Essex vs Sussex, 51st Match, County Championship Division One 2026

Match info

Match

Essex vs Sussex, 51st Match

Series

County Championship Division One 2026

Format

First Class

Date

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

Start

3:30 PM IST · 11:00 AM local

Venue

County Ground, Chelmsford

ESS vs SUS Recent Form and Head to Head

ESSEssex2 won of last 4

DLWW

• DESS vs SUR27 Aug 2026 · Match drawn
• LESS vs NOT19 Jun 2026 · Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 52 runs
• WLEI vs ESS12 Jun 2026 · Essex won by 6 wkts
• WESS vs HAM8 May 2026 · Essex won by 6 wickets

SUSSussex1 won of last 3

DLW

• DSUS vs SOM27 Aug 2026 · Match drawn
• LSUS vs HAM19 Jun 2026 · Hampshire won by 118 runs
• WSUS vs GLA12 Jun 2026 · Sussex won by an innings and 98 runs

Head to head

These teams have not met in a Test match on our records.

ESS vs SUS Team Records

At County Ground

ESSEssex

1Won

1Lost

2No result

DLNRW

Last 4 Test matches here

SUSSussex

First Test match here on our records.

In County Championship Division One 2026

ESSEssex

2Won

1Lost

4No result

Average score293

SUSSussex

1Won

1Lost

6No result

Average score340

ESS vs SUS Pitch Report

County Ground, Chelmsford

All eyes will be on the pitch at County Ground once the covers come off.

The average first-innings score here is 239.

4 recent first-class games here produced 2 results and 2 draws, with the side batting first winning 0 of them. No side has chased successfully in the fourth innings in those games, a sign the pitch wears and gets harder to bat on.

County Ground Record

This season at County Ground

First ClassResult

ESSEssex134 (44)

WARWarwickshire134/7 (43)

47th MatchResult

ESSEssex

SURSurrey

Match drawn

36th MatchResult

ESSEssex184 (57.4)

NOTNottinghamshire457 (126)

Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 52 runs

26th MatchResult

ESSEssex293 (33)

LEILeicestershire333 (90.2)

21st MatchResult

ESSEssex

HAMHampshire

Essex won by 6 wickets

Full ground record