ESS vs HAM – Match 21

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End of Match! Essex win by 6 wickets

Match Highlights:
Matt Critchley: 90(73)
Jake Lehmann: 89(164)
James Fuller: 5/43
Simon Harmer: 4/66

41.56

Tom Prest to Wiaan Mulder, Six

41.40

Tom Prest to Wiaan Mulder, no run

41.31

Tom Prest to Matt Critchley, 1 run

41.21

Tom Prest to Wiaan Mulder, 1 run

41.10

Tom Prest to Wiaan Mulder, no run

41Ov170/4Score

00240410 runs

Matt Critchley*89 (72)

Wiaan Mulder8 (23)

Scott Currie0/25

40.64

Scott Currie to Matt Critchley, Four

40.50

Scott Currie to Matt Critchley, no run

40.44

Scott Currie to Matt Critchley, Four

40.32

Scott Currie to Matt Critchley, 2 runs

40.20

Scott Currie to Matt Critchley, no run

40.10

Scott Currie to Matt Critchley, no run

40Ov160/4Score

4011107 runs

Wiaan Mulder*8 (23)

Matt Critchley79 (66)

Tom Prest0/7

39.60

Tom Prest to Wiaan Mulder, no run

39.51

Tom Prest to Matt Critchley, 1 run

39.41

Tom Prest to Wiaan Mulder, 1 run

39.31

Tom Prest to Matt Critchley, 1 run

39.20

Tom Prest to Matt Critchley, no run

39.14

Tom Prest to Matt Critchley, Four

Hampshire 1st235/10 (71.3 ov, RR 3.29)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Toby Albert lbw b S Cook	6	20	1	0	30.0
Nick Gubbins c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	8	28	1	0	28.6
Tom Prest b S Cook	4	4	1	0	100.0
Jake Lehmann b JA Porter	89	164	15	0	54.3
Ben Mayes c SR Harmer b S Cook	20	38	3	0	52.6
Ben Brown (c) c D Elgar b PWA Mulder	73	116	9	1	62.9
Liam Dawson b PWA Mulder	6	40	0	0	15.0
James Fuller c & b SR Harmer	9	7	0	1	128.6
Scott Currie runout (PWA Mulder / CW Allison)	0	2	0	0	0.0
Kyle Abbott lbw b PWA Mulder	2	9	0	0	22.2
Codi Yusuf* Not out	0	3	0	0	0.0

Extras18 (b 0, lb 14, w 0, nb 4, p 0)

Total235/10 (71.3 ov · 30 fours, 2 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jamie Porter	14	6	30	1	2.14
Samuel Cook	14	2	56	3	4.00
Shane Snater	11	1	34	1	1.00
Wiaan Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	3.68
Simon Harmer	15	4	40	1	2.67
Matt Critchley	5	1	15	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Toby Albert 6 lbw b S Cook	11-1	5.2
Tom Prest 4 b S Cook	15-2	5.6
Nick Gubbins 8 c MJJ Critchley b S Snater	33-3	10.6
Ben Mayes 20 c SR Harmer b S Cook	88-4	29.1
Jake Lehmann 89 b JA Porter	193-5	53.2
Liam Dawson 6 b PWA Mulder	217-6	65.3
James Fuller 9 c & b SR Harmer	228-7	66.6
Scott Currie 0 runout (PWA Mulder / CW Allison)	229-8	67.3
Ben Brown 73 c D Elgar b PWA Mulder	235-9	69.6
Kyle Abbott 2 lbw b PWA Mulder	235-10	71.3

Essex 1st273/10 (90 ov, RR 3.03)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar c JS Lehmann b JK Fuller	18	59	4	0	30.5
Paul Walter c BC Brown b K Abbott	5	23	1	0	21.7
Tom Westley (c) c B Mayes b S Currie	34	74	5	0	46.0
Samuel Cook b JK Fuller	2	17	0	0	11.8
Charles Allison c BC Brown b JK Fuller	0	7	0	0	0.0
Matt Critchley lbw b K Abbott	27	49	3	0	55.1
Wiaan Mulder c BC Brown b L Dawson	54	98	6	0	55.1
Michael-Kyle Pepper c BC Brown b S Currie	10	37	0	0	27.0
Simon Harmer* Not out	80	118	14	0	67.8
Shane Snater c BC Brown b JK Fuller	16	23	2	1	69.6
Jamie Porter b JK Fuller	12	38	3	0	31.6

Extras15 (b 4, lb 2, w 3, nb 6, p 0)

Total273/10 (90 ov · 38 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
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	3.80

