ESS vs WAR – 61st Match

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Essex 1st134/10 (44 ov, RR 3.04)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Dean Elgar c RM Yates b OJ Hannon-Dalby	12	42	1	28.6
Paul Walter c V Jani b ER Bamber	0	1	0	0.0
Tom Westley (c) lbw b C Woakes	0	9	0	0.0
Charles Allison c RM Yates b ER Bamber	3	13	0	23.1
Matt Critchley c D Mousley b ER Bamber	10	10	2	100.0
Noah Thain c K Smith b EG Barnard	4	15	1	26.7
George Bell* Not out	61	84	8	72.6
Shane Snater c RM Yates b EG Barnard	0	5	0	0.0
Zaman Akhter c & b ER Bamber	19	52	3	36.5
Mitchell Killeen lbw b ER Bamber	18	33	3	54.5
Samuel Cook b ER Bamber	0	2	0	0.0

Extras7 (b 2, lb 1, w 0, nb 4, p 0)

Total134/10 (44 ov · 18 fours, 0 sixes)

Did not batLuc Benkenstein, Jack Auld

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Ethan Bamber	15	5	26	6	1.73
Chris Woakes	10	1	38	1	3.80
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	6	3	10	1	1.66
Ed Barnard	6	1	29	2	4.83
Manav Suthar	7	1	28	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Paul Walter 0 c V Jani b ER Bamber	1-1	0.2
Tom Westley 0 lbw b C Woakes	8-2	3.5
Charles Allison 3 c RM Yates b ER Bamber	17-3	8.4
Matt Critchley 10 c D Mousley b ER Bamber	29-4	12.1
Dean Elgar 12 c RM Yates b OJ Hannon-Dalby	33-5	13.1
Noah Thain 4 c K Smith b EG Barnard	33-6	16.4
Shane Snater 0 c RM Yates b EG Barnard	33-7	18.3
Zaman Akhter 19 c & b ER Bamber	101-8	34.3
Mitchell Killeen 18 lbw b ER Bamber	134-9	43.4
Samuel Cook 0 b ER Bamber	134-10	43.6

Warwickshire 1st191/10 (61.1 ov, RR 3.12)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Robert Yates lbw b S Snater	3	2	0	0	150.0
Zen Malik b S Snater	5	18	1	0	27.8
Dan Mousley c PI Walter b S Cook	5	13	0	0	38.5
Sam Hain* Not out	88	175	12	1	50.3
Vansh Jani lbw b S Snater	25	36	5	0	69.4
Ed Barnard (c) b MJJ Critchley	12	31	2	0	38.7
Kai Smith c (sub JA Porter) b Z Akhter	2	21	0	0	9.5
Chris Woakes b M Killeen	23	27	5	0	85.2
Manav Suthar c CW Allison b MJJ Critchley	9	12	1	0	75.0
Ethan Bamber lbw b MJJ Critchley	0	3	0	0	0.0
Oliver Hannon-Dalby c PI Walter b MJJ Critchley	4	29	1	0	13.8

Extras15 (b 12, lb 2, w 1, nb 0, p 0)

Total191/10 (61.1 ov · 27 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Samuel Cook	18	7	44	1	2.44
Shane Snater	6.3	3	17	3	2.61
Mitchell Killeen	7.3	1	26	1	3.46
Zaman Akhter	10	3	36	1	3.60
Matt Critchley	19.1	4	54	4	2.81

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Robert Yates 3 lbw b S Snater	7-1	1.1
Dan Mousley 5 c PI Walter b S Cook	12-2	4.4
Zen Malik 5 b S Snater	20-3	7.3
Vansh Jani 25 lbw b S Snater	62-4	19.3
Ed Barnard 12 b MJJ Critchley	80-5	25.6
Kai Smith 2 c (sub JA Porter) b Z Akhter	91-6	32.4
Chris Woakes 23 b M Killeen	127-7	40.6
Manav Suthar 9 c CW Allison b MJJ Critchley	150-8	47.3
Ethan Bamber 0 lbw b MJJ Critchley	150-9	47.6
Oliver Hannon-Dalby 4 c PI Walter b MJJ Critchley	191-10	61.1

