Essex v Worcestershire, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Group B, Metro Bank One Day Cup, 2026

Metro Bank One Day Cup Group B: Essex v Worcestershire, August 02, 2026

Essex

ESS

376/5 (50)

Worcestershire

WOR

269/10 (41.3)

Finished

ESS won by 107 runs

Essex InningESS Inning376/5 (50 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Noah Thain	c B Allison b F Singh	75	68	11	0	110.29
c B Allison b F Singh
Luc Benkenstein	c H Cullen b B Swanepoel	15	21	3	0	71.43
c H Cullen b B Swanepoel
Tom Westley(C)	st GH Roderick b F Singh	129	104	14	2	124.04
st GH Roderick b F Singh
Matt Critchley	Not out	102	73	9	2	139.73
Not out
Grant Roelofsen	c H Cullen b TAI Taylor	6	5	0	1	120.00
c H Cullen b TAI Taylor
Simon Harmer	c GH Roderick b BJ Gibbon	11	12	1	0	91.67
c GH Roderick b BJ Gibbon
Simon Fernandes(WK)	Not out	20	18	2	0	111.11
Not out
Extra	18 (b 1, w 11, nb 1, lb 5)
Total	376/5 (50)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Beyers Swanepoel	10	78	1	7.80
Tom Taylor	10	68	1	6.80
Ben Allison	10	66	0	6.60
Ben Gibbon	10	90	1	9.00
Fateh Singh	10	68	2	6.80

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (L Benkenstein - 4.6 ov), 2-164 (NRM Thain - 24.5 ov), 3-286 (TZ Westley - 38.6 ov), 4-293 (G Roelofsen - 39.5 ov), 5-319 (SR Harmer - 43.5 ov)

Worcestershire InningWOR Inning269/10 (41.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Isaac Mohammed	c Simon Fernandes b JA Porter	2	3	0	0	66.67
c Simon Fernandes b JA Porter
Rehaan Edavalath	runout (L Benkenstein)	1	4	0	0	25.00
runout (L Benkenstein)
Gareth Roderick(WK)	c MJJ Critchley b M Jones	24	39	1	0	61.54
c MJJ Critchley b M Jones
Jake Libby(C)	c NRM Thain b SR Harmer	109	100	13	2	109.00
c NRM Thain b SR Harmer
Kashif Ali	c TZ Westley b M Killeen	51	46	7	0	110.87
c TZ Westley b M Killeen
Henry Cullen	c L Benkenstein b M Jones	3	4	0	0	75.00
c L Benkenstein b M Jones
Tom Taylor	lbw b M Jones	3	10	0	0	30.00
lbw b M Jones
Beyers Swanepoel	st Simon Fernandes b SR Harmer	30	15	5	1	200.00
st Simon Fernandes b SR Harmer
Ben Allison	Not out	19	14	1	1	118.75
Not out
Fateh Singh	runout (Simon Fernandes / S Snater)	26	12	3	1	216.67
runout (Simon Fernandes / S Snater)
Ben Gibbon	c TZ Westley b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.00
c TZ Westley b SR Harmer
Extra	1 (b 0, w 1, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	269/10 (41.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Shane Snater	8	1	44	0	5.50
Jamie Porter	8	0	50	1	6.25
Mackenzie Jones	7	0	47	3	6.71
Simon Harmer	9.3	0	60	3	6.32
Matt Critchley	3	0	25	0	8.33
Mitchell Killeen	4	0	24	1	6.00
Luc Benkenstein	2	0	19	0	9.50

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (BJ Gibbon - 0 ov), 2-3 (I Mohammed - 1.1 ov), 3-3 (RM Edavalath - 1.2 ov), 4-63 (GH Roderick - 14.1 ov), 5-144 (K Ali - 27.2 ov), 6-153 (H Cullen - 28.4 ov), 7-168 (TAI Taylor - 30.6 ov), 8-215 (B Swanepoel - 35.3 ov), 9-228 (JD Libby - 37.4 ov), 10-269 (F Singh - 41.1 ov)

Date

2026-08-02 15:30 PM

Venue

County Ground, Chelmsford

Toss

Essex elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee