Essex Stats

Essex First-class Wickets Stats

How many wickets Essex take, and who takes the most, game by game

Updated 24 September 2026, after the Glamorgan game

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Player	Avg	Hit %	24 Sep 26 A Drew		8 Sep 26 A Lostinns		20 Aug 26 A Lost8 wkts		12 Jun 26 A Won6 wkts		24 Apr 26 A Drew		17 Apr 26 A Lost41 runs		3 Apr 26 A Woninns		22 Jul 25 A Woninns		29 Jun 25 A Lost10 wkts		23 May 25 A Drew		16 May 25 A Lost225 runs		2 May 25 A Lost3 wkts		11 Apr 25 A Drew		17 Sep 24 A Woninns		22 Aug 24 A Drew		30 Jun 24 A Lost145 runs		24 May 24 A Woninns		3 May 24 A Lost3 wkts		26 Apr 24 A Drew		5 Apr 24 A Won254 runs
Player	Avg	Hit %	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
Essex total	9.0		10	-	10	-	10	2	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	10	7	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	8	-	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	2	10	10
S. CookBowler, 24 inns	2.3	58%14/24	228-54-2		-DNB		429-92-4	02-17-0			129-62-1		218.5-38-2	515-58-5	311-33-3	19-23-1	113-59-1	114-48-1							214-31-2	122-55-1	425-44-4	119-66-1	29-31-2	315-36-3	122-73-1				16-19-1	-DNB	515.4-38-5	215-55-2	320-60-3	04-8-0	418-59-4	614-14-6
J. PorterBowler, 32 inns	2.0	56%18/32			120.5-76-1		227-70-2	-DNB	113-25-1	129-79-1	226-75-2		420-59-4	113-31-1	211-19-2	19-25-1	412.4-30-4	110-27-1			219-65-2	527-88-5	125-57-1	315.3-30-3	28.3-41-2	112-43-1	226-62-2	217-46-2	38-15-3	612.1-36-6	015-37-0		017.3-50-0	223-68-2	119-41-1	06-24-0	516-37-5	115.1-49-1	319-57-3	16-9-1	217.4-62-2	314.3-43-3
S. SnaterBowler, 30 inns	2.0	63%19/30			328-82-3		326-96-3	-DNB	114-34-1	334-69-3	127-74-1		212-34-2	39.2-15-3	29-38-2	08-32-0			433-93-4	04-8-0	120-72-1	010-52-0	424.2-78-4	318-45-3	-DNB	-DNB	325-88-3	216-50-2	57.4-13-5	15-28-1	218-85-2		321.2-56-3	219-82-2	012-35-0	39-15-3	08-33-0	412-55-4	211.4-70-2	02-3-0	217-54-2	16-23-1
M. CritchleyAll-rounder, 24 inns	1.88	46%11/24	231-95-2		530-85-5		111.5-54-1	06-33-0	13.2-12-1	212.5-34-2	228-95-2		-DNB	-DNB	10.3-0-1	54.3-9-5	-DNB	418.1-41-4	214.2-50-2	-DNB	-DNB	02-13-0	26-13-2	-DNB	-DNB	06-18-0	18-46-1	111-69-1	-DNB	-DNB	515.5-96-5		15-17-1	16-30-1	540.1-88-5	216.2-23-2	-DNB	-DNB	015-53-0	111.2-57-1	18-31-1	-DNB
Z Z. AkhterAll-rounder, 4 inns	1.75	50%2/4	523.1-107-5		018-53-0								213-47-2	07-41-0
S. HarmerBowler, 30 inns	1.63	50%15/30	142-117-1				031-124-0	29.2-39-2	318-42-3	351-124-3	325.3-69-3		01-2-0	118-65-1	18-22-1	325-49-3	19-26-1	217-38-2	236-71-2	-DNB	24.4-14-2	234-94-2	010-34-0	421-37-4	419-43-4	438.4-120-4	07-25-0	241-90-2	-DNB	-DNB	026-105-0		116-32-1	14-20-1	031-111-0	423-32-4	-DNB	02-4-0	224-88-2	016-46-0	118-60-1	-DNB
K. RajithaBowler, 6 inns	1.50	33%2/6																			522-87-5	011-42-0	121-81-1	03-12-0	25-26-2	115-71-1
K. AhmedBowler, 4 inns	1.00	25%1/4															210-46-2	115-64-1	129-124-1	04-24-0
N N. ThainBowler, 15 inns	0.60	20%3/15	-DNB				02-12-0	-DNB	14-21-1	-DNB	120-70-1				-DNB	-DNB	28-40-2	08-31-0	119-97-1	01-9-0	07-41-0	-DNB	213-71-2	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	013-73-0	211.1-61-2	03-17-0	02-12-0							02-11-0	-DNB	02-23-0	-DNB
P. WalterAll-rounder, 7 inns	0.43	14%1/7	03-13-0		-DNB		-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	01-8-0		-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	03-13-0	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB			-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	09-27-0		210.3-43-2	16-15-1							04-20-0	-DNB
T. WestleyBatter, 5 inns	0.40	20%1/5	06-18-0		04-14-0		01-2-0	02-10-0	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB				-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB		-DNB	-DNB	211-25-2	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB			-DNB	-DNB
E. BoschBowler, 2 inns	3.0	100%2/2																															313-52-3	317-57-3
C C. BennettBowler, 2 inns	2.0	50%1/2							311-48-3	127-90-1
M M. KilleenAll-rounder, 1 inns	1.00	0%0/1			117.1-43-1
A. BeardBowler, 2 inns	0.50	0%0/2																																	124-68-1	03-6-0
W. MulderAll-rounder, 2 inns	0.50	0%0/2													19-35-1	04-26-0
J J. Andrew Geoffrey AuldAll-rounder, 1 inns	0.00	0%0/1	024-87-0

