Essex vs Nottinghamshire, Match 36 - Scorecard

ResultFirst-classCounty Championship 2026· Super 18, Group 1· County Ground, Chelmsford· 19 Jun 2026

Essex184 & 221(82.5 ov)

Nottinghamshire457(126 ov)

Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 52 runs

Essex 1st innings

184 (57.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b BA Hutton	12	39	2	0	30.77
Paul Walter	c †K Verreynne b OP Stone	12	31	2	0	38.71
Tom Westley	c FW McCann b LA Patterson-White	44	66	8	0	66.67
CWJ Allison	run out (H Hameed/†K Verreynne)	19	49	1	0	38.78
Matthew Critchley	lbw b F O'Neill	1	12	0	0	8.33
Luc Benkenstein	c †K Verreynne b LA Patterson-White	13	24	1	0	54.17
Michael-Kyle Pepper †	c LW James b LA Patterson-White	24	26	4	0	92.31
Simon Harmer	b LA Patterson-White	1	5	0	0	20.00
Shane Snater	b LA Patterson-White	31	50	0	3	62.00
CE Bennett	c LW James b LA Patterson-White	21	40	4	0	52.50
Jamie Porter	not out	0*	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 2)	6
Total	57.4 Ov (RR 3.19)	184

Fall of wickets: 23-1 (D Elgar, 9.3 ov), 31-2 (PI Walter, 13 ov), 87-3 (T Westley, 29.2 ov), 93-4 (CWJ Allison, 32 ov), 95-5 (MJJ Critchley, 32.5 ov), 128-6 (MS Pepper, 39.5 ov), 130-7 (SR Harmer, 41.1 ov), 133-8 (LM Benkenstein, 42 ov), 177-9 (CE Bennett, 55.4 ov), 184-10 (S Snater, 57.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Fergus O'Neill	16	3	43	1	2.69	73	5	0	1
Brett Hutton	10	3	28	1	2.80	48	5	0	0
Oli Stone	10	1	42	1	4.20	41	7	0	0
Lyndon James	5	0	24	0	4.80	16	3	0	0
Liam Patterson-White	16.4	4	43	6	2.58	81	2	3	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	D Elgar 12(39) & PI Walter 8(19)	23	57
2nd	T Westley 4(9) & PI Walter 4(12)	8	21
3rd	T Westley 40(57) & CWJ Allison 13(41)	56	98
4th	MJJ Critchley 0(8) & CWJ Allison 6(8)	6	16
5th	MJJ Critchley 1(4) & LM Benkenstein 1(1)	2	5
6th	MS Pepper 24(26) & LM Benkenstein 9(16)	33	42
7th	SR Harmer 1(5) & LM Benkenstein 1(3)	2	8
8th	S Snater 1(1) & LM Benkenstein 2(4)	3	5
9th	S Snater 23(42) & CE Bennett 21(40)	44	82
10th	JA Porter 0(5) & S Snater 7(7)	7	12

Nottinghamshire 1st innings

457 (126 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameed	c MJJ Critchley b SR Harmer	89	204	11	0	43.63
Ben Slater	c †MS Pepper b S Snater	0	6	0	0	0.00
Freddie McCann	b S Snater	16	41	3	0	39.02
Joe Clarke	c & b S Snater	27	64	3	0	42.19
Jack Haynes	not out	137*	206	15	0	66.50
Kyle Verreynne †	c T Westley b SR Harmer	11	33	0	0	33.33
Lyndon James	lbw b SR Harmer	40	71	5	0	56.34
Fergus O'Neill	st †MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	61	50	9	2	122.00
Liam Patterson-White	c S Snater b SR Harmer	25	21	4	1	119.05
Brett Hutton	c SR Harmer b MJJ Critchley	5	14	1	0	35.71
Oli Stone	c S Snater b SR Harmer	30	47	3	1	63.83
Extras	(b 12, lb 2, nb 2)	16
Total	126 Ov (RR 3.63)	457

