Essex Stats

Essex First-class Cricket Stats

Essex first-class matches game by game, and how the opposition did in each

Updated 24 September 2026, after the Glamorgan game

Essex finished 8th of 10 in the CC1 2026 table, behind Warwickshire on top, with 136 points from 14 matches.

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Stat	Avg	24 Sep 26 A Drew		15 Sep 26 H Lost8 wkts		8 Sep 26 A Lostinns		2 Sep 26 H Lost47 runs		27 Aug 26 H Drew		20 Aug 26 A Lost8 wkts		19 Jun 26 H Lostinns		12 Jun 26 A Won6 wkts		15 May 26 H Won7 wkts		8 May 26 H Won6 wkts		24 Apr 26 A Drew		17 Apr 26 A Lost41 runs		10 Apr 26 H Lost10 wkts		3 Apr 26 A Woninns		24 Sep 25 H Won7 wkts		8 Sep 25 H Drew		29 Jul 25 H Drew		22 Jul 25 A Woninns		29 Jun 25 A Lost10 wkts		22 Jun 25 H Drew		23 May 25 A Drew		16 May 25 A Lost225 runs		9 May 25 H Drew		2 May 25 A Lost3 wkts		18 Apr 25 H Won28 runs		11 Apr 25 A Drew		4 Apr 25 H Drew		26 Sep 24 H Drew		17 Sep 24 A Woninns		9 Sep 24 H Woninns		29 Aug 24 H Lost43 runs		22 Aug 24 A Drew		30 Jun 24 A Lost145 runs		23 Jun 24 H Drew		24 May 24 A Woninns		17 May 24 H Won4 wkts		3 May 24 A Lost3 wkts		26 Apr 24 A Drew		19 Apr 24 H Woninns		12 Apr 24 H Drew
Stat	Avg	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	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
Runs	281263	129505	351	134191	189138	171390	113	177275	281230	279183	-298	158469	412103	184457	221	401187	217428	293333	10460	273235	178214	409472	302	205190	164220	149348	24549	461156	-168	438433	9999	457333	-173	602485	96	504204	-261	368459	13141	296453	358	217279	479289	157358	110134	123216	273426	206145	259325	179202	317266	367347	106385	582365	-219	508267	-	23278	-114	45793	-281	404266	140321	438424	-	180262	215278	339587	208184	591394	-101	162397	33194	156128	138170	488358	-131	377146	-107	530413	257164
Wickets	8.98.5	1010	-6	1010	210	1010	-10	1010	1010	1010	8	1010	210	1010	-10	1010	104	1010	103	1010	104	1010	-2	1010	1010	1010	010	107	10	1010	103	108	7	106	-1	1010	10	1010	010	1010	-6	1010	710	1010	1010	1010	69	1010	710	1010	1010	1010	101	106	6	78	-	1010	10	1010	10	1010	1010	88	-	1010	1010	1010	82	107	10	1010	106	1010	710	1010	2	1010	10	107	74
Run rate	3.393.38	2.93.2	4.1	3.13.1	3.25.4	2.53.3	2.8	3.02.8	3.84.6	3.33.4	-3.0	3.73.7	2.65.3	3.23.6	2.7	4.13.0	4.72.8	3.53.7	3.52.2	3.03.3	4.32.7	3.53.0	3.5	2.82.9	2.63.5	2.93.8	3.48.7	3.33.2	-2.8	4.13.5	5.53.0	3.63.3	-2.6	4.03.6	3.1	4.33.9	-3.2	2.73.5	2.44.6	3.03.4	3.0	3.53.8	3.43.4	2.63.6	2.52.3	2.02.8	2.13.7	2.33.1	3.33.5	3.13.7	3.33.1	3.53.3	3.43.3	4.02.8	-2.3	4.33.2	-	3.52.8	-3.3	3.92.3	-3.0	3.83.6	3.03.7	4.04.0	-	3.53.1	3.53.7	3.44.8	2.53.5	4.12.8	-1.8	3.23.4	3.42.5	3.13.1	2.73.9	3.73.9	-3.3	3.73.5	-2.6	4.73.1	6.42.4
Sixes	2.12.1	02	3	01	25	20	1	11	65	40	-2	11	30	34	2	32	13	16	00	12	11	12	3	22	01	03	02	51	-0	52	20	43	-2	63	0	100	-1	15	00	37	1	11	31	13	00	00	26	00	11	20	17	21	05	21	-1	11	-	10	-0	30	-1	13	00	46	-	22	03	311	02	134	-0	16	31	03	01	22	-1	23	-0	94	22
Fours	33.631.9	2156	47	1827	2315	2049	11	2134	3527	2932	-36	2263	4811	2254	23	4820	2349	3634	157	3830	2529	5848	34	2624	2735	2046	348	5625	-27	5954	1214	6047	-19	6566	11	6432	-31	4957	175	3652	40	3243	5837	2555	1915	1530	3145	1921	3139	2427	3630	4141	1351	8045	-23	6834	-	3614	-20	4212	-27	4633	1039	5244	-	2534	2534	4070	2122	4845	-9	1433	344	2211	1822	4931	-12	4517	-11	5040	2011
Catches	5.14.7	73	-1	47	25	51	-4	80	67	68	6	25	26	75	-6	53	13	26	31	47	72	85	-1	57	87	85	09	45	4	75	12	33	3	65	-1	106	7	77	05	104	-4	77	48	78	36	58	64	66	34	95	65	56	80	34	3	35	-	45	5	54	6	55	97	54	-	77	56	85	61	33	2	68	72	87	47	54	1	84	5	44	31

