Essex v Surrey - Cricket - BBC Sport

Thu 27 Aug 2026 - Sun 30 Aug 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 4 of 4

Match Drawn

Surrey 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Burns,leg before wicket, bowled Porter Burns, leg before wicket, bowled Porter	6	13	10	1	0	18	46.15
Sibley,caught Pepper, bowled Cook Sibley, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	21	56	46	3	0	80	37.50
Blake,caught Harmer, bowled Snater Blake, caught Harmer, bowled Snater	14	42	37	3	0	56	33.33
Thomas,caught Critchley, bowled Cook Thomas, caught Critchley, bowled Cook	43	65	49	8	0	92	66.15
Foakes,leg before wicket, bowled Snater Foakes, leg before wicket, bowled Snater	0	3	3	0	0	6	0.00
Lomror,run out Akhter Lomror, run out Akhter	17	48	39	2	0	66	35.42
Pope,leg before wicket, bowled Akhter Pope, leg before wicket, bowled Akhter	13	22	16	2	0	43	59.09
Lawes,caught Pepper, bowled Akhter Lawes, caught Pepper, bowled Akhter	38	43	29	8	0	73	88.37
Fisher,caught Westley, bowled Akhter Fisher, caught Westley, bowled Akhter	4	3	2	1	0	7	133.33
Chahar,caught Westley, bowled Cook Chahar, caught Westley, bowled Cook	9	13	9	1	0	18	69.23
Worrall,not out Worrall, not out	12	12	9	3	0	13	100.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 2, total 6 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 2, total 6
Total,183 all out 53.2 overs Total,183 all out 53.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	14.0	5	56	1	64	0	0	11	0	4.00
Snater	9.0	2	31	2	39	0	0	5	0	3.44
Bennett	3.0	1	5	0	16	0	0	1	0	1.66
Akhter	10.2	3	36	3	47	0	0	6	0	3.48
Cook	15.0	5	41	3	73	0	0	7	0	2.73
Harmer	2.0	1	8	0	10	0	0	2	0	4.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
16 for 1 (4.3 overs)	Burns
41 for 2 (17.5 overs)	Blake
41 for 3 (18.4 overs)	Sibley
50 for 4 (19.6 overs)	Foakes
102 for 5 (36.1 overs)	Lomror
108 for 6 (38.5 overs)	Thomas
138 for 7 (45.4 overs)	Pope
146 for 8 (47.1 overs)	Fisher
161 for 9 (50.3 overs)	Chahar
183 for 10 (53.2 overs)	Lawes

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,caught Burns, bowled Lomror Elgar, caught Burns, bowled Lomror	113	191	132	14	1	256	59.16
Walter,caught Foakes, bowled Worrall Walter, caught Foakes, bowled Worrall	4	8	7	1	0	11	50.00
Westley,leg before wicket, bowled Worrall Westley, leg before wicket, bowled Worrall	22	52	42	3	0	77	42.31
Allison,caught Thomas, bowled Chahar Allison, caught Thomas, bowled Chahar	43	85	63	4	1	98	50.59
Critchley,caught Foakes, bowled Lawes Critchley, caught Foakes, bowled Lawes	24	66	50	2	0	71	36.36
Pepper,caught Pope, bowled Chahar Pepper, caught Pope, bowled Chahar	21	26	16	3	0	30	80.77
Harmer,caught Worrall, bowled Chahar Harmer, caught Worrall, bowled Chahar	8	27	22	1	0	41	29.63
Akhter,caught Blake, bowled Chahar Akhter, caught Blake, bowled Chahar	0	2	2	0	0	1	0.00
Snater,not out Snater, not out	23	30	20	1	2	40	76.67
Porter,caught Foakes, bowled Chahar Porter, caught Foakes, bowled Chahar	1	8	7	0	0	10	12.50
Cook,bowled Chahar Cook, bowled Chahar	1	15	14	0	0	15	6.67
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 5, leg byes 14, total 19 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 5, leg byes 14, total 19
Total,279 all out 85.0 overs Total,279 all out 85.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Worrall	16.0	6	32	2	82	0	0	3	1	2.00
Fisher	21.0	3	59	0	96	0	0	8	0	2.80
Lawes	13.0	2	48	1	56	0	0	7	1	3.69
Lomror	13.0	2	41	1	56	0	0	5	0	3.15
Chahar	22.0	4	80	6	85	0	0	6	2	3.63

