Essex v Hampshire, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 21, County Championship Division One, 2026

County Championship Division One Match 21: Essex v Hampshire, May 08, 2026

Essex

ESS

273/10 (90) & 178/4 (41.5)

Hampshire

HAM

235/10 (71.3) & 214/10 (79.5)

Finished

ESS won by 6 wickets

Hampshire 1st InningHAM 1st Inning235/10 (71.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Toby Albert	lbw b S Cook	6	20	1	0	30.00
lbw b S Cook
Nick Gubbins	c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	8	28	1	0	28.57
c MJJ Critchley b S Snater
Tom Prest	b S Cook	4	4	1	0	100.00
b S Cook
Jake Lehmann	b JA Porter	89	164	15	0	54.27
b JA Porter
Ben Mayes	c SR Harmer b S Cook	20	38	3	0	52.63
c SR Harmer b S Cook
Ben Brown(WK/C)	c D Elgar b PWA Mulder	73	116	9	1	62.93
c D Elgar b PWA Mulder
Liam Dawson	b PWA Mulder	6	40	0	0	15.00
b PWA Mulder
James Fuller	c & b SR Harmer	9	7	0	1	128.57
c & b SR Harmer
Scott Currie	runout (PWA Mulder / CW Allison)	0	2	0	0	0.00
runout (PWA Mulder / CW Allison)
Kyle Abbott	lbw b PWA Mulder	2	9	0	0	22.20
lbw b PWA Mulder
Codi Yusuf	Not out	0	3	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	18 (b 0, w 0, nb 4, lb 14)
Total	235/10 (71.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jamie Porter	14	6	30	1	2.14
Samuel Cook	14	2	56	3	4.00
Shane Snater	11	1	34	1	1
Wiaan Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	3.68
Simon Harmer	15	4	40	1	2.67
Matt Critchley	5	1	15	0	3.00

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (T Albert - 5.2 ov), 2-15 (T Prest - 5.6 ov), 3-33 (NRT Gubbins - 10.6 ov), 4-88 (B Mayes - 29.1 ov), 5-193 (JS Lehmann - 53.2 ov), 6-217 (L Dawson - 65.3 ov), 7-228 (JK Fuller - 66.6 ov), 8-229 (S Currie - 67.3 ov), 9-235 (BC Brown - 69.6 ov), 10-235 (K Abbott - 71.3 ov)

Essex 1st InningESS 1st Inning273/10 (90 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dean Elgar	c JS Lehmann b JK Fuller	18	59	4	0	30.51
c JS Lehmann b JK Fuller
Paul Walter	c BC Brown b K Abbott	5	23	1	0	21.74
c BC Brown b K Abbott
Tom Westley(C)	c B Mayes b S Currie	34	74	5	0	45.95
c B Mayes b S Currie
Samuel Cook	b JK Fuller	2	17	0	0	11.76
b JK Fuller
Charles Allison	c BC Brown b JK Fuller	0	7	0	0	0.00
c BC Brown b JK Fuller
Matt Critchley	lbw b K Abbott	27	49	3	0	55.10
lbw b K Abbott
Wiaan Mulder	c BC Brown b L Dawson	54	98	6	0	55.10
c BC Brown b L Dawson
Michael-Kyle Pepper(WK)	c BC Brown b S Currie	10	37	0	0	27.03
c BC Brown b S Currie
Simon Harmer	Not out	80	118	14	0	67.80
Not out
Shane Snater	c BC Brown b JK Fuller	16	23	2	1	69.57
c BC Brown b JK Fuller
Jamie Porter	b JK Fuller	12	38	3	0	31.58
b JK Fuller
Extra	15 (b 4, w 3, nb 6, lb 2)
Total	273/10 (90)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kyle Abbott	24	8	45	2	1.88
Codi Yusuf	22	3	85	0	3.86
James Fuller	15	4	43	5	2.87
Scott Currie	14	2	37	2	2.64
Liam Dawson	15	3	57	1	3.80

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (PI Walter - 6.3 ov), 2-42 (D Elgar - 18.2 ov), 3-53 (S Cook - 23.4 ov), 4-53 (CW Allison - 25.5 ov), 5-80 (TZ Westley - 33.3 ov), 6-126 (MJJ Critchley - 46.5 ov), 7-157 (MKS Pepper - 60.1 ov), 8-157 (PWA Mulder - 61.2 ov), 9-192 (S Snater - 68.6 ov), 10-273 (JA Porter - 89.6 ov)

Hampshire 2nd InningHAM 2nd Inning214/10 (79.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Toby Albert	c MKS Pepper b S Cook	1	22	0	0	4.55
c MKS Pepper b S Cook
Nick Gubbins	c PI Walter b SR Harmer	71	189	13	0	37.56
c PI Walter b SR Harmer
Tom Prest	c MKS Pepper b S Cook	1	8	0	0	12.50
c MKS Pepper b S Cook
Jake Lehmann	b JA Porter	27	78	4	0	34.62
b JA Porter
Ben Mayes	c & b SR Harmer	8	31	0	0	25.80
c & b SR Harmer
Ben Brown(WK/C)	Not out	57	89	8	0	64.04
Not out
Liam Dawson	c MKS Pepper b S Cook	13	19	1	1	68.42
c MKS Pepper b S Cook
James Fuller	lbw b PWA Mulder	18	26	3	0	69.23
lbw b PWA Mulder
Scott Currie	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	2	12	0	0	16.67
c D Elgar b SR Harmer
Kyle Abbott	lbw b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.00
lbw b SR Harmer
Codi Yusuf	c SR Harmer b PWA Mulder	0	4	0	0	0.00
c SR Harmer b PWA Mulder
Extra	16 (b 4, w 0, nb 2, lb 10)
Total	214/10 (79.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jamie Porter	14	5	35	1	2.50
Samuel Cook	15	3	52	3	3.47
Shane Snater	5	1	15	0	3.00
Simon Harmer	31	8	66	4	2.13
Wiaan Mulder	11.5	1	23	2	1.94
Matt Critchley	3	0	9	0	3.00

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (T Albert - 7.6 ov), 2-19 (T Prest - 11.4 ov), 3-93 (JS Lehmann - 39.2 ov), 4-110 (B Mayes - 50.1 ov), 5-125 (NRT Gubbins - 58.2 ov), 6-150 (L Dawson - 63.6 ov), 7-196 (JK Fuller - 73.4 ov), 8-213 (S Currie - 78.3 ov), 9-213 (K Abbott - 78.5 ov), 10-214 (CE Yusuf - 79.5 ov)

Essex 2nd InningESS 2nd Inning178/4 (41.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Paul Walter	c BC Brown b K Abbott	17	19	3	0	89.47
c BC Brown b K Abbott
Dean Elgar	b K Abbott	8	33	1	0	24.24
b K Abbott
Tom Westley(C)	c T Prest b K Abbott	9	31	1	0	29.03
c T Prest b K Abbott
Charles Allison	lbw b K Abbott	34	68	4	0	50.00
lbw b K Abbott
Matt Critchley	Not out	90	73	15	0	123.29
Not out
Wiaan Mulder	Not out	15	27	1	1	55.56
Not out
Extra	5 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 5)
Total	178/4 (41.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kyle Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.50
Codi Yusuf	9	1	47	0	5.22
Liam Dawson	5	0	19	0	3.80
James Fuller	8	0	32	0	4.00
Scott Currie	4	0	25	0	6.25
Tom Prest	1.5	0	15	0	8.18

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

Date

2026-05-08 15:30 PM

Venue

County Ground, Chelmsford

Toss

Essex elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee