MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Essex v Leicestershire

Group 1, match 33 · Grace Road, Leicester · 12 Jun 2026 – 15 Jun 2026

Essex won by 6 wickets

Essex 1st innings40197.4 overs

Leicestershire 1st innings18763.2 overs

Leicestershire 2nd innings428153.5 overs

Essex 2nd innings217/445.5 overs

Essex 1st innings 401 (97.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b BGF Green	3	27	0	0	11.1
PI Walter	lbw b BGF Green	2	10	0	0	20.0
T Westley	c NF Kelly b Rehan Ahmed	41	89	5	0	46.1
JM Cox	c OB Cox b JH Davey	204	201	26	2	101.5
MJJ Critchley	b JDM Evison	97	136	12	1	71.3
JA Porter	b Rehan Ahmed	0	3	0	0	0.0
CWJ Allison	c NF Kelly b Rehan Ahmed	2	10	0	0	20.0
NRM Thain	lbw b Rehan Ahmed	2	11	0	0	18.2
SR Harmer	b TAR Scriven	36	67	5	0	53.7
S Snater	b JH Davey	0	7	0	0	0.0
CE Bennett	not out	1	25	0	0	4.0
Extras		13
Total	all out, 97.4 overs	401

Did not bat: MS Pepper

Fall of wickets: 5-1 (PI Walter, 5.1 ov), 8-2 (D Elgar, 7.5 ov), 155-3 (T Westley, 33.2 ov), 338-4 (MJJ Critchley, 72.5 ov), 339-5 (JA Porter, 73.3 ov), 343-6 (CWJ Allison, 75.5 ov), 347-7 (NRM Thain, 77.6 ov), 371-8 (JM Cox, 84.3 ov), 371-9 (S Snater, 86.4 ov), 401-10 (SR Harmer, 97.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
JH Davey	16	5	42	2	2.63	73	1
BGF Green	19	4	73	2	3.84	81	0
TAR Scriven	12.4	0	42	1	3.32	54	0
JDM Evison	11	0	58	1	5.27	40	0
AM Green	16	2	72	0	4.50	58	0
Rehan Ahmed	23	0	102	4	4.43	81	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	5	31	D Elgar 2, PI Walter 2
2	3	16	D Elgar 1, T Westley 1
3	147	153	T Westley 40, JM Cox 100
4	183	237	JM Cox 82, MJJ Critchley 97
5	1	4	JM Cox 1, JA Porter 0
6	4	14	JM Cox 2, CWJ Allison 2
7	4	13	JM Cox 2, NRM Thain 2
8	24	39	JM Cox 17, SR Harmer 7
9	0	13	SR Harmer 0, S Snater 0
10	30	66	SR Harmer 29, CE Bennett 1

Leicestershire 1st innings 187 (63.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Patel	lbw b JA Porter	4	18	0	0	22.2
SSE Gumbs	c PI Walter b SR Harmer	21	79	1	0	26.6
Rehan Ahmed	lbw b S Snater	5	6	1	0	83.3
LJ Hill	lbw b CE Bennett	23	40	3	0	57.5
NF Kelly	c JA Porter b MJJ Critchley	78	121	10	2	64.5
JDM Evison	b SR Harmer	1	16	0	0	6.3
OB Cox	lbw b NRM Thain	8	13	1	0	61.5
BGF Green	c JM Cox b SR Harmer	6	43	0	0	14.0
TAR Scriven	c JM Cox b CE Bennett	16	20	3	0	80.0
JH Davey	c S Snater b CE Bennett	5	10	0	0	50.0
AM Green	not out	9	17	1	0	52.9
Extras		11
Total	all out, 63.2 overs	187

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (RK Patel, 4.4 ov), 11-2 (Rehan Ahmed, 7.1 ov), 52-3 (LJ Hill, 20.6 ov), 72-4 (SSE Gumbs, 27.3 ov), 88-5 (JDM Evison, 31.4 ov), 101-6 (OB Cox, 34.5 ov), 134-7 (BGF Green, 49.3 ov), 159-8 (TAR Scriven, 56.1 ov), 167-9 (JH Davey, 58.1 ov), 187-10 (NF Kelly, 63.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	13	4	25	1	1.92	64	0
S Snater	14	3	34	1	2.43	64	0
CE Bennett	11	0	48	3	4.36	45	6
SR Harmer	18	8	42	3	2.33	92	0
NRM Thain	4	0	21	1	5.25	13	0
MJJ Critchley	3.2	1	12	1	3.60	15	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	6	28	RK Patel 4, SSE Gumbs 2
2	5	15	SSE Gumbs 0, Rehan Ahmed 5
3	41	83	SSE Gumbs 17, LJ Hill 23
4	20	39	SSE Gumbs 2, NF Kelly 15
5	16	25	NF Kelly 13, JDM Evison 1
6	13	19	NF Kelly 5, OB Cox 8
7	33	88	NF Kelly 25, BGF Green 6
8	25	40	NF Kelly 9, TAR Scriven 16
9	8	12	NF Kelly 3, JH Davey 5
10	20	31	NF Kelly 8, AM Green 9

Leicestershire 2nd innings 428 (153.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Patel	b S Snater	58	97	10	0	59.8
SSE Gumbs	b SR Harmer	49	125	8	0	39.2
Rehan Ahmed	lbw b SR Harmer	23	47	4	0	48.9
LJ Hill	b MJJ Critchley	127	320	12	0	39.7
NF Kelly	lbw b JA Porter	19	37	2	1	51.4
JDM Evison	lbw b S Snater	9	26	0	1	34.6
OB Cox	b S Snater	49	83	6	0	59.0
BGF Green	lbw b CE Bennett	29	61	4	0	47.5
TAR Scriven	lbw b SR Harmer	10	39	1	0	25.6
JH Davey	c MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	21	67	2	1	31.3
AM Green	not out	0	22	0	0	0.0
Extras		34
Total	all out, 153.5 overs	428

Fall of wickets: 96-1 (RK Patel, 28.3 ov), 130-2 (SSE Gumbs, 43.3 ov), 143-3 (Rehan Ahmed, 45.5 ov), 166-4 (NF Kelly, 56.6 ov), 184-5 (JDM Evison, 64.5 ov), 274-6 (OB Cox, 96.1 ov), 324-7 (BGF Green, 114.2 ov), 349-8 (TAR Scriven, 125.5 ov), 405-9 (JH Davey, 143.6 ov), 428-10 (LJ Hill, 153.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	29	7	79	1	2.72	137	2
S Snater	34	8	69	3	2.03	164	0
CE Bennett	27	5	90	1	3.33	112	0
SR Harmer	51	8	124	3	2.43	235	0
MJJ Critchley	12.5	1	34	2	2.65	57	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	96	171	RK Patel 58, SSE Gumbs 31
2	34	90	SSE Gumbs 18, Rehan Ahmed 14
3	13	14	Rehan Ahmed 9, LJ Hill 4
4	23	67	LJ Hill 4, NF Kelly 19
5	18	47	LJ Hill 9, JDM Evison 9
6	90	188	LJ Hill 31, OB Cox 49
7	50	109	LJ Hill 15, BGF Green 29
8	25	69	LJ Hill 15, TAR Scriven 10
9	56	109	LJ Hill 26, JH Davey 21
10	23	59	LJ Hill 23, AM Green 0

Essex 2nd innings 217/4 (45.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PI Walter	c LJ Hill b JDM Evison	110	135	11	0	81.5
D Elgar	c RK Patel b JH Davey	9	10	2	0	90.0
T Westley	c Rehan Ahmed b TAR Scriven	22	41	1	0	53.7
CWJ Allison	b BGF Green	36	49	5	0	73.5
MJJ Critchley	not out	28	33	3	1	84.8
MS Pepper	not out	6	8	1	0	75.0
Extras		6
Total	4 wickets, 45.5 overs	217

Did not bat: SR Harmer, CE Bennett, JA Porter, S Snater, NRM Thain, JM Cox

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (D Elgar, 2.6 ov), 86-2 (T Westley, 19.4 ov), 156-3 (CWJ Allison, 33.6 ov), 205-4 (PI Walter, 43.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JH Davey	6	0	45	1	7.50	16	0
BGF Green	11	1	42	1	3.82	42	2
Rehan Ahmed	16	2	68	0	4.25	54	0
TAR Scriven	5	0	20	1	4.00	17	0
AM Green	5	0	26	0	5.20	15	0
JDM Evison	1.5	0	10	1	5.45	7	0
RK Patel	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	15	18	PI Walter 6, D Elgar 9
2	71	100	PI Walter 43, T Westley 22
3	70	86	PI Walter 34, CWJ Allison 36
4	49	55	PI Walter 27, MJJ Critchley 22
Unbroken	12	16	MJJ Critchley 6, MS Pepper 6

Match details

Toss: Leicestershire, chose to field
Ground: Grace Road, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: Mark Newell, Rob White
Match referee: PM Such
Source: Cricsheet match 1513358