128.57
Scott Currie runout (PWA Mulder / CW Allison)	0	2	0	0	0.00
Kyle Abbott lbw b PWA Mulder	2	9	0	0	22.20
Codi Yusuf Not out	0	3	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 14, w 0, nb 4, p 0)	18
TOTAL (3.29 RUNS PER OVER)	235/10 (71.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 11-1 (Toby Albert, 5.2 ov), 15-2 (Tom Prest, 5.6 ov), 33-3 (Nick Gubbins, 10.6 ov), 88-4 (Ben Mayes, 29.1 ov), 193-5 (Jake Lehmann, 53.2 ov), 217-6 (Liam Dawson, 65.3 ov), 228-7 (James Fuller, 66.6 ov), 229-8 (Scott Currie, 67.3 ov), 235-9 (Ben Brown, 69.6 ov), 235-10 (Kyle Abbott, 71.3 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Jamie Porter	14	6	30	1	0	2.14
Samuel Cook	14	2	56	3	1	4.00
Shane Snater	11	1	34	1	0	1.00
Wiaan Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	1	3.68
Simon Harmer	15	4	40	1	0	2.67
Matt Critchley	5	1	15	0	0	3.00

Essex 1st Inning

273/10 (90 ov)

RR 3.03

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar c JS Lehmann b JK Fuller	18	59	4	0	30.51
Paul Walter c BC Brown b K Abbott	5	23	1	0	21.74
Tom Westley c B Mayes b S Currie	34	74	5	0	45.95
Samuel Cook b JK Fuller	2	17	0	0	11.76
Charles Allison c BC Brown b JK Fuller	0	7	0	0	0.00
Matt Critchley lbw b K Abbott	27	49	3	0	55.10
Wiaan Mulder c BC Brown b L Dawson	54	98	6	0	55.10
Michael-Kyle Pepper c BC Brown b S Currie	10	37	0	0	27.03
Simon Harmer Not out	80	118	14	0	67.80
Shane Snater c BC Brown b JK Fuller	16	23	2	1	69.57
Jamie Porter b JK Fuller	12	38	3	0	31.58
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 2, w 3, nb 6, p 0)	15
TOTAL (3.03 RUNS PER OVER)	273/10 (90 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 19-1 (Paul Walter, 6.3 ov), 42-2 (Dean Elgar, 18.2 ov), 53-3 (Samuel Cook, 23.4 ov), 53-4 (Charles Allison, 25.5 ov), 80-5 (Tom Westley, 33.3 ov), 126-6 (Matt Critchley, 46.5 ov), 157-7 (Michael-Kyle Pepper, 60.1 ov), 157-8 (Wiaan Mulder, 61.2 ov), 192-9 (Shane Snater, 68.6 ov), 273-10 (Jamie Porter, 89.6 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
Kyle Abbott	24	8	45	2	0	0	1.88
Codi Yusuf	22	3	85	0	2	2	3.86
James Fuller	15	4	43	5	1	0	2.87
Scott Currie	14	2	37	2	0	0	2.64
Liam Dawson	15	3	57	1	0	1	3.80

Hampshire 2nd Inning

214/10 (79.5 ov)

RR 2.68

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Toby Albert c MKS Pepper b S Cook	1	22	0	0	4.55
Nick Gubbins c PI Walter b SR Harmer	71	189	13	0	37.56
Tom Prest c MKS Pepper b S Cook	1	8	0	0	12.50
Jake Lehmann b JA Porter	27	78	4	0	34.62
Ben Mayes c & b SR Harmer	8	31	0	0	25.80
Ben Brown Not out	57	89	8	0	64.04
Liam Dawson c MKS Pepper b S Cook	13	19	1	1	68.42
James Fuller lbw b PWA Mulder	18	26	3	0	69.23
Scott Currie c D Elgar b SR Harmer	2	12	0	0	16.67
Kyle Abbott lbw b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.00
Codi Yusuf c SR Harmer b PWA Mulder	0	4	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 10, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	16
TOTAL (2.68 RUNS PER OVER)	214/10 (79.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 13-1 (Toby Albert, 7.6 ov), 19-2 (Tom Prest, 11.4 ov), 93-3 (Jake Lehmann, 39.2 ov), 110-4 (Ben Mayes, 50.1 ov), 125-5 (Nick Gubbins, 58.2 ov), 150-6 (Liam Dawson, 63.6 ov), 196-7 (James Fuller, 73.4 ov), 213-8 (Scott Currie, 78.3 ov), 213-9 (Kyle Abbott, 78.5 ov), 214-10 (Codi Yusuf, 79.5 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Jamie Porter	14	5	35	1	0	2.50
Samuel Cook	15	3	52	3	0	3.47
Shane Snater	5	1	15	0	0	3.00
Simon Harmer	31	8	66	4	0	2.13
Wiaan Mulder	11.5	1	23	2	1	1.94
Matt Critchley	3	0	9	0	0	3.00

Essex 2nd Inning

178/4 (41.5 ov)

RR 4.25

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter c BC Brown b K Abbott	17	19	3	0	89.47
Dean Elgar b K Abbott	8	33	1	0	24.24
Tom Westley c T Prest b K Abbott	9	31	1	0	29.03
Charles Allison lbw b K Abbott	34	68	4	0	50.00
Matt Critchley Not out	90	73	15	0	123.29
Wiaan Mulder Not out	15	27	1	1	55.56
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	5
TOTAL (4.25 RUNS PER OVER)	178/4 (41.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 20-1 (Paul Walter, 6.2 ov), 31-2 (Dean Elgar, 12.3 ov), 40-3 (Tom Westley, 16.1 ov), 141-4 (Charles Allison, 34.5 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Michael-Kyle Pepper, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Samuel Cook, Jamie Porter

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Kyle Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.50
Codi Yusuf	9	1	47	0	5.22
Liam Dawson	5	0	19	0	3.80
James Fuller	8	0	32	0	4.00
Scott Currie	4	0	25	0	6.25
Tom Prest	1.5	0	15	0	8.18

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: County Championship Division One
DATE & TIME: Friday, May 08, 2026 · 03:30 PM
TOSS: Essex elected to bowl
Venue: County Ground, Chelmsford

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring