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Fri 10 Apr 2026 - Mon 13 Apr 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 2 of 4

Essex trail Somerset by 68 runs with 7 wickets remaining

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,caught Ball, bowled Lammonby Elgar, caught Ball, bowled Lammonby	41	94	74	5	0	114	43.62
Walter,leg before wicket, bowled Ball Walter, leg before wicket, bowled Ball	2	22	20	0	0	27	9.09
Mulder,caught Kohler-Cadmore, bowled Ball Mulder, caught Kohler-Cadmore, bowled Ball	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Allison,caught Abell, bowled Pretorius Allison, caught Abell, bowled Pretorius	49	84	59	6	0	120	58.33
Critchley,caught J Rew, bowled Lammonby Critchley, caught J Rew, bowled Lammonby	0	3	3	0	0	2	0.00
Benkenstein,bowled Shaw Benkenstein, bowled Shaw	18	49	42	3	0	73	36.73
Pepper,bowled Overton Pepper, bowled Overton	16	22	15	3	0	29	72.73
Harmer,leg before wicket, bowled Overton Harmer, leg before wicket, bowled Overton	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Snater,bowled Shaw Snater, bowled Shaw	13	11	7	3	0	15	118.18
Cook,not out Cook, not out	1	7	6	0	0	19	14.29
Porter,caught J Rew, bowled Shaw Porter, caught J Rew, bowled Shaw	0	11	11	0	0	9	0.00
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 9 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 9
Total,149 all out 51.0 overs Total,149 all out 51.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Overton	13.2	5	35	2	64	0	0	5	0	2.62
Ball	13.4	1	34	2	65	0	0	5	0	2.48
Pretorius	11.0	1	38	1	49	1	0	5	0	3.45
Shaw	11.0	5	30	3	54	0	0	5	0	2.72
Lammonby	2.0	0	5	2	8	0	0	0	0	2.50

Fall of wicket	Batter
14 for 1(7.3 overs)	Walter
14 for 2(7.5 overs)	Mulder
77 for 3(29.3 overs)	Elgar
77 for 4(29.6 overs)	Critchley
105 for 5(38.4 overs)	Allison
130 for 6(45.1 overs)	Pepper
130 for 7(45.3 overs)	Harmer
134 for 8(46.4 overs)	Benkenstein
147 for 9(48.5 overs)	Snater
149 for 10(50.6 overs)	Porter

Somerset 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Leach,bowled Porter Leach, bowled Porter	6	12	10	1	0	12	50.00
Thomas,caught Pepper, bowled Cook Thomas, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	4	20	17	0	0	24	20.00
Lammonby,caught Elgar, bowled Cook Lammonby, caught Elgar, bowled Cook	2	2	1	0	0	5	100.00
J Rew,caught Pepper, bowled Harmer J Rew, caught Pepper, bowled Harmer	48	67	49	9	0	107	71.64
Abell,caught Pepper, bowled Snater Abell, caught Pepper, bowled Snater	29	42	29	3	0	52	69.05
Goldsworthy,caught Pepper, bowled Porter Goldsworthy, caught Pepper, bowled Porter	42	127	105	5	0	153	33.07
Overton,leg before wicket, bowled Snater Overton, leg before wicket, bowled Snater	141	180	120	19	3	210	78.33
Smeed,caught Pepper, bowled Cook Smeed, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	39	77	57	5	0	109	50.65
Pretorius,caught Walter, bowled Porter Pretorius, caught Walter, bowled Porter	6	11	8	1	0	23	54.55
Shaw,not out Shaw, not out	11	17	12	2	0	21	64.71
Ball,caught Mulder, bowled Snater Ball, caught Mulder, bowled Snater	1	4	3	0	0	3	25.00
Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 8, leg byes 3, total 19 Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 8, leg byes 3, total 19
Total,348 all out 92.3 overs Total,348 all out 92.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	21.0	5	84	3	89	3	0	11	0	4.00
Cook	24.0	5	93	3	106	0	0	15	0	3.87
Snater	18.3	6	56	3	88	0	0	9	0	3.02
Mulder	7.0	1	21	0	35	1	0	3	0	3.00
Harmer	16.0	2	60	1	72	0	0	6	3	3.75
Critchley	6.0	0	23	0	18	0	0	1	0	3.83

Fall of wicket	Batter
8 for 1(2.5 overs)	Leach
11 for 2(3.6 overs)	Lammonby
16 for 3(5.2 overs)	Thomas
73 for 4(18.2 overs)	Abell
114 for 5(30.1 overs)	J Rew
212 for 6(57.2 overs)	Goldsworthy
330 for 7(86.3 overs)	Overton
330 for 8(87.4 overs)	Smeed
347 for 9(91.5 overs)	Pretorius
348 for 10(92.3 overs)	Ball

Essex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
batting,Walter,not out batting, Walter, not out	63	105	74	9	0	152	60.00
Elgar,caught Abell, bowled Leach Elgar, caught Abell, bowled Leach	7	34	30	1	0	34	20.59
Benkenstein,caught J Rew, bowled Pretorius Benkenstein, caught J Rew, bowled Pretorius	4	8	7	1	0	16	50.00
Allison,caught Abell, bowled Ball Allison, caught Abell, bowled Ball	0	5	5	0	0	6	0.00
batting,Critchley,not out batting, Critchley, not out	53	77	55	9	0	93	68.83
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 4 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 4
Total,131 for 3 38.0 overs Total,131 for 3 38.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Overton	8.0	2	21	0	38	0	0	3	0	2.62
Ball	11.0	0	43	1	45	0	0	6	0	3.90
Pretorius, bowling	12.0	3	45	1	55	1	0	8	0	3.75
Leach	4.0	0	8	1	19	0	0	1	0	2.00
Shaw	3.0	1	12	0	13	0	0	2	0	4.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
29 for 1(8.6 overs)	Elgar
40 for 2(13.2 overs)	Benkenstein
45 for 3(14.5 overs)	Allison

home team,Essex

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

Substitutes

home team,Essex

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away team,Somerset

Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Josh Thomas
Tom Lammonby
Tom Abell
James Rew, Wicket Keeper
Lewis Goldsworthy
Josh Shaw
Migael Pretorius
Craig Overton, Captain
Jake Ball
Jack Leach

away team,Somerset

Will Smeed

Essex
Somerset

home team,Essex

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

Substitutes

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Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford
Officials:: Michael Gough, Steve O'Shaughnessy, James Whitaker