f63595 cc22733	Essex v Hampshire
	Rothesay County Championship 2026 (Division 1)
Venue	Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on 8th, 9th, 10th May 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Essex 20 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Hampshire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	MJ Saggers, RA White
Referee	SG Hinks
Scorers	FC Newnham (Hampshire), P Parkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 51/2 (Westley 24*, Cook 0*; 22 overs)
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (2) 58/2 (Gubbins 35*, Lehmann 14*; 28 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TE Albert	lbw b Cook	6	20	21	1	-	17
NRT Gubbins	c Critchley b Snater	8	28	46	1	-	23
TJ Prest	b Cook	4	4	3	1	-	3
JS Lehmann	b Porter	89	164	190	15	-	127
BA Mayes	c Harmer b Cook	20	38	73	3	-	30
*+BC Brown	c Elgar b Mulder	73	116	158	9	1	83
LA Dawson	b Mulder	6	40	42	-	-	35
JK Fuller	c and b Harmer	9	7	6	-	1	5
SW Currie	run out (Allison->Mulder)	0	2	2	-	-	2
KJ Abbott	not out	2	9	15	-	-	7
CE Yusuf	lbw b Mulder	0	3	5	-	-	3
Extras	(14 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 284 minutes, 71.3 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Albert, 5.2 ov), 2-15 (Prest, 5.6 ov), 3-33 (Gubbins, 10.6 ov), 4-88 (Mayes, 29.1 ov), 5-193 (Lehmann, 53.2 ov), 6-217 (Dawson, 65.3 ov), 7-228 (Fuller, 66.6 ov), 8-229 (Currie, 67.3 ov), 9-235 (Brown, 69.6 ov), 10-235 (Yusuf, 71.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	14	6	30	1	-	-	73	6	-
Cook	14	2	56	3	-	1	63	10	-
Snater	11	1	34	1	-	-	49	4	-
Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	-	1	53	5	-
Harmer	15	4	40	1	-	-	76	4	2
Critchley	5	1	15	0	-	-	20	1	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
D Elgar	c Yusuf b Fuller	18	59	74	4	-	53
PI Walter	c Brown b Abbott	5	23	26	1	-	21
*T Westley	c Mayes b Currie	34	74	111	5	-	58
SJ Cook	b Fuller	2	17	21	-	-	16
CWJ Allison	c Brown b Fuller	0	7	8	-	-	7
MJJ Critchley	lbw b Abbott	27	49	84	3	-	33
PWA Mulder	c Brown b Dawson	54	98	117	6	-	68
+MS Pepper	c Brown b Currie	10	37	58	-	-	31
SR Harmer	not out	80	118	128	14	-	82
S Snater	c Brown b Fuller	16	23	28	2	1	18
JA Porter	b Fuller	12	38	93	3	-	35
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 6 nb, 3 w)	15
Total	(all out, 379 minutes, 90 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Walter, 6.3 ov), 2-42 (Elgar, 18.2 ov), 3-53 (Cook, 23.4 ov), 4-53 (Allison, 25.5 ov), 5-80 (Westley, 33.3 ov), 6-126 (Critchley, 46.5 ov), 7-157 (Pepper, 60.1 ov), 8-157 (Mulder, 61.2 ov), 9-192 (Snater, 68.6 ov), 10-273 (Porter, 89.6 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Abbott	24	8	45	2	-	-	119	5	-
Yusuf	22	3	85	0	2	2	99	13	-
Fuller	15	4	43	5	-	1	75	7	-
Currie	14	2	37	2	-	-	62	4	-
Dawson	15	3	57	1	1	-	66	9	1

