Sussex vs Essex, 51st Match
Sussex vs Essex, 51st Match: match overview
Sussex and Essex met in the 51st Match of County Championship Division One 2026 at The Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Result: Sussex won by 47 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
- 51st Match, County Championship Division One 2026
- Teams
- Sussex vs Essex
- Format
- Test match
- Venue
- The Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford
- Date
- Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- Start time
- 03:00 PM local (09:30 GMT)
- Status
- Sussex won by 47 runs