List of Essex List A cricket records

This is a list of Essex List A cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in List A cricket for Essex. Records for Essex in first-class cricket, the longer form of the game, are found at List of Essex first-class cricket records.

Notation

Team notation: When a team score is listed as "300-3", this indicates that they have scored 300 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. If it is followed by a "d", this indicates that the side declared. When the team score is listed as "300", this means the side was all out.

Batting notation: When a batsman's score is listed as "100", the batsman scored 100 runs and was out. If it followed by an asterisk *, the batsman was not out.

Bowling notation: "5/100" indicates that the bowler took 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.

Team records

	Total Runs	Opponents	Venue	Season
Highest for Essex	391-5	v Surrey	The Oval	2008
Highest against Essex	373-5	by Notts	Chelmsford	2017
Lowest for Essex	57	v Lancashire	Lord's	1996
Lowest against Essex	41	by Middlesex	Westcliff-on-Sea	1972
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 5 June 2008.

Batting records

	Runs	Batsman	Opponents	Venue	Season
Highest individual innings	201*	Ravi Bopara	v Leicestershire	Grace Road	2008
Most runs in a season for Essex	1,169	Ken McEwan			1980
Most runs in a career for Essex	16,536	Graham Gooch			1973–1997
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 5 June 2008.

Bowling records

	Analysis	Bowler	Opponents	Venue	Season
Best innings analysis for Essex	8/26	Keith Boyce	v Lancashire	Manchester	1971
	Wickets	Bowler	Season
Most wickets in a season for Essex	47	John Lever	1976
Most career wickets for Essex	616	John Lever	1968–1989
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 5 June 2008.

Partnership records

Wicket Partnership	Runs	Batsmen	Opponents	Venue	Season
1st	269	Mark Pettini Jason Gallian	v Surrey	The Oval	2008
2nd	273	Graham Gooch Ken McEwan	v Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	1983
3rd	268*	Graham Gooch Keith Fletcher	v Sussex	Hove	1982
4th	151	Ronnie Irani Paul Grayson	v Northamptonshire	Northampton	1999
5th	190	Ravi Bopara James Foster	v Leicestershire	Leicester	2008
6th	127	Stuart Law Robert Rollins	v Hampshire	Southampton	1996
7th	92	Brian Edmeades Stuart Turner	v Nottinghamshire	Chelmsford	1969
8th	109	Ray East Neil Smith	v Northamptonshire	Chelmsford	1977
9th	67	Stuart Turner Ray East	v Gloucestershire	Chelmsford	1973
10th	81	Stuart Turner Ray East	v Yorkshire	Leeds	1982
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 5 June 2008.