SUR vs ESS

COMPLETED

SUR

472/10(156.3)

ESS

409/10(117.1 & 86)

Match Drawn

CRR / RRR: 3.51·Last 5 ov: 19/0 3.80

Kennington Oval, London, April 24, 2026, County Championship Division One

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Charles Allison	35	79	2	0	44.30
Dean Elgar	107	238	10	1	44.96

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ben Foakes	2	0	7	0	3.50
Rory Burns	7	1	29	0	4.14

Toss: Surrey elected to bowl

Status: Match Drawn

Win probabilitySUR 0% ·ESS 0%

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OVER

4 runs

Essex 302/0

CRR: 3.47

Charles Allison 35 (79b)

Dean Elgar 107 (238b)

Ben Foakes 2-0-7-0

Rory Burns 7-1-29-0

86.
302

End of over 86 (4 runs), Essex 302/2

85.6
1

Ben Foakes to Charles Allison, 1 run,

85.5
2

Ben Foakes to Charles Allison, 2 runs,

85.4
0

Ben Foakes to Charles Allison, no run,

85.3
0

Ben Foakes to Charles Allison, no run,

85.2
0

Ben Foakes to Charles Allison, no run,

85.1
1

Ben Foakes to Dean Elgar, 1 run,

OVER

7 runs

Essex 298/0

CRR: 3.47

Charles Allison 35 (79b)

Dean Elgar 107 (238b)

Ben Foakes 2-0-7-0

Rory Burns 7-1-29-0

85.
298

End of over 85 (7 runs), Essex 298/2

84.6
0

Rory Burns to Charles Allison, no run,

84.5
0

Rory Burns to Charles Allison, no run,

84.4
1

Rory Burns to Dean Elgar, 1 run,

84.3
1

Rory Burns to Charles Allison, 1 run,

84.2
4

Rory Burns to Charles Allison, Four,

84.1
1

Rory Burns to Dean Elgar, 1 run,

OVER

3 runs

Essex 291/0

CRR: 3.42

Charles Allison 35 (79b)

Dean Elgar 107 (238b)

Ben Foakes 2-0-7-0

Rory Burns 7-1-29-0

84.
291

End of over 84 (3 runs), Essex 291/2

83.6
0

Ben Foakes to Charles Allison, no run,

83.5
0

Ben Foakes to Charles Allison, no run,

83.4
1

Ben Foakes to Dean Elgar, 1 run,

83.3
0

Ben Foakes to Dean Elgar, no run,

83.2
1

Ben Foakes to Charles Allison, 1 run,

83.1
1

Ben Foakes to Dean Elgar, 1 run,

OVER

4 runs

Essex 288/0

CRR: 3.43

Charles Allison 35 (79b)

Dean Elgar 107 (238b)

Ben Foakes 2-0-7-0

Rory Burns 7-1-29-0

83.
288

End of over 83 (4 runs), Essex 288/2

82.6
0

Dom Sibley to Charles Allison, no run,

82.5
2

Dom Sibley to Charles Allison, 2 runs,

82.4
0

Dom Sibley to Charles Allison, no run,

82.3
1

Dom Sibley to Dean Elgar, 1 run,

82.2
0

Dom Sibley to Dean Elgar, no run,

82.1
1

Dom Sibley to Charles Allison, 1 run,

OVER

284 runs

Essex 284/0

CRR: 3.42

Charles Allison 35 (79b)

Dean Elgar 107 (238b)

Ben Foakes 2-0-7-0

Rory Burns 7-1-29-0

82.
284

End of over 82 (1 runs), Essex 284/2

81.6
0

Dan Lawrence to Dean Elgar, no run,

OVER

0 runs

Essex 0/0

CRR: 0

Charles Allison 35 (79b)

Dean Elgar 107 (238b)

Ben Foakes 2-0-7-0

Rory Burns 7-1-29-0

81.5
0

Dan Lawrence to Dean Elgar, no run,

Match Info

Match: Surrey vs Essex
Date: 24 Apr, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM UTC | 11:00 AM local
Venue: Kennington Oval
Toss: Surrey elected to bowl
Umpires
Referee

Surrey (Batting) — 409/10 (117.1 Ovs)

