Warwickshire v Essex - Cricket - BBC Sport

Fri 17 Apr 2026 - Mon 20 Apr 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 4 of 4

Essex require 127 runs to win with 5 wickets remaining

Warwickshire 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Yates,caught Walter, bowled Porter Yates, caught Walter, bowled Porter	8	12	9	1	0	19	66.67
Davies,caught Pepper, bowled Porter Davies, caught Pepper, bowled Porter	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.00
Mousley,leg before wicket, bowled Porter Mousley, leg before wicket, bowled Porter	10	33	30	2	0	46	30.30
Hain,not out Hain, not out	88	179	140	11	2	268	49.16
Webster,bowled Snater Webster, bowled Snater	14	17	9	2	0	28	82.35
Barnard,leg before wicket, bowled Akhter Barnard, leg before wicket, bowled Akhter	9	27	24	2	0	27	33.33
Malik,leg before wicket, bowled Porter Malik, leg before wicket, bowled Porter	4	21	20	1	0	36	19.05
Thompson,caught Walter, bowled Cook Thompson, caught Walter, bowled Cook	13	11	8	2	0	15	118.18
Barker,caught Snater, bowled Akhter Barker, caught Snater, bowled Akhter	22	48	34	2	0	54	45.83
Bamber,caught Pepper, bowled Snater Bamber, caught Pepper, bowled Snater	0	7	7	0	0	7	0.00
Gilchrist,bowled Cook Gilchrist, bowled Cook	7	35	32	1	0	47	20.00
Extras, no balls 2, wides 3, byes 4, leg byes 6, total 15 Extras, no balls 2, wides 3, byes 4, leg byes 6, total 15
Total,190 all out 64.5 overs Total,190 all out 64.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	20.0	3	59	4	93	1	0	8	0	2.95
Cook	18.5	7	38	2	98	0	2	6	0	2.01
Snater	12.0	3	34	2	57	0	0	5	0	2.83
Akhter	13.0	3	47	2	60	0	1	5	2	3.61
Harmer	1.0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	2.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
1 for 1 (0.2 overs)	Davies
12 for 2 (4.2 overs)	Yates
25 for 3 (10.4 overs)	Mousley
48 for 4 (17.2 overs)	Webster
65 for 5 (23.5 overs)	Barnard
96 for 6 (32.1 overs)	Malik
113 for 7 (35.4 overs)	Thompson
144 for 8 (48.1 overs)	Barker
145 for 9 (49.6 overs)	Bamber
190 for 10 (64.5 overs)	Gilchrist

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,caught Yates, bowled Bamber Elgar, caught Yates, bowled Bamber	7	25	21	1	0	35	28.00
Walter,caught Mousley, bowled Bamber Walter, caught Mousley, bowled Bamber	46	97	77	7	0	132	47.42
Benkenstein,caught Davies, bowled Barker Benkenstein, caught Davies, bowled Barker	1	7	6	0	0	5	14.29
Allison,leg before wicket, bowled Gilchrist Allison, leg before wicket, bowled Gilchrist	44	94	78	8	0	126	46.81
Cook,caught Yates, bowled Gilchrist Cook, caught Yates, bowled Gilchrist	19	46	37	3	0	54	41.30
Critchley,caught Malik, bowled Bamber Critchley, caught Malik, bowled Bamber	11	18	9	0	0	31	61.11
Pepper,caught Webster, bowled Gilchrist Pepper, caught Webster, bowled Gilchrist	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Harmer,bowled Gilchrist Harmer, bowled Gilchrist	48	91	71	6	2	110	52.75
Snater,leg before wicket, bowled Barnard Snater, leg before wicket, bowled Barnard	8	42	37	1	0	51	19.05
Akhter,bowled Barker Akhter, bowled Barker	4	14	12	0	0	20	28.57
Porter,not out Porter, not out	1	9	8	0	0	24	11.11
Extras, no balls 4, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 11, total 16 Extras, no balls 4, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 11, total 16
Total,205 all out 73.5 overs Total,205 all out 73.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Barker	17.0	8	37	2	90	2	1	6	0	2.17
Bamber	20.0	3	44	3	97	0	0	6	0	2.20
Barnard	17.0	7	38	1	86	0	0	4	2	2.23
Thompson	10.0	0	35	0	44	0	0	5	0	3.50
Gilchrist	9.5	0	40	4	39	0	0	5	0	4.06

Fall of wicket	Batter
18 for 1 (9.2 overs)	Elgar
19 for 2 (10.4 overs)	Benkenstein
103 for 3 (33.1 overs)	Walter
127 for 4 (42.3 overs)	Allison
136 for 5 (46.4 overs)	Cook
136 for 6 (46.6 overs)	Pepper
144 for 7 (49.6 overs)	Critchley
173 for 8 (62.6 overs)	Snater
186 for 9 (67.5 overs)	Akhter
205 for 10 (73.5 overs)	Harmer

