RESULT

ESS vs SUR Scorecard, County Championship Division One, 27 August, 2026, County Ground, Chelmsford & Match Stats

ESS

279/10 (85 ov)

SUR

183/10 (53.2 ov) & 298/8 (99 ov)

Match Drawn

Surrey 1st Inning

183/10 (53.2 ov)

RR 3.43

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns lbw b JA Porter	6	13	1	0	46.15
Dom Sibley c MKS Pepper b S Cook	21	56	3	0	47.00
Josh Blake c SR Harmer b S Snater	14	42	3	0	42.85
Adam Thomas c MJJ Critchley b S Cook	43	65	8	0	66.15
Ben Foakes lbw b S Snater	0	3	0	0	0.00
Mahipal Lomror runout (S Cook / MKS Pepper)	17	48	2	0	35.41
Ollie Pope lbw b Z Akhter	13	22	2	0	59.09
Thomas Lawes c MKS Pepper b Z Akhter	38	43	8	0	88.37
Rahul Chahar c TZ Westley b S Cook	9	13	1	0	69.23
Daniel Worrall Not out	12	12	3	0	100.00
Matthew Fisher c TZ Westley b Z Akhter	4	3	1	0	133.33
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	6
TOTAL (3.43 RUNS PER OVER)	183/10 (53.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 16-1 (Rory Burns, 4.3 ov), 41-2 (Josh Blake, 17.5 ov), 50-4 (Ben Foakes, 19.6 ov), 161-8 (Rahul Chahar, 50.3 ov), 41-3 (Dom Sibley, 18.4 ov), 102-5 (Mahipal Lomror, 36.1 ov), 138-6 (Ollie Pope, 45.4 ov), 146-7 (Matthew Fisher, 47.1 ov), 183-9 (Thomas Lawes, 53.2 ov), 38-10 (Adam Thomas, 108 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Jamie Porter	14	5	56	1	4.00
Shane Snater	9	2	31	2	3.44
Charlie Edward Bennett	3	1	5	0	1.66
Zaman Akhter	10.2	3	36	3	3.48
Samuel Cook	15	5	41	3	2.73
Simon Harmer	2	1	8	0	4.00

Essex 1st Inning

279/10 (85 ov)

RR 3.28

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar c RJ Burns b MK Lomror	113	191	14	1	59.16
Paul Walter c BT Foakes b DJ Worrall	4	8	1	0	50.00
Tom Westley lbw b DJ Worrall	22	52	3	0	42.31
Charles Allison c A Thomas b RD Chahar	43	85	4	1	50.59
Matt Critchley c BT Foakes b T Lawes	24	66	2	0	36.36
Michael-Kyle Pepper c O Pope b RD Chahar	21	26	3	0	80.77
Simon Harmer c DJ Worrall b RD Chahar	8	27	1	0	29.62
Zaman Akhter c J Blake b RD Chahar	0	2	0	0	0.00
Shane Snater Not out	23	30	1	2	76.66
Jamie Porter c BT Foakes b RD Chahar	1	8	0	0	12.50
Samuel Cook b RD Chahar	1	15	0	0	6.66
EXTRAS (b 5, lb 14, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	19
TOTAL (3.28 RUNS PER OVER)	279/10 (85 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 9-1 (Paul Walter, 2.4 ov), 56-2 (Tom Westley, 19.4 ov), 167-3 (Charles Allison, 48.3 ov), 218-4 (Dean Elgar, 66.2 ov), 220-5 (Matt Critchley, 67.2 ov), 248-6 (Michael-Kyle Pepper, 74.1 ov), 248-7 (Zaman Akhter, 74.3 ov), 259-8 (Simon Harmer, 78.1 ov), 269-9 (Jamie Porter, 80.4 ov), 279-10 (Samuel Cook, 84.6 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Daniel Worrall	16	6	32	2	2.00
Matthew Fisher	21	3	59	0	2.80
Thomas Lawes	13	2	48	1	3.69
Mahipal Lomror	13	2	41	1	3.15
Rahul Chahar	22	4	80	6	3.63

Surrey 2nd Inning

298/8 (99 ov)

RR 3.01

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns lbw b SR Harmer	20	40	3	0	50.00
Dom Sibley c TZ Westley b SR Harmer	10	27	2	0	37.03
Josh Blake c MKS Pepper b SR Harmer	14	70	2	0	20.00
Ollie Pope c & b S Cook	5	9	1	0	55.55
Matthew Fisher c PI Walter b S Snater	4	20	0	0	20.00
Ben Foakes Not out	120	226	15	1	53.10
Mahipal Lomror c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	11	37	0	0	29.72
Adam Thomas c MKS Pepper b Z Akhter	33	52	5	0	63.46
Thomas Lawes b S Cook	44	83	6	0	53.01
Rahul Chahar Not out	17	30	2	1	56.67
EXTRAS (b 11, lb 9, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	20
TOTAL (3.01 RUNS PER OVER)	298/8 (99 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 33-1 (Dom Sibley, 8.4 ov), 51-4 (Matthew Fisher, 21.3 ov), 34-2 (Rory Burns, 12.3 ov), 45-3 (Ollie Pope, 15.2 ov), 73-5 (Josh Blake, 34.1 ov), 92-6 (Mahipal Lomror, 45.1 ov), 144-7 (Adam Thomas, 59.4 ov), 248-8 (Thomas Lawes, 87.4 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Daniel Worrall

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Jamie Porter	11	2	44	1	4.00
Samuel Cook	27	8	53	2	1.96
Simon Harmer	38	13	92	3	2.42
Shane Snater	6	1	21	1	3.50
Matt Critchley	7	0	31	0	4.42
Zaman Akhter	8	0	24	1	3.00
Tom Westley	1	0	5	0	5.00
Paul Walter	1	0	8	0	8.00

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

Match Information

SERIES: County Championship Division One
DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 27, 2026 · 03:30 PM
TOSS: Essex elected to bowl
Venue: County Ground, Chelmsford
UMPIRES: Mike Burns (England), Nigel Llong (England)
MATCH REFEREE: Alec Swann (England)

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