ESS vs SUS – Match 51

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End of Match! Sussex win by 47 runs

Match Highlights:
Matt Critchley: 96(132)
James Coles: 79(125)
Henry Thomas Crocombe: 5/39
Jamie Porter: 4/44

73.3W

James Coles to Matt Critchley, Wicket, c TJ Haines b J Coles

73.20

James Coles to Matt Critchley, no run

73.10

James Coles to Matt Critchley, no run

73Ov281/9Score

0060107 runs

Jamie Porter*0 (6)

Matt Critchley96 (129)

Henry Thomas Crocombe2/61

72.60

Henry Thomas Crocombe to Jamie Porter, no run

72.51

Henry Thomas Crocombe to Matt Critchley, 1 run

72.40

Henry Thomas Crocombe to Matt Critchley, no run

72.36

Henry Thomas Crocombe to Matt Critchley, Six

72.20

Henry Thomas Crocombe to Matt Critchley, no run

72.10

Henry Thomas Crocombe to Matt Critchley, no run

72Ov274/9Score

0010001 run

Jamie Porter*0 (5)

Matt Critchley89 (124)

James Coles3/98

71.60

James Coles to Jamie Porter, no run

71.50

James Coles to Jamie Porter, no run

71.40

James Coles to Jamie Porter, no run

71.31

James Coles to Matt Critchley, 1 run

71.20

James Coles to Matt Critchley, no run

71.10

James Coles to Matt Critchley, no run

71Ov273/9Score

00W1lb102 runs

Jamie Porter*0 (2)

Matt Critchley88 (121)

Henry Thomas Crocombe2/54

70.60

Henry Thomas Crocombe to Jamie Porter, no run

Sussex 1st275/10 (99 ov, RR 2.78)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Hughes c PI Walter b S Snater	45	107	7	0	42.1
Tom Haines (c) c MKS Pepper b S Cook	4	20	0	0	20.0
Tom Clark c MKS Pepper b S Cook	0	2	0	0	0.0
Charlie Tear c SR Harmer b JA Porter	39	123	3	0	31.7
James Coles c MKS Pepper b Z Akhter	15	40	1	0	37.5
John Simpson lbw b JA Porter	17	58	3	0	29.3
Jack Leaning c MKS Pepper b Z Akhter	60	110	8	0	54.6
Jack Joshua Carson c PI Walter b JA Porter	9	12	2	0	75.0
Dominic Goodman lbw b S Cook	22	62	2	1	35.5
Ari Karvelas c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	38	44	6	0	86.4
Henry Thomas Crocombe* Not out	12	16	2	0	75.0

Extras14 (b 5, lb 9, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total275/10 (99 ov · 34 fours, 1 sixes)

Did not batOliver Carter

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Samuel Cook	19	9	32	3	1.68
Shane Snater	18	6	45	1	2.50
Charlie Edward Bennett	3	0	10	0	3.33
Zaman Akhter	23	6	75	2	3.26
Simon Harmer	16	2	34	0	2.13
Jamie Porter	15	1	44	4	2.93
Matt Critchley	5	0	21	0	4.20

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Tom Haines 4 c MKS Pepper b S Cook	7-1	6.3
Tom Clark 0 c MKS Pepper b S Cook	7-2	6.5
Daniel Hughes 45 c PI Walter b S Snater	79-3	35.3
Charlie Tear 39 c SR Harmer b JA Porter	109-4	46.5
James Coles 15 c MKS Pepper b Z Akhter	116-5	52.1
John Simpson 17 lbw b JA Porter	149-6	66.1
Jack Joshua Carson 9 c PI Walter b JA Porter	163-7	68.5
Dominic Goodman 22 lbw b S Cook	213-8	86.1
Jack Leaning 60 c MKS Pepper b Z Akhter	249-9	93.6
Ari Karvelas 38 c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	275-10	98.6

Essex 1st177/10 (58.5 ov, RR 3.01)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar b J Coles	44	117	5	0	37.6
Paul Walter b A Karvelas	28	53	5	0	52.8
Tom Westley (c) b J J Carson	17	44	2	0	38.6
Charles Allison lbw b H T Crocombe	56	86	8	0	65.1
Matt Critchley* Not out	19	39	1	1	48.7
Michael-Kyle Pepper lbw b J Coles	1	3	0	0	33.3
Simon Harmer lbw b H T Crocombe	2	4	0	0	50.0
Zaman Akhter lbw b H T Crocombe	0	1	0	0	0.0
Shane Snater b H T Crocombe	0	1	0	0	0.0
Mitchell Killeen b J Coles	0	7	0	0	0.0
Jamie Porter b H T Crocombe	0	2	0	0	0.0

Extras10 (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 8, p 0)

Total177/10 (58.5 ov · 21 fours, 1 sixes)

Did not batCharlie Edward Bennett, Samuel Cook

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Ari Karvelas	12	1	36	1	3.00
Dominic Goodman	6	1	34	0	5.67
Tom Haines	3	1	7	0	2.33
Henry Thomas Crocombe	9.5	1	39	5	3.97
Jack Joshua Carson	17	3	45	1	2.65
Tom Clark	2	1	3	0	1.50
James Coles	8	3	7	3	0.88
Jack Leaning	1	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Paul Walter 28 b A Karvelas	57-1	16.1
Tom Westley 17 b J J Carson	79-2	27.1
Dean Elgar 44 b J Coles	136-3	42.3
Charles Allison 56 lbw b H T Crocombe	171-4	54.4
Michael-Kyle Pepper 1 lbw b J Coles	172-5	55.1
Simon Harmer 2 lbw b H T Crocombe	175-6	56.1
Zaman Akhter 0 lbw b H T Crocombe	175-7	56.2
Shane Snater 0 b H T Crocombe	175-8	56.3
Mitchell Killeen 0 b J Coles	176-9	57.5
Jamie Porter 0 b H T Crocombe	177-10	58.5