Warwickshire 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Yates,caught Allison, bowled Snater Yates, caught Allison, bowled Snater	22	56	47	4	0	68	39.29
Davies,caught Harmer, bowled Cook Davies, caught Harmer, bowled Cook	5	17	14	0	0	21	29.41
Mousley,caught Benkenstein, bowled Cook Mousley, caught Benkenstein, bowled Cook	0	5	5	0	0	7	0.00
Hain,caught Harmer, bowled Cook Hain, caught Harmer, bowled Cook	0	5	5	0	0	7	0.00
Webster,bowled Cook Webster, bowled Cook	91	123	84	16	0	162	73.98
Barnard,caught Walter, bowled Snater Barnard, caught Walter, bowled Snater	17	25	20	4	0	37	68.00
Malik,caught Allison, bowled Porter Malik, caught Allison, bowled Porter	21	47	37	3	0	49	44.68
Thompson,caught Walter, bowled Harmer Thompson, caught Walter, bowled Harmer	7	19	16	1	0	16	36.84
Barker,caught Pepper, bowled Cook Barker, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	11	24	20	2	0	33	45.83
Bamber,not out Bamber, not out	19	25	17	3	0	38	76.00
Gilchrist,bowled Snater Gilchrist, bowled Snater	17	28	22	2	1	29	60.71
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 6, total 10 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 6, total 10
Total,220 all out 62.2 overs Total,220 all out 62.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	13.0	8	31	1	68	0	0	6	0	2.38
Cook	15.0	3	58	5	66	0	0	10	0	3.86
Snater	9.2	4	15	3	49	0	0	2	0	1.60
Akhter	7.0	1	41	0	23	0	0	7	0	5.85
Harmer	18.0	3	65	1	81	0	0	10	1	3.61

Fall of wicket	Batter
14 for 1 (5.5 overs)	Davies
14 for 2 (7.4 overs)	Mousley
14 for 3 (9.3 overs)	Hain
58 for 4 (16.6 overs)	Yates
94 for 5 (26.2 overs)	Barnard
144 for 6 (40.3 overs)	Malik
153 for 7 (45.1 overs)	Thompson
177 for 8 (52.2 overs)	Webster
188 for 9 (54.2 overs)	Barker
220 for 10 (62.2 overs)	Gilchrist

Essex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Cook,caught Thompson, bowled Barker Cook, caught Thompson, bowled Barker	14	25	20	3	0	23	56.00
Elgar,leg before wicket, bowled Barker Elgar, leg before wicket, bowled Barker	0	7	7	0	0	20	0.00
Walter,caught Barker, bowled Barnard Walter, caught Barker, bowled Barnard	8	45	40	1	0	59	17.78
Allison,bowled Barker Allison, bowled Barker	0	3	3	0	0	2	0.00
Critchley,caught Mousley, bowled Bamber Critchley, caught Mousley, bowled Bamber	4	5	4	1	0	9	80.00
batting,Benkenstein,not out batting, Benkenstein, not out	36	75	64	8	0	95	48.00
batting,Pepper,not out batting, Pepper, not out	9	38	33	1	0	50	23.68
Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 1, leg byes 4, total 8 Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 1, leg byes 4, total 8
Total,79 for 5 33.0 overs Total,79 for 5 33.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Bamber	9.0	3	27	1	46	0	1	6	0	3.00
Barker	9.0	2	14	3	48	0	1	2	0	1.55
Gilchrist	5.0	2	19	0	24	0	0	4	0	3.80
Barnard	6.0	6	0	1	36	0	0	0	0	0.00
Thompson, bowling	3.0	0	11	0	13	0	0	2	0	3.66
Webster	1.0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	3.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
15 for 1 (5.1 overs)	Elgar
16 for 2 (5.3 overs)	Cook
16 for 3 (5.6 overs)	Allison
21 for 4 (8.2 overs)	Critchley
58 for 5 (19.3 overs)	Walter

home team, Warwickshire

Alex Davies , Wicket Keeper
Rob Yates
Dan Mousley
Sam Hain
Zen Malik
Ed Barnard , Captain
Beau Webster
Jordan Thompson
Keith Barker
Ethan Bamber
Nathan Gilchrist

away team, Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Luc Benkenstein
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Michael Pepper , Wicket Keeper
Simon Harmer
Shane Snater
Zaman Akhter
Sam Cook , Captain
Jamie Porter

home team, Warwickshire

Alex Davies , Wicket Keeper
Rob Yates
Dan Mousley
Sam Hain
Zen Malik
Ed Barnard , Captain
Beau Webster
Jordan Thompson
Keith Barker
Ethan Bamber
Nathan Gilchrist

Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Essex won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Edgbaston, Birmingham
Officials:: Ben Debenham, Richard Kettleborough, Dean Cosker