Essex vs Somerset, Match 6 - Scorecard

ResultFirst-classCounty Championship 2026· Super 18, Group 1· County Ground, Chelmsford· Fri 10 Apr, 14:00

Essex149 & 245(72.3 ov)

Somerset348 & 49/0(5.4 ov)

Somerset won by 10 wickets

Essex 1st innings

149 (51 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c JT Ball b TA Lammonby	41	94	5	0	43.62
Paul Walter	lbw b JT Ball	2	22	0	0	9.09
Wiaan Mulder	c †T Kohler-Cadmore b JT Ball	0	2	0	0	0.00
CWJ Allison	c TB Abell b M Pretorius	49	84	6	0	58.33
Matthew Critchley	c JEK Rew b TA Lammonby	0	3	0	0	0.00
Luc Benkenstein	b J Shaw	18	49	3	0	36.73
Michael-Kyle Pepper †	b C Overton	16	22	3	0	72.73
Simon Harmer	lbw b C Overton	0	2	0	0	0.00
Shane Snater	b J Shaw	13	11	3	0	118.18
Sam Cook	not out	1*	7	0	0	14.29
Jamie Porter	c JEK Rew b J Shaw	0	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2)	9
Total	51 Ov (RR 2.92)	149

Fall of wickets: 14-1 (PI Walter, 7.3 ov), 14-2 (PWA Mulder, 7.5 ov), 77-3 (D Elgar, 29.3 ov), 77-4 (MJJ Critchley, 30 ov), 105-5 (CWJ Allison, 38.4 ov), 130-6 (MS Pepper, 45.1 ov), 130-7 (SR Harmer, 45.3 ov), 134-8 (LM Benkenstein, 46.4 ov), 147-9 (S Snater, 48.5 ov), 149-10 (JA Porter, 51 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
Craig Overton	13.2	5	35	2	2.63	64	5	0
Jake Ball	13.4	1	34	2	2.49	65	5	0
Migael Pretorius	11	1	38	1	3.45	49	5	1
Josh Shaw	11	5	30	3	2.73	54	5	0
Tom Lammonby	2	0	5	2	2.50	8	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	D Elgar 11(23) & PI Walter 2(22)	14	45
2nd	PWA Mulder 0(2) & D Elgar 0(0)	0	2
3rd	CWJ Allison 32(59) & D Elgar 30(71)	63	130
4th	MJJ Critchley 0(3) & CWJ Allison 0(0)	0	3
5th	CWJ Allison 17(25) & LM Benkenstein 9(28)	28	52
6th	MS Pepper 16(22) & LM Benkenstein 9(17)	25	39
7th	SR Harmer 0(2) & LM Benkenstein 0(0)	0	2
8th	S Snater 0(3) & LM Benkenstein 0(4)	4	7
9th	SJ Cook 0(5) & S Snater 13(8)	13	13
10th	JA Porter 0(11) & SJ Cook 1(2)	2	13

Somerset 1st innings

348 (92.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jack Leach	b JA Porter	6	12	1	0	50.00
Josh Thomas	c †MS Pepper b SJ Cook	4	20	0	0	20.00
Tom Lammonby	c D Elgar b SJ Cook	2	2	0	0	100.00
James Rew	c †MS Pepper b SR Harmer	48	67	9	0	71.64
Tom Abell	c †MS Pepper b S Snater	29	42	3	0	69.05
Lewis Goldsworthy	c †MS Pepper b JA Porter	42	127	5	0	33.07
Craig Overton	lbw b S Snater	141	180	19	3	78.33
Will Smeed	c †MS Pepper b SJ Cook	39	77	5	0	50.65
Migael Pretorius	c PI Walter b JA Porter	6	11	1	0	54.55
Josh Shaw	not out	11*	17	2	0	64.71
Jake Ball	c PWA Mulder b S Snater	1	4	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 8)	19
Total	92.3 Ov (RR 3.76)	348

