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Thu 20 Aug 2026 - Sun 23 Aug 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 4 of 4

Somerset win by 8 wickets

Somerset 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Thomas,bowled Snater Thomas, bowled Snater	110	162	118	15	1	216	67.90
Lammonby,bowled Cook Lammonby, bowled Cook	20	21	14	4	0	23	95.24
Goldsworthy,caught Pepper, bowled Porter Goldsworthy, caught Pepper, bowled Porter	16	31	25	3	0	50	51.61
Nicholls,bowled Cook Nicholls, bowled Cook	96	191	143	13	0	238	50.26
Abell,bowled Snater Abell, bowled Snater	65	124	93	10	0	153	52.42
Rew,not out Rew, not out	74	127	85	10	0	199	58.27
Ball,bowled Cook Ball, bowled Cook	3	14	12	0	0	18	21.43
Vaughan,bowled Porter Vaughan, bowled Porter	0	3	3	0	0	4	0.00
Gregory,leg before wicket, bowled Snater Gregory, leg before wicket, bowled Snater	11	26	19	1	0	37	42.31
Leach,caught Porter, bowled Cook Leach, caught Porter, bowled Cook	5	21	19	1	0	22	23.81
Pretorius,leg before wicket, bowled Critchley Pretorius, leg before wicket, bowled Critchley	48	48	25	7	0	58	100.00
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 15, total 21 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 15, total 21
Total,469 all out 127.5 overs Total,469 all out 127.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	27.0	8	70	2	131	1	0	10	0	2.59
Cook	29.0	5	92	4	127	0	0	14	0	3.17
Snater	26.0	5	96	3	116	0	0	15	0	3.69
Harmer	31.0	4	124	0	131	0	0	18	0	4.00
Thain	2.0	0	12	0	8	0	0	1	1	6.00
Critchley	11.5	1	54	1	38	0	0	6	0	4.56
Westley	1.0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
34 for 1 (5.4 overs)	Lammonby
94 for 2 (17.4 overs)	Goldsworthy
213 for 3 (55.3 overs)	Thomas
312 for 4 (81.4 overs)	Nicholls
348 for 5 (94.3 overs)	Abell
352 for 6 (98.6 overs)	Ball
353 for 7 (99.5 overs)	Vaughan
382 for 8 (108.1 overs)	Gregory
397 for 9 (113.3 overs)	Leach
469 for 10 (127.5 overs)	Pretorius

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,leg before wicket, bowled Gregory Elgar, leg before wicket, bowled Gregory	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Walter,caught Leach, bowled Ball Walter, caught Leach, bowled Ball	48	70	47	8	0	107	68.57
Westley,caught Rew, bowled Gregory Westley, caught Rew, bowled Gregory	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Allison,bowled Gregory Allison, bowled Gregory	1	6	5	0	0	8	16.67
Critchley,leg before wicket, bowled Vaughan Critchley, leg before wicket, bowled Vaughan	50	88	66	6	1	130	56.82
Thain,leg before wicket, bowled Leach Thain, leg before wicket, bowled Leach	10	17	14	2	0	18	58.82
Pepper,caught Nicholls, bowled Vaughan Pepper, caught Nicholls, bowled Vaughan	35	43	27	5	0	59	81.40
Harmer,caught Goldsworthy, bowled Leach Harmer, caught Goldsworthy, bowled Leach	4	6	5	1	0	5	66.67
Snater,caught Rew, bowled Leach Snater, caught Rew, bowled Leach	0	6	6	0	0	6	0.00
Cook,bowled Leach Cook, bowled Leach	0	5	5	0	0	8	0.00
Porter,not out Porter, not out	0	14	14	0	0	19	0.00
Extras, no balls 6, wides 1, byes 2, leg byes 1, total 10 Extras, no balls 6, wides 1, byes 2, leg byes 1, total 10
Total,158 all out 42.4 overs Total,158 all out 42.4 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Gregory	6.0	1	29	3	25	0	0	5	0	4.83
Ball	10.0	0	55	1	38	1	0	7	1	5.50
Pretorius	8.0	3	21	0	41	2	1	3	0	2.62
Leach	13.0	2	37	4	60	0	0	6	0	2.84
Vaughan	5.4	1	13	2	27	0	0	1	0	2.29

Fall of wicket	Batter
0 for 1 (0.2 overs)	Elgar
0 for 2 (0.4 overs)	Westley
2 for 3 (2.2 overs)	Allison
104 for 4 (22.3 overs)	Walter
117 for 5 (27.4 overs)	Thain
129 for 6 (32.4 overs)	Critchley
134 for 7 (33.6 overs)	Harmer
138 for 8 (35.5 overs)	Snater
146 for 9 (37.3 overs)	Cook
158 for 10 (42.4 overs)	Pepper

