Somerset vs Essex Live Score

Somerset vs Essex

44th Match . The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Date, Time

Thu, 20th Aug

03:30 PM 03:30 PM Local

Match (44th Match) Somerset vs Essex
Series County Championship Division One, 2026
Match Type Test
Toss Essex have won the toss and have opted to bowl
Umpires Martin Saggers, Ian Blackwell
Referee Mike Smith

Venue Guide

Stadium The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
City Taunton
Weather Patchy rain nearby (20.00°C / 68.10°F)
Humidity 49%
Wind 25.90 kph (WNW)

Venue Stats

Total Matches 5
High Score 670
Low Score 89
1st Inn Avg Score 319
2nd Inn Avg Score 282

Somerset

469-10 & 103-2(127.5 & 19.2 ov)

Essex

158-10 & 412-10(42.4 & 161.1 ov)

0.1 0

Charlie Allison to Henry Nicholls, no run

OV 53rd

0 runs 0 Wickets

ESS

147-3

Matthew Critchley: 14 (36)

Charlie Allison: 6 (25)

0-1-0-0

52.6 0

Migael Pretorius to Matthew Critchley, no run

31.2 0

Tom Westley to Josh Thomas, no run

31.1 0

Charlie Allison to Josh Thomas, no run

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Josh Thomas b Shane Snater	110	162	15	1	67.90
Tom Lammonby b Samuel James Cook	20	21	4	0	95.24
Lewis Goldsworthy c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Jamie Porter	16	31	3	0	51.61
Henry Nicholls b Samuel James Cook	96	191	13	0	50.26
Tom Abell b Shane Snater	65	124	10	0	52.42
James Rew not out	74	127	10	0	58.27
Jake Ball b Samuel James Cook	3	14	0	0	21.43
Archie Vaughan b Jamie Porter	0	3	0	0	0.00
Lewis Gregory (C) lbw b Shane Snater	11	26	1	0	42.31
Jack Leach c Jamie Porter b Samuel James Cook	5	21	1	0	23.81
Migael Pretorius lbw b Matthew Critchley	48	48	7	0	100.00

Extras: 21

21 {wd - 0, nb - 2, lb - 15, b - 4}

Total: 469-10

(127.5 Overs , RR: 3.68 )

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jamie Porter	27	6	70	2	2.59
Samuel James Cook	29	4	92	4	3.17
Shane Snater	26	4	96	3	3.69
Simon Harmer	31	4	124	0	4.00
Noah Thain	2	0	12	0	6.00
Matthew Critchley	11.5	1	54	1	4.56
Tom Westley	1	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of Wickets	Score	Over
Tom Lammonby	34 - 1	5.4
Lewis Goldsworthy	94 - 2	17.4
Josh Thomas	213 - 3	55.3
Henry Nicholls	312 - 4	81.4
Tom Abell	348 - 5	94.3
Jake Ball	352 - 6	98.6
Archie Vaughan	353 - 7	99.5
Lewis Gregory	382 - 8	108.1
Jack Leach	397 - 9	113.3
Migael Pretorius	469 - 10	127.5

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar lbw b Lewis Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.00
Paul Walter c Jack Leach b Jake Ball	48	70	8	0	68.50
Tom Westley (C) c James Rew b Lewis Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.00
Charlie Allison b Lewis Gregory	1	6	0	0	16.67
Matthew Critchley lbw b Archie Vaughan	50	88	6	1	56.67
Noah Thain lbw b Jack Leach	10	17	2	0	58.82
Michael-Kyle Pepper c Henry Nicholls b Archie Vaughan	35	43	5	0	81.40
Simon Harmer c Lewis Goldsworthy b Jack Leach	4	6	1	0	66.67
Shane Snater c James Rew b Jack Leach	0	6	0	0	0.00
Samuel James Cook b Jack Leach	0	5	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter not out	0	14	0	0	0.00

Extras: 10

10 {wd - 1, nb - 6, lb - 1, b - 2}

Total: 158-10

(42.4 Overs , RR: 3.73 )

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Eco
Lewis Gregory	6	1	29	3	4.80
Jake Ball	10	0	55	1	5.50
Migael Pretorius	8	3	21	0	2.60
Jack Leach	13	2	37	4	2.80
Archie Vaughan	5.4	1	13	2	2.30

Fall of Wickets	Score	Over
Dean Elgar	0 - 1	0.2
Tom Westley	0 - 2	0.4
Charlie Allison	2 - 3	2.2
Paul Walter	104 - 4	22.3
Noah Thain	117 - 5	27.4
Matthew Critchley	129 - 6	32.4
Simon Harmer	134 - 7	33.6
Shane Snater	138 - 8	35.5
Samuel James Cook	146 - 9	37.3
Michael Kyle Pepper	158 - 10	42.4

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter b Jake Ball	56	125	9	0	44.80
Dean Elgar c James Rew b Migael Pretorius	43	82	4	1	52.44
Tom Westley (C) c Tom Abell b Jack Leach	22	51	4	0	43.14
Charlie Allison c James Rew b Jack Leach	114	254	13	2	44.88
Matthew Critchley c Tom Abell b Jack Leach	94	236	11	0	39.83
Noah Thain c Tom Abell b Jack Leach	11	54	1	0	0.00
Michael-Kyle Pepper c Tom Abell b Jack Leach	4	3	1	0	0.00
Simon Harmer b Archie Vaughan	24	68	2	0	35.29
Shane Snater not out	14	30	2	0	46.67
Samuel James Cook not out	9	32	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter lbw b Archie Vaughan	7	34	1	0	0.00

Extras: 14

14 {wd - 0, nb - 4, lb - 0, b - 10}

Total: 412-10

(161.1 Overs , RR: 2.56 )

Yet to bat:

Samuel James Cook, Jamie Porter

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Eco
Migael Pretorius	26	3	72	1	2.77
Jake Ball	2	7	60	1	30.00
Archie Vaughan	40.1	6	123	3	3.06
Jack Leach	55.2	21	81	5	1.46
Josh Thomas	2	0	10	0	5.00
Tom Lammonby	8	2	33	0	4.10
Lewis Goldsworthy	3	1	5	0	1.70
Lewis Gregory	2	0	18	0	0.00

Fall of Wickets	Score	Over
Paul Walter	82 - 1	26.4
Dean Elgar	127 - 2	42.3
Tom Westley	127 - 3	43.2
Matthew Critchley	339 - 4	121.5
Charlie Allison	346 - 5	129.2
Michael Kyle Pepper	350 - 6	129.2
Noah Thain	367 - 7	139.2
Shane Snater	395 - 8	149.4
Simon Harmer	396 - 9	151.1
Jamie Porter	412 - 10	161.1

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Josh Thomas c Matthew Critchley b Simon Harmer	31	29	3	106.90
Tom Lammonby not out	39	54	5	72.22
Lewis Goldsworthy c Shane Snater b Simon Harmer	6	8	1	75.00
Henry Nicholls not out	18	25	2	72.00