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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 28th, 29th August 1986 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 9 runs |
| Points | Somerset 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 20 (Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | KJ Lyons, RA White |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 134/6 (Botham 36*, Marks 0*; 47 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 213/5 (Hardie 68*, Lever 1*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GA Gooch | c Richards b Botham | 0 | |||||
| JP Stephenson | c Botham b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| PJ Prichard | c Richards b Taylor | 1 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c Roebuck b Taylor | 18 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | c Roebuck b Botham | 7 | |||||
| DR Pringle | lbw b Botham | 2 | |||||
| +DE East | not out | 58 | 63 | 8 | 2 | ||
| NA Foster | c Gard b Taylor | 14 | |||||
| JK Lever | c Harman b Dredge | 18 | |||||
| JH Childs | c Botham b Dredge | 7 | |||||
| DL Acfield | c Gard b Dredge | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 41.3 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-0, 3-2, 4-29, 5-29, 6-36, 7-57, 8-109, 9-129, 10-129 (41.3 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 21 | 5 | 77 | 3 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 15 | 5 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 5.3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NA Felton | c Prichard b Childs | 10 | |||||
| *PM Roebuck | b Childs | 10 | |||||
| JJE Hardy | run out | 11 | |||||
| IVA Richards | c Fletcher b Gooch | 53 | 52 | 71 | 10 | - | |
| RJ Harden | c Fletcher b Childs | 14 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Foster b Lever | 67 | 49 | 10 | 1 | ||
| +T Gard | c Lever b Childs | 0 | |||||
| VJ Marks | run out | 4 | |||||
| CH Dredge | c East b Foster | 24 | |||||
| MD Harman | not out | 4 | |||||
| NS Taylor | b Foster | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.3 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-21, 3-72, 4-96, 5-133, 6-133, 7-150, 8-194, 9-196, 10-200 (63.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 21 | 7 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Foster | 26.3 | 7 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Childs | 8 | 0 | 27 | 4 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GA Gooch | lbw b Taylor | 38 | |||||
| JP Stephenson | c Gard b Taylor | 11 | |||||
| PJ Prichard | c Hardy b Marks | 38 | |||||
| BR Hardie | not out | 113 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | c Harden b Marks | 28 | |||||
| DR Pringle | run out | 21 | |||||
| JK Lever | b Dredge | 38 | |||||
| +DE East | c Roebuck b Harman | 41 | |||||
| NA Foster | not out | 0 | |||||
| JH Childs | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 9 lb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 131.3 overs) | 343 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32, 2-64, 3-115, 4-163, 5-207, 6-259, 7-343 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 7 | 2 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 25 | 9 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 21 | 6 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marks | 39 | 10 | 99 | 2 | - | - | |
| Harman | 39.3 | 11 | 88 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NA Felton | lbw b Lever | 6 | |||||
| *PM Roebuck | lbw b Foster | 24 | |||||
| JJE Hardy | c Pringle b Foster | 19 | |||||
| IVA Richards | c Hardie b Lever | 94 | 9 | 3 | |||
| RJ Harden | c Fletcher b Foster | 4 | |||||
| VJ Marks | b Pringle | 56 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Stephenson b Childs | 41 | 29 | 6 | 1 | ||
| +T Gard | lbw b Pringle | 0 | |||||
| CH Dredge | not out | 4 | |||||
| MD Harman | run out | 0 | |||||
| NS Taylor | lbw b Childs | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59.1 overs) | 263 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-38, 3-100, 4-110, 5-198, 6-253, 7-254, 8-259, 9-261, 10-263 (59.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 18 | 2 | 104 | 2 | - | - | |
| Foster | 20 | 4 | 79 | 3 | - | - | |
| Childs | 9.1 | 2 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pringle | 12 | 1 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JP Stephenson (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> JK Lever (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> IVA Richards (2) passed 28500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 61
--> NS Taylor reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JH Childs reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> VJ Marks reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
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