Essex vs Surrey Scorecard, 27 August 2026

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Essex 279 All out, 85 ov

Thu 27 Aug v

Surrey 183 & 298/8

Match drawn

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Updated 31 August 2026

Ben FoakesTop bat120 (229 balls, 15 fours, 1 six)
Rahul ChaharTop bowl6/80 (22 ov), 26 (43 balls)

Surrey batting

1st innings

183all out, 53.2 ov

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)lbw b James Porter	6	13	1	0	46.2
Dominic Sibleyc Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook	21	56	3	0	37.5
JB Josh Blakec Simon Harmer b Shane Snater	14	42	3	0	33.3
AT Adam Thomasc Matthew Critchley b Samuel Cook	43	65	8	0	66.2
Ben Foakes (wk)lbw b Shane Snater	0	3	0	0	0.0
Mahipal Lomrorrun out (Zaman Akhter)	17	48	2	0	35.4
Ollie Popelbw b Zaman Akhter	13	22	2	0	59.1
TL Tom Lawesc Michael Pepper b Zaman Akhter	38	43	8	0	88.4
Matthew Fisherc Tom Westley b Zaman Akhter	4	3	1	0	133.3
Rahul Chaharc Tom Westley b Samuel Cook	9	13	1	0	69.2
Daniel Worrallnot out	12*	12	3	0	100.0
Extras	6 (b 4, lb 2)
Total	183 (all out, 53.2 ov)

Fall of wickets

1-16 Rory Burns 4.3 ov, 2-41 Josh Blake 17.5 ov, 3-41 Dominic Sibley 18.4 ov, 4-50 Ben Foakes 19.6 ov, 5-102 Mahipal Lomror 36.1 ov, 6-108 Adam Thomas 38.5 ov, 7-138 Ollie Pope 45.4 ov, 8-146 Matthew Fisher 47.1 ov, 9-161 Rahul Chahar 50.3 ov, 10-183 Tom Lawes 53.2 ov

Did not bat

Nikhil Gorantla

Essex bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	14	5	56	1	4.00
Shane Snater	9	2	31	2	3.44
CB Charlie Bennett	3	1	5	0	1.67
ZA Zaman Akhter	10.2	3	36	3	3.48
Samuel Cook	15	5	41	3	2.73
Simon Harmer	2	1	8	0	4.00

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgarc Rory Burns b Mahipal Lomror	113	191	14	1	59.2
Paul Walterc Ben Foakes b Daniel Worrall	4	8	1	0	50.0
Tom Westley (c)lbw b Daniel Worrall	22	52	3	0	42.3
CA Charlie Allisonc Adam Thomas b Rahul Chahar	43	85	4	1	50.6
Matthew Critchleyc Ben Foakes b Tom Lawes	24	66	2	0	36.4
Michael Pepper (wk)c Ollie Pope b Rahul Chahar	21	26	3	0	80.8
Simon Harmerc Daniel Worrall b Rahul Chahar	8	27	1	0	29.6
ZA Zaman Akhterc Josh Blake b Rahul Chahar	0	2	0	0	0.0
Shane Snaternot out	23*	30	1	2	76.7
James Porterc Ben Foakes b Rahul Chahar	1	8	0	0	12.5
Samuel Cookb Rahul Chahar	1	15	0	0	6.7
Extras	19 (b 5, lb 14)
Total	279 (all out, 85 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Daniel Worrall	16	6	32	2	2.00
Matthew Fisher	21	3	59	0	2.81
TL Tom Lawes	13	2	48	1	3.69
Mahipal Lomror	13	2	41	1	3.15
Rahul Chahar	22	4	80	6	3.64

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)lbw b Simon Harmer	20	40	3	0	50.0
Dominic Sibleyc Tom Westley b Simon Harmer	10	27	2	0	37.0
JB Josh Blakec Michael Pepper b Simon Harmer	14	70	2	0	20.0
Ollie Popec & b Samuel Cook	5	9	1	0	55.6
Matthew Fisherc Paul Walter b Shane Snater	4	20	0	0	20.0
Ben Foakes (wk)not out	120*	226	15	1	53.1
Mahipal Lomrorc Michael Pepper b James Porter	11	37	0	0	29.7
AT Adam Thomasc Michael Pepper b Zaman Akhter	33	52	5	0	63.5
TL Tom Lawesb Samuel Cook	44	83	6	0	53.0
Rahul Chaharnot out	17*	30	2	1	56.7
Extras	20 (b 11, lb 9)
Total	298/8 (99 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	11	2	44	1	4.00
Samuel Cook	27	8	53	2	1.96
Simon Harmer	38	13	92	3	2.42
Shane Snater	6	1	21	1	3.50
Matthew Critchley	7	0	31	0	4.43
ZA Zaman Akhter	8	0	24	1	3.00
Tom Westley	1	0	5	0	5.00
Paul Walter	1	0	8	0	8.00

Match details

Toss: Essex, bowl
Ground: County Ground, Chelmsford
Start: Thu 27 Aug, 11:00 UK
Competition: County Championship Division One 2026

Essex vs Surrey Questions

When is Essex vs Surrey?

Essex vs Surrey starts at 11:00 UK time (15:30 in India) on Thursday 27 August 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 Surrey head to head?

Surrey lead the Essex vs Surrey head to head at 2-1 from 10 FirstClass meetings, with 7 draws, and the latest, on 27 August 2026 at County Ground, ended without a winner.

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 Surrey's recent form?

Surrey have won 1 and lost 1 of their last 5 FirstClass matches, drawn 3, newest first D L D W D; most recently they drew with Somerset on 24 Sep, 422 & 127/5 to 731.

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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