Somerset
1st Innings
469
ALL OUT
2nd Innings
103-2
TARGET REACHED
Bonus points:
3
Results
Thursday 20 August 2026
The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Rothesay County Championship
4 Days
Essex
1st Innings
158
ALL OUT
2nd Innings
412
ALL OUT
Bonus points:
0
Somerset win by 8 wickets
End of match
Toss: Won by Essex who chose to field
Overview
Scorecard
NV Play
Match info
Date
Thursday 20 August 2026
Start Time
11:00 am
Days
4 Days
Venue
The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Toss Winner
Essex
Umpires
Martin Saggers
Ian Blackwell
Match Referee
Mike Smith
Somerset
Josh Thomas
Tom Lammonby
Lewis Goldsworthy
Henry Nicholls
Tom Abell
James Rew
(wk)
Jake Ball
Archie Vaughan
Lewis Gregory
(c)
Jack Leach
Migael Pretorius
Essex
Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Tom Westley
(c)
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Noah Thain
Michael Pepper
(wk)
Simon Harmer
Shane Snater
Sam Cook
Jamie Porter
Scorecard
Somerset - 1st Innings: 469
Batting
Batter
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Strike Rate
Josh Thomas
b Snater
110
162
15
1
67.90
Tom Lammonby
b Cook
20
21
4
0
95.24
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
52.42
James Rew
not out
74
127
10
0
58.27
Jake Ball
b Cook
3
14
0
0
21.43
Archie Vaughan
b Porter
0
3
0
0
0.00
Lewis Gregory
lbw b Snater
11
26
1
0
42.31
Jack Leach
c Porter b Cook
5
21
1
0
23.81
Migael Pretorius
lbw b Critchley
48
48
7
0
100.00
Fall of Wicket
Fall of Wicket
Over
34 - 1
Tom Lammonby
5.4
94 - 2
Lewis Goldsworthy
17.4
213 - 3
Josh Thomas
55.3
312 - 4
Henry Nicholls
81.4
348 - 5
Tom Abell
94.3
352 - 6
Jake Ball
98.6
353 - 7
Archie Vaughan
99.5
382 - 8
Lewis Gregory
108.1
397 - 9
Jack Leach
113.3
469 - 10
Migael Pretorius
127.5
Bowling
Bowler
Ovs
M
R
W
Econ
DOTS
Jamie Porter
27.0
8
70
2
2.59
131
Sam Cook
29.0
5
92
4
3.17
127
Shane Snater
26.0
5
96
3
3.69
116
Simon Harmer
31.0
4
124
0
4.00
131
Noah Thain
2.0
0
12
0
6.00
8
Matt Critchley
11.5
1
54
1
4.56
38
Tom Westley
1.0
0
2
0
2.00
4
Essex - 2nd Innings: 158
Batting
Batter
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Strike Rate
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
16.67
Matt Critchley
lbw b Vaughan
50
88
6
1
56.82
Noah Thain
lbw b Leach
10
17
2
0
58.82
Michael Pepper
c Nicholls b Vaughan
35
43
5
0
81.40
Simon Harmer
c Goldsworthy b Leach
4
6
1
0
66.67
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
Fall of Wicket
Fall of Wicket
Over
0 - 1
Dean Elgar
0.2
0 - 2
Tom Westley
0.4
2 - 3
Charlie Allison
2.2
104 - 4
Paul Walter
22.3
117 - 5
Noah Thain
27.4
129 - 6
Matt Critchley
32.4
134 - 7
Simon Harmer
33.6
138 - 8
Shane Snater
35.5
146 - 9
Sam Cook
37.3
158 - 10
Michael Pepper
42.4
Bowling
Bowler
Ovs
M
R
W
Econ
DOTS
Lewis Gregory
6.0
1
29
3
4.83
25
Jake Ball
10.0
0
55
1
5.50
38
Migael Pretorius
8.0
3
21
0
2.62
41
Jack Leach
13.0
2
37
4
2.84
60
Archie Vaughan
5.4
1
13
2
2.29
27
Essex - 3rd Innings: 412
Batting
Batter
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Strike Rate
Paul Walter
b Ball
43
82
4
1
52.44
Dean Elgar
c Rew b Pretorius
56
125
9
0
44.80
Tom Westley
c Abell b Leach
22
51
4
0
43.14
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
46.67
Sam Cook
not out
9
32
0
0
28.13
Jamie Porter
lbw b Vaughan
7
34
1
0
20.59
Fall of Wicket
Fall of Wicket
Over
82 - 1
Paul Walter
26.4
127 - 2
Dean Elgar
42.3
127 - 3
Tom Westley
43.2
339 - 4
Matt Critchley
121.4
346 - 5
Charlie Allison
127.5
350 - 6
Michael Pepper
129.2
367 - 7
Noah Thain
139.2
395 - 8
Shane Snater
149.4
396 - 9
Simon Harmer
151.1
412 - 10
Jamie Porter
161.1
Bowling
Bowler
Ovs
M
R
W
Econ
DOTS
Migael Pretorius
26.0
3
72
1
2.76
126
Jake Ball
24.4
7
60
1
2.43
121
Archie Vaughan
40.1
6
123
3
3.06
176
Jack Leach
55.2
22
81
5
1.46
276
Josh Thomas
2.0
0
10
0
5.00
6
Tom Lammonby
8.0
2
33
0
4.12
36
Lewis Goldsworthy
3.0
1
5
0
1.66
13
Lewis Gregory
2.0
0
18
0
9.00
4
Somerset - 4th Innings: 103
Batting
Batter
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Strike Rate
Josh Thomas
c Critchley b Harmer
31
29
3
0
106.90
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
Tom Abell
0
0
0
0
0
James Rew
0
0
0
0
0
Jake Ball
0
0
0
0
0
Archie Vaughan
0
0
0
0
0
Lewis Gregory
0
0
0
0
0
Jack Leach
0
0
0
0
0
Migael Pretorius
0
0
0
0
0
Fall of Wicket
Fall of Wicket
Over
59 - 1
Josh Thomas
9.1
65 - 2
Lewis Goldsworthy
11.1
Bowling
Bowler
Ovs
M
R
W
Econ
DOTS
Sam Cook
2.0
0
17
0
8.50
5
Simon Harmer
9.2
0
39
2
4.17
34
Matt Critchley
6.0
0
33
0
5.50
19
Tom Westley
2.0
0
10
0
5.00
5

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