Fall of wicket	Batter
9 for 1 (2.4 overs)	Walter
56 for 2 (19.4 overs)	Westley
167 for 3 (48.3 overs)	Allison
218 for 4 (66.2 overs)	Elgar
220 for 5 (67.2 overs)	Critchley
248 for 6 (74.1 overs)	Pepper
248 for 7 (74.3 overs)	Akhter
259 for 8 (78.1 overs)	Harmer
269 for 9 (80.4 overs)	Porter
279 for 10 (84.6 overs)	Cook

Surrey 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Burns,leg before wicket, bowled Harmer Burns, leg before wicket, bowled Harmer	20	40	33	3	0	50	50.00
Sibley,caught Westley, bowled Harmer Sibley, caught Westley, bowled Harmer	10	27	23	2	0	35	37.04
Blake,caught Pepper, bowled Harmer Blake, caught Pepper, bowled Harmer	14	70	63	2	0	97	20.00
Pope,caught and bowled Cook Pope, caught and bowled Cook	5	9	7	1	0	11	55.56
Fisher,caught Walter, bowled Snater Fisher, caught Walter, bowled Snater	4	20	17	0	0	23	20.00
Foakes,not out Foakes, not out	120	226	163	15	1	295	53.10
Lomror,caught Pepper, bowled Porter Lomror, caught Pepper, bowled Porter	11	37	29	0	0	39	29.73
Thomas,caught Pepper, bowled Akhter Thomas, caught Pepper, bowled Akhter	33	52	36	5	0	51	63.46
Lawes,bowled Cook Lawes, bowled Cook	44	83	59	6	0	107	53.01
Chahar,not out Chahar, not out	17	30	24	2	1	47	56.67
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 11, leg byes 9, total 20 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 11, leg byes 9, total 20
Total,298 for 8 declared 99.0 overs Total,298 for 8 declared 99.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	11.0	2	44	1	49	0	0	9	0	4.00
Cook	27.0	8	53	2	131	0	0	6	0	1.96
Harmer	38.0	13	92	3	186	0	0	10	2	2.42
Snater	6.0	1	21	1	25	0	0	3	0	3.50
Critchley	7.0	0	31	0	24	0	0	3	0	4.42
Akhter	8.0	0	24	1	33	0	0	3	0	3.00
Westley	1.0	0	5	0	4	0	0	1	0	5.00
Walter	1.0	0	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	8.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
33 for 1 (8.4 overs)	Sibley
34 for 2 (12.3 overs)	Burns
45 for 3 (15.2 overs)	Pope
51 for 4 (21.3 overs)	Fisher
73 for 5 (34.1 overs)	Blake
92 for 6 (45.1 overs)	Lomror
144 for 7 (59.4 overs)	Thomas
248 for 8 (87.4 overs)	Lawes

home team, Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Tom Westley , Captain
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Michael Pepper , Wicket Keeper
Simon Harmer
Zaman Akhter
Shane Snater
Jamie Porter
Charlie Bennett , substituted for Cook

Substitutes

home team, Essex

Sam Cook

away team, Surrey

Rory Burns , Captain
Dom Sibley
Josh Blake
Adam Thomas
Ben Foakes , Wicket Keeper
Mahipal Lomror
Tom Lawes
Matthew Fisher
Rahul Chahar
Dan Worrall
Nik Gorantla , substituted for Pope

away team, Surrey

Ollie Pope

Essex
Surrey

home team, Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Tom Westley , Captain
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Michael Pepper , Wicket Keeper
Simon Harmer
Zaman Akhter
Shane Snater
Jamie Porter
Charlie Bennett , substituted for Cook

Substitutes

Sam Cook

Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Essex won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford
Officials:: Nigel Llong, Mike Burns, Alec Swann

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