The County Ground, Chelmsford: cricket results and records

The County Ground, Chelmsford appears in 182 recorded matches, the first on 29 June 2009 and the latest on 15 September 2026. The matches are 82 in the County Championship, 81 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 13 in Twenty20 Internationals and 6 in One Day Internationals. The competitions seen most often are Vitality Blast (42 matches), County Championship (41 matches) and Specsavers County Championship (28 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Essex (161 matches), Hampshire (20 matches), Surrey (18 matches) and Kent (18 matches).

Of the 182 matches, 153 produced a winner, 25 were drawn, 1 were tied and 3 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 96 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 43 (44.8%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are T Westley (5,352 runs in 164 innings), NLJ Browne (3,191 runs in 102 innings), AN Cook (3,172 runs in 67 innings), DW Lawrence (3,137 runs in 107 innings) and PI Walter (2,966 runs in 105 innings).

The leading wicket takers are SR Harmer (374 wickets), JA Porter (289 wickets), SJ Cook (183 wickets), MJJ Critchley (109 wickets) and S Snater (100 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 13 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 145.2 and the side batting second 126.5.

In 80 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 179.5 and the side batting second 163.1.

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

The toss is recorded in 182 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 107 (58.8%) and to bat in 75.

Among the 153 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 78 times (51.0%).

Batters at the ground hit 11,599 fours and 1,780 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 11.9 balls; 56.4% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 57%, bowled 20%, lbw 16%, run out 3% and caught and bowled 2% of the 3,808 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 59%, bowled 20%, lbw 16%, caught and bowled 2% and stumped 2% of the 3,689 times.

That is 73.5 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (1), 2010s (85) and 2020s (96).

The competitions that have used the ground are Vitality Blast (42 matches), County Championship (41 matches), Specsavers County Championship (28 matches), NatWest T20 Blast (26 matches), LV= County Championship (13 matches), Vitality Blast Men (13 matches), Women's Ashes (2 matches) and India Women tour of England (2 matches).