County Championship Division One 2026
Somerset vs Essex, 44th Match
Day 1: 1st Session
Somerset (SOM)
40/1 (7.6 ov)
Essex (ESS)
Yet to bat
TEST
Live
Live
Match information
- Series
- County Championship Division One 2026
- Match
- 44th Match · TEST
- Start date and time
- Venue
- The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, England
- Toss
- Essex opt to bowl
- Umpires
- Ian Blackwell, Martin Saggers
- Match referee
- Mike Smith
Playing XI
Somerset
- Joshua Thomas · Batting Allrounder
- Tom Lammonby · Batting Allrounder
- Henry Nicholls · Batsman
- James Rew (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Tom Abell · Batsman
- Lewis Goldsworthy · Bowling Allrounder
- Archie Vaughan · Batting Allrounder
- Lewis Gregory (c) · Bowling Allrounder
- Jack Leach · Bowler
- Migael Pretorius · Bowler
- Jake Ball · Bowler
Essex
- Dean Elgar · Batsman
- Paul Walter · Batting Allrounder
- Tom Westley (c) · Batsman
- Charlie Allison · Bowling Allrounder
- Matthew Critchley · Batting Allrounder
- Michael Pepper (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Noah Thain · Bowling Allrounder
- Simon Harmer · Bowler
- Shane Snater · Bowler
- Sam Cook · Bowler
- Jamie Porter · Bowler
Somerset innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Thomas | batting | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Tom Lammonby | b Sam Cook | 20 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 95.24 |
| Lewis Goldsworthy | batting | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Nicholls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Rew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Abell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Archie Vaughan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lewis Gregory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Leach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Migael Pretorius |