Essex v Somerset, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 6, County Championship Division One, 2026

County Championship Division One Match 6: Essex v Somerset, April 10, 2026

Essex

ESS

149/10 (51) & 245/10 (72.3)

Somerset

SOM

348/10 (92.3) & 49/0 (5.4)

Finished

SOM won by 10 wickets

Essex 1st InningESS 1st Inning149/10 (51 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dean Elgar	c JT Ball b TA Lammonby	41	94	5	0	43.61
c JT Ball b TA Lammonby
Paul Walter	lbw b JT Ball	2	22	0	0	9.09
lbw b JT Ball
Wiaan Mulder	c TK Cadmore b JT Ball	0	2	0	0	0.00
c TK Cadmore b JT Ball
Charles Allison	c TB Abell b M Pretorius	49	84	6	0	58.33
c TB Abell b M Pretorius
Matt Critchley	c J Rew b TA Lammonby	0	3	0	0	0.00
c J Rew b TA Lammonby
Luc Benkenstein	b J Shaw	18	49	3	0	36.73
b J Shaw
Michael-Kyle Pepper(WK)	b C Overton	16	22	3	0	72.72
b C Overton
Simon Harmer	lbw b C Overton	0	2	0	0	0.00
lbw b C Overton
Shane Snater	b J Shaw	13	11	3	0	118.18
b J Shaw
Samuel Cook(C)	Not out	1	7	0	0	14.28
Not out
Jamie Porter	c J Rew b J Shaw	0	11	0	0	0.00
c J Rew b J Shaw
Extra	9 (b 0, w 0, nb 2, lb 7)
Total	149/10 (51)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Craig Overton	13.2	5	35	2	2.62
Jake Ball	13.4	1	34	2	2.48
Migael Pretorius	11	1	38	1	3.45
Josh Shaw	11	5	30	3	2.72
Tom Lammonby	2	0	5	2	2.50

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (PI Walter - 7.3 ov), 2-14 (PWA Mulder - 7.5 ov), 3-77 (D Elgar - 29.3 ov), 4-77 (MJJ Critchley - 29.6 ov), 5-105 (CW Allison - 38.4 ov), 6-130 (MKS Pepper - 45.1 ov), 7-130 (SR Harmer - 45.3 ov), 8-134 (L Benkenstein - 46.4 ov), 9-147 (S Snater - 48.5 ov), 10-149 (JA Porter - 50.6 ov)

Somerset 1st InningSOM 1st Inning348/10 (92.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Jack Leach	b JA Porter	6	12	1	0	50.00
b JA Porter
Joshua Thomas	c MKS Pepper b S Cook	4	20	0	0	20.00
c MKS Pepper b S Cook
Tom Lammonby	c D Elgar b S Cook	2	2	0	0	100.00
c D Elgar b S Cook
James Rew(WK)	c MKS Pepper b SR Harmer	48	67	9	0	71.64
c MKS Pepper b SR Harmer
Tom Abell	c MKS Pepper b S Snater	29	42	3	0	69.04
c MKS Pepper b S Snater
Lewis Goldsworthy	c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	42	127	5	0	33.07
c MKS Pepper b JA Porter
Craig Overton(C)	lbw b S Snater	141	180	19	3	78.33
lbw b S Snater
Will Smeed	c MKS Pepper b S Cook	39	77	5	0	50.64
c MKS Pepper b S Cook
Migael Pretorius	c PI Walter b JA Porter	6	11	1	0	54.00
c PI Walter b JA Porter
Josh Shaw	Not out	11	17	2	0	64.70
Not out
Jake Ball	c PWA Mulder b S Snater	1	4	0	0	25.00
c PWA Mulder b S Snater
Extra	19 (b 8, w 0, nb 8, lb 3)
Total	348/10 (92.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jamie Porter	21	5	84	3	4.00
Samuel Cook	24	5	93	3	3.87
Shane Snater	18.3	6	56	3	3.02
Wiaan Mulder	7	1	21	0	3.00
Simon Harmer	16	2	60	1	3.75
Matt Critchley	6	0	23	0	3.83

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (J Leach - 2.5 ov), 2-11 (TA Lammonby - 3.6 ov), 3-16 (J Thomas - 5.2 ov), 4-73 (TB Abell - 18.2 ov), 5-114 (J Rew - 30.1 ov), 6-212 (L Goldsworthy - 57.2 ov), 7-330 (C Overton - 86.3 ov), 8-330 (W Smeed - 87.4 ov), 9-347 (M Pretorius - 91.5 ov), 10-348 (JT Ball - 92.3 ov)

Essex 2nd InningESS 2nd Inning245/10 (72.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Paul Walter	c & b C Overton	70	118	9	0	659.32
c & b C Overton
Dean Elgar	c TB Abell b J Leach	7	34	1	0	20.58
c TB Abell b J Leach
Luc Benkenstein	c J Rew b M Pretorius	4	8	1	0	50.00
c J Rew b M Pretorius
Charles Allison	c TB Abell b JT Ball	0	5	0	0	0.00
c TB Abell b JT Ball
Matt Critchley	c (sub A Vaughan) b C Overton	59	87	10	0	67.81
c (sub A Vaughan) b C Overton
Wiaan Mulder	c J Rew b M Pretorius	31	47	5	0	65.95
c J Rew b M Pretorius
Michael-Kyle Pepper(WK)	c C Overton b JT Ball	0	7	0	0	0.00
c C Overton b JT Ball
Simon Harmer	lbw b J Shaw	20	45	2	0	44.44
lbw b J Shaw
Shane Snater	c (sub A Vaughan) b M Pretorius	27	46	4	0	58.00
c (sub A Vaughan) b M Pretorius
Samuel Cook(C)	c J Rew b JT Ball	17	38	2	0	44.00
c J Rew b JT Ball
Jamie Porter	Not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	10 (b 1, w 0, nb 2, lb 7)
Total	245/10 (72.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Craig Overton	19	4	46	2	2.42
Jake Ball	19	2	67	3	3.52
Migael Pretorius	19.3	5	64	3	3.28
Jack Leach	4	0	8	1	2.00
Josh Shaw	11	2	52	1	4.72

Fall of wickets: 1-29 (D Elgar - 8.6 ov), 2-40 (L Benkenstein - 13.2 ov), 3-45 (CW Allison - 14.5 ov), 4-141 (MJJ Critchley - 40.3 ov), 5-150 (PI Walter - 44.2 ov), 6-151 (MKS Pepper - 45.6 ov), 7-192 (PWA Mulder - 55.5 ov), 8-203 (SR Harmer - 61.4 ov), 9-241 (S Cook - 71.5 ov), 10-245 (S Snater - 72.3 ov)

Somerset 2nd InningSOM 2nd Inning49/0 (5.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	ECON
Samuel Cook	2	1	19	9.50
Simon Harmer	2.4	0	25	9.37
Matt Critchley	1	0	5	5.00

Fall of wickets:

Date

2026-04-10 15:30 PM

Venue

County Ground, Chelmsford

Toss

Somerset elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee