MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Leicestershire v Essex

Group 1, match 26 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 15 May 2026 – 17 May 2026

Essex won by 7 wickets

Leicestershire 1st innings33390.2 overs

Essex 1st innings29385 overs

Leicestershire 2nd innings6027.4 overs

Essex 2nd innings104/330 overs

Leicestershire 1st innings 333 (90.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Patel	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	9	10	1	0	90.0
J Weatherald	b PWA Mulder	61	77	7	1	79.2
SG Budinger	b S Snater	89	114	12	2	78.1
IG Holland	lbw b JA Porter	11	22	2	0	50.0
JA Tattersall	lbw b PWA Mulder	8	37	0	0	21.6
SS Eskinazi	b SJ Cook	50	100	6	1	50.0
OB Cox	b PWA Mulder	31	83	2	1	37.3
BGF Green	c CWJ Allison b S Snater	25	40	2	1	62.5
BWM Mike	lbw b JA Porter	20	22	2	0	90.9
AY Patel	not out	11	29	0	0	37.9
J Hull	b S Snater	1	12	0	0	8.3
Extras		17
Total	all out, 90.2 overs	333

Did not bat: NF Kelly

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (RK Patel, 3.1 ov), 142-2 (J Weatherald, 25.1 ov), 171-3 (IG Holland, 32.2 ov), 190-4 (SG Budinger, 40.4 ov), 196-5 (JA Tattersall, 43.2 ov), 254-6 (OB Cox, 67.6 ov), 294-7 (BGF Green, 77.6 ov), 311-8 (SS Eskinazi, 81.4 ov), 327-9 (BWM Mike, 86.6 ov), 333-10 (J Hull, 90.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	22	4	73	2	3.32	93	0
SJ Cook	20	5	67	2	3.35	87	0
S Snater	18.2	5	59	3	3.22	81	0
SR Harmer	8	2	31	0	3.88	36	0
PWA Mulder	16	2	70	3	4.38	67	8
MJJ Critchley	6	1	24	0	4.00	27	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	17	19	RK Patel 9, J Weatherald 8
2	125	132	J Weatherald 53, SG Budinger 57
3	29	43	SG Budinger 18, IG Holland 11
4	19	50	SG Budinger 14, JA Tattersall 5
5	6	16	JA Tattersall 3, SS Eskinazi 3
6	58	148	SS Eskinazi 25, OB Cox 31
7	40	60	SS Eskinazi 15, BGF Green 25
8	17	22	SS Eskinazi 7, BWM Mike 10
9	16	32	BWM Mike 10, AY Patel 6
10	6	20	AY Patel 5, J Hull 1

Essex 1st innings 293 (85 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SJ Cook	b IG Holland	0	2	0	0	0.0
D Elgar	c IG Holland b BGF Green	14	13	3	0	107.7
JA Porter	b BWM Mike	52	117	7	0	44.4
PI Walter	c RK Patel b IG Holland	1	8	0	0	12.5
T Westley	c OB Cox b BWM Mike	2	30	0	0	6.7
CWJ Allison	c OB Cox b J Hull	72	103	11	0	69.9
MJJ Critchley	c & b BWM Mike	4	3	1	0	133.3
PWA Mulder	not out	79	124	9	0	63.7
MS Pepper	lbw b AY Patel	19	24	2	0	79.2
SR Harmer	b IG Holland	35	86	3	1	40.7
S Snater	c OB Cox b IG Holland	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras		15
Total	all out, 85 overs	293

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (SJ Cook, 0.2 ov), 20-2 (D Elgar, 5.1 ov), 25-3 (PI Walter, 8.1 ov), 39-4 (T Westley, 16.4 ov), 135-5 (JA Porter, 41.4 ov), 143-6 (MJJ Critchley, 43.1 ov), 162-7 (CWJ Allison, 47.3 ov), 207-8 (MS Pepper, 56.4 ov), 293-9 (SR Harmer, 84.2 ov), 293-10 (S Snater, 84.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
IG Holland	18	4	54	4	3.00	74	0
BGF Green	20	5	54	1	2.70	96	0
BWM Mike	16	2	74	3	4.63	67	8
J Hull	14	0	67	1	4.79	52	0
AY Patel	17	3	37	1	2.18	78	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	2	SJ Cook 0, D Elgar 0
2	20	29	D Elgar 14, JA Porter 6
3	5	18	JA Porter 4, PI Walter 1
4	14	51	JA Porter 11, T Westley 2
5	96	150	JA Porter 31, CWJ Allison 56
6	8	9	CWJ Allison 4, MJJ Critchley 4
7	19	26	CWJ Allison 12, PWA Mulder 7
8	45	55	PWA Mulder 22, MS Pepper 19
9	86	166	PWA Mulder 50, SR Harmer 35
10	0	4	PWA Mulder 0, S Snater 0