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TE Albert	c Pepper b Cook	1	22	31	-	-	21
NRT Gubbins	c Walter b Harmer	71	189	219	13	-	159
TJ Prest	c Pepper b Cook	1	8	14	-	-	7
JS Lehmann	b Porter	27	78	103	4	-	65
BA Mayes	c and b Harmer	8	31	39	-	-	23
*+BC Brown	not out	57	89	115	8	-	62
LA Dawson	c Pepper b Cook	13	19	23	1	1	14
JK Fuller	lbw b Mulder	18	26	34	3	-	17
SW Currie	c Elgar b Harmer	2	12	18	-	-	11
KJ Abbott	lbw b Harmer	0	2	1	-	-	2
CE Yusuf	c Harmer b Mulder	0	4	5	-	-	4
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 306 minutes, 79.5 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Albert, 7.6 ov), 2-19 (Prest, 11.4 ov), 3-93 (Lehmann, 39.2 ov), 4-110 (Mayes, 50.1 ov), 5-125 (Gubbins, 58.2 ov), 6-150 (Dawson, 63.6 ov), 7-196 (Fuller, 73.4 ov), 8-213 (Currie, 78.3 ov), 9-213 (Abbott, 78.5 ov), 10-214 (Yusuf, 79.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Porter	14	5	35	1	-	-	70	7	-
Cook	15	3	52	3	-	-	71	10	-
Snater	5	1	15	0	-	-	24	3	-
Harmer	31	8	66	4	-	-	151	7	1
Mulder	11.5	1	23	2	-	1	58	2	-
Critchley	3	0	9	0	-	-	10	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PI Walter	c Brown b Abbott	17	19	27	3	-	13
D Elgar	b Abbott	8	33	52	1	-	28
*T Westley	c Prest b Abbott	9	31	41	1	-	26
CWJ Allison	lbw b Abbott	34	68	92	4	-	48
MJJ Critchley	not out	90	73	102	15	-	34
PWA Mulder	not out	15	27	26	1	1	20
+MS Pepper	did not bat
SR Harmer	did not bat
S Snater	did not bat
SJ Cook	did not bat
JA Porter	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 172 minutes, 41.5 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Walter, 6.2 ov), 2-31 (Elgar, 12.3 ov), 3-40 (Westley, 16.1 ov), 4-141 (Allison, 34.5 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Abbott	14	6	35	4	-	-	70	6	-
Yusuf	9	1	47	0	-	-	29	6	-
Dawson	5	0	19	0	-	-	20	3	-
Fuller	8	0	32	0	-	-	33	5	-
Currie	4	0	25	0	-	-	13	4	-
Prest	1.5	0	15	0	-	-	4	1	1

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Hampshire (1) 88/4 (Lehmann 42*; 29.1 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Hampshire (1) 216/5 (Brown 66*, Dawson 5*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Essex (1) 142/6 (Mulder 46*, Pepper 4*; 51 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Essex (1) 273 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: Hampshire (2) 127/5 (Brown 11*, Dawson 1*; 60 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Essex (2) 30/1 (Elgar 7*, Westley 5*; 10 overs)
--> Hampshire first innings: 50 in 14.2 overs
--> Hampshire first innings: 100 in 31.4 overs
--> Hampshire first innings: 150 in 42.3 overs
--> Hampshire first innings: 200 in 55.1 overs
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 20.2 overs
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 36.5 overs
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 55.1 overs
--> Essex first innings: 200 in 69.5 overs
--> Essex first innings: 250 in 84.4 overs
--> Hampshire second innings: 50 in 21.1 overs
--> Hampshire second innings: 100 in 43.6 overs
--> Hampshire second innings: 150 in 63.5 overs
--> Hampshire second innings: 200 in 76.1 overs
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 18.1 overs
--> Essex second innings: 100 in 28.3 overs
--> Essex second innings: 150 in 37.6 overs
--> BA Mayes made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LA Dawson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LA Dawson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JK Fuller made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JK Fuller made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> SW Currie made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SW Currie made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CE Yusuf made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JS Lehmann (1) 50 in 98 balls with 8 fours
--> BC Brown (1) 50 in 70 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> JK Fuller (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> PI Walter (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> T Westley (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 32
--> PWA Mulder (1) 50 in 76 balls with 6 fours
--> SR Harmer (1) 50 in 89 balls with 8 fours
--> NRT Gubbins (2) 50 in 122 balls with 10 fours
--> BC Brown (2) 50 in 74 balls with 7 fours
--> CWJ Allison (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> CWJ Allison (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> MJJ Critchley (2) 50 in 44 balls with 8 fours
--> MJJ Critchley (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> KJ Abbott reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed CWJ Allison, his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JS Lehmann (28) and BA Mayes (20) added 50 in 103 balls for the Hampshire 4th wicket in the first innings
--> JS Lehmann (18) and BC Brown (26) added 50 in 65 balls for the Hampshire 5th wicket in the first innings
--> JS Lehmann (46) and BC Brown (44) added 100 in 140 balls for the Hampshire 5th wicket in the first innings
--> SR Harmer (37) and JA Porter (8) added 50 in 91 balls for the Essex 10th wicket in the first innings
--> NRT Gubbins (26) and JS Lehmann (23) added 50 in 124 balls for the Hampshire 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> CWJ Allison (20) and MJJ Critchley (29) added 50 in 67 balls for the Essex 4th wicket in the second innings
--> CWJ Allison (29) and MJJ Critchley (68) added 100 in 106 balls for the Essex 4th wicket in the second innings

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