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Paul Walter 5 c BC Brown b K Abbott	19-1	6.3
Dean Elgar 18 c JS Lehmann b JK Fuller	42-2	18.2
Samuel Cook 2 b JK Fuller	53-3	23.4
Charles Allison 0 c BC Brown b JK Fuller	53-4	25.5
Tom Westley 34 c B Mayes b S Currie	80-5	33.3
Matt Critchley 27 lbw b K Abbott	126-6	46.5
Michael-Kyle Pepper 10 c BC Brown b S Currie	157-7	60.1
Wiaan Mulder 54 c BC Brown b L Dawson	157-8	61.2
Shane Snater 16 c BC Brown b JK Fuller	192-9	68.6
Jamie Porter 12 b JK Fuller	273-10	89.6

Hampshire 2nd214/10 (79.5 ov, RR 2.68)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Toby Albert c MKS Pepper b S Cook	1	22	0	0	4.6
Nick Gubbins c PI Walter b SR Harmer	71	189	13	0	37.6
Tom Prest c MKS Pepper b S Cook	1	8	0	0	12.5
Jake Lehmann b JA Porter	27	78	4	0	34.6
Ben Mayes c & b SR Harmer	8	31	0	0	25.8
Ben Brown (c)* Not out	57	89	8	0	64.0
Liam Dawson c MKS Pepper b S Cook	13	19	1	1	68.4
James Fuller lbw b PWA Mulder	18	26	3	0	69.2
Scott Currie c D Elgar b SR Harmer	2	12	0	0	16.7
Kyle Abbott lbw b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
Codi Yusuf c SR Harmer b PWA Mulder	0	4	0	0	0.0

Extras16 (b 4, lb 10, w 0, nb 2, p 0)

Total214/10 (79.5 ov · 29 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jamie Porter	14	5	35	1	2.50
Samuel Cook	15	3	52	3	3.47
Shane Snater	5	1	15	0	3.00
Simon Harmer	31	8	66	4	2.13
Wiaan Mulder	11.5	1	23	2	1.94
Matt Critchley	3	0	9	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Toby Albert 1 c MKS Pepper b S Cook	13-1	7.6
Tom Prest 1 c MKS Pepper b S Cook	19-2	11.4
Jake Lehmann 27 b JA Porter	93-3	39.2
Ben Mayes 8 c & b SR Harmer	110-4	50.1
Nick Gubbins 71 c PI Walter b SR Harmer	125-5	58.2
Liam Dawson 13 c MKS Pepper b S Cook	150-6	63.6
James Fuller 18 lbw b PWA Mulder	196-7	73.4
Scott Currie 2 c D Elgar b SR Harmer	213-8	78.3
Kyle Abbott 0 lbw b SR Harmer	213-9	78.5
Codi Yusuf 0 c SR Harmer b PWA Mulder	214-10	79.5

Essex 2nd178/4 (41.5 ov, RR 4.25)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter c BC Brown b K Abbott	17	19	3	0	89.5
Dean Elgar b K Abbott	8	33	1	0	24.2
Tom Westley (c) c T Prest b K Abbott	9	31	1	0	29.0
Charles Allison lbw b K Abbott	34	68	4	0	50.0
Matt Critchley* Not out	90	73	15	0	123.3
Wiaan Mulder* Not out	15	27	1	1	55.6

Extras5 (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total178/4 (41.5 ov · 25 fours, 1 sixes)

Did not batMichael-Kyle Pepper, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Samuel Cook, Jamie Porter

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Kyle Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.50
Codi Yusuf	9	1	47	0	5.22
Liam Dawson	5	0	19	0	3.80
James Fuller	8	0	32	0	4.00
Scott Currie	4	0	25	0	6.25
Tom Prest	1.5	0	15	0	8.18

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Paul Walter 17 c BC Brown b K Abbott	20-1	6.2
Dean Elgar 8 b K Abbott	31-2	12.3
Tom Westley 9 c T Prest b K Abbott	40-3	16.1
Charles Allison 34 lbw b K Abbott	141-4	34.5

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Playing XI

Dean Elgar BAT

Paul Walter AR

Tom Westley CBAT

CA

Charles Allison BAT

Wiaan Mulder AR

Matt Critchley AR

Michael-Kyle Pepper WKWK

Simon Harmer BOWL

Shane Snater BOWL

Samuel Cook BOWL

Jamie Porter BOWL

Bench

MJ

Mackenzie Jones AR

SF

Simon Fernandes WKWK

Jordan Cox WKWK

Robin Das BAT

Luc Benkenstein AR

NT

Noah Thain AR

MK

Mitchell Killeen AR

CE

Charlie Edward Bennett BOWL

Zaman Akhter BOWL

MatchEssex vs Hampshire, Match 21

SeriesCounty Championship Division One

Date & timeFri, 8 May 2026 · 3:30 PM IST

VenueCounty Ground, Chelmsford, England

TossEssex won the toss and chose to bowl

FormatFirst Class

Pitch

PitchFast & Bounce

BattingHigh Scoring

PacePace & Bounce

SpinSlow Spin

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Which team will win?

Essex38%

Hampshire57%

Draw5%

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