ESS vs SOM Scorecard, County Championship Division One, Match 6, 10 April, 2026, County Ground, Chelmsford

County Championship Division One | April 10, 2026, 03:30 PM | County Ground, Chelmsford

Completed

Essex

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

Somerset

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

Somerset won by 10 wickets

4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 4

Commentary Scorecard Squad Point Table Stats

Essex 1st Inning Inning

149/10 (51 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar c JT Ball b TA Lammonby	41	94	5	0	43.61
Paul Walter lbw b JT Ball	2	22	0	0	9.09
Wiaan Mulder c TK Cadmore b JT Ball	0	2	0	0	0.00
Charles Allison c TB Abell b M Pretorius	49	84	6	0	58.33
Matt Critchley c J Rew b TA Lammonby	0	3	0	0	0.00
Luc Benkenstein b J Shaw	18	49	3	0	36.73
Michael-Kyle Pepper b C Overton	16	22	3	0	72.72
Simon Harmer lbw b C Overton	0	2	0	0	0.00
Shane Snater b J Shaw	13	11	3	0	118.18
Samuel Cook Not out	1	7	0	0	14.28
Jamie Porter c J Rew b J Shaw	0	11	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	9
TOTAL (2.92 RUNS PER OVER)	149/10 (51 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

14-1 (Paul Walter, 7.3 ov), 14-2 (Wiaan Mulder, 7.5 ov), 77-3 (Dean Elgar, 29.3 ov), 77-4 (Matt Critchley, 29.6 ov), 105-5 (Charles Allison, 38.4 ov), 130-6 (Michael-Kyle Pepper, 45.1 ov), 130-7 (Simon Harmer, 45.3 ov), 134-8 (Luc Benkenstein, 46.4 ov), 147-9 (Shane Snater, 48.5 ov), 149-10 (Jamie Porter, 50.6 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Dots	NB	ECO
Craig Overton	13.2	5	35	2	68	0	2.62
Jake Ball	13.4	1	34	2	61	0	2.48
Migael Pretorius	11	1	38	1	49	1	3.45
Josh Shaw	11	5	30	3	54	0	2.72
Tom Lammonby	2	0	5	2	8	0	2.50

Somerset 1st Inning Inning

348/10 (92.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jack Leach b JA Porter	6	12	1	0	50.00
Joshua Thomas c MKS Pepper b S Cook	4	20	0	0	20.00
Tom Lammonby c D Elgar b S Cook	2	2	0	0	100.00
James Rew c MKS Pepper b SR Harmer	48	67	9	0	71.64
Tom Abell c MKS Pepper b S Snater	29	42	3	0	69.04
Lewis Goldsworthy c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	42	127	5	0	33.07
Craig Overton lbw b S Snater	141	180	19	3	78.33
Will Smeed c MKS Pepper b S Cook	39	77	5	0	50.64
Migael Pretorius c PI Walter b JA Porter	6	11	1	0	54.00
Josh Shaw Not out	11	17	2	0	64.70
Jake Ball c PWA Mulder b S Snater	1	4	0	0	25.00
EXTRAS ( b 8, lb 3, w 0, nb 8, p 0)	19
TOTAL (3.76 RUNS PER OVER)	348/10 (92.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

8-1 (Jack Leach, 2.5 ov), 11-2 (Tom Lammonby, 3.6 ov), 16-3 (Joshua Thomas, 5.2 ov), 73-4 (Tom Abell, 18.2 ov), 114-5 (James Rew, 30.1 ov), 212-6 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 57.2 ov), 330-7 (Craig Overton, 86.3 ov), 330-8 (Will Smeed, 87.4 ov), 347-9 (Migael Pretorius, 91.5 ov), 348-10 (Jake Ball, 92.3 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Dots	NB	ECO
Jamie Porter	21	5	84	3	88	3	4.00
Samuel Cook	24	5	93	3	106	0	3.87
Shane Snater	18.3	6	56	3	88	0	3.02
Wiaan Mulder	7	1	21	0	35	1	3.00
Simon Harmer	16	2	60	1	73	0	3.75
Matt Critchley	6	0	23	0	18	0	3.83

Essex 2nd Inning Inning

245/10 (72.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter c & b C Overton	70	118	9	0	659.32
Dean Elgar c TB Abell b J Leach	7	34	1	0	20.58
Luc Benkenstein c J Rew b M Pretorius	4	8	1	0	50.00
Charles Allison c TB Abell b JT Ball	0	5	0	0	0.00
Matt Critchley c (sub A Vaughan) b C Overton	59	87	10	0	67.81
Wiaan Mulder c J Rew b M Pretorius	31	47	5	0	65.95
Michael-Kyle Pepper c C Overton b JT Ball	0	7	0	0	0.00
Simon Harmer lbw b J Shaw	20	45	2	0	44.44
Shane Snater c (sub A Vaughan) b M Pretorius	27	46	4	0	58.00
Samuel Cook c J Rew b JT Ball	17	38	2	0	44.00
Jamie Porter Not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 7, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	10
TOTAL (3.38 RUNS PER OVER)	245/10 (72.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

29-1 (Dean Elgar, 8.6 ov), 40-2 (Luc Benkenstein, 13.2 ov), 45-3 (Charles Allison, 14.5 ov), 141-4 (Matt Critchley, 40.3 ov), 150-5 (Paul Walter, 44.2 ov), 151-6 (Michael-Kyle Pepper, 45.6 ov), 192-7 (Wiaan Mulder, 55.5 ov), 203-8 (Simon Harmer, 61.4 ov), 241-9 (Samuel Cook, 71.5 ov), 245-10 (Shane Snater, 72.3 ov)