Surrey v Essex - Cricket - BBC Sport

Fri 24 Apr 2026 - Mon 27 Apr 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 2 of 4

Surrey trail Essex by 217 runs with 7 wickets remaining

ESS 1st
SUR 1st

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
batting,Sibley,not out batting, Sibley, not out	74	199	151	6	0	298	37.19
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
batting,Lawrence,not out batting, Lawrence, not out	38	64	43	4	0	73	59.38
Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 4 Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 4
Total,192 for 3 72.0 overs Total,192 for 3 72.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	17.0	5	33	2	87	2	0	4	0	1.94
Cook	16.0	3	38	0	75	0	0	5	0	2.37
Snater	15.0	4	43	1	70	0	0	5	0	2.86
Thain	9.0	1	38	0	33	0	0	4	0	4.22
Harmer	11.0	1	29	0	44	0	0	2	0	2.63
Critchley, bowling	4.0	0	11	0	16	0	0	0	0	2.75

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

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