| a4816 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 10th, 12th May 1986 (55-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Essex won by 12 runs |
| Points | Somerset 0; Essex 2 |
| Umpires | C Cook, D Lloyd |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset 75/6 (Botham 6*, Gard 0*; 28 overs) |
| Player of the Match | DR Pringle |
| Essex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *GA Gooch | lbw b Garner | 16 | |||||
| BR Hardie | c Botham b Dredge | 13 | |||||
| PJ Prichard | b Dredge | 3 | |||||
| AR Border | c Richards b Dredge | 7 | |||||
| KWR Fletcher | lbw b Dredge | 5 | |||||
| DR Pringle | c Marks b Botham | 65 | |||||
| AW Lilley | c Richards b Marks | 18 | |||||
| +DE East | c Hardy b Botham | 9 | |||||
| S Turner | c Dredge b Botham | 41 | |||||
| NA Foster | run out | 8 | |||||
| JK Lever | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 16 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 55 overs) | 206 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-32, 3-42, 4-52, 5-55, 6-102, 7-118, 8-190, 9-200, 10-206 (55 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Garner | 11 | 0 | 48 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 4.36 |
| Botham | 11 | 0 | 53 | 3 | - | - | 22.00 | 4.82 |
| Taylor | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.43 |
| Dredge | 11 | 0 | 30 | 4 | - | - | 16.50 | 2.73 |
| Richards | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.17 |
| Marks | 9 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 2.44 |
| Somerset innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *PM Roebuck | c East b Turner | 26 | |||||
| NA Felton | c Lilley b Lever | 3 | |||||
| JJE Hardy | c Pringle b Turner | 8 | |||||
| IVA Richards | c Lever b Pringle | 22 | |||||
| IT Botham | b Foster | 41 | |||||
| RJ Bartlett | lbw b Turner | 0 | |||||
| VJ Marks | c Border b Pringle | 0 | |||||
| +T Gard | c East b Lever | 27 | |||||
| CH Dredge | run out | 25 | |||||
| J Garner | not out | 14 | |||||
| NS Taylor | b Pringle | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 1 nb, 8 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-23, 3-59, 4-69, 5-69, 6-70, 7-119, 8-169, 9-170, 10-194 (54 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Lever | 10 | 2 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.00 |
| Foster | 11 | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 3.64 |
| Turner | 11 | 2 | 43 | 3 | - | - | 22.00 | 3.91 |
| Pringle | 11 | 0 | 42 | 3 | - | - | 22.00 | 3.82 |
| Gooch | 11 | 1 | 39 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.55 |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> RJ Bartlett made his debut in List A matches
--> T Gard passed his previous highest score of 19 in List A matches
--> CH Dredge equalled his previous highest score of 25 in List A matches
--> NS Taylor made his debut for Somerset in List A matches
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