Essex vs Hampshire, 2nd Match
Essex vs Hampshire, 2nd Match: match overview
Essex and Hampshire met in the 2nd Match of County Championship Division One 2026 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton on Friday, April 3, 2026. Result: Essex won by an innings and 137 runs.
A Test match is played over up to five days with two innings a side, so the scorecard here tracks both innings for each team, the follow-on and declarations, and the session-by-session state of play.
Follow every ball on this page: live commentary, the full scorecard with batting and bowling figures, both squads, over-by-over summaries, partnerships, run-rate and win-probability charts. Crickpal updates the score from official feeds in real time, and the latest news around County Championship Division One 2026 appears alongside the match.
Match facts
- Match
- 2nd Match, County Championship Division One 2026
- Teams
- Essex vs Hampshire
- Format
- Test match
- Venue
- The Rose Bowl, Southampton
- Date
- Friday, April 3, 2026
- Start time
- 03:30 PM local (10:00 GMT)
- Status
- Essex won by an innings and 137 runs