f63548 cc22705	Essex v Somerset
	Rothesay County Championship 2026 (Division 1)
Venue	Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on 10th, 11th, 12th April 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 3 (Bowling 3); Somerset 21 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	MA Gough, SJ O'Shaughnessy
Referee	JJ Whitaker
Scorers	KW Mitchell (Somerset), P Parkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 179/5 (Goldsworthy 28*, Overton 50*; 43 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 131/3 (Walter 63*, Critchley 53*; 38 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
D Elgar	c Ball b Lammonby	41	94	114	5	-	74
PI Walter	lbw b Ball	2	22	27	-	-	20
PWA Mulder	c Kohler-Cadmore b Ball	0	2	2	-	-	2
CWJ Allison	c Abell b Pretorius	49	84	120	6	-	59
MJJ Critchley	c Rew b Lammonby	0	3	2	-	-	3
LM Benkenstein	b Shaw	18	49	73	3	-	42
+MS Pepper	b Overton	16	22	29	3	-	15
SR Harmer	lbw b Overton	0	2	2	-	-	2
S Snater	b Shaw	13	11	15	3	-	7
*SJ Cook	not out	1	7	19	-	-	6
JA Porter	c Rew b Shaw	0	11	9	-	-	11
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 212 minutes, 51 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Walter, 7.3 ov), 2-14 (Mulder, 7.5 ov), 3-77 (Elgar, 29.3 ov), 4-77 (Critchley, 29.6 ov), 5-105 (Allison, 38.4 ov), 6-130 (Pepper, 45.1 ov), 7-130 (Harmer, 45.3 ov), 8-134 (Benkenstein, 46.4 ov), 9-147 (Snater, 48.5 ov), 10-149 (Porter, 50.6 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Overton	13.2	5	35	2	-	-	64	5	-
Ball	13.4	1	34	2	-	-	65	5	-
Pretorius	11	1	38	1	-	1	49	5	-
Shaw	11	5	30	3	-	-	54	5	-
Lammonby	2	0	5	2	-	-	8	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MJ Leach	b Porter	6	12	12	1	-	10
JF Thomas	c Pepper b Cook	4	20	24	-	-	17
TA Lammonby	c Elgar b Cook	2	2	5	-	-	1
+JEK Rew	c Pepper b Harmer	48	67	107	9	-	49
TB Abell	c Pepper b Snater	29	42	52	3	-	29
LP Goldsworthy	c Pepper b Porter	42	127	153	5	-	105
*C Overton	lbw b Snater	141	180	210	19	3	120
WCF Smeed	c Pepper b Cook	39	77	109	5	-	57
M Pretorius	c Walter b Porter	6	11	23	1	-	8
J Shaw	not out	11	17	21	2	-	12
JT Ball	c Mulder b Snater	1	4	3	-	-	3
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 8 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 363 minutes, 92.3 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Leach, 2.5 ov), 2-11 (Lammonby, 3.6 ov), 3-16 (Thomas, 5.2 ov), 4-73 (Abell, 18.2 ov), 5-114 (Rew, 30.1 ov), 6-212 (Goldsworthy, 57.2 ov), 7-330 (Overton, 86.3 ov), 8-330 (Smeed, 87.4 ov), 9-347 (Pretorius, 91.5 ov), 10-348 (Ball, 92.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	21	5	84	3	-	3	89	11	-
Cook	24	5	93	3	-	-	106	15	-
Snater	18.3	6	56	3	-	-	88	9	-
Mulder	7	1	21	0	-	1	35	3	-
Harmer	16	2	60	1	-	-	72	6	3
Critchley	6	0	23	0	-	-	18	1	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PI Walter	c and b Overton	70	118	177	9	-	81
D Elgar	c Abell b Leach	7	34	34	1	-	30
LM Benkenstein	c Rew b Pretorius	4	8	16	1	-	7
CWJ Allison	c Abell b Ball	0	5	6	-	-	5
MJJ Critchley	c Vaughan b Overton	59	87	107	10	-	62
PWA Mulder	c Rew b Pretorius	31	47	59	5	-	33
+MS Pepper	c Overton b Ball	0	7	6	-	-	7
SR Harmer	lbw b Shaw	20	45	63	2	-	33
S Snater	c Vaughan b Pretorius	27	46	67	4	-	31
*SJ Cook	c Rew b Ball	17	38	39	2	-	30
JA Porter	not out	0	1	3	-	-	1
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 294 minutes, 72.3 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Elgar, 8.6 ov), 2-40 (Benkenstein, 13.2 ov), 3-45 (Allison, 14.5 ov), 4-141 (Critchley, 40.3 ov), 5-150 (Walter, 44.2 ov), 6-151 (Pepper, 45.6 ov), 7-192 (Mulder, 55.5 ov), 8-203 (Harmer, 61.4 ov), 9-241 (Cook, 71.5 ov), 10-245 (Snater, 72.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Overton	19	4	46	2	-	-	89	6	-
Ball	19	2	67	3	-	-	77	8	-
Pretorius	19.3	5	64	3	-	1	91	11	-
Leach	4	0	8	1	-	-	19	1	-
Shaw	11	2	52	1	-	-	43	8	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
AM Vaughan	not out	41	25	18	6	2	14
JF Thomas	not out	8	9	18	2	-	7
TA Lammonby	did not bat
TB Abell	did not bat
+JEK Rew	did not bat
J Shaw	did not bat
M Pretorius	did not bat
*C Overton	did not bat
JT Ball	did not bat
MJ Leach	did not bat