Sussex 2nd230/10 (50.1 ov, RR 4.58)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Clark b JA Porter	14	18	2	0	77.8
Tom Haines (c) c Z Akhter b S Snater	10	16	2	0	62.5
Charlie Tear c CW Allison b SR Harmer	3	18	0	0	16.7
James Coles c SR Harmer b Z Akhter	79	125	9	1	63.2
Oliver Carter lbw b SR Harmer	26	28	6	0	92.9
John Simpson lbw b SR Harmer	0	6	0	0	0.0
Jack Leaning c TZ Westley b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
Jack Joshua Carson lbw b Z Akhter	42	37	6	2	113.5
Dominic Goodman c (sub G Bell) b Z Akhter	6	12	1	0	50.0
Ari Karvelas c TZ Westley b Z Akhter	22	34	1	1	64.7
Henry Thomas Crocombe* Not out	9	5	0	1	180.0

Extras19 (b 18, lb 1, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total230/10 (50.1 ov · 27 fours, 5 sixes)

Did not batDaniel Hughes

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jamie Porter	10	2	27	1	2.70
Shane Snater	6	2	21	1	3.50
Simon Harmer	18	1	96	4	5.33
Zaman Akhter	11.1	1	51	4	4.57
Matt Critchley	5	0	16	0	3.20

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Tom Haines 10 c Z Akhter b S Snater	28-1	5.2
Tom Clark 14 b JA Porter	28-2	6.2
Charlie Tear 3 c CW Allison b SR Harmer	40-3	11.4
Oliver Carter 26 lbw b SR Harmer	90-4	21.1
John Simpson 0 lbw b SR Harmer	90-5	23.1
Jack Leaning 0 c TZ Westley b SR Harmer	90-6	23.3
Jack Joshua Carson 42 lbw b Z Akhter	153-7	34.5
Dominic Goodman 6 c (sub G Bell) b Z Akhter	173-8	38.3
Ari Karvelas 22 c TZ Westley b Z Akhter	207-9	46.6
James Coles 79 c SR Harmer b Z Akhter	230-10	50.1

Essex 2nd281/10 (73.3 ov, RR 3.82)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter c C Tear b J Coles	1	11	0	0	9.1
Dean Elgar b H T Crocombe	35	43	7	0	81.4
Tom Westley (c) c JA Simpson b J J Carson	33	37	7	0	89.2
Charles Allison c O Carter b J J Carson	42	64	5	2	65.6
Matt Critchley c TJ Haines b J Coles	96	132	8	2	72.7
Simon Harmer c JA Leaning b A Karvelas	16	50	2	0	32.0
Michael-Kyle Pepper lbw b J Coles	3	13	0	0	15.8
Mitchell Killeen c JA Simpson b A Karvelas	13	34	2	0	38.2
Shane Snater c JA Leaning b H T Crocombe	35	45	4	2	77.8
Jamie Porter* Not out	0	6	0	0	0.0

Extras7 (b 4, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total281/10 (73.3 ov · 35 fours, 6 sixes)

Did not batZaman Akhter, Charlie Edward Bennett, Samuel Cook

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Ari Karvelas	11	1	48	2	4.36
James Coles	29.3	2	98	4	3.32
Henry Thomas Crocombe	14	0	61	2	4.36
Jack Joshua Carson	19	3	67	2	3.53

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Paul Walter 1 c C Tear b J Coles	3-1	3.5
Dean Elgar 35 b H T Crocombe	69-2	14.2
Tom Westley 33 c JA Simpson b J J Carson	79-3	15.6
Charles Allison 42 c O Carter b J J Carson	150-4	31.4
Simon Harmer 16 c JA Leaning b A Karvelas	181-5	44.5
Michael-Kyle Pepper 3 lbw b J Coles	192-6	49.4
Mitchell Killeen 13 c JA Simpson b A Karvelas	223-7	60.4
Shane Snater 35 c JA Leaning b H T Crocombe	271-8	70.3
Matt Critchley 96 c TJ Haines b J Coles	281-9	73.3

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Playing XI

Dean Elgar BAT

Paul Walter AR

Tom Westley CBAT

CA

Charles Allison BAT

Matt Critchley AR

Michael-Kyle Pepper WKWK

Simon Harmer BOWL

Zaman Akhter AR

Shane Snater BOWL

MK

Mitchell Killeen AR

Jamie Porter BOWL

CE

Charlie Edward Bennett BOWL

Samuel Cook BOWL

Bench

George Bell WKWK

Jordan Cox WKWK

SF

Simon Fernandes WKWK

MJ

Mackenzie Jones AR

Robin Das BAT

Luc Benkenstein AR

NT

Noah Thain BAT

Wiaan Mulder AR

MatchEssex vs Sussex, Match 51

SeriesCounty Championship Division One

Date & timeWed, 2 Sep 2026 · 3:00 PM IST

VenueCounty Ground, Chelmsford, England

TossSussex won the toss and chose to bat

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresSuri Shanmugam (England), Russell Warren (England)

Match refereeJames Whitaker (England)

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Temp34°C

Humidity11%

Wind10.5 km/h

Rain chance0%

Which team will win?

Essex29%

Sussex57%

Draw14%

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