WAR vs ESS

COMPLETED

WAR

190/10(64.5 & 62.2)

ESS

205/10(73.5 & 64.2)

Warwickshire won by 41 runs

CRR / RRR: 2.55·Last 5 ov: 2/2 0.40

Edgbaston, Birmingham, April 17, 2026, County Championship Division One

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zaman Akhter	35	68	7	0	51.47
Jamie Porter	0	7	0	0	0.00

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Beau Webster	4.2	2	4	2	0.92
Keith Barker	17	5	29	4	1.71

Toss: Essex elected to bowl

Status: Warwickshire won by 41 runs

Win probabilityWAR 0% ·ESS 0%

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64.2
W

Beau Webster to Zaman Akhter, no run,

64.1
0

Beau Webster to Zaman Akhter, no run,

OVER

1 runs

Essex 164/1

CRR: 2.52

Zaman Akhter 35 (68b)

Jamie Porter 0 (7b)

Beau Webster 4.2-2-4-2

Keith Barker 17-5-29-4

64.
164

End of over 64 (1 runs), Essex 164/9

63.6
0

Keith Barker to Jamie Porter, no run,

63.5
0

Keith Barker to Jamie Porter, no run,

63.4
1

Keith Barker to Zaman Akhter, 1 run,

63.3
0

Keith Barker to Zaman Akhter, no run,

63.2
0

Keith Barker to Zaman Akhter, no run,

63.1
0

Keith Barker to Zaman Akhter, no run,

OVER

0 runs

Essex 163/1

CRR: 2.55

Zaman Akhter 35 (68b)

Jamie Porter 0 (7b)

Beau Webster 4.2-2-4-2

Keith Barker 17-5-29-4

63.
163

End of over 63 (0 runs), Essex 163/9

62.6
0

Beau Webster to Jamie Porter, no run,

62.5
0

Beau Webster to Jamie Porter, no run,

62.4
0

Beau Webster to Jamie Porter, no run,

62.3
0

Beau Webster to Jamie Porter, no run,

62.2
0

Beau Webster to Jamie Porter, no run,

62.1
W

Beau Webster to Simon Harmer, no run,

OVER

0 runs

Essex 163/0

CRR: 2.59

Zaman Akhter 35 (68b)

Jamie Porter 0 (7b)

Beau Webster 4.2-2-4-2

Keith Barker 17-5-29-4

62.
163

End of over 62 (0 runs), Essex 163/8

61.6
0

Keith Barker to Zaman Akhter, no run,

61.5
0

Keith Barker to Zaman Akhter, no run,

61.4
0

Keith Barker to Zaman Akhter, no run,

61.3
0

Keith Barker to Zaman Akhter, no run,

61.2
0

Keith Barker to Zaman Akhter, no run,

61.1
0

Keith Barker to Zaman Akhter, no run,

OVER

0 runs

Essex 163/0

CRR: 2.63

Zaman Akhter 35 (68b)

Jamie Porter 0 (7b)

Beau Webster 4.2-2-4-2

Keith Barker 17-5-29-4

61.
163

End of over 61 (0 runs), Essex 163/8

60.6
0

Beau Webster to Simon Harmer, no run,

60.5
0

Beau Webster to Simon Harmer, no run,

60.4
0

Beau Webster to Simon Harmer, no run,

60.3
0

Beau Webster to Simon Harmer, no run,

60.2
0

Beau Webster to Simon Harmer, no run,

60.1
0

Beau Webster to Simon Harmer, no run,

OVER

163 runs

Essex 163/0

CRR: 2.67

Zaman Akhter 35 (68b)

Jamie Porter 0 (7b)

Beau Webster 4.2-2-4-2

Keith Barker 17-5-29-4

60.
163

End of over 60 (1 runs), Essex 163/8

Match Info

Match: Warwickshire vs Essex
Date: 17 Apr, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM UTC | 11:00 AM local
Venue: Edgbaston
Toss: Essex elected to bowl
Umpires: Ben Debenham (England), Richard Kettleborough (England)
Referee

Warwickshire (Batting) — 190/10 (64.5 Ovs)

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Robert Yates c Paul Walter b Jamie Porter	8	12	1	0	66.67
Alex Davies c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Jamie Porter	0	1	0	0	0.00
Dan Mousley lbw b Jamie Porter	10	33	2	0	30.30
Sam Hain Not out	88	179	11	2	49.16
Beau Webster b Shane Snater	14	17	2	0	82.35
Ed Barnard lbw b Zaman Akhter	9	27	2	0	33.33
Zen Malik lbw b Jamie Porter	4	21	1	0	19.05
Jordan Thompson c Paul Walter b Samuel Cook	13	11	2	0	118.18
Keith Barker c Shane Snater b Zaman Akhter	22	48	2	0	45.83
Ethan Bamber c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Shane Snater	0	7	0	0	0.00
Nathan Gilchrist b Samuel Cook	7	35	1	0	20.00
Total	190/10 (64.5 Ovs) Extras: 15 ( b 4 , lb 6 , w 3 , nb 2 , p 0)

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Alex Davies c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Jamie Porter	1	0.2
2	Robert Yates c Paul Walter b Jamie Porter	12	4.2
3	Dan Mousley lbw b Jamie Porter	25	10.4
4	Beau Webster b Shane Snater	48	17.2
5	Ed Barnard lbw b Zaman Akhter	65	23.5
6	Zen Malik lbw b Jamie Porter	96	32.1
7	Jordan Thompson c Paul Walter b Samuel Cook	113	35.4
8	Keith Barker c Shane Snater b Zaman Akhter	144	48.1
9	Ethan Bamber c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Shane Snater	145	49.5
10	Nathan Gilchrist b Samuel Cook	190	64.5

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	WD	NB	ECO
Jamie Porter	20	3	59	4	0	1	2.95
Samuel Cook	18.5	7	38	2	2	0	2.02
Shane Snater	12	3	34	2	0	0	2.83
Zaman Akhter	13	3	47	2	1	0	3.62
Simon Harmer	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.00

Essex (Batting) — 205/10 (73.5 Ovs)

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar c Robert Yates b Ethan Bamber	7	25	1	0	28.00
Paul Walter c Dan Mousley b Ethan Bamber	46	97	7	0	47.42
Luc Benkenstein c Alex Davies b Keith Barker	1	7	0	0	14.29
Charles Allison lbw b Nathan Gilchrist	44	94	8	0	46.81
Samuel Cook c Robert Yates b Nathan Gilchrist	19	46	3	0	41.30
Matt Critchley c Zen Malik b Ethan Bamber	11	18	0	0	61.11
Michael-Kyle Pepper c Beau Webster b Nathan Gilchrist	0	2	0	0	0.00
Simon Harmer b Nathan Gilchrist	48	91	6	2	52.75
Shane Snater lbw b Ed Barnard	8	42	1	0	19.05
Zaman Akhter b Keith Barker	4	14	0	0	28.57
Jamie Porter Not out	1	9	0	0	11.11
Total	205/10 (73.5 Ovs) Extras: 16 ( b 0 , lb 11 , w 1 , nb 4 , p 0)

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Dean Elgar c Robert Yates b Ethan Bamber	18	9.2
2	Luc Benkenstein c Alex Davies b Keith Barker	19	10.4
3	Paul Walter c Dan Mousley b Ethan Bamber	103	33.1
4	Charles Allison lbw b Nathan Gilchrist	127	42.3
5	Samuel Cook c Robert Yates b Nathan Gilchrist	136	46.4
6	Michael-Kyle Pepper c Beau Webster b Nathan Gilchrist	136	46.6
7	Matt Critchley c Zen Malik b Ethan Bamber	144	49.6
8	Shane Snater lbw b Ed Barnard	173	62.6
9	Zaman Akhter b Keith Barker	186	67.5
10	Simon Harmer b Nathan Gilchrist	205	73.5

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	WD	NB	ECO
Keith Barker	17	8	37	2	1	2	2.18
Ethan Bamber	20	3	44	3	0	0	2.20
Ed Barnard	17	7	38	1	0	0	2.24
Jordan Thompson	10	0	35	0	0	0	3.50
Nathan Gilchrist	9.5	0	40	4	0	0	4.07

Essex (Batting) — 220/10 (62.2 Ovs)

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Robert Yates c Charles Allison b Shane Snater	22	56	4	0	39.29
Alex Davies c Simon Harmer b Samuel Cook	5	17	0	0	29.41
Dan Mousley c Luc Benkenstein b Samuel Cook	0	5	0	0	0.00
Sam Hain c Simon Harmer b Samuel Cook	0	5	0	0	0.00
Beau Webster b Samuel Cook	91	123	16	0	73.98
Ed Barnard c Paul Walter b Shane Snater	17	25	4	0	68.00
Zen Malik c Charles Allison b Jamie Porter	21	47	3	0	44.68
Jordan Thompson c Paul Walter b Simon Harmer	7	19	1	0	36.84
Keith Barker c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Samuel Cook	11	24	2	0	45.83
Ethan Bamber Not out	19	25	3	0	76.00
Nathan Gilchrist b Shane Snater	17	28	2	1	60.71
Total	220/10 (62.2 Ovs) Extras: 10 ( b 4 , lb 6 , w 0 , nb 0 , p 0)

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Alex Davies c Simon Harmer b Samuel Cook	14	5.5
2	Dan Mousley c Luc Benkenstein b Samuel Cook	14	7.4
3	Sam Hain c Simon Harmer b Samuel Cook	14	9.3
4	Robert Yates c Charles Allison b Shane Snater	58	16.6
5	Ed Barnard c Paul Walter b Shane Snater	94	26.2
6	Zen Malik c Charles Allison b Jamie Porter	144	40.3
7	Jordan Thompson c Paul Walter b Simon Harmer	153	45.1
8	Beau Webster b Samuel Cook	177	52.2
9	Keith Barker c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Samuel Cook	188	54.2
10	Nathan Gilchrist b Shane Snater	220	62.2

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	WD	NB	ECO
Jamie Porter	13	8	31	1	0	0	2.38
Samuel Cook	15	3	58	5	0	0	3.87
Shane Snater	9.2	4	15	3	0	0	1.61
Zaman Akhter	7	1	41	0	0	0	5.86
Simon Harmer	18	3	65	1	0	0	3.61

Essex (Batting) — 164/10 (64.2 Ovs)

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Samuel Cook c Jordan Thompson b Keith Barker	14	25	3	0	56.00
Dean Elgar lbw b Keith Barker	0	7	0	0	0.00
Paul Walter c Keith Barker b Ed Barnard	8	45	1	0	17.78
Charles Allison b Keith Barker	0	3	0	0	0.00
Matt Critchley c Dan Mousley b Ethan Bamber	4	5	1	0	80.00
Luc Benkenstein b Ethan Bamber	39	93	8	0	41.94
Michael-Kyle Pepper c Robert Yates b Keith Barker	9	41	1	0	21.95
Simon Harmer c Robert Yates b Beau Webster	32	57	4	0	56.14
Shane Snater c Alex Davies b Jordan Thompson	11	36	2	0	30.56
Zaman Akhter c Sam Hain b Beau Webster	35	68	7	0	51.47
Jamie Porter Not out	0	7	0	0	0.00
Total	164/10 (64.2 Ovs) Extras: 12 ( b 1 , lb 6 , w 3 , nb 2 , p 0)

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Dean Elgar lbw b Keith Barker	15	5.1
2	Samuel Cook c Jordan Thompson b Keith Barker	16	5.3
3	Charles Allison b Keith Barker	16	5.6
4	Matt Critchley c Dan Mousley b Ethan Bamber	21	8.2
5	Paul Walter c Keith Barker b Ed Barnard	58	19.3
6	Michael-Kyle Pepper c Robert Yates b Keith Barker	80	35.3
7	Luc Benkenstein b Ethan Bamber	82	36.6
8	Shane Snater c Alex Davies b Jordan Thompson	112	46.4
9	Simon Harmer c Robert Yates b Beau Webster	163	62.1
10	Zaman Akhter c Sam Hain b Beau Webster	164	64.2

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	WD	NB	ECO
Ethan Bamber	16	4	57	2	1	0	3.56
Keith Barker	17	5	29	4	1	0	1.71
Nathan Gilchrist	7	2	31	0	0	1	4.42
Ed Barnard	11	6	12	1	0	0	1.09
Jordan Thompson	8	3	24	1	0	0	3.00
Beau Webster	4.2	2	4	2	0	0	0.92
Robert Yates	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00

Warwickshire

#	Player
1	Alex Davies (wk)
2	Sam Hain (bat)
3	Robert Yates (bat)
4	Zen Malik (bat)
5	Dan Mousley (all)
6	Ethan Bamber (all)
7	Beau Webster (all)
8	Jordan Thompson (all)
9	Nathan Gilchrist (bowl)
10	Keith Barker (all)
11	Ed Barnard (all)
12	Kai Smith (wk)
13	Michael Booth (bowl)
14	Tom Latham (wk)
15	Jacob Bethell (bat)
16	Hamza Shaikh (bat)
17	Che Simmons (bowl)
18	Will Young (bat)
19	Vaansh Jani (all)
20	Chris Woakes (all)
21	Hasan Ali (bowl)
22	Oliver Hannon-Dalby (bowl)
23	Vishwa Fernando (bowl)
24	Jake Lintott (bowl)
25	Tazeem Chaudry Ali (bowl)
26	Corey Rocchiccioli (bowl)

