Foakes digs deep to salvage vital draw for Surrey
Essex pay for lost day to rain as wicketkeeper grinds to safety with rearguard century
27/08Result
47th Match, County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, Aug 27-30 2026
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![Surrey]( "Surrey")
183 & 298/8d (99 ov) -
![Essex]( "Essex")
27/08Result
47th Match, County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, Aug 27-30 2026
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![Surrey]( "Surrey")
183 & 298/8d (99 ov) -
![Essex]( "Essex")
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Essex , elected to field first
Season
Match days
27,28,29,30 August 2026 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Essex replacement
SJ Cook for CE Bennett (Surrey 1st innings, 15.6 ov)
Surrey replacement
OJ Pope for NV Gorantla (Surrey 1st innings, 15.6 ov)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Essex 12, Surrey 11
Scorecard Summary
SURREY 183 (53.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Tom Lawes38 (43)
- Adam Thomas43 (65)
- Sam Cook3/41 (15)
- Zaman Akhter3/36 (10.2)
ESSEX 279 (85 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Dean Elgar113 (191)
- Charlie Allison43 (85)
- Daniel Worrall2/32 (16)
- Rahul Chahar6/80 (22)
SURREY 298/8d (99 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Ben Foakes*120 (226)
- Tom Lawes44 (83)
- Simon Harmer3/92 (38)
- Sam Cook2/53 (27)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsFoakes digs deep to salvage vital draw for Surrey
Essex pay for lost day to rain as wicketkeeper grinds to safety with rearguard century
Elgar revisits his pomp as century puts Surrey under pump
Essex fall away after opener's effort but claim 96-run lead followed by four cheap wickets
Sam Cook links with Essex to compound Surrey woes
He and Ollie Pope hot-foot it from Lord's to Chelmsford with contrasting fortunes in Division 1 dogfight
