Surrey v Essex - Cricket - BBC Sport

Fri 24 Apr 2026 - Mon 27 Apr 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 4 of 4

Match Drawn

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,caught Foakes, bowled Clark Elgar, caught Foakes, bowled Clark	92	161	120	15	0	196	57.14
Walter,leg before wicket, bowled Abbott Walter, leg before wicket, bowled Abbott	101	184	130	14	0	292	54.89
Westley,bowled Lawes Westley, bowled Lawes	1	27	26	0	0	35	3.70
Allison,leg before wicket, bowled Fisher Allison, leg before wicket, bowled Fisher	40	67	49	7	0	71	59.70
Critchley,caught Burns, bowled Lawes Critchley, caught Burns, bowled Lawes	8	14	11	1	0	21	57.14
Pepper,bowled Atkinson Pepper, bowled Atkinson	17	35	27	3	0	63	48.57
Thain,caught Smith, bowled Lawrence Thain, caught Smith, bowled Lawrence	64	126	103	12	0	172	50.79
Harmer,leg before wicket, bowled Abbott Harmer, leg before wicket, bowled Abbott	41	75	50	4	0	101	54.67
Snater,caught Burns, bowled Lawrence Snater, caught Burns, bowled Lawrence	17	15	10	2	1	25	113.33
Cook,caught Burns, bowled Lawrence Cook, caught Burns, bowled Lawrence	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.00
Porter,not out Porter, not out	0	7	7	0	0	8	0.00
Extras, no balls 18, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 6, total 28 Extras, no balls 18, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 6, total 28
Total,409 all out 117.1 overs Total,409 all out 117.1 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Atkinson	23.0	2	76	1	106	3	0	11	0	3.30
Lawes	23.0	2	89	2	96	0	0	14	0	3.86
Abbott	24.0	4	80	2	112	4	1	9	1	3.33
Clark	25.0	3	87	1	111	1	1	14	0	3.48
Fisher	17.0	3	57	1	79	1	2	8	0	3.35
Lawrence	5.1	2	14	3	23	0	0	2	0	2.70

Fall of wicket	Batter
183 for 1(46.6 overs)	Elgar
194 for 2(55.3 overs)	Westley
248 for 3(70.3 overs)	Walter
262 for 4(73.2 overs)	Allison
262 for 5(74.6 overs)	Critchley
309 for 6(87.3 overs)	Pepper
384 for 7(112.1 overs)	Harmer
408 for 8(115.1 overs)	Thain
408 for 9(115.2 overs)	Cook
409 for 10(117.1 overs)	Snater

Surrey 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Burns,caught Pepper, bowled Porter Burns, caught Pepper, bowled Porter	2	8	6	0	0	13	25.00
Sibley,caught Pepper, bowled Cook Sibley, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	101	283	218	8	0	398	35.69
Smith,caught Pepper, bowled Snater Smith, caught Pepper, bowled Snater	5	32	28	0	0	36	15.63
Pope,caught and bowled Porter Pope, caught and bowled Porter	69	131	99	10	0	171	52.67
Lawrence,caught Cook, bowled Thain Lawrence, caught Cook, bowled Thain	125	204	143	15	2	281	61.27
Foakes,bowled Critchley Foakes, bowled Critchley	33	59	42	5	0	76	55.93
Clark,leg before wicket, bowled Critchley Clark, leg before wicket, bowled Critchley	43	60	33	3	0	95	71.67
Lawes,caught and bowled Harmer Lawes, caught and bowled Harmer	36	71	53	5	0	61	50.70
Abbott,caught Critchley, bowled Harmer Abbott, caught Critchley, bowled Harmer	8	25	17	0	0	27	32.00
Atkinson,not out Atkinson, not out	21	51	38	2	0	46	41.18
Fisher,caught Pepper, bowled Harmer Fisher, caught Pepper, bowled Harmer	2	19	17	0	0	22	10.53
Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 6, leg byes 13, total 27 Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 6, leg byes 13, total 27
Total,472 all out 156.3 overs Total,472 all out 156.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	26.0	7	75	2	125	3	0	10	0	2.88
Cook	29.0	5	62	1	140	0	0	8	0	2.13
Snater	27.0	5	74	1	126	0	0	8	1	2.74
Thain	20.0	4	70	1	85	0	0	9	0	3.50
Harmer	25.3	2	69	3	108	0	0	7	0	2.70
Critchley	28.0	3	95	2	105	1	0	5	1	3.39
Walter	1.0	0	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	8.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
12 for 1(2.2 overs)	Burns
29 for 2(11.3 overs)	Smith
134 for 3(52.6 overs)	Pope
255 for 4(96.6 overs)	Sibley
341 for 5(116.1 overs)	Foakes
367 for 6(123.5 overs)	Lawrence
434 for 7(140.2 overs)	Lawes
434 for 8(141.2 overs)	Clark
450 for 9(148.4 overs)	Abbott
472 for 10(156.3 overs)	Fisher

Essex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Walter,leg before wicket, bowled Atkinson Walter, leg before wicket, bowled Atkinson	3	37	34	0	0	46	8.11
Elgar,not out Elgar, not out	107	238	168	10	1	331	44.96
Westley,caught Sibley, bowled Lawrence Westley, caught Sibley, bowled Lawrence	136	169	114	22	2	206	80.47
Allison,not out Allison, not out	35	79	53	2	0	77	44.30
Extras, no balls 14, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 21 Extras, no balls 14, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 21
Total,302 for 2 declared 86.0 overs Total,302 for 2 declared 86.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Abbott	15.0	3	43	0	75	5	0	5	0	2.86
Atkinson	11.0	3	12	1	56	1	0	0	0	1.09
Lawrence	19.0	2	54	1	79	0	0	3	2	2.84
Clark	11.0	2	47	0	46	0	0	8	0	4.27
Fisher	9.0	1	36	0	38	0	0	6	0	4.00
Lawes	6.0	2	45	0	19	1	0	7	1	7.50
Burns	7.0	1	29	0	23	0	0	3	0	4.14
Sibley	6.0	0	24	0	21	0	2	2	0	4.00
Foakes	2.0	0	7	0	6	0	0	0	0	3.50

Fall of wicket	Batter
22 for 1(10.6 overs)	Walter
219 for 2(59.5 overs)	Westley

home team,Surrey

Rory Burns, Captain
Dom Sibley
Jamie Smith
Ollie Pope
Dan Lawrence
Ben Foakes, Wicket Keeper
Jordan Clark
Tom Lawes
Sean Abbott
Gus Atkinson
Matt Fisher

away team,Essex

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

Surrey
Essex

home team,Surrey

Rory Burns, Captain
Dom Sibley
Jamie Smith
Ollie Pope
Dan Lawrence
Ben Foakes, Wicket Keeper
Jordan Clark
Tom Lawes
Sean Abbott
Gus Atkinson
Matt Fisher

Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Surrey won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: The Kia Oval, Kennington
Officials:: Martin Saggers, Jack Shantry, Phil Whitticase