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar c Ben Foakes b Jordan Clark	92	161	15	0	56.79
Paul Walter lbw b Sean Abbott	101	184	14	0	55.19
Tom Westley b Thomas Lawes	1	27	0	0	3.70
Charles Allison lbw b Matthew Fisher	40	67	7	0	58.21
Matt Critchley c Rory Burns b Thomas Lawes	8	14	1	0	57.14
Michael-Kyle Pepper b Gus Atkinson	17	35	3	0	51.28
Noah Thain c Jamie Smith b Dan Lawrence	64	125	12	0	50.00
Simon Harmer lbw b Sean Abbott	41	75	4	0	54.67
Shane Snater Not out	17	15	2	1	121.43
Samuel Cook c Rory Burns b Dan Lawrence	0	1	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter c Rory Burns b Dan Lawrence	0	7	0	0	0.00
Total	409/10 (117.1 Ovs) Extras: 28 ( b 0 , lb 6 , w 4 , nb 18 , p 0)

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Dean Elgar c Ben Foakes b Jordan Clark	183	46.6
2	Tom Westley b Thomas Lawes	194	55.3
3	Paul Walter lbw b Sean Abbott	247	70.3
4	Charles Allison lbw b Matthew Fisher	261	73.2
5	Matt Critchley c Rory Burns b Thomas Lawes	261	74.6
6	Michael-Kyle Pepper b Gus Atkinson	308	87.3
7	Simon Harmer lbw b Sean Abbott	383	112.1
8	Noah Thain c Jamie Smith b Dan Lawrence	407	115.1
9	Samuel Cook c Rory Burns b Dan Lawrence	407	115.2
10	Jamie Porter c Rory Burns b Dan Lawrence	409	117.1

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	WD	NB	ECO
Gus Atkinson	23	2	76	1	0	3	3.17
Thomas Lawes	23	2	89	2	0	0	3.87
Sean Abbott	24	4	80	2	1	4	3.13
Jordan Clark	25	3	87	1	1	1	3.44
Matthew Fisher	17	3	57	1	2	1	3.29
Dan Lawrence	5.1	2	14	3	0	0	2.90

Essex (Batting) — 472/10 (156.3 Ovs)

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Jamie Porter	2	8	0	0	25.00
Dom Sibley c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Samuel Cook	101	283	8	0	35.56
Jamie Smith c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Shane Snater	5	32	0	0	15.63
Ollie Pope b Jamie Porter	69	131	10	0	52.67
Dan Lawrence c Samuel Cook b Noah Thain	125	204	15	2	61.88
Ben Foakes b Matt Critchley	33	59	5	0	55.93
Jordan Clark lbw b Matt Critchley	43	60	3	0	71.67
Thomas Lawes c & b Simon Harmer	36	71	5	0	50.70
Sean Abbott c Matt Critchley b Simon Harmer	8	25	0	0	32.00
Gus Atkinson Not out	21	51	2	0	41.18
Matthew Fisher c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Simon Harmer	2	19	0	0	10.53
Total	472/10 (156.3 Ovs) Extras: 27 ( b 6 , lb 13 , w 0 , nb 8 , p 0)

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Rory Burns c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Jamie Porter	12	2.2
2	Jamie Smith c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Shane Snater	29	11.3
3	Ollie Pope b Jamie Porter	134	52.6
4	Dom Sibley c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Samuel Cook	255	96.6
5	Ben Foakes b Matt Critchley	341	116.1
6	Dan Lawrence c Samuel Cook b Noah Thain	367	123.5
7	Thomas Lawes c & b Simon Harmer	434	140.2
8	Jordan Clark lbw b Matt Critchley	434	141.2
9	Sean Abbott c Matt Critchley b Simon Harmer	450	148.4
10	Matthew Fisher c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Simon Harmer	472	156.3

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	WD	NB	ECO
Jamie Porter	26	7	75	2	0	3	2.79
Samuel Cook	29	5	62	1	0	0	2.14
Shane Snater	27	5	74	1	0	0	2.74
Noah Thain	20	4	70	1	0	0	3.50
Simon Harmer	25.3	2	69	3	0	0	2.71
Matt Critchley	28	3	95	2	0	1	3.36
Paul Walter	1	0	8	0	0	0	8.00

Essex (Batting) — 302/2 (86 Ovs)

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter lbw b Gus Atkinson	3	37	0	0	8.11
Dean Elgar Not out	107	238	10	1	44.96
Tom Westley c Dom Sibley b Dan Lawrence	136	169	22	2	80.47
Charles Allison Not out	35	79	2	0	44.30
Total	302/2 (86 Ovs) Extras: 21 ( b 0 , lb 5 , w 2 , nb 14 , p 0)

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Paul Walter lbw b Gus Atkinson	22	10.6
2	Tom Westley c Dom Sibley b Dan Lawrence	219	59.5

