SOM vs ESS – Match 44

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End of Match! Somerset win by 8 wickets

Match Highlights:
Charles Allison: 114(254)
Joshua Thomas: 110(162)
Jack Leach: 5/81
Jack Leach: 4/37

19.24

Simon Harmer to Tom Lammonby, Four

19.10

Simon Harmer to Tom Lammonby, no run

19Ov99/2Score

0111014 runs

Tom Lammonby*35 (52)

Henry Nicholls18 (25)

Tom Westley0/10

18.61

Tom Westley to Tom Lammonby, 1 run

18.50

Tom Westley to Tom Lammonby, no run

18.41

Tom Westley to Henry Nicholls, 1 run

18.31

Tom Westley to Tom Lammonby, 1 run

18.21

Tom Westley to Henry Nicholls, 1 run

18.10

Tom Westley to Henry Nicholls, no run

18Ov95/2Score

110005wd07 runs

Tom Lammonby*33 (49)

Henry Nicholls16 (22)

Simon Harmer2/35

17.60

Simon Harmer to Tom Lammonby, no run

17.65wd

Simon Harmer to Tom Lammonby, 5 wide

17.50

Simon Harmer to Tom Lammonby, no run

17.40

Simon Harmer to Tom Lammonby, no run

17.30

Simon Harmer to Tom Lammonby, no run

17.21

Simon Harmer to Henry Nicholls, 1 run

17.11

Simon Harmer to Tom Lammonby, 1 run

17Ov88/2Score

0100416 runs

Tom Lammonby*32 (44)

Henry Nicholls15 (21)

Tom Westley0/6

16.61

Tom Westley to Tom Lammonby, 1 run

Somerset 1st469/10 (127.5 ov, RR 3.67)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Joshua Thomas b S Snater	110	162	15	1	67.9
Tom Lammonby b S Cook	20	21	4	0	95.2
Lewis Goldsworthy c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	16	31	3	0	51.6
Henry Nicholls b S Cook	96	191	13	0	50.3
Tom Abell b S Snater	65	124	10	0	52.4
James Rew* Not out	74	127	10	0	58.3
Jake Ball b S Cook	3	14	0	0	21.4
Archie Vaughan b JA Porter	0	3	0	0	0.0
Lewis Gregory (c) lbw b S Snater	11	26	1	0	42.3
Jack Leach c JA Porter b S Cook	5	21	1	0	23.8
Migael Pretorius lbw b MJJ Critchley	48	48	7	0	100.0

Extras21 (b 4, lb 15, w 0, nb 2, p 0)

Total469/10 (127.5 ov · 64 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jamie Porter	27	8	70	2	2.59
Samuel Cook	29	5	92	4	3.17
Shane Snater	26	5	96	3	3.69
Simon Harmer	31	4	124	0	4.00
Noah Thain	2	0	12	0	6.00
Matt Critchley	11.5	1	54	1	4.56
Tom Westley	1	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Tom Lammonby 20 b S Cook	34-1	5.4
Lewis Goldsworthy 16 c MKS Pepper b JA Porter	94-2	17.4
Joshua Thomas 110 b S Snater	213-3	55.3
Henry Nicholls 96 b S Cook	312-4	81.4
Tom Abell 65 b S Snater	348-5	94.3
Jake Ball 3 b S Cook	352-6	98.6
Archie Vaughan 0 b JA Porter	353-7	99.5
Lewis Gregory 11 lbw b S Snater	382-8	108.1
Jack Leach 5 c JA Porter b S Cook	397-9	113.3
Migael Pretorius 48 lbw b MJJ Critchley	469-10	127.5

P1 0.1 – 10 ov

Essex 1st158/10 (42.4 ov, RR 3.70)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar lbw b L Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.0
Paul Walter c J Leach b JT Ball	48	70	8	0	68.6
Tom Westley (c) c J Rew b L Gregory	0	2	0	0	0.0
Charles Allison b L Gregory	1	6	0	0	16.7
Matt Critchley lbw b A Vaughan	50	88	6	1	56.8
Noah Thain lbw b J Leach	10	17	2	0	58.8
Michael-Kyle Pepper c H Nicholls b A Vaughan	35	43	5	0	81.4
Simon Harmer c L Goldsworthy b J Leach	4	6	1	0	66.7
Shane Snater c J Rew b J Leach	0	6	0	0	0.0
Samuel Cook b J Leach	0	5	0	0	0.0
Jamie Porter* Not out	0	14	0	0	0.0

Extras10 (b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 6, p 0)

Total158/10 (42.4 ov · 22 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Lewis Gregory	6	1	29	3	4.83
Jake Ball	10	0	55	1	5.50
Migael Pretorius	8	3	21	0	2.63
Jack Leach	13	2	37	4	2.85
Archie Vaughan	5.4	1	13	2	2.29

