Result

Essex won by 7 wickets

Essex vs Leicestershire

Division 1 · Chelmsford · May 15, 2026 · County Championship Division One

LEI
Leicestershire
333 (90.2/20 ov)
ESS
Essex
293/10 (85/20 ov)

Essex won the toss and elected to bowling

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Rishi Patel c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook 9 10 1 0 90.00
Rishi Patel b James Porter 2 15 0 0 13.00
Sol Budinger c Tom Westley b Samuel Cook 8 17 1 0 47.00
Jake Weatherald b Wiaan Mulder 61 77 7 1 79.00
Ian Holland c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook 12 21 2 0 57.00
Sol Budinger b Shane Snater 89 114 12 2 78.00
Ian Holland b James Porter 11 22 2 0 50.00
Nick Kelly c Simon Harmer b Shane Snater 0 20 0 0 0.00
Jonathan Tattersall b Shane Snater 3 7 0 0 43.00
Jonathan Tattersall b Wiaan Mulder 8 37 0 0 22.00
Stephen Eskinazi b Shane Snater 1 21 0 0 5.00
Stephen Eskinazi b Samuel Cook 50 100 6 1 50.00
Ben Cox b Wiaan Mulder 31 83 2 1 37.00
Ben Cox b Samuel Cook 20 41 3 0 49.00
Ben Green c Charlie Allison b Shane Snater 25 40 2 1 63.00
Ben Green b Shane Snater 0 2 0 0 0.00
Ben Mike b James Porter 2 6 0 0 33.00
Ben Mike b James Porter 20 22 2 0 91.00
Ajaz Patel b Shane Snater 0 3 0 0 0.00
Ajaz Patel not out 11 29 0 0 38.00
Josh Hull not out 4 13 1 0 31.00
Josh Hull b Shane Snater 1 12 0 0 8.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
James Porter 22.0 73 2 3.32
James Porter 9.0 22 2 2.44
Samuel Cook 9.4 19 4 1.97
Samuel Cook 20.0 67 2 3.35
Shane Snater 18.2 59 3 3.22
Shane Snater 9.0 12 4 1.33
Simon Harmer 8.0 31 0 3.88
Matthew Critchley 6.0 24 0 4.00
Wiaan Mulder 16.0 70 3 4.38

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Samuel Cook b Ian Holland 0 2 0 0 0.00
Paul Walter b Ben Green 7 33 1 0 21.00
Dean Elgar c Ian Holland b Ben Green 14 13 3 0 108.00
Dean Elgar b Josh Hull 18 34 3 0 53.00
Tom Westley c Ian Holland b Josh Hull 1 6 0 0 17.00
James Porter b Ben Mike 52 117 7 0 44.00
Charlie Allison not out 34 48 5 0 71.00
Paul Walter c Rishi Patel b Ian Holland 1 8 0 0 13.00
Matthew Critchley not out 40 59 6 0 68.00
Tom Westley c Ben Cox b Ben Mike 2 30 0 0 7.00
Charlie Allison c Ben Cox b Josh Hull 72 103 11 0 70.00
Matthew Critchley c & b Ben Mike 4 3 1 0 133.00
Wiaan Mulder not out 79 124 9 0 64.00
Michael Pepper b Ajaz Patel 19 24 2 0 79.00
Simon Harmer b Ian Holland 35 86 3 1 41.00
Shane Snater c Ben Cox b Ian Holland 0 4 0 0 0.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Ian Holland 7.0 18 0 2.57
Ian Holland 18.0 54 4 3.00
Ben Green 8.0 19 1 2.38
Ben Green 20.0 54 1 2.70
Josh Hull 5.0 20 2 4.00
Ben Mike 16.0 74 3 4.63
Ben Mike 5.0 30 0 6.00
Josh Hull 14.0 67 1 4.79
Ajaz Patel 3.0 5 0 1.67
Ajaz Patel 17.0 37 1 2.18
Rishi Patel 2.0 8 0 4.00

Venue

County Ground
Chelmsford, England

Innings

  • Leicestershire — 1st Innings 333 (90.2)
  • Essex — 2nd Innings 293-10 (85)
  • Leicestershire — 3rd Innings 60 (27.4)
  • Essex — 4th Innings 104-3 (30)