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	WD	NB	ECO
Sean Abbott	15	3	43	0	0	5	2.53
Gus Atkinson	11	3	12	1	0	1	1.00
Dan Lawrence	19	2	54	1	0	0	2.84
Jordan Clark	11	2	47	0	0	0	4.00
Matthew Fisher	9	1	36	0	0	0	4.00
Thomas Lawes	6	2	45	0	0	1	7.33
Rory Burns	7	1	29	0	0	0	4.14
Dom Sibley	6	0	24	0	2	0	4.00
Ben Foakes	2	0	7	0	0	0	3.50

Surrey

#	Player
1	Ben Foakes (wk)
2	Jamie Smith (wk)
3	Ollie Pope (wk)
4	Rory Burns (bat)
5	Dom Sibley (bat)
6	Dan Lawrence (all)
7	Jordan Clark (all)
8	Thomas Lawes (all)
9	Gus Atkinson (bowl)
10	Matthew Fisher (bowl)
11	Sean Abbott (bowl)
12	Laurie Evans (wk)
13	Jason Roy (bat)
14	Josh Blake (wk)
15	Ollie Sykes (bat)
16	Ryan Patel (bat)
17	Ralphie Albert (bat)
18	Jamie Overton (all)
19	Sam Curran (all)
20	Will Jacks (all)
21	James Taylor (bowl)
22	Nathan Barnwell (bowl)
23	Cameron Steel (bowl)
24	Seb Stuart Reckling (bowl)
25	Daniel Worrall (bowl)
26	Yousef Majid (bowl)
27	Tommy Ealham (bowl)
28	Rahul Chahar (bowl)
29	Reece Topley (bowl)
30	Adam Thomas (bat)

Essex

#	Player
1	Dean Elgar (bat)
2	Paul Walter (all)
3	Luc Benkenstein (all)
4	Charles Allison (bat)
5	Matt Critchley (all)
6	Michael-Kyle Pepper (wk)
7	Samuel Cook (bowl)
8	Simon Harmer (bowl)
9	Shane Snater (bowl)
10	Jamie Porter (bowl)
11	Mackenzie Jones (bowl)
12	Simon Fernandes (wk)
13	Jordan Cox (bat)
14	Tom Westley (bat)
15	Robin Das (bat)
16	Noah Thain (all)
17	Mitchell Killeen (all)
18	Wiaan Mulder (all)
19	Charlie Edward Bennett (bowl)
20	Zaman Akhter (bowl)

Innings 1 Partnerships

Dean Elgar 92 (161)	183 (0) Ovs	Paul Walter 101 (184)
Paul Walter 101 (184)	11 (0) Ovs	Tom Westley 1 (27)
Tom Westley 1 (27)	53 (0) Ovs	Charles Allison 40 (67)
Charles Allison 40 (67)	14 (0) Ovs	Matt Critchley 8 (14)
Matt Critchley 8 (14)	0 (0) Ovs	Michael-Kyle Pepper 17 (35)
Michael-Kyle Pepper 17 (35)	47 (0) Ovs	Noah Thain 64 (125)
Noah Thain 64 (125)	75 (0) Ovs	Simon Harmer 41 (75)
Simon Harmer 41 (75)	24 (0) Ovs	Shane Snater 17 (15)
Shane Snater 17 (15)	0 (0) Ovs	Samuel Cook 0 (1)
Samuel Cook 0 (1)	2 (0) Ovs	Jamie Porter 0 (7)

Innings 2 Partnerships

Rory Burns 2 (8)	12 (0) Ovs	Dom Sibley 101 (283)
Dom Sibley 101 (283)	17 (0) Ovs	Jamie Smith 5 (32)
Jamie Smith 5 (32)	105 (0) Ovs	Ollie Pope 69 (131)
Ollie Pope 69 (131)	121 (0) Ovs	Dan Lawrence 125 (204)
Dan Lawrence 125 (204)	86 (0) Ovs	Ben Foakes 33 (59)
Ben Foakes 33 (59)	26 (0) Ovs	Jordan Clark 43 (60)
Jordan Clark 43 (60)	67 (0) Ovs	Thomas Lawes 36 (71)
Thomas Lawes 36 (71)	0 (0) Ovs	Sean Abbott 8 (25)
Sean Abbott 8 (25)	16 (0) Ovs	Gus Atkinson 21 (51)
Gus Atkinson 21 (51)	22 (0) Ovs	Matthew Fisher 2 (19)

Innings 3 Partnerships

Paul Walter 3 (37)	22 (0) Ovs	Dean Elgar 107 (238)
Dean Elgar 107 (238)	197 (0) Ovs	Tom Westley 136 (169)
Tom Westley 136 (169)	-219 (0) Ovs	Charles Allison 35 (79)