Leicestershire 2nd innings 60 (27.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Patel	lbw b JA Porter	2	15	0	0	13.3
SG Budinger	c T Westley b SJ Cook	8	17	1	0	47.1
IG Holland	c MS Pepper b SJ Cook	12	21	2	0	57.1
NF Kelly	c SR Harmer b S Snater	0	20	0	0	0.0
JA Tattersall	b SJ Cook	3	7	0	0	42.9
SS Eskinazi	lbw b S Snater	1	21	0	0	4.8
OB Cox	b SJ Cook	20	41	3	0	48.8
BGF Green	lbw b S Snater	0	2	0	0	0.0
BWM Mike	b JA Porter	2	6	0	0	33.3
AY Patel	b S Snater	0	3	0	0	0.0
J Hull	not out	4	13	1	0	30.8
Extras		8
Total	all out, 27.4 overs	60

Did not bat: J Weatherald

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (RK Patel, 4.1 ov), 14-2 (SG Budinger, 5.5 ov), 25-3 (IG Holland, 11.3 ov), 27-4 (NF Kelly, 12.4 ov), 29-5 (JA Tattersall, 13.5 ov), 41-6 (SS Eskinazi, 18.6 ov), 41-7 (BGF Green, 20.2 ov), 46-8 (BWM Mike, 21.6 ov), 47-9 (AY Patel, 22.5 ov), 60-10 (OB Cox, 27.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
JA Porter	9	3	22	2	2.44	43	0
SJ Cook	9.4	4	19	4	1.97	46	1
S Snater	9	5	12	4	1.33	48	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	25	RK Patel 2, SG Budinger 0
2	10	10	SG Budinger 8, IG Holland 2
3	11	34	IG Holland 10, NF Kelly 0
4	2	7	NF Kelly 0, JA Tattersall 2
5	2	7	JA Tattersall 1, SS Eskinazi 1
6	12	31	SS Eskinazi 0, OB Cox 12
7	0	8	OB Cox 0, BGF Green 0
8	5	10	OB Cox 3, BWM Mike 2
9	1	5	OB Cox 1, AY Patel 0
10	13	29	OB Cox 4, J Hull 4

Essex 2nd innings 104/3 (30 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	lbw b BGF Green	7	33	1	0	21.2
D Elgar	lbw b J Hull	18	34	3	0	52.9
T Westley	c IG Holland b J Hull	1	6	0	0	16.7
CWJ Allison	not out	34	48	5	0	70.8
MJJ Critchley	not out	40	59	6	0	67.8
Extras		4
Total	3 wickets, 30 overs	104

Did not bat: SR Harmer, MS Pepper, JA Porter, SJ Cook, S Snater, PWA Mulder

Fall of wickets: 25-1 (D Elgar, 10.3 ov), 25-2 (PI Walter, 11.4 ov), 27-3 (T Westley, 12.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
IG Holland	7	1	18	0	2.57	32
BGF Green	8	3	19	1	2.38	41
J Hull	5	0	20	2	4.00	19
BWM Mike	5	0	30	0	6.00	16
AY Patel	3	0	5	0	1.67	13
RK Patel	2	0	8	0	4.00	8

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	25	63	PI Walter 7, D Elgar 18
2	0	7	PI Walter 0, T Westley 0
3	2	8	T Westley 1, CWJ Allison 1
Unbroken	77	102	CWJ Allison 33, MJJ Critchley 40

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: N Pratt, NJ Llong
Match referee: Wayne Noon
Source: Cricsheet match 1513351