Did not bat: AM Vaughan

Fall of wickets: 8-1 (MJ Leach, 2.5 ov), 11-2 (TA Lammonby, 4 ov), 16-3 (JF Thomas, 5.2 ov), 73-4 (TB Abell, 18.2 ov), 114-5 (JEK Rew, 30.1 ov), 212-6 (LP Goldsworthy, 57.2 ov), 330-7 (C Overton, 86.3 ov), 330-8 (WCF Smeed, 87.4 ov), 347-9 (M Pretorius, 91.5 ov), 348-10 (JT Ball, 92.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jamie Porter	21	5	84	3	4.00	89	11	0	3
Sam Cook	24	5	93	3	3.88	106	15	0	0
Shane Snater	18.3	6	56	3	3.03	88	9	0	0
Wiaan Mulder	7	1	21	0	3.00	35	3	0	1
Simon Harmer	16	2	60	1	3.75	72	6	3	0
Matthew Critchley	6	0	23	0	3.83	18	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	MJ Leach 6(12) & JF Thomas 0(6)	8	17
2nd	TA Lammonby 2(2) & JF Thomas 1(5)	3	7
3rd	JF Thomas 3(9) & JEK Rew 0(0)	5	8
4th	TB Abell 29(42) & JEK Rew 22(37)	57	78
5th	LP Goldsworthy 15(41) & JEK Rew 26(30)	41	71
6th	C Overton 67(78) & LP Goldsworthy 27(86)	98	163
7th	WCF Smeed 39(73) & C Overton 74(102)	118	175
8th	M Pretorius 0(3) & WCF Smeed 0(4)	0	7
9th	J Shaw 11(17) & M Pretorius 6(8)	17	25
10th	JT Ball 1(4) & J Shaw 0(0)	1	4

Essex 2nd innings

245 (72.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	c & b C Overton	70	118	9	0	59.32
Dean Elgar	c TB Abell b MJ Leach	7	34	1	0	20.59
Luc Benkenstein	c JEK Rew b M Pretorius	4	8	1	0	50.00
CWJ Allison	c TB Abell b JT Ball	0	5	0	0	0.00
Matthew Critchley	c AM Vaughan b C Overton	59	87	10	0	67.82
Wiaan Mulder	c JEK Rew b M Pretorius	31	47	5	0	65.96
Michael-Kyle Pepper †	c C Overton b JT Ball	0	7	0	0	0.00
Simon Harmer	lbw b J Shaw	20	45	2	0	44.44
Shane Snater	c AM Vaughan b M Pretorius	27	46	4	0	58.70
Sam Cook	c JEK Rew b JT Ball	17	38	2	0	44.74
Jamie Porter	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 2)	10
Total	72.3 Ov (RR 3.38)	245

Fall of wickets: 29-1 (D Elgar, 9 ov), 40-2 (LM Benkenstein, 13.2 ov), 45-3 (CWJ Allison, 14.5 ov), 141-4 (MJJ Critchley, 40.3 ov), 150-5 (PI Walter, 44.2 ov), 151-6 (MS Pepper, 46 ov), 192-7 (PWA Mulder, 55.5 ov), 203-8 (SR Harmer, 61.4 ov), 241-9 (SJ Cook, 71.5 ov), 245-10 (S Snater, 72.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
Craig Overton	19	4	46	2	2.42	89	6	0
Jake Ball	19	2	67	3	3.53	77	8	0
Migael Pretorius	19.3	5	64	3	3.28	91	11	1
Jack Leach	4	0	8	1	2.00	19	1	0
Josh Shaw	11	2	52	1	4.73	43	8	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	PI Walter 22(20) & D Elgar 7(34)	29	54
2nd	PI Walter 6(18) & LM Benkenstein 4(8)	11	26
3rd	CWJ Allison 0(5) & PI Walter 5(4)	5	9
4th	MJJ Critchley 59(87) & PI Walter 34(68)	96	154
5th	PWA Mulder 6(15) & PI Walter 3(8)	9	23
6th	MS Pepper 0(7) & PWA Mulder 1(3)	1	10
7th	PWA Mulder 24(29) & SR Harmer 17(30)	41	59
8th	S Snater 7(20) & SR Harmer 3(15)	11	35
9th	SJ Cook 17(38) & S Snater 16(23)	38	61
10th	JA Porter 0(1) & S Snater 4(3)	4	4

Somerset 2nd innings

49/0 (5.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AM Vaughan	not out	41*	25	6	2	164.00
Josh Thomas	not out	8*	9	2	0	88.89
Extras		0
Total	5.4 Ov (RR 8.65) · Target 47	49/0

Did not bat: Jack Leach, Tom Lammonby, James Rew, Tom Abell, Craig Overton, Migael Pretorius, Josh Shaw, Jake Ball, Will Smeed

Bowler	O	M	R	Econ	0s	4s	6s
Sam Cook	2	1	19	9.50	7	4	0
Simon Harmer	2.4	0	25	9.38	10	3	2
Matthew Critchley	1	0	5	5.00	4	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	AM Vaughan 41(25) & JF Thomas 8(9)	49*	34