Essex vs Hampshire Scorecard, 8 May 2026

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Essex 273 & 178/4

Fri 8 May v

Hampshire 235 & 214

Essex won by 6 wickets

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Updated 8 May 2026

Ben BrownTop bat130 (205 balls, 17 fours, 1 six)
Kyle AbbottTop bowl6/80 (38 ov), 2 (11 balls)

Hampshire batting

1st innings

235all out, 71.3 ov

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TA Toby Albertlbw b Samuel Cook	6	20	1	0	30.0
Nick Gubbinsc Matthew Critchley b Shane Snater	8	28	1	0	28.6
TP Tom Prestb Samuel Cook	4	4	1	0	100.0
Jake Lehmannb James Porter	89	164	15	0	54.3
BM Ben Mayesc Simon Harmer b Samuel Cook	20	38	3	0	52.6
Ben Brown (c) (wk)c Dean Elgar b Wiaan Mulder	73	116	9	1	62.9
Liam Dawsonb Wiaan Mulder	6	40	0	0	15.0
James Fullerc & b Simon Harmer	9	7	0	1	128.6
Scott Currierun out (Charlie Allison)	0	2	0	0	0.0
Kyle Abbottnot out	2*	9	0	0	22.2
CY Codi Yusuflbw b Wiaan Mulder	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	18 (lb 14, nb 4)
Total	235 (all out, 71.3 ov)

Fall of wickets

1-11 Toby Albert 5.2 ov, 2-15 Tom Prest 5.6 ov, 3-33 Nick Gubbins 10.6 ov, 4-88 Ben Mayes 29.1 ov, 5-193 Jake Lehmann 53.2 ov, 6-217 Liam Dawson 65.3 ov, 7-228 James Fuller 66.6 ov, 8-229 Scott Currie 67.3 ov, 9-235 Ben Brown 69.6 ov, 10-235 Codi Yusuf 71.3 ov

Essex bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	14	6	30	1	2.14
Samuel Cook1 nb	14	2	56	3	4.00
Shane Snater	11	1	34	1	3.09
Wiaan Mulder1 nb	12.3	2	46	3	3.68
Simon Harmer	15	4	40	1	2.67
Matthew Critchley	5	1	15	0	3.00

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgarc Codi Yusuf b James Fuller	18	59	4	0	30.5
Paul Walterc Ben Brown b Kyle Abbott	5	23	1	0	21.7
Tom Westley (c)c Ben Mayes b Scott Currie	34	74	5	0	45.9
Samuel Cookb James Fuller	2	17	0	0	11.8
CA Charlie Allisonc Ben Brown b James Fuller	0	7	0	0	0.0
Matthew Critchleylbw b Kyle Abbott	27	49	3	0	55.1
Wiaan Mulderc Ben Brown b Liam Dawson	54	98	6	0	55.1
Michael Pepper (wk)c Ben Brown b Scott Currie	10	37	0	0	27.0
Simon Harmernot out	80*	118	14	0	67.8
Shane Snaterc Ben Brown b James Fuller	16	23	2	1	69.6
James Porterb James Fuller	12	38	3	0	31.6
Extras	15 (b 4, lb 2, w 3, nb 6)
Total	273 (all out, 90 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kyle Abbott	24	8	45	2	1.88
CY Codi Yusuf2 wd, 2 nb	22	3	85	0	3.86
James Fuller1 nb	15	4	43	5	2.87
Scott Currie	14	2	37	2	2.64
Liam Dawson	15	3	57	1	3.80

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TA Toby Albertc Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook	1	22	0	0	4.5
Nick Gubbinsc Paul Walter b Simon Harmer	71	189	13	0	37.6
TP Tom Prestc Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook	1	8	0	0	12.5
Jake Lehmannb James Porter	27	78	4	0	34.6
BM Ben Mayesc & b Simon Harmer	8	31	0	0	25.8
Ben Brown (c) (wk)not out	57*	89	8	0	64.0
Liam Dawsonc Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook	13	19	1	1	68.4
James Fullerlbw b Wiaan Mulder	18	26	3	0	69.2
Scott Curriec Dean Elgar b Simon Harmer	2	12	0	0	16.7
Kyle Abbottlbw b Simon Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
CY Codi Yusufc Simon Harmer b Wiaan Mulder	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	16 (b 4, lb 10, nb 2)
Total	214 (all out, 79.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	14	5	35	1	2.50
Samuel Cook	15	3	52	3	3.47
Shane Snater	5	1	15	0	3.00
Simon Harmer	31	8	66	4	2.13
Wiaan Mulder1 nb	11.5	1	23	2	1.94
Matthew Critchley	3	0	9	0	3.00

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walterc Ben Brown b Kyle Abbott	17	19	3	0	89.5
Dean Elgarb Kyle Abbott	8	33	1	0	24.2
Tom Westley (c)c Tom Prest b Kyle Abbott	9	31	1	0	29.0
CA Charlie Allisonlbw b Kyle Abbott	34	68	4	0	50.0
Matthew Critchleynot out	90*	73	15	0	123.3
Wiaan Muldernot out	15*	27	1	1	55.6
Extras	5 (lb 5)
Total	178/4 (41.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kyle Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.50
CY Codi Yusuf	9	1	47	0	5.22
Liam Dawson	5	0	19	0	3.80
James Fuller	8	0	32	0	4.00
Scott Currie	4	0	25	0	6.25
TP Tom Prest	1.5	0	15	0	8.18

Match details

Toss: Essex, bowl
Ground: County Ground, Chelmsford
Start: Fri 8 May, 11:00 UK
Competition: County Championship Division One 2026

Essex vs Hampshire Questions

When is Essex vs Hampshire?

Essex vs Hampshire starts at 11:00 UK time (15:30 in India) on Friday 8 May 2026, at County Ground, Chelmsford, part of County Championship Division One 2026; this page has the form, the head to head, the ground and the projections for the match.

What is the Essex vs Hampshire head to head?

Essex lead the Essex vs Hampshire head to head at 5-2 from 9 FirstClass meetings, with 2 draws, and the latest, on 8 May 2026 at County Ground, was won by Essex.

What is Essex's recent form?

Essex have won 0 and lost 3 of their last 5 FirstClass matches, drawn 2, newest first D L L L D; most recently they drew with Glamorgan on 24 Sep, 129 & 351/6 to 505.

What is Hampshire's recent form?

Hampshire have won 0 and lost 4 of their last 5 FirstClass matches, drawn 1, newest first L L L L D; most recently they lost to Sussex on 24 Sep, 128 & 238 to 244 & 319/9.

What is a good score at County Ground?

A good first-innings score at County Ground is around 327, the average over its last 30 FirstClass matches, and the side batting first has won 42% of them, so chasing has had the edge there.

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