Essex vs Hampshire, Division 1

County Div 1 2026 · 4day · Fri, 8 May 2026, 10:00 UTC · County Ground, Chelmsford

Essex won by 6 wickets (Essex 273 & 178/4, Hampshire 235 & 214).

Hampshire · 1st innings: 235 (71.3 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Toby Albert	lbw b Samuel Cook	6	20	1	0	30
Nick Gubbins	c Matthew Critchley b Shane Snater	8	28	1	0	28.57
Tom Prest	b Samuel Cook	4	4	1	0	100
Jake Lehmann	b James Porter	89	164	15	0	54.27
Ben Mayes	c Simon Harmer b Samuel Cook	20	38	3	0	52.63
Ben Brown	c Dean Elgar b Wiaan Mulder	73	116	9	1	62.93
Liam Dawson	b Wiaan Mulder	6	40	0	0	15
James Fuller	c & b Simon Harmer	9	7	0	1	128.57
Scott Currie	run out	0	2	0	0	0
Kyle Abbott	not out	2	9	0	0	22.22
Codi Yusuf	lbw b Wiaan Mulder	0	3	0	0	0

Extras: 18

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	14	6	30	1	2.14
Samuel Cook	14	2	56	3	4
Shane Snater	11	1	34	1	3.09
Wiaan Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	3.68
Simon Harmer	15	4	40	1	2.67
Matthew Critchley	5	1	15	0	3

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Codi Yusuf b James Fuller	18	59	4	0	30.51
Paul Walter	c Ben Brown b Kyle Abbott	5	23	1	0	21.74
Tom Westley	c Ben Mayes b Scott Currie	34	74	5	0	45.95
Samuel Cook	b James Fuller	2	17	0	0	11.76
Charlie Allison	c Ben Brown b James Fuller	0	7	0	0	0
Matthew Critchley	lbw b Kyle Abbott	27	49	3	0	55.1
Wiaan Mulder	c Ben Brown b Liam Dawson	54	98	6	0	55.1
Michael Pepper	c Ben Brown b Scott Currie	10	37	0	0	27.03
Simon Harmer	not out	80	118	14	0	67.8
Shane Snater	c Ben Brown b James Fuller	16	23	2	1	69.57
James Porter	b James Fuller	12	38	3	0	31.58

Extras: 15

Bowling
Bowler	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	3.8

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Toby Albert	c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook	1	22	0	0	4.55
Nick Gubbins	c Paul Walter b Simon Harmer	71	189	13	0	37.57
Tom Prest	c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook	1	8	0	0	12.5
Jake Lehmann	b James Porter	27	78	4	0	34.62
Ben Mayes	c & b Simon Harmer	8	31	0	0	25.81
Ben Brown	not out	57	89	8	0	64.04
Liam Dawson	c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook	13	19	1	1	68.42
James Fuller	lbw b Wiaan Mulder	18	26	3	0	69.23
Scott Currie	c Dean Elgar b Simon Harmer	2	12	0	0	16.67
Kyle Abbott	lbw b Simon Harmer	0	2	0	0	0
Codi Yusuf	c Simon Harmer b Wiaan Mulder	0	4	0	0	0

Extras: 16

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	14	5	35	1	2.5
Samuel Cook	15	3	52	3	3.47
Shane Snater	5	1	15	0	3
Simon Harmer	31	8	66	4	2.13
Wiaan Mulder	11.5	1	23	2	1.94
Matthew Critchley	3	0	9	0	3

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	c Ben Brown b Kyle Abbott	17	19	3	0	89.47
Dean Elgar	b Kyle Abbott	8	33	1	0	24.24
Tom Westley	c Tom Prest b Kyle Abbott	9	31	1	0	29.03
Charlie Allison	lbw b Kyle Abbott	34	68	4	0	50
Matthew Critchley	not out	90	73	15	0	123.29
Wiaan Mulder	not out	15	27	1	1	55.56

Extras: 5 · Did not bat: Michael Pepper, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, James Porter, Samuel Cook

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kyle Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.5
Codi Yusuf	9	1	47	0	5.22
Liam Dawson	5	0	19	0	3.8
James Fuller	8	0	32	0	4
Scott Currie	4	0	25	0	6.25
Tom Prest	1.5	0	15	0	8.18