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Dean Elgar 0 lbw b L Gregory	0-1	0.2
Tom Westley 0 c J Rew b L Gregory	0-2	0.4
Charles Allison 1 b L Gregory	2-3	2.2
Paul Walter 48 c J Leach b JT Ball	104-4	22.3
Noah Thain 10 lbw b J Leach	117-5	27.4
Matt Critchley 50 lbw b A Vaughan	129-6	32.4
Simon Harmer 4 c L Goldsworthy b J Leach	134-7	33.6
Shane Snater 0 c J Rew b J Leach	138-8	35.5
Samuel Cook 0 b J Leach	146-9	37.3
Michael-Kyle Pepper 35 c H Nicholls b A Vaughan	158-10	42.4

Essex 2nd412/10 (161.1 ov, RR 2.56)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter b JT Ball	43	82	4	1	52.4
Dean Elgar c J Rew b M Pretorius	56	125	9	0	44.8
Tom Westley (c) c TB Abell b J Leach	22	51	4	0	43.1
Charles Allison c J Rew b J Leach	114	254	13	2	44.9
Matt Critchley c TB Abell b J Leach	94	236	11	0	39.8
Noah Thain c TB Abell b J Leach	11	54	1	0	20.4
Michael-Kyle Pepper c TB Abell b J Leach	4	3	1	0	133.3
Simon Harmer b A Vaughan	24	68	2	0	35.3
Shane Snater b A Vaughan	14	30	2	0	46.7
Samuel Cook* Not out	9	32	0	0	28.1
Jamie Porter lbw b A Vaughan	7	34	1	0	20.6

Extras14 (b 10, lb 0, w 0, nb 4, p 0)

Total412/10 (161.1 ov · 48 fours, 3 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Migael Pretorius	26	3	72	1	2.77
Jake Ball	24.4	7	60	1	2.43
Archie Vaughan	40.1	6	123	3	3.06
Jack Leach	55.2	22	81	5	1.46
Joshua Thomas	2	0	10	0	5.00
Tom Lammonby	8	2	33	0	4.13
Lewis Goldsworthy	3	1	5	0	1.67
Lewis Gregory	2	0	18	0	9.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Paul Walter 43 b JT Ball	82-1	26.4
Dean Elgar 56 c J Rew b M Pretorius	127-2	42.3
Tom Westley 22 c TB Abell b J Leach	127-3	43.2
Matt Critchley 94 c TB Abell b J Leach	339-4	121.4
Charles Allison 114 c J Rew b J Leach	346-5	127.5
Michael-Kyle Pepper 4 c TB Abell b J Leach	350-6	129.2
Noah Thain 11 c TB Abell b J Leach	367-7	139.2
Shane Snater 14 b A Vaughan	395-8	149.4
Simon Harmer 24 b A Vaughan	396-9	151.1
Jamie Porter 7 lbw b A Vaughan	412-10	161.1

Somerset 2nd103/2 (19.2 ov, RR 5.33)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Joshua Thomas c MJJ Critchley b SR Harmer	31	29	3	106.9
Tom Lammonby* Not out	39	54	5	72.2
Lewis Goldsworthy c S Snater b SR Harmer	6	8	1	75.0
Henry Nicholls* Not out	18	25	2	72.0

Extras9 (b 4, lb 0, w 5, nb 0, p 0)

Total103/2 (19.2 ov · 11 fours, 0 sixes)

Did not batJames Rew, Tom Abell, Archie Vaughan, Lewis Gregory, Jack Leach, Migael Pretorius, Jake Ball

Bowler	O	R	W	Eco
Samuel Cook	2	17	0	8.50
Simon Harmer	9.2	39	2	4.18
Matt Critchley	6	33	0	5.50
Tom Westley	2	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Joshua Thomas 31 c MJJ Critchley b SR Harmer	59-1	9.1
Lewis Goldsworthy 6 c S Snater b SR Harmer	65-2	11.1

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Playing XI

JT

Joshua Thomas AR

Tom Lammonby AR

Lewis Goldsworthy AR

Henry Nicholls BAT

James Rew WKBAT

Tom Abell BAT

Archie Vaughan BAT

Lewis Gregory CAR

Jack Leach BOWL

Migael Pretorius BOWL

Jake Ball BOWL

Bench

Tom Kohler-Cadmore BAT

Josh Shaw BOWL

Will Smeed BAT

KR

Kian Roberts BAT

Tom Banton BAT

TR

Thomas Rew WKWK

FH

Finley Hill BOWL

AO

Alfie Ogborne BOWL

Craig Overton AR

Daniel Sams AR

Riley Meredith BOWL

JT

James Thomas Langridge BAT

MatchSomerset vs Essex, Match 44

SeriesCounty Championship Division One

Date & timeThu, 20 Aug 2026 · 3:30 PM IST

VenueThe Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, England

TossEssex won the toss and chose to bowl

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresID Blackwell(England), MJ Saggers(England)

Match refereeMike Smith (England)

Pitch

PitchFast & Bounce

BattingAverage

PacePace & Bounce

SpinSlow Spin

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp23°C

Humidity39%

Wind9.7 km/h

Rain chance0%

Which team will win?

Somerset36%

Essex45%

Draw18%

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