A green cell reached the line. Each innings is its own column, the 1st then the 2nd. The line under a figure is the bowler's overs, runs and wickets; DNB did not bowl.

Essex Team Wickets

Line8.5

Avg9.08.9

Hit81%

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24 Sep 26

A Drew

8 Sep 26

A Lostinns

20 Aug 26

A Lost8 wkts

12 Jun 26

A Won6 wkts

24 Apr 26

A Drew

17 Apr 26

A Lost41 runs

3 Apr 26

A Woninns

22 Jul 25

A Woninns

29 Jun 25

A Lost10 wkts

23 May 25

A Drew

16 May 25

A Lost225 runs

2 May 25

A Lost3 wkts

11 Apr 25

A Drew

17 Sep 24

A Woninns

22 Aug 24

A Drew

30 Jun 24

A Lost145 runs

24 May 24

A Woninns

3 May 24

A Lost3 wkts

26 Apr 24

A Drew

5 Apr 24

A Won254 runs

Essex Wickets Match by Match

The last 20 first-class matches, innings by innings, and how often Essex went over the line

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Opponent	Result	Inns	For	Ag	8.5+
Avg			9.0	8.9	81%
Glamorgan (A)24 Sep	Ddrawn	1st	10	10
Glamorgan (A)24 Sep	Ddrawn	2nd	-	6	-
Yorkshire (A)8 Sep	Lby an innings and 106 runs	1st	10	10
Yorkshire (A)8 Sep	Lby an innings and 106 runs	2nd	-	10	-
Somerset (A)20 Aug	Lby 8 wickets	1st	10	10
Somerset (A)20 Aug	Lby 8 wickets	2nd	2	10
Leicestershire (A)12 Jun	Wby 6 wickets	1st	10	10
Leicestershire (A)12 Jun	Wby 6 wickets	2nd	10	4
Surrey (A)24 Apr	Ddrawn	1st	10	10
Surrey (A)24 Apr	Ddrawn	2nd	-	2	-
Warwickshire (A)17 Apr	Lby 41 runs	1st	10	10
Warwickshire (A)17 Apr	Lby 41 runs	2nd	10	10
Hampshire (A)3 Apr	Wby an innings and 137 runs	1st	10	7
Hampshire (A)3 Apr	Wby an innings and 137 runs	2nd	10	-
Sussex (A)22 Jul 2025	Wby an innings and 39 runs	1st	10	10
Sussex (A)22 Jul 2025	Wby an innings and 39 runs	2nd	10	-
Yorkshire (A)29 Jun 2025	Lby 10 wickets	1st	10	10
Yorkshire (A)29 Jun 2025	Lby 10 wickets	2nd	0	10
Surrey (A)23 May 2025	Ddrawn	1st	10	10
Surrey (A)23 May 2025	Ddrawn	2nd	7	10
Worcestershire (A)16 May 2025	Lby 225 runs	1st	10	10
Worcestershire (A)16 May 2025	Lby 225 runs	2nd	10	10
Somerset (A)2 May 2025	Lby 3 wickets	1st	10	10
Somerset (A)2 May 2025	Lby 3 wickets	2nd	7	10
Nottinghamshire (A)11 Apr 2025	Ddrawn	1st	10	10
Nottinghamshire (A)11 Apr 2025	Ddrawn	2nd	10	1
Warwickshire (A)17 Sep 2024	Wby an innings and 40 runs	1st	10	10
Warwickshire (A)17 Sep 2024	Wby an innings and 40 runs	2nd	10	-
