Somerset v Essex - Cricket - BBC Sport

Thu 20 Aug 2026 - Sun 23 Aug 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 2 of 4

Essex trail Somerset by 381 runs with 7 wickets remaining

SOM 1st
ESS 1st

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
batting,Walter,not out batting, Walter, not out	36	52	35	6	0	93	69.23
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
batting,Critchley,not out batting, Critchley, not out	46	53	35	6	1	78	86.79
Extras, no balls 4, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 5 Extras, no balls 4, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 5
Total,88 for 3 18.5 overs Total,88 for 3 18.5 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, bowling	6.5	0	40	0	24	0	0	5	1	5.85
Pretorius	5.0	1	17	0	24	2	1	2	0	3.40
Leach	1.0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2.00

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

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
Michael Pepper , Wicket Keeper
Noah Thain
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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