County Championship Division One - 2026

Hampshire Vs Essex - TEST 26th Match Cricket Scorecard

Venue: County Ground, Chelmsford
Date & Time: Fri, 08 May, 15:30
Status: Day 2 - Hampshire lead by 20 runs.

Hampshire 1st Inning

235 ( 71.3 ) / 10

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Toby Albert lbw b Cook	6	20	1	0	30
Nick Gubbins c Critchley b Snater	8	28	1	0	28.57
Tom Prest b Cook	4	4	1	0	100
Jake Lehmann b Porter	89	164	15	0	54.26
Ben Mayes c Harmer b Cook	20	38	3	0	52.63
Ben Brown c Elgar b Mulder	73	116	9	1	62.93
Liam Dawson b Mulder	6	40	0	0	15
James Fuller c & b Harmer	9	7	0	1	128.57
Scott Currie run out (Allison)	0	2	0	0	0
Kyle Abbott NOT OUT	2	9	0	0	22.22
Codi Yusuf lbw b Mulder	0	3	0	0	0

Extras	18 (B 0, LB 14, NB 4, WB , P 0)
Total	235 ( 71.3 )Ovr, (10 Wickets), (CRR)

Bowlers	O	M	R	W
Jamie Porter	14	6	30	1
Sam Cook	14	2	56	3
Shane Snater	11	1	34	1
Wiaan Mulder	12.3	2	46	3
Simon Harmer	15	4	40	1
Matt Critchley	5	1	15	0

Essex 1st Inning

273 ( 90 ) / 10

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar c Codi Yusuf b Fuller	18	59	4	0	30.5
Paul Walter c Brown b Abbott	5	23	1	0	21.73
Tom Westley c Mayes b Currie	34	74	5	0	45.94
Sam Cook b Fuller	2	17	0	0	11.76
Charlie Allison c Brown b Fuller	0	7	0	0	0
Matt Critchley lbw b Abbott	27	49	3	0	55.1
Wiaan Mulder c Brown b Dawson	54	98	6	0	55.1
Michael Pepper c Brown b Currie	10	37	0	0	27.02
Simon Harmer NOT OUT	80	118	14	0	67.79
Shane Snater c Brown b Fuller	16	23	2	1	69.56
Jamie Porter b Fuller	12	38	3	0	31.57

Extras	15 (B 4, LB 2, NB 6, WB , P 3)
Total	273 ( 90 )Ovr, (10 Wickets), (CRR)

Bowlers	O	M	R	W
Kyle Abbott	24	8	45	2
Codi Yusuf	22	3	85	0
James Fuller	15	4	43	5
Scott Currie	14	2	37	2
Liam Dawson	15	3	57	1

Hampshire 2nd Inning

58 ( 28 ) / 2

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Toby Albert c Pepper b Cook	1	22	0	4.54
Nick Gubbins NOT OUT	35	95	6	36.84
Tom Prest c Pepper b Cook	1	8	0	12.5
Jake Lehmann NOT OUT	14	44	2	31.81

Extras	7 (B 0, LB 5, NB 2, WB , P 0)
Total	58 ( 28 )Ovr, (2 Wickets), (CRR)

Bowlers	O	M	R	W
Jamie Porter	8	4	17	0
Sam Cook	7	3	16	2
Shane Snater	2	0	6	0
Simon Harmer	8	3	8	0
Wiaan Mulder	3	0	6	0

Match Information:

Series:	County Championship Division One - 2026
Match:	Hampshire Vs Essex - TEST 26th Match
Date:	Fri, May 08, 2026 - Mon, May 11, 2026
Time:	10:00 GMT Sun, 10 May, 15:30 IST
Toss:	Essex, elected to bowl first
Venue:	County Ground, Chelmsford
Match Raferee:
Hampshire Playing XI:	TE Albert, NRT Gubbins, TJ Prest, JS Lehmann, BA Mayes, BC Brown, LA Dawson, JK Fuller, SW Currie, KJ Abbott, Codi Yusuf
Essex Paying XI:	D Elgar, PI Walter, T Westley, SJ Cook, CWJ Allison, MJJ Critchley, PWA Mulder, MS Pepper, SR Harmer, S Snater, JA Porter