Essex v Somerset - Cricket - BBC Sport

Fri 10 Apr 2026 - Mon 13 Apr 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 1 of 4

Somerset lead Essex by 30 runs with 5 wickets remaining

ESS 1st
SOM 1st

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,caught Ball, bowled Lammonby Elgar, caught Ball, bowled Lammonby	41	94	74	5	0	114	43.62
Walter,leg before wicket, bowled Ball Walter, leg before wicket, bowled Ball	2	22	20	0	0	27	9.09
Mulder,caught Kohler-Cadmore, bowled Ball Mulder, caught Kohler-Cadmore, bowled Ball	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Allison,caught Abell, bowled Pretorius Allison, caught Abell, bowled Pretorius	49	84	59	6	0	120	58.33
Critchley,caught J Rew, bowled Lammonby Critchley, caught J Rew, bowled Lammonby	0	3	3	0	0	2	0.00
Benkenstein,bowled Shaw Benkenstein, bowled Shaw	18	49	42	3	0	73	36.73
Pepper,bowled Overton Pepper, bowled Overton	16	22	15	3	0	29	72.73
Harmer,leg before wicket, bowled Overton Harmer, leg before wicket, bowled Overton	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Snater,bowled Shaw Snater, bowled Shaw	13	11	7	3	0	15	118.18
Cook,not out Cook, not out	1	7	6	0	0	19	14.29
Porter,caught J Rew, bowled Shaw Porter, caught J Rew, bowled Shaw	0	11	11	0	0	9	0.00
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 9 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 9
Total,149 all out 51.0 overs Total,149 all out 51.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Overton	13.2	5	35	2	64	0	0	5	0	2.62
Ball	13.4	1	34	2	65	0	0	5	0	2.48
Pretorius	11.0	1	38	1	49	1	0	5	0	3.45
Shaw	11.0	5	30	3	54	0	0	5	0	2.72
Lammonby	2.0	0	5	2	8	0	0	0	0	2.50

Fall of wicket	Batter
14 for 1(7.3 overs)	Walter
14 for 2(7.5 overs)	Mulder
77 for 3(29.3 overs)	Elgar
77 for 4(29.6 overs)	Critchley
105 for 5(38.4 overs)	Allison
130 for 6(45.1 overs)	Pepper
130 for 7(45.3 overs)	Harmer
134 for 8(46.4 overs)	Benkenstein
147 for 9(48.5 overs)	Snater
149 for 10(50.6 overs)	Porter

Somerset 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Leach,bowled Porter Leach, bowled Porter	6	12	10	1	0	12	50.00
Thomas,caught Pepper, bowled Cook Thomas, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	4	20	17	0	0	24	20.00
Lammonby,caught Elgar, bowled Cook Lammonby, caught Elgar, bowled Cook	2	2	1	0	0	5	100.00
J Rew,caught Pepper, bowled Harmer J Rew, caught Pepper, bowled Harmer	48	67	49	9	0	107	71.64
Abell,caught Pepper, bowled Snater Abell, caught Pepper, bowled Snater	29	42	29	3	0	52	69.05
batting,Goldsworthy,not out batting, Goldsworthy, not out	28	83	70	4	0	93	33.73
batting,Overton,not out batting, Overton, not out	50	36	21	8	2	45	138.89
Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 0, total 12 Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 0, total 12
Total,179 for 5 43.0 overs Total,179 for 5 43.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	9.0	2	41	1	40	3	0	5	0	4.55
Cook	11.0	1	51	2	46	0	0	9	0	4.63
Snater	7.0	3	25	1	32	0	0	4	0	3.57
Mulder	7.0	1	21	0	35	1	0	3	0	3.00
Harmer, bowling	9.0	2	37	1	41	0	0	4	2	4.11

Fall of wicket	Batter
8 for 1(2.5 overs)	Leach
11 for 2(3.6 overs)	Lammonby
16 for 3(5.2 overs)	Thomas
73 for 4(18.2 overs)	Abell
114 for 5(30.1 overs)	J Rew

home team,Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Wiaan Mulder
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Luc Benkenstein
Michael Pepper, Wicket Keeper
Simon Harmer
Shane Snater
Sam Cook, Captain
Jamie Porter

Substitutes

home team,Essex

Substitutes will appear here

away team,Somerset

Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Josh Thomas
Tom Lammonby
Tom Abell
James Rew, Wicket Keeper
Lewis Goldsworthy
Josh Shaw
Migael Pretorius
Craig Overton, Captain
Jake Ball
Jack Leach

away team,Somerset

Will Smeed

Essex
Somerset

home team,Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Wiaan Mulder
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Luc Benkenstein
Michael Pepper, Wicket Keeper
Simon Harmer
Shane Snater
Sam Cook, Captain
Jamie Porter

Substitutes

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Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford
Officials:: Michael Gough, Steve O'Shaughnessy, James Whitaker