Leicestershire v Essex
Essex won by 7 wickets
County Championship, Match 2615 May 2026 to 17 May 2026The County Ground, Chelmsford
LEI
Leicestershirebatted first
333 & 6027.4 ov
ESS
Essex
293 & 104/330 ov
Essex won the toss and chose to field
LEILeicestershire innings
33390.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | 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 | b 4, lb 5, nb 8 | 17 | ||||
| Total | all out, 90.2 overs, run rate 3.69 | 333 | ||||
Did not batNF Kelly
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-17 RK Patel2-142 J Weatherald3-171 IG Holland4-190 SG Budinger5-196 JA Tattersall6-254 OB Cox7-294 BGF Green8-311 SS Eskinazi9-327 BWM Mike10-333 J Hull
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JA Porter | 22 | 4 | 73 | 2 | 3.32 | 93 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SJ Cook | 20 | 5 | 67 | 2 | 3.35 | 87 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S Snater | 18.2 | 5 | 59 | 3 | 3.22 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Harmer | 8 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 3.88 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PWA Mulder | 16 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 4.38 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| MJJ Critchley | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
ESSEssex innings
29385 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | 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 | lb 7, nb 8 | 15 | ||||
| Total | all out, 85 overs, run rate 3.45 | 293 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-0 SJ Cook2-20 D Elgar3-25 PI Walter4-39 T Westley5-135 JA Porter6-143 MJJ Critchley7-162 CWJ Allison8-207 MS Pepper9-293 SR Harmer10-293 S Snater
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IG Holland | 18 | 4 | 54 | 4 | 3.00 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BGF Green | 20 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 2.70 | 96 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BWM Mike | 16 | 2 | 74 | 3 | 4.63 | 67 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J Hull | 14 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 4.79 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AY Patel | 17 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 2.18 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
LEILeicestershire innings
6027.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | 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 | lb 7, w 1 | 8 | ||||
| Total | all out, 27.4 overs, run rate 2.17 | 60 | ||||
Did not batJ Weatherald
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-4 RK Patel2-14 SG Budinger3-25 IG Holland4-27 NF Kelly5-29 JA Tattersall6-41 SS Eskinazi7-41 BGF Green8-46 BWM Mike9-47 AY Patel10-60 OB Cox
ESSEssex innings
104/330 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | 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 | lb 4 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 3 wickets, 30 overs, run rate 3.47 | 104 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-25 D Elgar2-25 PI Walter3-27 T Westley
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