Essex 2nd189/10 (59.5 ov, RR 3.15)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter c C Woakes b M Suthar	42	56	7	0	75.0
Dean Elgar c V Jani b M Suthar	29	61	4	0	47.5
Noah Thain b ER Bamber	27	86	3	0	31.4
Charles Allison c K Smith b EG Barnard	15	37	2	0	40.5
Matt Critchley c K Smith b M Suthar	11	16	2	0	68.8
Luc Benkenstein b C Woakes	21	42	3	1	50.0
George Bell lbw b M Suthar	13	24	1	0	54.2
Zaman Akhter* Not out	18	15	1	1	120.0
Mitchell Killeen c RM Yates b C Woakes	0	3	0	0	0.0
Samuel Cook lbw b M Suthar	2	15	0	0	13.3
Jack Auld lbw b C Woakes	0	4	0	0	0.0

Extras11 (b 10, lb 1, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total189/10 (59.5 ov · 23 fours, 2 sixes)

Did not batTom Westley, Shane Snater

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Ethan Bamber	10	4	26	1	2.60
Chris Woakes	10.5	1	33	3	3.04
Manav Suthar	24	5	75	5	3.12
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	6	2	18	0	3.00
Ed Barnard	7	3	15	1	2.14
Robert Yates	2	0	11	0	5.50

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Paul Walter 42 c C Woakes b M Suthar	62-1	14.3
Dean Elgar 29 c V Jani b M Suthar	93-2	26.4
Charles Allison 15 c K Smith b EG Barnard	116-3	37.1
Noah Thain 27 b ER Bamber	129-4	41.6
Matt Critchley 11 c K Smith b M Suthar	135-5	42.4
George Bell 13 lbw b M Suthar	169-6	52.4
Luc Benkenstein 21 b C Woakes	169-7	53.6
Mitchell Killeen 0 c RM Yates b C Woakes	175-8	55.4
Samuel Cook 2 lbw b M Suthar	186-9	58.4
Jack Auld 0 lbw b C Woakes	189-10	59.5

Warwickshire 2nd138/2 (25.3 ov, RR 5.95)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Robert Yates c MJJ Critchley b J Auld	33	41	6	0	80.5
Zen Malik c S Cook b MJJ Critchley	51	55	3	4	92.7
Dan Mousley* Not out	26	22	4	0	118.2
Sam Hain* Not out	22	35	2	1	62.9

Extras6 (b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total138/2 (25.3 ov · 15 fours, 5 sixes)

Did not batVansh Jani, Ed Barnard, Kai Smith, Chris Woakes, Manav Suthar, Ethan Bamber, Oliver Hannon-Dalby

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
	4	0	24	1	6.00
Samuel Cook	5	0	19	0	3.80
Mitchell Killeen	2	0	14	0	7.00
Matt Critchley	10.3	1	54	1	5.14
Zaman Akhter	2	0	17	0	8.50
Jack Auld	5	0	27	1	5.40
Dean Elgar	1	0	1	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Robert Yates 33 c MJJ Critchley b J Auld	82-1	14.4
Zen Malik 51 c S Cook b MJJ Critchley	106-2	17.1

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Playing XI

Dean Elgar BAT

Paul Walter AR

Tom Westley CBAT

CA

Charles Allison BAT

Matt Critchley AR

NT

Noah Thain BAT

George Bell WKWK

Shane Snater BOWL

Zaman Akhter AR

MK

Mitchell Killeen AR

Samuel Cook BOWL

Luc Benkenstein AR

JA

Jack Auld BOWL

Bench

CE

Charlie Edward Bennett BOWL

Simon Harmer BOWL

Wiaan Mulder AR

Michael-Kyle Pepper WKWK

Jamie Porter BOWL

MatchEssex vs Warwickshire, 61st Match

SeriesCounty Championship Division One

Date & timeTue, 15 Sep 2026 · 3:00 PM IST

VenueCounty Ground, Chelmsford, England

TossEssex won the toss and chose to bat

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresNigel Llong (England), Tom Lungley (England)

Match refereePeter Such (England)

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Which team will win?

Essex33%

Warwickshire67%

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3 votes