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

Robert Yates 8 (12)	1 (0) Ovs	Alex Davies 0 (1)
Alex Davies 0 (1)	11 (0) Ovs	Dan Mousley 10 (33)
Dan Mousley 10 (33)	13 (0) Ovs	Sam Hain 88 (179)
Sam Hain 88 (179)	23 (0) Ovs	Beau Webster 14 (17)
Beau Webster 14 (17)	17 (0) Ovs	Ed Barnard 9 (27)
Ed Barnard 9 (27)	31 (0) Ovs	Zen Malik 4 (21)
Zen Malik 4 (21)	17 (0) Ovs	Jordan Thompson 13 (11)
Jordan Thompson 13 (11)	31 (0) Ovs	Keith Barker 22 (48)
Keith Barker 22 (48)	1 (0) Ovs	Ethan Bamber 0 (7)
Ethan Bamber 0 (7)	45 (0) Ovs	Nathan Gilchrist 7 (35)

Innings 2 Partnerships

Dean Elgar 7 (25)	18 (0) Ovs	Paul Walter 46 (97)
Paul Walter 46 (97)	1 (0) Ovs	Luc Benkenstein 1 (7)
Luc Benkenstein 1 (7)	84 (0) Ovs	Charles Allison 44 (94)
Charles Allison 44 (94)	24 (0) Ovs	Samuel Cook 19 (46)
Samuel Cook 19 (46)	9 (0) Ovs	Matt Critchley 11 (18)
Matt Critchley 11 (18)	0 (0) Ovs	Michael-Kyle Pepper 0 (2)
Michael-Kyle Pepper 0 (2)	8 (0) Ovs	Simon Harmer 48 (91)
Simon Harmer 48 (91)	29 (0) Ovs	Shane Snater 8 (42)
Shane Snater 8 (42)	13 (0) Ovs	Zaman Akhter 4 (14)
Zaman Akhter 4 (14)	19 (0) Ovs	Jamie Porter 1 (9)

Innings 3 Partnerships

Robert Yates 22 (56)	14 (0) Ovs	Alex Davies 5 (17)
Alex Davies 5 (17)	0 (0) Ovs	Dan Mousley 0 (5)
Dan Mousley 0 (5)	0 (0) Ovs	Sam Hain 0 (5)
Sam Hain 0 (5)	44 (0) Ovs	Beau Webster 91 (123)
Beau Webster 91 (123)	36 (0) Ovs	Ed Barnard 17 (25)
Ed Barnard 17 (25)	50 (0) Ovs	Zen Malik 21 (47)
Zen Malik 21 (47)	9 (0) Ovs	Jordan Thompson 7 (19)
Jordan Thompson 7 (19)	24 (0) Ovs	Keith Barker 11 (24)
Keith Barker 11 (24)	11 (0) Ovs	Ethan Bamber 19 (25)
Ethan Bamber 19 (25)	32 (0) Ovs	Nathan Gilchrist 17 (28)

Innings 4 Partnerships

Samuel Cook 14 (25)	15 (0) Ovs	Dean Elgar 0 (7)
Dean Elgar 0 (7)	1 (0) Ovs	Paul Walter 8 (45)
Paul Walter 8 (45)	0 (0) Ovs	Charles Allison 0 (3)
Charles Allison 0 (3)	5 (0) Ovs	Matt Critchley 4 (5)
Matt Critchley 4 (5)	37 (0) Ovs	Luc Benkenstein 39 (93)
Luc Benkenstein 39 (93)	22 (0) Ovs	Michael-Kyle Pepper 9 (41)
Michael-Kyle Pepper 9 (41)	2 (0) Ovs	Simon Harmer 32 (57)
Simon Harmer 32 (57)	30 (0) Ovs	Shane Snater 11 (36)
Shane Snater 11 (36)	51 (0) Ovs	Zaman Akhter 35 (68)
Zaman Akhter 35 (68)	1 (0) Ovs	Jamie Porter 0 (7)