Warwickshire vs Essex, Division 1

County Div 1 2026 · 4day · Fri, 17 Apr 2026, 10:00 UTC · Edgbaston, Birmingham

Warwickshire won by 41 runs (Warwickshire 190 & 220, Essex 205 & 164).

Warwickshire: 190 (64.5 ov) & 220 (62.2 ov)
Essex: 205 (73.5 ov) & 164 (64.2 ov)

Warwickshire · 1st innings: 190 (64.5 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Robert Yates	c Paul Walter b James Porter	8	12	1	0	66.67
Alex Davies	c Michael Pepper b James Porter	0	1	0	0	0
Dan Mousley	lbw b James Porter	10	33	2	0	30.3
Sam Hain	not out	88	179	11	2	49.16
Beau Webster	b Shane Snater	14	17	2	0	82.35
Ed Barnard	lbw b Zaman Akhter	9	27	2	0	33.33
Zen Malik	lbw b James Porter	4	21	1	0	19.05
Jordan Thompson	c Paul Walter b Samuel Cook	13	11	2	0	118.18
Keith Barker	c Shane Snater b Zaman Akhter	22	48	2	0	45.83
Ethan Bamber	c Michael Pepper b Shane Snater	0	7	0	0	0
Nathan Gilchrist	b Samuel Cook	7	35	1	0	20

Extras: 15

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	20	3	59	4	2.95
Samuel Cook	18.5	7	38	2	2.02
Shane Snater	12	3	34	2	2.83
Zaman Akhter	13	3	47	2	3.62
Simon Harmer	1	0	2	0	2

Essex · 1st innings: 205 (73.5 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Robert Yates b Ethan Bamber	7	25	1	0	28
Paul Walter	c Dan Mousley b Ethan Bamber	46	97	7	0	47.42
Luc Benkenstein	c Alex Davies b Keith Barker	1	7	0	0	14.29
Charlie Allison	lbw b Nathan Gilchrist	44	94	8	0	46.81
Samuel Cook	c Robert Yates b Nathan Gilchrist	19	46	3	0	41.3
Matthew Critchley	c Zen Malik b Ethan Bamber	11	18	0	0	61.11
Michael Pepper	c Beau Webster b Nathan Gilchrist	0	2	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	b Nathan Gilchrist	48	91	6	2	52.75
Shane Snater	lbw b Ed Barnard	8	42	1	0	19.05
Zaman Akhter	b Keith Barker	4	14	0	0	28.57
James Porter	not out	1	9	0	0	11.11

Extras: 16

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Keith Barker	17	8	37	2	2.18
Ethan Bamber	20	3	44	3	2.2
Ed Barnard	17	7	38	1	2.24
Jordan Thompson	10	0	35	0	3.5
Nathan Gilchrist	9.5	0	40	4	4.07

Warwickshire · 2nd innings: 220 (62.2 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Robert Yates	c Charlie Allison b Shane Snater	22	56	4	0	39.29
Alex Davies	c Simon Harmer b Samuel Cook	5	17	0	0	29.41
Dan Mousley	c Luc Benkenstein b Samuel Cook	0	5	0	0	0
Sam Hain	c Simon Harmer b Samuel Cook	0	5	0	0	0
Beau Webster	b Samuel Cook	91	123	16	0	73.98
Ed Barnard	c Paul Walter b Shane Snater	17	25	4	0	68
Zen Malik	c Charlie Allison b James Porter	21	47	3	0	44.68
Jordan Thompson	c Paul Walter b Simon Harmer	7	19	1	0	36.84
Keith Barker	c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook	11	24	2	0	45.83
Ethan Bamber	not out	19	25	3	0	76
Nathan Gilchrist	b Shane Snater	17	28	2	1	60.71

Extras: 10

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	13	8	31	1	2.38
Samuel Cook	15	3	58	5	3.87
Shane Snater	9.2	4	15	3	1.61
Zaman Akhter	7	1	41	0	5.86
Simon Harmer	18	3	65	1	3.61

Essex · 2nd innings: 164 (64.2 ov)

Batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Samuel Cook	c Jordan Thompson b Keith Barker	14	25	3	0	56
Dean Elgar	lbw b Keith Barker	0	7	0	0	0
Paul Walter	c Keith Barker b Ed Barnard	8	45	1	0	17.78
Charlie Allison	b Keith Barker	0	3	0	0	0
Matthew Critchley	c Dan Mousley b Ethan Bamber	4	5	1	0	80
Luc Benkenstein	b Ethan Bamber	39	93	8	0	41.94
Michael Pepper	c Robert Yates b Keith Barker	9	41	1	0	21.95
Simon Harmer	c Robert Yates b Beau Webster	32	57	4	0	56.14
Shane Snater	c Alex Davies b Jordan Thompson	11	36	2	0	30.56
Zaman Akhter	c Sam Hain b Beau Webster	35	68	7	0	51.47
James Porter	not out	0	7	0	0	0

Extras: 12

Bowling
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ethan Bamber	16	4	57	2	3.56
Keith Barker	17	5	29	4	1.71
Nathan Gilchrist	7	2	31	0	4.43
Ed Barnard	11	6	12	1	1.09
Jordan Thompson	8	3	24	1	3
Beau Webster	4.2	2	4	2	0.92
Robert Yates	1	1	0	0	0