Each figure is Essex's, the opposition's under it. Wickets are the wickets Essex took. Each innings is its own column, the 1st then the 2nd, against the opposition's same innings.

Essex First-class Game by Game

Runs, the last 40 first-class matches, newest on the left

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24 Sep 26

A Drew

15 Sep 26

H Lost8 wkts

8 Sep 26

A Lostinns

2 Sep 26

H Lost47 runs

27 Aug 26

H Drew

20 Aug 26

A Lost8 wkts

19 Jun 26

H Lostinns

12 Jun 26

A Won6 wkts

15 May 26

H Won7 wkts

8 May 26

H Won6 wkts

24 Apr 26

A Drew

17 Apr 26

A Lost41 runs

10 Apr 26

H Lost10 wkts

3 Apr 26

A Woninns

24 Sep 25

H Won7 wkts

8 Sep 25

H Drew

29 Jul 25

H Drew

22 Jul 25

A Woninns

29 Jun 25

A Lost10 wkts

22 Jun 25

H Drew

23 May 25

A Drew

16 May 25

A Lost225 runs

9 May 25

H Drew

2 May 25

A Lost3 wkts

18 Apr 25

H Won28 runs

11 Apr 25

A Drew

4 Apr 25

H Drew

26 Sep 24

H Drew

17 Sep 24

A Woninns

9 Sep 24

H Woninns

29 Aug 24

H Lost43 runs

22 Aug 24

A Drew

30 Jun 24

A Lost145 runs

23 Jun 24

H Drew

24 May 24

A Woninns

17 May 24

H Won4 wkts

3 May 24

A Lost3 wkts

26 Apr 24

A Drew

19 Apr 24

H Woninns

12 Apr 24

H Drew

All Essex runs →

Essex First-class Results

The last 40 first-class matches, newest first: 12 won

Opponent	Result	ESS	Opp	Wkts
Glamorgan (A) 24 Sep	Ddrawn	129 & 351/6	505	10
Warwickshire (H) 15 Sep	Lby 8 wickets	134 & 189	191 & 138/2	12
Yorkshire (A) 8 Sep	Lby an innings and 106 runs	171 & 113	390	10
Sussex (H) 2 Sep	Lby 47 runs	177 & 281	275 & 230	20
Surrey (H) 27 Aug	Ddrawn	279	183 & 298/8	18
Somerset (A) 20 Aug	Lby 8 wickets	158 & 412	469 & 103/2	12
Nottinghamshire (H) 19 Jun	Lby an innings and 52 runs	184 & 221	457	10
Leicestershire (A) 12 Jun	Wby 6 wickets	401 & 217/4	187 & 428	20
Leicestershire (H) 15 May	Wby 7 wickets	293 & 104/3	333 & 60	20
Hampshire (H) 8 May	Wby 6 wickets	273 & 178/4	235 & 214	20
Surrey (A) 24 Apr	Ddrawn	409 & 302/2	472	10
Warwickshire (A) 17 Apr	Lby 41 runs	205 & 164	190 & 220	20
Somerset (H) 10 Apr	Lby 10 wickets	149 & 245	348 & 49/0	10
