Somerset vs Essex, Division 1

County Div 1 2026 · 4day · Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 10:00 UTC · The Cooper Associates County Ground, St James Street, Taunton

Finished – Somerset won by 8 wickets

Somerset · 1st innings: 469 (127.5 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Joshua Thomas	b Shane Snater	110	162	15	1	67.9
Tom Lammonby	b Samuel Cook	20	21	4	0	95.24
Lewis Goldsworthy	c Michael Pepper b James Porter	16	31	3	0	51.61
Henry Nicholls	b Samuel Cook	96	191	13	0	50.26
Tom Abell	b Shane Snater	65	124	10	0	52.42
James Rew	not out	74	127	10	0	58.27
Jake Ball	b Samuel Cook	3	14	0	0	21.43
Archie Vaughan	b James Porter	0	3	0	0	0
Lewis Gregory	lbw b Shane Snater	11	26	1	0	42.31
Jack Leach	c James Porter b Samuel Cook	5	21	0	0	23.81
Migael Pretorius	lbw b Matthew Critchley	48	48	7	0	100

Extras: 21

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	27	8	70	2	2.59
Samuel Cook	29	5	92	4	3.17
Shane Snater	26	5	96	3	3.69
Simon Harmer	31	4	124	0	4
Noah Thain	2	0	12	0	6
Matthew Critchley	11.5	1	54	1	4.56
Tom Westley	1	0	2	0	2

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b Lewis Gregory	0	2	0	0	0
Paul Walter	c Jack Leach b Jake Ball	48	70	8	0	68.57
Tom Westley	c James Rew b Lewis Gregory	0	2	0	0	0
Charlie Allison	b Lewis Gregory	1	6	0	0	16.67
Matthew Critchley	lbw b Archie Vaughan	50	88	6	1	56.82
Noah Thain	lbw b Jack Leach	10	17	2	0	58.82
Michael Pepper	c Henry Nicholls b Archie Vaughan	35	43	5	0	81.4
Simon Harmer	c Lewis Goldsworthy b Jack Leach	4	6	1	0	66.67
Shane Snater	c James Rew b Jack Leach	0	6	0	0	0
Samuel Cook	b Jack Leach	0	5	0	0	0
James Porter	not out	0	14	0	0	0

Extras: 10

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Lewis Gregory	6	1	29	3	4.83
Jake Ball	10	0	55	1	5.5
Migael Pretorius	8	3	21	0	2.63
Jack Leach	13	2	37	4	2.85
Archie Vaughan	5.4	1	13	2	2.29

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	b Jake Ball	43	82	4	1	52.44
Dean Elgar	c James Rew b Migael Pretorius	56	125	9	0	44.8
Tom Westley	c Tom Abell b Jack Leach	22	51	4	0	43.14
Charlie Allison	c James Rew b Jack Leach	114	254	13	2	44.88
Matthew Critchley	c Tom Abell b Jack Leach	94	236	11	0	39.83
Noah Thain	c Tom Abell b Jack Leach	11	54	1	0	20.37
Michael Pepper	c Tom Abell b Jack Leach	4	3	1	0	133.33
Simon Harmer	b Archie Vaughan	24	68	2	0	35.29
Shane Snater	b Archie Vaughan	14	30	2	0	46.67
Samuel Cook	not out	9	32	0	0	28.13
James Porter	lbw b Archie Vaughan	7	34	1	0	20.59

Extras: 14

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Migael Pretorius	26	3	72	1	2.77
Jake Ball	24.4	7	60	1	2.43
Archie Vaughan	40.1	6	123	3	3.06
Jack Leach	55.2	22	81	5	1.46
Joshua Thomas	2	0	10	0	5
Tom Lammonby	8	2	33	0	4.13
Lewis Goldsworthy	3	1	5	0	1.67
Lewis Gregory	2	0	18	0	9

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Joshua Thomas	c Matthew Critchley b Simon Harmer	31	29	3	106.9
Tom Lammonby	not out	39	54	5	72.22
Lewis Goldsworthy	c Shane Snater b Simon Harmer	6	8	1	75
Henry Nicholls	not out	18	25	2	72

Extras: 9 · Did not bat: James Rew, Tom Abell, Archie Vaughan, Lewis Gregory, Migael Pretorius, Jack Leach, Jake Ball

Bowling
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Samuel Cook	2	17	0	8.5
Simon Harmer	9.2	39	2	4.18
Matthew Critchley	6	33	0	5.5
Tom Westley	2	10	0	5