County Ground, Chelmsford: cricket results and records

County Ground, Chelmsford appears in 133 recorded matches, the first on 13 April 2014 and the latest on 15 September 2026. The matches are 82 in the County Championship, 41 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 6 in Twenty20 Internationals and 4 in One Day Internationals. The competitions seen most often are County Championship (41 matches), Specsavers County Championship (28 matches) and Vitality Blast (28 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Essex (121 matches), Kent (14 matches), Hampshire (13 matches) and Surrey (11 matches).

Of the 133 matches, 107 produced a winner, 25 were drawn and 1 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 605/8 by Somerset against Essex on 25 July 2022.

The lowest completed total is 45 by Northamptonshire against Essex on 21 September 2021.

In the 50 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 22 (44.0%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are T Westley (4,476 runs in 134 innings), AN Cook (3,172 runs in 67 innings), NLJ Browne (3,142 runs in 98 innings), MJJ Critchley (2,874 runs in 87 innings) and PI Walter (2,755 runs in 92 innings).

The leading wicket takers are SR Harmer (361 wickets), JA Porter (282 wickets), SJ Cook (179 wickets), MJJ Critchley (109 wickets) and S Snater (95 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 255 by NLJ Browne against Derbyshire on 15 May 2016, 254 by T Westley against Worcestershire on 31 August 2016 and 234* by NLJ Browne against Somerset on 25 July 2022.

The best bowling figures are 9 for 80 by SR Harmer against Derbyshire on 13 May 2021, 9 for 95 by SR Harmer against Middlesex on 26 June 2017 and 8 for 36 by SR Harmer against Warwickshire on 19 June 2017.

In 41 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 180.0 and the side batting second 164.2.

The first innings of 82 the County Championship matches here averaged 289.3 runs.

The toss is recorded in 133 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 73 (54.9%) and to bat in 60.

Among the 107 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 55 times (51.4%).

Batters at the ground hit 10,237 fours and 1,244 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 12.8 balls; 56.3% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 57%, bowled 19%, lbw 18%, caught and bowled 2% and run out 2% of the 3,208 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 58%, bowled 19%, lbw 18%, caught and bowled 2% and stumped 2% of the 3,144 times.

That is 86.3 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2010s (41) and 2020s (92).

The competitions that have used the ground are County Championship (41 matches), Specsavers County Championship (28 matches), Vitality Blast (28 matches), LV= County Championship (13 matches), Vitality Blast Men (13 matches), India Women tour of England (2 matches), ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League (2 matches) and New Zealand Women tour of England (1 matches).