Hampshire (A) 3 Apr	Wby an innings and 137 runs	461/7	156 & 168	20
Somerset (H) 24 Sep 2025	Wby 7 wickets	438 & 99/3	433 & 99	20
Durham (H) 8 Sep 2025	Ddrawn	457/8	333 & 173/7	17
Warwickshire (H) 29 Jul 2025	Ddrawn	602/6 & 96/1	485	10
Sussex (A) 22 Jul 2025	Wby an innings and 39 runs	504	204 & 261	20
Yorkshire (A) 29 Jun 2025	Lby 10 wickets	368 & 131	459 & 41/0	10
Hampshire (H) 22 Jun 2025	Ddrawn	296 & 358/6	453	10
Surrey (A) 23 May 2025	Ddrawn	217 & 479	279 & 289/7	17
Worcestershire (A) 16 May 2025	Lby 225 runs	157 & 110	358 & 134	20
Yorkshire (H) 9 May 2025	Ddrawn	123 & 273/9	216 & 426/6	16
Somerset (A) 2 May 2025	Lby 3 wickets	206 & 259	145 & 325/7	17
Worcestershire (H) 18 Apr 2025	Wby 28 runs	179 & 317	202 & 266	20
Nottinghamshire (A) 11 Apr 2025	Ddrawn	367 & 106/1	347 & 385	20
Surrey (H) 4 Apr 2025	Ddrawn	582/6	365 & 219/6	16
Surrey (H) 26 Sep 2024	Ddrawn	508/8	267/7	7
Warwickshire (A) 17 Sep 2024	Wby an innings and 40 runs	232	78 & 114	20
Nottinghamshire (H) 9 Sep 2024	Wby an innings and 83 runs	457	93 & 281	20
Worcestershire (H) 29 Aug 2024	Lby 43 runs	404 & 140	266 & 321	20
Hampshire (A) 22 Aug 2024	Ddrawn	438/8	424/8	8
Surrey (A) 30 Jun 2024	Lby 145 runs	180 & 215	262 & 278	20
Durham (H) 23 Jun 2024	Ddrawn	339 & 208/2	587 & 184/8	18
Kent (A) 24 May 2024	Wby an innings and 96 runs	591/7	394 & 101	20
Warwickshire (H) 17 May 2024	Wby 4 wickets	162 & 331/6	397 & 94	20
Somerset (A) 3 May 2024	Lby 3 wickets	156 & 138	128 & 170/7	17
Durham (A) 26 Apr 2024	Ddrawn	488	358 & 131/2	12
Lancashire (H) 19 Apr 2024	Wby an innings and 124 runs	377	146 & 107	20
Kent (H) 12 Apr 2024	Ddrawn	530/7 & 257/4	413 & 164/7	17

Essex First-class Splits

The last 40 first-class matches: home and away, batting first or chasing, the toss, competition, opponent, ground and year, and runs a game (first innings)

Venue	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Home	21	7-5	33%	331	318
Away	19	5-8	26%	307	306

Innings	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Batting first	19	5-6	26%	361	311
Batting second	21	7-7	33%	282	313

