Essex v Hampshire - Cricket - BBC Sport

Fri 8 May 2026 - Mon 11 May 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 3 of 4

Essexwin by 6 wickets

Hampshire 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Albert,leg before wicket, bowled Cook Albert, leg before wicket, bowled Cook	6	20	17	1	0	21	30.00
Gubbins,caught Critchley, bowled Snater Gubbins, caught Critchley, bowled Snater	8	28	23	1	0	46	28.57
Prest,bowled Cook Prest, bowled Cook	4	4	3	1	0	3	100.00
Lehmann,bowled Porter Lehmann, bowled Porter	89	164	127	15	0	190	54.27
Mayes,caught Harmer, bowled Cook Mayes, caught Harmer, bowled Cook	20	38	30	3	0	73	52.63
Brown,caught Elgar, bowled Mulder Brown, caught Elgar, bowled Mulder	73	116	83	9	1	158	62.93
Dawson,bowled Mulder Dawson, bowled Mulder	6	40	35	0	0	42	15.00
Fuller,caught and bowled Harmer Fuller, caught and bowled Harmer	9	7	5	0	1	6	128.57
Currie,run out Allison Currie, run out Allison	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Abbott,not out Abbott, not out	2	9	7	0	0	15	22.22
Yusuf,leg before wicket, bowled Mulder Yusuf, leg before wicket, bowled Mulder	0	3	3	0	0	5	0.00
Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 14, total 18 Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 14, total 18
Total,235 all out 71.3 overs Total,235 all out 71.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	14.0	6	30	1	73	0	0	6	0	2.14
Cook	14.0	2	56	3	63	1	0	10	0	4.00
Snater	11.0	1	34	1	49	0	0	4	0	3.09
Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	53	1	0	5	0	3.68
Harmer	15.0	4	40	1	76	0	0	4	2	2.66
Critchley	5.0	1	15	0	20	0	0	1	0	3.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
11 for 1(5.2 overs)	Albert
15 for 2(5.6 overs)	Prest
33 for 3(10.6 overs)	Gubbins
88 for 4(29.1 overs)	Mayes
193 for 5(53.2 overs)	Lehmann
217 for 6(65.3 overs)	Dawson
228 for 7(66.6 overs)	Fuller
229 for 8(67.3 overs)	Currie
235 for 9(69.6 overs)	Brown
235 for 10(71.3 overs)	Yusuf

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,caught Yusuf, bowled Fuller Elgar, caught Yusuf, bowled Fuller	18	59	53	4	0	74	30.51
Walter,caught Brown, bowled Abbott Walter, caught Brown, bowled Abbott	5	23	21	1	0	26	21.74
Westley,caught Mayes, bowled Currie Westley, caught Mayes, bowled Currie	34	74	58	5	0	111	45.95
Cook,bowled Fuller Cook, bowled Fuller	2	17	16	0	0	21	11.76
Allison,caught Brown, bowled Fuller Allison, caught Brown, bowled Fuller	0	7	7	0	0	8	0.00
Critchley,leg before wicket, bowled Abbott Critchley, leg before wicket, bowled Abbott	27	49	33	3	0	84	55.10
Mulder,caught Brown, bowled Dawson Mulder, caught Brown, bowled Dawson	54	98	68	6	0	117	55.10
Pepper,caught Brown, bowled Currie Pepper, caught Brown, bowled Currie	10	37	31	0	0	58	27.03
Harmer,not out Harmer, not out	80	118	82	14	0	128	67.80
Snater,caught Brown, bowled Fuller Snater, caught Brown, bowled Fuller	16	23	18	2	1	28	69.57
Porter,bowled Fuller Porter, bowled Fuller	12	38	35	3	0	93	31.58
Extras, no balls 6, wides 3, byes 4, leg byes 2, total 15 Extras, no balls 6, wides 3, byes 4, leg byes 2, total 15
Total,273 all out 90.0 overs Total,273 all out 90.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Abbott	24.0	8	45	2	119	0	0	5	0	1.87
Yusuf	22.0	3	85	0	99	2	2	13	0	3.86
Fuller	15.0	4	43	5	75	1	0	7	0	2.86
Currie	14.0	2	37	2	62	0	0	4	0	2.64
Dawson	15.0	3	57	1	66	0	1	9	1	3.80

