08/05Result

21st Match, County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, May 8-10 2026

HampshireHampshireHAM
235 & 214
EssexEssexESS
273 & 178/4 (41.5 ov)

Essex won by 6 wkts

08/05Result

21st Match, County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, May 8-10 2026

HampshireHampshireHAM
235 & 214
EssexEssexESS
273 & 178/4 (41.5 ov)

Essex won by 6 wkts

Day 3

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Critchley's unbeaten 90 condemns Hampshire to three-day loss

Abbott battles with four wickets but Essex hunt down 178-run target with one ball of day to spare

Day 2

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Simon Harmer rescues Essex with the bat as Hampshire fumble

South African spinner stuns Hampshire with 80 before Sam Cook strikes twice in second innings

Day 1

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Lehmann, Brown resist as Cook, Mulder fire for Essex

Hampshire hit back with late breakthroughs on 12-wicket day

Essex INNINGS		R	B
PI Walter	caught wk	17	19
D Elgar	bowled	8	33
T Westley	caught	9	31
CWJ Allison	lbw	34	68
MJJ Critchley	not out	90	73
PWA Mulder	not out	15	27
MS Pepper
SR Harmer
S Snater
JA Porter
SJ Cook
EXTRAS	(lb 5)
TOTAL	178 (4 wkts; 41.5 ovs)

Hampshire BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
KJ Abbott	14.0	6	35	4	2.5
Codi Yusuf	9.0	1	47	0	5.22
LA Dawson	5.0	0	19	0	3.8
JK Fuller	8.0	0	32	0	4
SW Currie	4.0	0	25	0	6.25
TJ Prest	1.5	0	15	0	8.18

Essex 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	D Elgar	PI Walter
2nd	11	T Westley	D Elgar
3rd	9	T Westley	CWJ Allison
4th	101	MJJ Critchley	CWJ Allison
5th	37	PWA Mulder	MJJ Critchley

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
NOT	5	2	0	3	80
WAR	5	2	1	2	74
SUR	5	1	0	4	72
SUS	5	3	1	1	69
GLA	5	2	1	2	69
SOM	5	2	2	1	64
ESS	5	2	2	1	60
YOR	5	1	2	2	48
LEI	5	0	3	2	41
HAM	5	1	4	0	29