RESULT

SOM vs ESS Scorecard, County Championship Division One, 20 August, 2026, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton & Match Stats

SOM

469/10 (127.5 ov) & 103/2 (19.2 ov)

ESS

158/10 (42.4 ov) & 412/10 (161.1 ov)

Somerset won by 8 wickets

Somerset 1st Inning

469/10 (127.5 ov)

RR 3.67

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Joshua Thomas b S Snater	110	162	15	1	67.90
Tom Lammonby b S Cook	20	21	4	0	95.24
Lewis Goldsworthy c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	16	31	3	0	51.61
Henry Nicholls b S Cook	96	191	13	0	50.26
Tom Abell b S Snater	65	124	10	0	52.42
James Rew Not out	74	127	10	0	58.27
Jake Ball b S Cook	3	14	0	0	21.43
Archie Vaughan b JA Porter	0	3	0	0	0.00
Lewis Gregory lbw b S Snater	11	26	1	0	42.31
Jack Leach c JA Porter b S Cook	5	21	1	0	23.81
Migael Pretorius lbw b MJJ Critchley	48	48	7	0	100.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 15, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	21
TOTAL (3.67 RUNS PER OVER)	469/10 (127.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 34-1 (Tom Lammonby, 5.4 ov), 94-2 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 17.4 ov), 213-3 (Joshua Thomas, 55.3 ov), 312-4 (Henry Nicholls, 81.4 ov), 348-5 (Tom Abell, 94.3 ov), 352-6 (Jake Ball, 98.6 ov), 353-7 (Archie Vaughan, 99.5 ov), 382-8 (Lewis Gregory, 108.1 ov), 397-9 (Jack Leach, 113.3 ov), 469-10 (Migael Pretorius, 127.5 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Jamie Porter	27	8	70	2	1	2.59
Samuel Cook	29	5	92	4	0	3.17
Shane Snater	26	5	96	3	0	3.69
Simon Harmer	31	4	124	0	0	4.00
Noah Thain	2	0	12	0	0	6.00
Matt Critchley	11.5	1	54	1	0	4.56
Tom Westley	1	0	2	0	0	2.00

Essex 1st Inning

158/10 (42.4 ov)

RR 3.70

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar lbw b L Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.00
Paul Walter c J Leach b JT Ball	48	70	8	0	68.57
Tom Westley c J Rew b L Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.00
Charles Allison b L Gregory	1	6	0	0	16.67
Matt Critchley lbw b A Vaughan	50	88	6	1	56.82
Noah Thain lbw b J Leach	10	17	2	0	58.82
Michael-Kyle Pepper c H Nicholls b A Vaughan	35	43	5	0	81.40
Simon Harmer c L Goldsworthy b J Leach	4	6	1	0	66.67
Shane Snater c J Rew b J Leach	0	6	0	0	0.00
Samuel Cook b J Leach	0	5	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter Not out	0	14	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 6, p 0)	10
TOTAL (3.70 RUNS PER OVER)	158/10 (42.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (Dean Elgar, 0.2 ov), 0-2 (Tom Westley, 0.4 ov), 2-3 (Charles Allison, 2.2 ov), 104-4 (Paul Walter, 22.3 ov), 117-5 (Noah Thain, 27.4 ov), 129-6 (Matt Critchley, 32.4 ov), 134-7 (Simon Harmer, 33.6 ov), 138-8 (Shane Snater, 35.5 ov), 146-9 (Samuel Cook, 37.3 ov), 158-10 (Michael-Kyle Pepper, 42.4 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
Lewis Gregory	6	1	29	3	0	0	4.83
Jake Ball	10	0	55	1	1	0	5.50
Migael Pretorius	8	3	21	0	2	1	2.63
Jack Leach	13	2	37	4	0	0	2.85
Archie Vaughan	5.4	1	13	2	0	0	2.29

Essex 2nd Inning

412/10 (161.1 ov)

RR 2.56

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter b JT Ball	43	82	4	1	52.44
Dean Elgar c J Rew b M Pretorius	56	125	9	0	44.80
Tom Westley c TB Abell b J Leach	22	51	4	0	43.14
Charles Allison c J Rew b J Leach	114	254	13	2	44.88
Matt Critchley c TB Abell b J Leach	94	236	11	0	39.83
Noah Thain c TB Abell b J Leach	11	54	1	0	20.37
Michael-Kyle Pepper c TB Abell b J Leach	4	3	1	0	133.33
Simon Harmer b A Vaughan	24	68	2	0	35.29
Shane Snater b A Vaughan	14	30	2	0	46.67
Samuel Cook Not out	9	32	0	0	28.13
Jamie Porter lbw b A Vaughan	7	34	1	0	20.59
EXTRAS (b 10, lb 0, w 0, nb 4, p 0)	14
TOTAL (2.56 RUNS PER OVER)	412/10 (161.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 82-1 (Paul Walter, 26.4 ov), 127-2 (Dean Elgar, 42.3 ov), 127-3 (Tom Westley, 43.2 ov), 339-4 (Matt Critchley, 121.4 ov), 346-5 (Charles Allison, 127.5 ov), 350-6 (Michael-Kyle Pepper, 129.2 ov), 367-7 (Noah Thain, 139.2 ov), 395-8 (Shane Snater, 149.4 ov), 396-9 (Simon Harmer, 151.1 ov), 412-10 (Jamie Porter, 161.1 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Migael Pretorius	26	3	72	1	2	2.77
Jake Ball	24.4	7	60	1	0	2.43
Archie Vaughan	40.1	6	123	3	0	3.06
Jack Leach	55.2	22	81	5	0	1.46
Joshua Thomas	2	0	10	0	0	5.00
Tom Lammonby	8	2	33	0	0	4.13
Lewis Goldsworthy	3	1	5	0	0	1.67
Lewis Gregory	2	0	18	0	0	9.00

Somerset 2nd Inning

103/2 (19.2 ov)

RR 5.33

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Joshua Thomas c MJJ Critchley b SR Harmer	31	29	3	0	106.90
Tom Lammonby Not out	39	54	5	0	72.22
Lewis Goldsworthy c S Snater b SR Harmer	6	8	1	0	75.00
Henry Nicholls Not out	18	25	2	0	72.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 0, w 5, nb 0, p 0)	9
TOTAL (5.33 RUNS PER OVER)	103/2 (19.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 59-1 (Joshua Thomas, 9.1 ov), 65-2 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 11.1 ov)

DID NOT BAT: James Rew, Tom Abell, Archie Vaughan, Lewis Gregory, Jack Leach, Migael Pretorius, Jake Ball

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	R	W	WD	ECO
Samuel Cook	2	17	0	0	8.50
Simon Harmer	9.2	39	2	1	4.18
Matt Critchley	6	33	0	0	5.50
Tom Westley	2	10	0	0	5.00

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

Match Information

SERIES: County Championship Division One
DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 20, 2026 · 03:30 PM
TOSS: Essex elected to bowl
Venue: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, Taunton
UMPIRES: ID Blackwell(England), MJ Saggers(England)
MATCH REFEREE: Mike Smith (England)

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