Fall of wicket	Batter
19 for 1(6.3 overs)	Walter
42 for 2(18.2 overs)	Elgar
53 for 3(23.4 overs)	Cook
53 for 4(25.5 overs)	Allison
80 for 5(33.3 overs)	Westley
126 for 6(46.5 overs)	Critchley
157 for 7(60.1 overs)	Pepper
157 for 8(61.2 overs)	Mulder
192 for 9(68.6 overs)	Snater
273 for 10(89.6 overs)	Porter

Hampshire 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Albert,caught Pepper, bowled Cook Albert, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	1	22	21	0	0	31	4.55
Gubbins,caught Walter, bowled Harmer Gubbins, caught Walter, bowled Harmer	71	189	159	13	0	219	37.57
Prest,caught Pepper, bowled Cook Prest, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	1	8	7	0	0	14	12.50
Lehmann,bowled Porter Lehmann, bowled Porter	27	78	65	4	0	103	34.62
Mayes,caught and bowled Harmer Mayes, caught and bowled Harmer	8	31	23	0	0	39	25.81
Brown,not out Brown, not out	57	89	62	8	0	115	64.04
Dawson,caught Pepper, bowled Cook Dawson, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	13	19	14	1	1	23	68.42
Fuller,leg before wicket, bowled Mulder Fuller, leg before wicket, bowled Mulder	18	26	17	3	0	34	69.23
Currie,caught Elgar, bowled Harmer Currie, caught Elgar, bowled Harmer	2	12	11	0	0	18	16.67
Abbott,leg before wicket, bowled Harmer Abbott, leg before wicket, bowled Harmer	0	2	2	0	0	1	0.00
Yusuf,caught Harmer, bowled Mulder Yusuf, caught Harmer, bowled Mulder	0	4	4	0	0	5	0.00
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 10, total 16 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 10, total 16
Total,214 all out 79.5 overs Total,214 all out 79.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	14.0	5	35	1	70	0	0	7	0	2.50
Cook	15.0	3	52	3	71	0	0	10	0	3.46
Snater	5.0	1	15	0	24	0	0	3	0	3.00
Harmer	31.0	8	66	4	151	0	0	7	1	2.12
Mulder	11.5	1	23	2	58	1	0	2	0	1.94
Critchley	3.0	0	9	0	10	0	0	0	0	3.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
13 for 1(7.6 overs)	Albert
19 for 2(11.4 overs)	Prest
93 for 3(39.2 overs)	Lehmann
110 for 4(50.1 overs)	Mayes
125 for 5(58.2 overs)	Gubbins
150 for 6(63.6 overs)	Dawson
196 for 7(73.4 overs)	Fuller
213 for 8(78.3 overs)	Currie
213 for 9(78.5 overs)	Abbott
214 for 10(79.5 overs)	Yusuf

Essex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Walter,caught Brown, bowled Abbott Walter, caught Brown, bowled Abbott	17	19	13	3	0	27	89.47
Elgar,bowled Abbott Elgar, bowled Abbott	8	33	28	1	0	52	24.24
Westley,caught Prest, bowled Abbott Westley, caught Prest, bowled Abbott	9	31	26	1	0	41	29.03
Allison,leg before wicket, bowled Abbott Allison, leg before wicket, bowled Abbott	34	68	48	4	0	92	50.00
Critchley,not out Critchley, not out	90	73	34	15	0	102	123.29
Mulder,not out Mulder, not out	15	27	20	1	1	26	55.56
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 5
Total,178 for 4 41.5 overs Total,178 for 4 41.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Abbott	14.0	6	35	4	70	0	0	6	0	2.50
Yusuf	9.0	1	47	0	29	0	0	6	0	5.22
Dawson	5.0	0	19	0	20	0	0	3	0	3.80
Fuller	8.0	0	32	0	33	0	0	5	0	4.00
Currie	4.0	0	25	0	13	0	0	4	0	6.25
Prest	1.5	0	15	0	4	0	0	1	1	8.18

Fall of wicket	Batter
20 for 1(6.2 overs)	Walter
31 for 2(12.3 overs)	Elgar
40 for 3(16.1 overs)	Westley
141 for 4(34.5 overs)	Allison

home team,Essex

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

away team,Hampshire

Nick Gubbins
Toby Albert
Tom Prest
Jake Lehmann
Ben Mayes
Ben Brown, Captain, Wicket Keeper
Liam Dawson
James Fuller
Scott Currie
Kyle Abbott
Codi Yusuf

Essex
Hampshire

home team,Essex

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

Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Essex won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford
Officials:: Martin Saggers, Rob White, Simon Hinks