Hampshire vs Essex, Match 21 - Scorecard

ResultFirst-classCounty Championship 2026· Super 18, Group 1· County Ground, Chelmsford· Fri 8 May, 14:00

Hampshire235 & 214(79.5 ov)

Essex273 & 178/4(41.5 ov)

Essex won by 6 wickets

Hampshire 1st innings

235 (71.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Toby Albert	lbw b SJ Cook	6	20	1	0	30.00
Nick Gubbins	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	8	28	1	0	28.57
Tom Prest	b SJ Cook	4	4	1	0	100.00
Jake Lehmann	b JA Porter	89	164	15	0	54.27
BA Mayes	c SR Harmer b SJ Cook	20	38	3	0	52.63
Ben Brown †	c D Elgar b PWA Mulder	73	116	9	1	62.93
Liam Dawson	b PWA Mulder	6	40	0	0	15.00
James Fuller	c & b SR Harmer	9	7	0	1	128.57
Scott Currie	run out (CWJ Allison/PWA Mulder)	0	2	0	0	0.00
Kyle Abbott	not out	2*	9	0	0	22.22
Codi Yusuf	lbw b PWA Mulder	0	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 14, nb 4)	18
Total	71.3 Ov (RR 3.29)	235

Fall of wickets: 11-1 (TE Albert, 5.2 ov), 15-2 (TJ Prest, 6 ov), 33-3 (NRT Gubbins, 11 ov), 88-4 (BA Mayes, 29.1 ov), 193-5 (JS Lehmann, 53.2 ov), 217-6 (LA Dawson, 65.3 ov), 228-7 (JK Fuller, 67 ov), 229-8 (SW Currie, 67.3 ov), 235-9 (BC Brown, 70 ov), 235-10 (Codi Yusuf, 71.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jamie Porter	14	6	30	1	2.14	73	6	0	0
Sam Cook	14	2	56	3	4.00	63	10	0	1
Shane Snater	11	1	34	1	3.09	49	4	0	0
Wiaan Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	3.68	53	5	0	1
Simon Harmer	15	4	40	1	2.67	76	4	2	0
Matthew Critchley	5	1	15	0	3.00	20	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	TE Albert 6(20) & NRT Gubbins 5(12)	11	32
2nd	TJ Prest 4(4) & NRT Gubbins 0(0)	4	4
3rd	NRT Gubbins 3(16) & JS Lehmann 10(14)	18	30
4th	JS Lehmann 32(72) & BA Mayes 20(38)	55	109
5th	BC Brown 48(68) & JS Lehmann 47(78)	105	145
6th	LA Dawson 6(40) & BC Brown 18(33)	24	73
7th	JK Fuller 9(7) & BC Brown 2(2)	11	9
8th	BC Brown 1(1) & SW Currie 0(2)	1	3
9th	BC Brown 4(12) & KJ Abbott 2(3)	6	15
10th	KJ Abbott 0(6) & Codi Yusuf 0(3)	0	9

Essex 1st innings

273 (90 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Codi Yusuf b JK Fuller	18	59	4	0	30.51
Paul Walter	c †BC Brown b KJ Abbott	5	23	1	0	21.74
Tom Westley	c BA Mayes b SW Currie	34	74	5	0	45.95
Sam Cook	b JK Fuller	2	17	0	0	11.76
CWJ Allison	c †BC Brown b JK Fuller	0	7	0	0	0.00
Matthew Critchley	lbw b KJ Abbott	27	49	3	0	55.10
Wiaan Mulder	c †BC Brown b LA Dawson	54	98	6	0	55.10
Michael-Kyle Pepper †	c †BC Brown b SW Currie	10	37	0	0	27.03
Simon Harmer	not out	80*	118	14	0	67.80
Shane Snater	c †BC Brown b JK Fuller	16	23	2	1	69.57
Jamie Porter	b JK Fuller	12	38	3	0	31.58
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 3, nb 6)	15
Total	90 Ov (RR 3.03)	273

Fall of wickets: 19-1 (PI Walter, 6.3 ov), 42-2 (D Elgar, 18.2 ov), 53-3 (SJ Cook, 23.4 ov), 53-4 (CWJ Allison, 25.5 ov), 80-5 (T Westley, 33.3 ov), 126-6 (MJJ Critchley, 46.5 ov), 157-7 (MS Pepper, 60.1 ov), 157-8 (PWA Mulder, 61.2 ov), 192-9 (S Snater, 69 ov), 273-10 (JA Porter, 90 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kyle Abbott	24	8	45	2	1.88	119	5	0	0	0
Codi Yusuf	22	3	85	0	3.86	99	13	0	2	2
James Fuller	15	4	43	5	2.87	75	7	0	0	1
Scott Currie	14	2	37	2	2.64	62	4	0	0	0
Liam Dawson	15	3	57	1	3.80	66	9	1	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	D Elgar 10(16) & PI Walter 5(23)	19	39
2nd	T Westley 15(28) & D Elgar 8(43)	23	71
3rd	SJ Cook 2(17) & T Westley 9(15)	11	32
4th	CWJ Allison 0(7) & T Westley 0(6)	0	13
5th	MJJ Critchley 17(21) & T Westley 10(25)	27	46
6th	PWA Mulder 36(52) & MJJ Critchley 10(28)	46	80
7th	MS Pepper 10(37) & PWA Mulder 18(44)	31	80
8th	SR Harmer 0(5) & PWA Mulder 0(2)	0	7
9th	S Snater 16(23) & SR Harmer 19(23)	35	46
10th	SR Harmer 61(90) & JA Porter 12(38)	81	126

