Match info
- Match
- Essex Women vs Somerset Women, 51st Match
- Series
- ECB Women's One Day Cup 2026
- Format
- Women's List A
- Date
- Wednesday, 19 August 2026
- Start
- 3:00 PM IST · 10:30 AM local
- Venue
- County Ground, Chelmsford
ESS-W vs SOM-W Recent Form and Head to Head
- LLAN-W vs ESS-W23 Jun 2026 · Lancashire Women won by 153 runs
- LESS-W vs HAM-W17 Jun 2026 · Hampshire Women won by 10 wickets
- LSUR-W vs ESS-W13 May 2026 · Surrey Women won by 3 wickets
- WYOR-W vs ESS-W2 May 2026 · Essex Women won by 13 runs
- WSOM-W vs WAR-W17 Jun 2026 · Somerset Women won by 7 wickets
- LDUR-W vs SOM-W16 May 2026 · Durham Women won by 120 runs
- LSOM-W vs BLZ-W13 May 2026 · The Blaze Women won by 6 wickets
- LWAR-W vs SOM-W2 May 2026 · Warwickshire Women won by 34 runs
Head to head
- NR29 Apr 2026, 18th MatchECB Women's One Day Cup 2026
- NR24 Jul 2025, 34th MatchECB Women's One Day Cup 2025 · No Result
ESS-W vs SOM-W Team Records
At County Ground
Head to head at this ground: ESS-W 0, SOM-W 0 from 1 match.
Batting first and chasing
Average first-innings score219
Average first-innings score191
Last 7 ODI results with a result.
In ECB Women's One Day Cup 2026
Average score211
Average score197
ESS-W vs SOM-W Pitch Report
County Ground, Chelmsford
Conditions at County Ground have been fairly balanced, with neither bat nor ball on top.
The first-innings average over the last 10 WList A games at this ground is 283, and 194 in the second innings. Anything in the 270-300 range should make a competitive total. Defending has worked well at this ground, with 7 wins from 10 for the side batting first.
The last 5 first-innings scores here, newest first: 151 (ESS, lost), 376/5 (ESS, won), 317 (ESS, lost), 257/7 (ESS, won), 211 (ESS-W, lost). The pitch has played slower lately: the last 5 first innings averaged 262, below the ground average of 283. First-innings totals here have ranged from 101 to 417 in that time.
Wickets have been shared between pace and spin here: 64% to the seamers and 36% to the spinners. Seamers have gone at 5.86 an over and spinners at 5.56.
The side that wins the toss should bat and set a target.