WCF Smeed	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 17 minutes, 5.4 overs)	49

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Cook	2	1	19	0	-	-	7	4	-
Harmer	2.4	0	25	0	-	-	10	3	2
Critchley	1	0	5	0	-	-	4	1	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Somerset full substitute: WCF Smeed for T Kohler-Cadmore (after 51 overs of the Essex first innings) (injury)
--> Somerset full substitute: AM Vaughan for LP Goldsworthy (after 38 overs of the Essex second innings) (injury)
--> Day 1 Lunch: Essex (1) 80/4 (Allison 35*, Benkenstein 0*; 31 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Somerset (1) 35/3 (Rew 1*, Abell 18*; 11 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Somerset (1) 264/6 (Overton 98*, Smeed 17*; 74 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Essex (2) 36/1 (Walter 24*, Benkenstein 4*; 12 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Essex (2) 231/8 (Snater 18*, Cook 13*; 68 overs)
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 18.2 overs
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 37.6 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 50 in 12.5 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 100 in 26.2 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 150 in 38.5 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 200 in 52.2 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 250 in 70.6 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 300 in 82.4 overs
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 17.1 overs
--> Essex second innings: 100 in 33.1 overs
--> Essex second innings: 150 in 42.5 overs
--> Essex second innings: 200 in 58.6 overs
--> WCF Smeed made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WCF Smeed made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PWA Mulder made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PWA Mulder made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LP Goldsworthy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LP Goldsworthy made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> M Pretorius made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> M Pretorius made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Shaw made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Shaw made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> T Kohler-Cadmore made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> T Kohler-Cadmore made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TB Abell (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> C Overton (1) 50 in 33 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> C Overton (1) 100 in 136 balls with 14 fours and 3 sixes
--> C Overton (1) passed his previous highest score of 138 in First-Class matches
--> C Overton (1) passed his previous highest score of 138 in County Championship matches
--> PI Walter (2) 50 in 75 balls with 8 fours
--> PI Walter (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 65
--> MJJ Critchley (2) 50 in 73 balls with 9 fours
--> SJ Cook reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed WCF Smeed, his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> MJ Leach reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed D Elgar, his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JT Ball reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MS Pepper, his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> D Elgar (26) and CWJ Allison (23) added 50 in 105 balls for the Essex 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> JEK Rew (21) and TB Abell (25) added 50 in 59 balls for the Somerset 4th wicket in the first innings
--> LP Goldsworthy (9) and C Overton (40) added 50 in 60 balls for the Somerset 6th wicket in the first innings
--> C Overton (30) and WCF Smeed (16) added 50 in 93 balls for the Somerset 7th wicket in the first innings
--> C Overton (65) and WCF Smeed (34) added 100 in 157 balls for the Somerset 7th wicket in the first innings
--> PI Walter (20) and MJJ Critchley (28) added 50 in 92 balls for the Essex 4th wicket in the second innings

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