County Championship Division One 2026
Essex vs Somerset, 6th Match
Day 3: 2nd Session - Somerset won by 10 wkts
Essex (ESS)
149/10 (50.6 ov)
245/10 (72.3 ov)
Somerset (SOM)
348/10 (92.3 ov)
49/undefined (5.4 ov)
TEST
Completed
Completed
Match information
- Series
- County Championship Division One 2026
- Match
- 6th Match · TEST
- Start date and time
- Venue
- County Ground, Chelmsford, England
- Toss
- Somerset opt to bowl
- Umpires
- Michael Gough, Steve OShaughnessy
- Match referee
- James Whitaker
Playing XI
Essex
- Dean Elgar · Batsman
- Paul Walter · Batting Allrounder
- Wiaan Mulder · Bowling Allrounder
- Charlie Allison · Bowling Allrounder
- Matthew Critchley · Batting Allrounder
- Luc Benkenstein · Batting Allrounder
- Michael Pepper (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Simon Harmer · Bowler
- Shane Snater · Bowler
- Sam Cook (c) · Bowler
- Jamie Porter · Bowler
Somerset
- Tom Kohler-Cadmore · WK-Batsman
- Joshua Thomas · Batting Allrounder
- Tom Lammonby · Batting Allrounder
- James Rew (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Tom Abell · Batsman
- Lewis Goldsworthy · Bowling Allrounder
- Craig Overton (c) · Bowling Allrounder
- Jack Leach · Bowler
- Migael Pretorius · Bowler
- Joshua Shaw · Bowler
- Jake Ball · Bowler
Essex innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Elgar | c Jake Ball b Lammonby | 41 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 43.62 |
| Paul Walter | lbw b Jake Ball | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
| Wiaan Mulder | c Kohler-Cadmore b Jake Ball | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Allison | c Abell b Migael Pretorius | 49 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 58.33 |
| Matthew Critchley | c James Rew b Lammonby | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luc Benkenstein | b Joshua Shaw | 18 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 36.73 |
| Michael Pepper | b Craig Overton | 16 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 72.73 |
| Simon Harmer | lbw b Craig Overton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Snater | b Joshua Shaw | 13 |
Somerset innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Leach | b Jamie Porter | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Joshua Thomas | c Michael Pepper b Sam Cook | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Tom Lammonby | c Elgar b Sam Cook | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| James Rew | c Michael Pepper b Harmer | 48 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 71.64 |
| Tom Abell | c Michael Pepper b Snater | 29 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 69.05 |
| Lewis Goldsworthy | c Michael Pepper b Jamie Porter | 42 | 127 | 5 | 0 | 33.07 |
| Craig Overton | lbw b Snater | 141 | 180 | 20 | 3 | 78.33 |
| Will Smeed | c Michael Pepper b Sam Cook | 39 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 50.65 |
| Migael Pretorius | c Paul Walter b Jamie Porter |
Essex innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Walter | c and b Craig Overton | 70 | 118 | 9 | 0 | 59.32 |
| Dean Elgar | c Abell b Jack Leach | 7 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 20.59 |
| Luc Benkenstein | c James Rew b Migael Pretorius | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Charlie Allison | c Abell b Jake Ball | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Critchley | c (sub)Archie Vaughan b Craig Overton | 59 | 87 | 10 | 0 | 67.82 |
| Wiaan Mulder | c James Rew b Migael Pretorius | 31 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 65.96 |
| Michael Pepper | c Craig Overton b Jake Ball | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Harmer | lbw b Joshua Shaw | 20 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Shane Snater | c (sub)Archie Vaughan b Migael Pretorius |
Somerset innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Vaughan | not out | 41 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 164 |
| Joshua Thomas | not out | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 88.89 |
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Lammonby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Rew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lewis Goldsworthy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Overton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Leach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Migael Pretorius |