Hampshire 2nd innings

214 (79.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Toby Albert	c †MS Pepper b SJ Cook	1	22	0	0	4.55
Nick Gubbins	c PI Walter b SR Harmer	71	189	13	0	37.57
Tom Prest	c †MS Pepper b SJ Cook	1	8	0	0	12.50
Jake Lehmann	b JA Porter	27	78	4	0	34.62
BA Mayes	c & b SR Harmer	8	31	0	0	25.81
Ben Brown †	not out	57*	89	8	0	64.04
Liam Dawson	c †MS Pepper b SJ Cook	13	19	1	1	68.42
James Fuller	lbw b PWA Mulder	18	26	3	0	69.23
Scott Currie	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	2	12	0	0	16.67
Kyle Abbott	lbw b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.00
Codi Yusuf	c SR Harmer b PWA Mulder	0	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 10, nb 2)	16
Total	79.5 Ov (RR 2.68)	214

Fall of wickets: 13-1 (TE Albert, 8 ov), 19-2 (TJ Prest, 11.4 ov), 93-3 (JS Lehmann, 39.2 ov), 110-4 (BA Mayes, 50.1 ov), 125-5 (NRT Gubbins, 58.2 ov), 150-6 (LA Dawson, 64 ov), 196-7 (JK Fuller, 73.4 ov), 213-8 (SW Currie, 78.3 ov), 213-9 (KJ Abbott, 78.5 ov), 214-10 (Codi Yusuf, 79.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jamie Porter	14	5	35	1	2.50	70	7	0	0
Sam Cook	15	3	52	3	3.47	71	10	0	0
Shane Snater	5	1	15	0	3.00	24	3	0	0
Simon Harmer	31	8	66	4	2.13	151	7	1	0
Wiaan Mulder	11.5	1	23	2	1.94	58	2	0	1
Matthew Critchley	3	0	9	0	3.00	10	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	TE Albert 1(22) & NRT Gubbins 8(26)	13	48
2nd	NRT Gubbins 5(14) & TJ Prest 1(8)	6	22
3rd	JS Lehmann 27(78) & NRT Gubbins 44(89)	74	166
4th	BA Mayes 8(31) & NRT Gubbins 9(34)	17	65
5th	BC Brown 10(23) & NRT Gubbins 5(26)	15	49
6th	LA Dawson 13(19) & BC Brown 11(15)	25	34
7th	BC Brown 28(32) & JK Fuller 18(26)	46	58
8th	SW Currie 2(12) & BC Brown 7(17)	17	29
9th	KJ Abbott 0(2) & BC Brown 0(0)	0	2
10th	Codi Yusuf 0(4) & BC Brown 1(2)	1	6

Essex 2nd innings

178/4 (41.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	c †BC Brown b KJ Abbott	17	19	3	0	89.47
Dean Elgar	b KJ Abbott	8	33	1	0	24.24
Tom Westley	c TJ Prest b KJ Abbott	9	31	1	0	29.03
CWJ Allison	lbw b KJ Abbott	34	68	4	0	50.00
Matthew Critchley	not out	90*	73	15	0	123.29
Wiaan Mulder	not out	15*	27	1	1	55.56
Extras	(lb 5)	5
Total	41.5 Ov (RR 4.25) · Target 177	178/4

Did not bat: Sam Cook, Michael-Kyle Pepper, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Jamie Porter

Fall of wickets: 20-1 (PI Walter, 6.2 ov), 31-2 (D Elgar, 12.3 ov), 40-3 (T Westley, 16.1 ov), 141-4 (CWJ Allison, 34.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
Kyle Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.50	70	6	0
Codi Yusuf	9	1	47	0	5.22	29	6	0
Liam Dawson	5	0	19	0	3.80	20	3	0
James Fuller	8	0	32	0	4.00	33	5	0
Scott Currie	4	0	25	0	6.25	13	4	0
Tom Prest	1.5	0	15	0	8.18	4	1	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	PI Walter 17(19) & D Elgar 2(19)	20	38
2nd	T Westley 5(23) & D Elgar 6(14)	11	37
3rd	CWJ Allison 5(14) & T Westley 4(8)	9	22
4th	MJJ Critchley 68(58) & CWJ Allison 29(54)	101	112
5th	PWA Mulder 15(27) & MJJ Critchley 22(15)	37*	42