Sussex vs Somerset, 50th Match, County Championship Division One 2026

Match info

Match

Sussex vs Somerset, 50th Match

Series

County Championship Division One 2026

Format

First Class

Date

Thursday, 27 August 2026

Start

3:30 PM IST · 11:00 AM local

Venue

County Ground, Hove

Result

Match drawn

SUS vs SOM Recent Form and Head to Head

SUSSussex1 won of last 2

LW

• LSUS vs HAM19 Jun 2026 · Hampshire won by 118 runs
• WSUS vs GLA12 Jun 2026 · Sussex won by an innings and 98 runs

SOMSomerset1 won of last 3

DWL

• DSOM vs WAR19 Jun 2026 · Match drawn
• WNOT vs SOM12 Jun 2026 · Somerset won by 306 runs
• LGLA vs SOM8 May 2026 · Glamorgan won by 2 wickets

Head to head

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

SUS vs SOM Team Records

At County Ground

SUSSussex

1Won

1Lost

1No result

LWNR

Last 3 Test matches here

SOMSomerset

First Test match here on our records.

In County Championship Division One 2026

SUSSussex

1Won

1Lost

5No result

Average score340

SOMSomerset

1Won

1Lost

4No result

Average score304

SUS vs SOM Pitch Report

County Ground, Hove

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

The average first-innings score here is 340.

3 recent first-class games here produced 2 results and 1 draw, with the side batting first winning 1 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

SUSSussex358 (110.2)

NOTNottinghamshire240 (84.4)

59th MatchResult

SUSSussex393 (104)

SURSurrey321 (104.4)

Match drawn

39th MatchResult

SUSSussex159 (49.5)

HAMHampshire191 (60.4)

Hampshire won by 118 runs

34th MatchResult

SUSSussex521 (125.1)

GLAGlamorgan155 (51.2)

Sussex won by an innings and 98 runs

25th MatchResult

SUSSussex

LEILeicestershire

Full ground record