Hampshire (A)22 Aug 2024	Ddrawn	1st	8	8
Surrey (A)30 Jun 2024	Lby 145 runs	1st	10	10
Surrey (A)30 Jun 2024	Lby 145 runs	2nd	10	10
Kent (A)24 May 2024	Wby an innings and 96 runs	1st	10	7
Kent (A)24 May 2024	Wby an innings and 96 runs	2nd	10	-
Somerset (A)3 May 2024	Lby 3 wickets	1st	10	10
Somerset (A)3 May 2024	Lby 3 wickets	2nd	7	10
Durham (A)26 Apr 2024	Ddrawn	1st	10	10
Durham (A)26 Apr 2024	Ddrawn	2nd	2	-
Nottinghamshire (A)5 Apr 2024	Wby 254 runs	1st	10	10
Nottinghamshire (A)5 Apr 2024	Wby 254 runs	2nd	10	9

Essex Wickets Lines

How often each line went over, last 20 first-class matches, an innings each

Line	Over	Under	Over %
6.5	33	3	92%
7.5	30	6	83%
8.5	29	7	81%
9.5	29	7	81%
10.5	0	36	0%

Line	Over	Under	Over %
16.5	26	5	84%
17.5	21	10	68%
18.5	21	10	68%
19.5	20	11	65%
20.5	0	31	0%

Wickets Batting First and Chasing

Essex's wickets per game by when they batted

Batting	P	W	For	Ag
First	10	4	15.9	14.7
Second	10	2	16.4	15.7

CC1 2026 Wickets Table

Wickets per game, this season

Side	P	For	Ag	Match
1Warwickshire	14	17.8	13.5	31.3
2Sussex	14	17.5	15.8	33.3
3Somerset	14	17.1	15.8	32.9
4Yorkshire	14	16.5	16.6	33.1
5Nottinghamshire	14	15.7	14.9	30.6
6Glamorgan	14	15.6	16.2	31.9
7Essex	14	15.1	16.1	31.3
8Hampshire	14	14.9	18.6	33.5
9Leicestershire	14	14.3	15.1	29.4
10Surrey	14	13.7	15.5	29.2

Essex First-class Wickets Questions

How many wickets do Essex take per innings in first-class matches?

Essex have averaged 9.0 wickets an innings over their last 20 first-class matches, their opponents 8.9.

How often do Essex go over 8.5 wickets in an innings?

Essex went over 8.5 wickets in 29 of their last 36 innings.

Who takes the most wickets for Essex?

Over Essex's last 20 first-class matches: James Porter (65 in 32 innings, 2.0 an innings), Shane Snater (60 in 30 innings, 2.0 an innings), Samuel Cook (55 in 24 innings, 2.3 an innings).

What is Essex's highest wickets in an innings in a recent first-class match?

10 in their first innings against Glamorgan on 24 Sep 2026 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

Do Essex take more wickets batting first or chasing?

Batting first Essex average 15.9 wickets (10 first-class matches); batting second 16.4 (10).

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