Essex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Walter,bowled Ball Walter, bowled Ball	43	82	61	4	1	94	52.44
Elgar,caught Rew, bowled Pretorius Elgar, caught Rew, bowled Pretorius	56	125	100	9	0	159	44.80
Westley,caught Abell, bowled Leach Westley, caught Abell, bowled Leach	22	51	43	4	0	68	43.14
Allison,caught Rew, bowled Leach Allison, caught Rew, bowled Leach	114	254	196	13	2	312	44.88
Critchley,caught Abell, bowled Leach Critchley, caught Abell, bowled Leach	94	236	179	11	0	282	39.83
Thain,caught Abell, bowled Leach Thain, caught Abell, bowled Leach	11	54	47	1	0	62	20.37
Pepper,caught Abell, bowled Leach Pepper, caught Abell, bowled Leach	4	3	2	1	0	6	133.33
Harmer,bowled Vaughan Harmer, bowled Vaughan	24	68	52	2	0	73	35.29
Snater,bowled Vaughan Snater, bowled Vaughan	14	30	23	2	0	36	46.67
Cook,not out Cook, not out	9	32	26	0	0	40	28.13
Porter,leg before wicket, bowled Vaughan Porter, leg before wicket, bowled Vaughan	7	34	30	1	0	34	20.59
Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 10, leg byes 0, total 14 Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 10, leg byes 0, total 14
Total,412 all out 161.1 overs Total,412 all out 161.1 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Pretorius	26.0	3	72	1	126	2	0	12	0	2.76
Ball	24.4	7	60	1	121	0	0	10	0	2.43
Vaughan	40.1	6	123	3	176	0	0	14	1	3.06
Leach	55.2	22	81	5	276	0	0	3	1	1.46
Thomas	2.0	0	10	0	6	0	0	1	0	5.00
Lammonby	8.0	2	33	0	36	0	0	5	1	4.12
Goldsworthy	3.0	1	5	0	13	0	0	0	0	1.66
Gregory	2.0	0	18	0	4	0	0	3	0	9.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
82 for 1 (26.4 overs)	Walter
127 for 2 (42.3 overs)	Elgar
127 for 3 (43.2 overs)	Westley
339 for 4 (121.4 overs)	Critchley
346 for 5 (127.5 overs)	Allison
350 for 6 (129.2 overs)	Pepper
367 for 7 (139.2 overs)	Thain
395 for 8 (149.4 overs)	Snater
396 for 9 (151.1 overs)	Harmer
412 for 10 (161.1 overs)	Porter

Somerset 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Thomas,caught Critchley, bowled Harmer Thomas, caught Critchley, bowled Harmer	31	29	12	3	0	31	106.90
Lammonby,not out Lammonby, not out	39	54	31	5	0	65	72.22
Goldsworthy,caught Snater, bowled Harmer Goldsworthy, caught Snater, bowled Harmer	6	8	5	1	0	7	75.00
Nicholls,not out Nicholls, not out	18	25	15	2	0	26	72.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 5, byes 4, leg byes 0, total 9 Extras, no balls 0, wides 5, byes 4, leg byes 0, total 9
Total,103 for 2 19.2 overs Total,103 for 2 19.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Cook	2.0	0	17	0	5	0	0	3	0	8.50
Harmer	9.2	0	39	2	34	0	1	2	0	4.17
Critchley	6.0	0	33	0	19	0	0	5	0	5.50
Westley	2.0	0	10	0	5	0	0	1	0	5.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
59 for 1 (9.1 overs)	Thomas
65 for 2 (11.1 overs)	Goldsworthy

home team, Somerset

Josh Thomas
Tom Lammonby
Lewis Goldsworthy
Henry Nicholls
Tom Abell
James Rew , Wicket Keeper
Jake Ball
Archie Vaughan
Lewis Gregory , Captain
Jack Leach
Migael Pretorius

away team, Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Tom Westley , Captain
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Noah Thain
Michael Pepper , Wicket Keeper
Simon Harmer
Shane Snater
Sam Cook
Jamie Porter

Somerset
Essex

home team, Somerset

Josh Thomas
Tom Lammonby
Lewis Goldsworthy
Henry Nicholls
Tom Abell
James Rew , Wicket Keeper
Jake Ball
Archie Vaughan
Lewis Gregory , Captain
Jack Leach
Migael Pretorius

Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Essex won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Officials:: Martin Saggers, Ian Blackwell, Mike Smith

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