Fall of wickets: 20-1 (BT Slater, 3.3 ov), 55-2 (FW McCann, 16.5 ov), 118-3 (JM Clarke, 43.1 ov), 153-4 (H Hameed, 59.3 ov), 197-5 (K Verreynne, 69.1 ov), 293-6 (LW James, 93.2 ov), 377-7 (F O'Neill, 107.5 ov), 406-8 (LA Patterson-White, 112.1 ov), 419-9 (BA Hutton, 115.2 ov), 457-10 (OP Stone, 126 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jamie Porter	19	3	56	0	2.95	83	7	0	0
Shane Snater	21	3	62	3	2.95	94	9	0	0
Simon Harmer	45	9	165	5	3.67	186	21	2	0
CE Bennett	16	4	54	0	3.38	72	6	1	1
Matthew Critchley	25	0	106	2	4.24	87	11	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	H Hameed 20(15) & BT Slater 0(6)	20	21
2nd	FW McCann 16(41) & H Hameed 19(39)	35	80
3rd	JM Clarke 27(64) & H Hameed 34(95)	63	158
4th	JA Haynes 19(43) & H Hameed 16(55)	35	98
5th	K Verreynne 11(33) & JA Haynes 29(25)	44	58
6th	LW James 40(71) & JA Haynes 51(74)	96	145
7th	F O'Neill 61(50) & JA Haynes 22(37)	84	87
8th	LA Patterson-White 25(21) & JA Haynes 4(5)	29	26
9th	BA Hutton 5(14) & JA Haynes 4(5)	13	19
10th	OP Stone 30(47) & JA Haynes 8(17)	38	64

Essex 2nd innings

221 (82.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	b F O'Neill	0	3	0	0	0.00
Dean Elgar	lbw b OP Stone	42	76	8	0	55.26
Jamie Porter	c JA Haynes b F O'Neill	1	12	0	0	8.33
CE Bennett	c BT Slater b F O'Neill	5	19	1	0	26.32
Tom Westley	c FW McCann b LA Patterson-White	19	72	3	0	26.39
CWJ Allison	lbw b LA Patterson-White	56	104	4	2	53.85
Matthew Critchley	c †K Verreynne b LA Patterson-White	13	42	1	0	30.95
Luc Benkenstein	c BA Hutton b F O'Neill	42	102	3	0	41.18
Michael-Kyle Pepper †	c FW McCann b LW James	0	7	0	0	0.00
Simon Harmer	lbw b F O'Neill	27	56	3	0	48.21
Shane Snater	not out	3*	5	0	0	60.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 2)	13
Total	82.5 Ov (RR 2.67)	221

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (PI Walter, 0.2 ov), 8-2 (JA Porter, 2.5 ov), 24-3 (CE Bennett, 8.5 ov), 65-4 (D Elgar, 26.1 ov), 75-5 (T Westley, 33.1 ov), 109-6 (MJJ Critchley, 45.5 ov), 174-7 (CWJ Allison, 65.1 ov), 175-8 (MS Pepper, 66.4 ov), 214-9 (LM Benkenstein, 80.3 ov), 221-10 (SR Harmer, 82.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Fergus O'Neill	13.5	2	39	5	2.82	65	6	0	1
Liam Patterson-White	36	10	66	3	1.83	170	5	0	0
Brett Hutton	8	2	22	0	2.75	36	3	0	0
Oli Stone	15	5	40	1	2.67	69	6	0	0
Freddie McCann	3	0	27	0	9.00	5	1	2	0
Lyndon James	7	1	16	1	2.29	34	2	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	PI Walter 0(3) & D Elgar 0(0)	2	2
2nd	JA Porter 1(12) & D Elgar 5(3)	6	15
3rd	CE Bennett 5(19) & D Elgar 7(17)	16	36
4th	T Westley 10(48) & D Elgar 30(56)	41	104
5th	CWJ Allison 1(18) & T Westley 9(24)	10	42
6th	MJJ Critchley 13(42) & CWJ Allison 17(34)	34	76
7th	LM Benkenstein 26(64) & CWJ Allison 38(52)	65	116
8th	MS Pepper 0(7) & LM Benkenstein 1(2)	1	9
9th	SR Harmer 24(47) & LM Benkenstein 15(36)	39	83
10th	S Snater 3(5) & SR Harmer 3(9)	7	14