ESS vs SUR – Match 47

Commentary

End of Match!

Match Highlights:
Ben Foakes: 120(226)
Dean Elgar: 113(191)
Rahul Chahar: 6/80
Simon Harmer: 3/92

Surrey 1st183/10 (53.2 ov, RR 3.43)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Rory Burns (c) lbw b JA Porter	6	13	1	46.2
Dom Sibley c MKS Pepper b S Cook	21	56	3	47.0
Josh Blake c SR Harmer b S Snater	14	42	3	42.9
Adam Thomas c MJJ Critchley b S Cook	43	65	8	66.2
Ben Foakes lbw b S Snater	0	3	0	0.0
Mahipal Lomror runout (S Cook / MKS Pepper)	17	48	2	35.4
Ollie Pope lbw b Z Akhter	13	22	2	59.1
Thomas Lawes c MKS Pepper b Z Akhter	38	43	8	88.4
Matthew Fisher c TZ Westley b Z Akhter	4	3	1	133.3
Rahul Chahar c TZ Westley b S Cook	9	13	1	69.2
Daniel Worrall* Not out	12	12	3	100.0

Extras6 (b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total183/10 (53.2 ov · 32 fours, 0 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jamie Porter	14	5	56	1	4.00
Shane Snater	9	2	31	2	3.44
Charlie Edward Bennett	3	1	5	0	1.66
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

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Rory Burns 6 lbw b JA Porter	16-1	4.3
Josh Blake 14 c SR Harmer b S Snater	41-2	17.5
Dom Sibley 21 c MKS Pepper b S Cook	41-3	18.4
Ben Foakes 0 lbw b S Snater	50-4	19.6
Mahipal Lomror 17 runout (S Cook / MKS Pepper)	102-5	36.1
Ollie Pope 13 lbw b Z Akhter	138-6	45.4
Matthew Fisher 4 c TZ Westley b Z Akhter	146-7	47.1
Rahul Chahar 9 c TZ Westley b S Cook	161-8	50.3
Thomas Lawes 38 c MKS Pepper b Z Akhter	183-9	53.2
Adam Thomas 43 c MJJ Critchley b S Cook	38-10	108

Essex 1st279/10 (85 ov, RR 3.28)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar c RJ Burns b MK Lomror	113	191	14	1	59.2
Paul Walter c BT Foakes b DJ Worrall	4	8	1	0	50.0
Tom Westley (c) lbw b DJ Worrall	22	52	3	0	42.3
Charles Allison c A Thomas b RD Chahar	43	85	4	1	50.6
Matt Critchley c BT Foakes b T Lawes	24	66	2	0	36.4
Michael-Kyle Pepper c O Pope b RD Chahar	21	26	3	0	80.8
Simon Harmer c DJ Worrall b RD Chahar	8	27	1	0	29.6
Zaman Akhter c J Blake b RD Chahar	0	2	0	0	0.0
Shane Snater* Not out	23	30	1	2	76.7
Jamie Porter c BT Foakes b RD Chahar	1	8	0	0	12.5
Samuel Cook b RD Chahar	1	15	0	0	6.7

Extras19 (b 5, lb 14, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total279/10 (85 ov · 29 fours, 4 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Daniel Worrall	16	6	32	2	2.00
Matthew Fisher	21	3	59	0	2.80
Thomas Lawes	13	2	48	1	3.69
Mahipal Lomror	13	2	41	1	3.15
Rahul Chahar	22	4	80	6	3.63

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Paul Walter 4 c BT Foakes b DJ Worrall	9-1	2.4
Tom Westley 22 lbw b DJ Worrall	56-2	19.4
Charles Allison 43 c A Thomas b RD Chahar	167-3	48.3
Dean Elgar 113 c RJ Burns b MK Lomror	218-4	66.2
Matt Critchley 24 c BT Foakes b T Lawes	220-5	67.2
Michael-Kyle Pepper 21 c O Pope b RD Chahar	248-6	74.1
Zaman Akhter 0 c J Blake b RD Chahar	248-7	74.3
Simon Harmer 8 c DJ Worrall b RD Chahar	259-8	78.1
Jamie Porter 1 c BT Foakes b RD Chahar	269-9	80.4
Samuel Cook 1 b RD Chahar	279-10	84.6

Surrey 2nd298/8 (99 ov, RR 3.01)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c) lbw b SR Harmer	20	40	3	0	50.0
Dom Sibley c TZ Westley b SR Harmer	10	27	2	0	37.0
Josh Blake c MKS Pepper b SR Harmer	14	70	2	0	20.0
Ollie Pope c & b S Cook	5	9	1	0	55.6
Matthew Fisher c PI Walter b S Snater	4	20	0	0	20.0
Ben Foakes* Not out	120	226	15	1	53.1
Mahipal Lomror c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	11	37	0	0	29.7
Adam Thomas c MKS Pepper b Z Akhter	33	52	5	0	63.5
Thomas Lawes b S Cook	44	83	6	0	53.0
Rahul Chahar* Not out	17	30	2	1	56.7

Extras20 (b 11, lb 9, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total298/8 (99 ov · 36 fours, 2 sixes)

Did not batDaniel Worrall

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jamie 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
Matt Critchley	7	0	31	0	4.42
Zaman Akhter	8	0	24	1	3.00
Tom Westley	1	0	5	0	5.00
Paul Walter	1	0	8	0	8.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Dom Sibley 10 c TZ Westley b SR Harmer	33-1	8.4
Rory Burns 20 lbw b SR Harmer	34-2	12.3
Ollie Pope 5 c & b S Cook	45-3	15.2
Matthew Fisher 4 c PI Walter b S Snater	51-4	21.3
Josh Blake 14 c MKS Pepper b SR Harmer	73-5	34.1
Mahipal Lomror 11 c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	92-6	45.1
Adam Thomas 33 c MKS Pepper b Z Akhter	144-7	59.4
Thomas Lawes 44 b S Cook	248-8	87.4

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Playing XI

Dean Elgar BAT

Paul Walter AR

Tom Westley CBAT

CA

Charles Allison BAT

Matt Critchley AR

Michael-Kyle Pepper WKWK

Simon Harmer BOWL

Zaman Akhter AR

Shane Snater BOWL

Jamie Porter BOWL

Samuel Cook BOWL

Bench

CE

Charlie Edward Bennett BOWL

Jordan Cox WKWK

SF

Simon Fernandes WKWK

MJ

Mackenzie Jones AR

Robin Das BAT

Luc Benkenstein AR

NT

Noah Thain BAT

MK

Mitchell Killeen AR

Wiaan Mulder AR

MatchEssex vs Surrey, Match 47

SeriesCounty Championship Division One

Date & timeThu, 27 Aug 2026 · 3:30 PM IST

VenueCounty Ground, Chelmsford, England

TossEssex won the toss and chose to bowl

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresMike Burns (England), Nigel Llong (England)

Match refereeAlec Swann (England)

Pitch

PitchFast & Bounce

BattingAverage

PacePace & Bounce

SpinAverage

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp29°C

Humidity26%

Wind4.2 km/h

Rain chance8%

Which team will win?

Essex39%

Surrey42%

Draw19%

36 votes