County Championship Division One Test match

Somerset County vs Essex County

Somerset 469

Essex yet to bat

(fo) 158 & 412 · RR 2.56

Somerset won by 8 wickets

Start: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00
Venue: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Toss: Essex, elected to bowl first

Match report

Somerset won by 8 wickets in the County Championship Division One at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton. Essex won the toss and elected to bowl first. Somerset made 469. Charlie Allison top-scored with 114 from 254 balls (13 fours, 2 sixes). Jack Leach took 5/81 from 55.2 overs.

Scorecard

Somerset 1 INN

Batting: Somerset 1 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Josh Thomas	b Snater	110	162	15	1	67.90
Tom Lammonby	b Cook	20	21	4	0	95.23
Lewis Goldsworthy	c Pepper b Porter	16	31	3	0	51.61
Henry Nicholls	b Cook	96	191	13	0	50.26
Tom Abell	b Snater	65	124	10	0	52.41
James Rew	not out	74	127	10	0	58.26
Jake Ball	b Cook	3	14	0	0	21.42
Archie Vaughan	b Porter	0	3	0	0	0.00
Lewis Gregory	lbw b Snater	11	26	1	0	42.30
Jack Leach	c Porter b Cook	5	21	1	0	23.80
Migael Pretorius	lbw b Critchley	48	48	7	0	100.00
Total	469 (127.5) (lb 15)

Bowling: Somerset 1 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Jamie Porter	27.00	8	70	2	2.59
Sam Cook	29.00	5	92	4	3.17
Shane Snater	26.00	5	96	3	3.69
Simon Harmer	31.00	4	124	0	4.00
Noah Thain	2.00	0	12	0	6.00
Matt Critchley	11.50	1	54	1	4.56
Tom Westley	1.00	0	2	0	2.00

Essex 2 INN

Batting: Essex 2 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.00
Paul Walter	c Leach b Ball	48	70	8	0	68.57
Tom Westley	c Rew b Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.00
Charlie Allison	b Gregory	1	6	0	0	16.66
Matt Critchley	lbw b Vaughan	50	88	6	1	56.81
Noah Thain	lbw b Leach	10	17	2	0	58.82
Michael Pepper	c Nicholls b Vaughan	35	43	5	0	81.39
Simon Harmer	c Goldsworthy b Leach	4	6	1	0	66.66
Shane Snater	c Rew b Leach	0	6	0	0	0.00
Sam Cook	b Leach	0	5	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter	not out	0	14	0	0	0.00
Total	158 (42.4) (w 1, lb 1)

Bowling: Essex 2 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Lewis Gregory	6.00	1	29	3	4.83
Jake Ball	10.00	0	55	1	5.50
Migael Pretorius	8.00	3	21	0	2.62
Jack Leach	13.00	2	37	4	2.84
Archie Vaughan	5.40	1	13	2	2.29

Essex 3 INN

Batting: Essex 3 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	b Ball	43	82	4	1	52.43
Dean Elgar	c Rew b Pretorius	56	125	9	0	44.80
Tom Westley	c Abell b Leach	22	51	4	0	43.13
Charlie Allison	c Rew b Leach	114	254	13	2	44.88
Matt Critchley	c Abell b Leach	94	236	11	0	39.83
Noah Thain	c Abell b Leach	11	54	1	0	20.37
Michael Pepper	c Abell b Leach	4	3	1	0	133.33
Simon Harmer	b Vaughan	24	68	2	0	35.29
Shane Snater	b Vaughan	14	30	2	0	46.66
Sam Cook	not out	9	32	0	0	28.12
Jamie Porter	lbw b Vaughan	7	34	1	0	20.58
Total	412 (161.1)

Bowling: Essex 3 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Migael Pretorius	26.00	3	72	1	2.76
Jake Ball	24.40	7	60	1	2.43
Archie Vaughan	40.10	6	123	3	3.06
Jack Leach	55.20	22	81	5	1.46
Josh Thomas	2.00	0	10	0	5.00
Tom Lammonby	8.00	2	33	0	4.12
Lewis Goldsworthy	3.00	1	5	0	1.66
Lewis Gregory	2.00	0	18	0	9.00

