🏟️ County Ground, Chelmsford — Pitch Report & Fantasy Tips

Across the 3 ODI matches at County Ground, Chelmsford we hold a full scorecard for, the side batting first averages 247 runs (3 innings), 10 wickets fall per completed innings and 56.5% of the runs off the bat come in fours and sixes. On those figures it reads as an even contest between bat and ball. That is our reading of the scorecards we hold, not a forecast for any one match.

In the 3 ODI matches we have a scorecard for at County Ground, Chelmsford, the first innings averages 247 runs across 3 innings, so that is the par to beat. The highest total on our records here is 321/7. The lowest innings played out in full is 143/10 by Essex.

Across the 47 dismissals in the ODI scorecards we hold at County Ground, Chelmsford, 57.4% were caught and 38.3% were bowled or lbw — 12 bowled, 6 lbw, 1 run out, 1 stumped. The cards do not record bowler type, so this is a measure of how often the ball beat the bat, not a pace-versus-spin split.

The highest individual score in our records at County Ground, Chelmsford is 120 off 226 balls by Ben Foakes in August 2026. The best bowling figures are 6-80 by Rahul Chahar in August 2026. Both are taken from the 5 full scorecards we hold for this ground, not from a wider record book.

Across the 7 matches we have on record at County Ground, Chelmsford, the team batting first averages 247 runs and the team batting second averages 253. These figures pool every format played at the ground, so read them alongside the per-format par scores in the pitch stats — the ODI par here is 247.

Second-innings totals are higher at County Ground, Chelmsford: 247 batting first against 253 batting second. We do not publish a toss-decision win record for this ground, so these are scoring averages, not results.

The fixtures we hold for County Ground, Chelmsford are 4 ODI · 3 Test. Because the scoring averages above pool formats, read them alongside this mix.

Leading run-scorers in the matches we have on record at County Ground, Chelmsford: Dean Elgar (192 runs, avg 64), Matt Critchley (184 runs, avg 46), Charlie Allison (141 runs, avg 35.2).

The leading wicket-takers in our records at County Ground, Chelmsford: Zaman Akhter (10 wickets), Simon Harmer (9 wickets), Sam Cook (8 wickets).