Toss	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Won the toss	20	6-7	30%	317	315
Lost the toss	20	6-6	30%	322	309

Competition	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
County Championship Division One	40	12-13	30%	320	312

Opponent	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Surrey	6	0-1	0%	363	305
Warwickshire	5	2-2	40%	267	268
Somerset	5	1-4	20%	221	305
Hampshire	4	2-0	50%	367	317
Nottinghamshire	3	1-1	33%	336	299
Worcestershire	3	1-2	33%	247	275
Yorkshire	3	0-2	0%	221	355
Durham	3	0-0	0%	428	426
Leicestershire	2	2-0	100%	347	260
Sussex	2	1-1	50%	341	240
Kent	2	1-0	50%	561	404
Lancashire	1	1-0	100%	377	146
Glamorgan	1	0-0	0%	129	505

Ground	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
County Ground, Chelmsford	21	7-5	33%	331	318
The Cooper Associates County Ground, St James Street, Taunton	3	0-3	0%	173	247
Kennington Oval, London	3	0-1	0%	269	338
Edgbaston, Birmingham	2	1-1	50%	219	134
The Rose Bowl, Southampton	2	1-0	50%	450	290
Grace Road, Leicester	1	1-0	100%	401	187
County Ground, Hove, Brighton	1	1-0	100%	504	204
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	1	1-0	100%	591	394
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	1	0-0	0%	129	505
Headingley, Leeds	1	0-1	0%	171	390
York Cricket Club, York	1	0-1	0%	368	459
New Road, Worcester	1	0-1	0%	157	358
Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1	0-0	0%	367	347
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	1	0-0	0%	488	358

Year	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
2026	14	4-7	29%	245	314
2025	13	3-3	23%	346	329
2024	13	5-3	38%	374	293

CC1 2026 Table

On points, then net run rate

County Championship Division One points table →

Side	P	W	L	NRR	Pts
1Warwickshire	14	7	1	+0.192	225
2Somerset	14	6	3	+0.480	205
3Sussex	14	7	3	+0.351	195
4Nottinghamshire	14	5	3	+0.328	192
5Yorkshire	14	6	4	+0.220	180
6Glamorgan	14	4	5	-0.519	159
7Surrey	14	2	4	-0.088	152
8Essex	14	4	7	-0.029	136
9Leicestershire	14	3	7	-0.546	119
10Hampshire	14	2	9	-0.384	98

Essex First-class Questions

Where did Essex finish in the CC1 2026 standings?

Essex finished 8th of 10 in the CC1 2026 table with 136 points from 14 matches, 4 won and 7 lost and a net run rate of -0.029. Warwickshire finished top with 225 points. The full points table is on the Table tab.

What is Essex's average first-class match first-innings score?

Essex's first innings have averaged 320 runs over their last 40 first-class matches, since April 2024, against their opponents' 312; their highest was 602 against Warwickshire on 29 Jul 2025, and their lowest 123 against Yorkshire on 9 May 2025.

What is Essex's first-class match record?

Essex have won 12 and lost 13 with 15 drawn or tied of their last 40 first-class matches, since April 2024, a 30% win rate, and their latest first-class match was a draw against Glamorgan on 24 Sep 2026.

Do Essex do better batting first or chasing in first-class matches?

Chasing has suited Essex better than batting first over their last 40 first-class matches, since April 2024: they have won 5 of 19 batting first, averaging 361, and 7 of 21 batting second, averaging 282.

Who has scored the most first-class match runs for Essex recently?

Dean Elgar has the most first-class match runs for Essex over their last 40 first-class matches, since April 2024, with 2532 in 37 matches, ahead of Matthew Critchley (2306) and Tom Westley (2107).

Who has taken the most first-class match wickets for Essex recently?

James Porter has the most first-class match wickets for Essex over their last 40 first-class matches, since April 2024, with 145 in 36 matches, ahead of Simon Harmer (119) and Shane Snater (105).

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