Somerset 4 INN

Batting: Somerset 4 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Josh Thomas	c Critchley b Harmer	31	29	3	0	106.89
Tom Lammonby	not out	39	54	5	0	72.22
Lewis Goldsworthy	c Snater b Harmer	6	8	1	0	75.00
Henry Nicholls	not out	18	25	2	0	72.00
James Rew		0	0	0	0	0.00
Tom Abell		0	0	0	0	0.00
Archie Vaughan		0	0	0	0	0.00
Lewis Gregory		0	0	0	0	0.00
Migael Pretorius		0	0	0	0	0.00
Jack Leach		0	0	0	0	0.00
Jake Ball		0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	103 (19.2) (w 5)

Bowling: Somerset 4 INN
Bowler	O	R	W	ER
Sam Cook	2.00	17	0	8.50
Simon Harmer	9.20	39	2	4.17
Matt Critchley	6.00	33	0	5.50
Tom Westley	2.00	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

Somerset 1 INN

213/3 55.3 ov b Snater 110
34/1 5.4 ov b Cook 20
94/2 17.4 ov c ?Pepper b Porter 16
312/4 81.4 ov b Cook 96
348/5 94.3 ov b Snater 65
352/6 98.6 ov b Cook 3
353/7 99.5 ov b Porter 0
382/8 108.1 ov lbw b Snater 11
397/9 113.3 ov c Porter b Cook 5
469/10 127.5 ov lbw b Critchley 48

Essex 1 INN

0/1 0.2 ov lbw b Gregory 0
104/4 22.3 ov c Leach b Ball 48
0/2 0.4 ov c ?Rew b Gregory 0
2/3 2.2 ov b Gregory 1
129/6 32.4 ov lbw b Vaughan 50
117/5 27.4 ov lbw b Leach 10
158/10 42.4 ov c Nicholls b Vaughan 35
134/7 33.6 ov c Goldsworthy b Leach 4
138/8 35.5 ov hane
146/9 37.3 ov b Leach 0

Essex 2 INN

82/1 26.4 ov b Ball 43
127/2 42.3 ov c ?Rew b Pretorius 56
127/3 43.2 ov c Abell b Leach 22
346/5 127.5 ov c ?Rew b Leach 114
339/4 121.4 ov c Abell b Leach 94
367/7 139.2 ov c Abell b Leach 11
350/6 129.2 ov c Abell b Leach 4
396/9 151.1 ov b Vaughan 24
395/8 149.4 ov hane
412/10 161.1 ov lbw b Vaughan 7

Somerset 2 INN

59/1 9.1 ov c Critchley b Harmer 31
65/2 11.1 ov c Snater b Harmer 6

Head to head

Previous meetings
Date	Match	Result
20 Aug 2026	Somerset v Essex Day 1 - Essex chose to field.	348/5
10 Apr 2026	Essex v Somerset Somerset won by 10 wickets	149 & 245 - 348 & 49/0
24 Sep 2025	Somerset v Essex Essex won by 7 wickets	433 - 438
8 Jul 2025	Somerset v Essex Somerset won by 95 runs	225/6 - 130
1 Jun 2025	Essex v Somerset Somerset won by 8 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)	148 - 149/2

County Championship Division One table

League standings
#	Team	MP	W	L	Pts
1	Nottinghamshire	9	4	1	135
2	Warwickshire	9	3	1	130
3	Somerset	0	3	2	117
4	Glamorgan	0	3	2	110
5	Sussex	9	4	3	108
6	Essex	0	4	3	107
7	Surrey	9	1	3	94
8	Yorkshire	0	2	3	92
9	Hampshire	0	2	4	75
10	Leicestershire	0	1	5	75

Line-ups

Somerset

Josh Thomas
Tom Lammonby
Lewis Goldsworthy
Henry Nicholls
Tom Abell
James Rew
Jake Ball
Archie Vaughan
Lewis Gregory
Jack Leach
Migael Pretorius

Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Tom Westley
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Noah Thain
Michael Pepper
Simon Harmer
Shane Snater
Sam Cook
Jamie Porter