Multi-dayMen

Essex v Leicestershire

Essex won by 6 wickets

County Championship, Match 3312 June 2026 to 15 June 2026Grace Road, Leicester

ESS

Essexbatted first

401 & 217/445.5 ov

LEI

Leicestershire

187 & 428153.5 ov

Leicestershire won the toss and chose to field

ESSEssex innings

40197.4 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	b 4, lb 8, w 1	13
Total	all out, 97.4 overs, run rate 4.11	401

Did not batMS Pepper

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-5 PI Walter2-8 D Elgar3-155 T Westley4-338 MJJ Critchley5-339 JA Porter6-343 CWJ Allison7-347 NRM Thain8-371 JM Cox9-371 S Snater10-401 SR Harmer

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
JH Davey	16	5	42	2	2.63	73	4	0	1
BGF Green	19	4	73	2	3.84	81	11	0	0
TAR Scriven	12.4	0	42	1	3.32	54	6	0	0
JDM Evison	11	0	58	1	5.27	40	9	0	0
AM Green	16	2	72	0	4.50	58	8	1	0
Rehan Ahmed	23	0	102	4	4.43	81	10	2	0

LEILeicestershire innings

18763.2 ov

Leicestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	b 1, lb 4, nb 6	11
Total	all out, 63.2 overs, run rate 2.95	187

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-6 RK Patel2-11 Rehan Ahmed3-52 LJ Hill4-72 SSE Gumbs5-88 JDM Evison6-101 OB Cox7-134 BGF Green8-159 TAR Scriven9-167 JH Davey10-187 NF Kelly

Bowling to Leicestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JA Porter	13	4	25	1	1.92	64	2	0	0
S Snater	14	3	34	1	2.43	64	4	0	0
CE Bennett	11	0	48	3	4.36	45	6	0	3
SR Harmer	18	8	42	3	2.33	92	6	1	0
NRM Thain	4	0	21	1	5.25	13	2	0	0
MJJ Critchley	3.2	1	12	1	3.60	15	0	1	0

LEILeicestershire innings

428153.5 ov

Leicestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	b 20, lb 12, nb 2	34
Total	all out, 153.5 overs, run rate 2.78	428

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-96 RK Patel2-130 SSE Gumbs3-143 Rehan Ahmed4-166 NF Kelly5-184 JDM Evison6-274 OB Cox7-324 BGF Green8-349 TAR Scriven9-405 JH Davey10-428 LJ Hill

Bowling to Leicestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JA Porter	29	7	79	1	2.72	137	11	0	1
S Snater	34	8	69	3	2.03	164	10	0	0
CE Bennett	27	5	90	1	3.33	112	13	0	0
SR Harmer	51	8	124	3	2.43	235	11	3	0
MJJ Critchley	12.5	1	34	2	2.65	57	4	0	0

ESSEssex innings

217/445.5 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	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	b 4, nb 2	6
Total	4 wickets, 45.5 overs, run rate 4.73	217

Did not batJM Cox, JA Porter, NRM Thain, SR Harmer, S Snater, CE Bennett

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-15 D Elgar2-86 T Westley3-156 CWJ Allison4-205 PI Walter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JH Davey	6	0	45	1	7.50	16	7	0	0
BGF Green	11	1	42	1	3.82	42	4	0	1
Rehan Ahmed	16	2	68	0	4.25	54	5	1	0
TAR Scriven	5	0	20	1	4.00	17	2	0	0
AM Green	5	0	26	0	5.20	15	3	0	0
JDM Evison	1.5	0	10	1	5.45	7	2	0	0
RK Patel	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Leicestershire, chose to field
Umpires: Mark Newell and Rob White
Match referee: PM Such
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 21 / 12°C, 1.2 mm rain
Day 2: 19 / 10°C, dry
Day 3: 18 / 8°C, dry
Day 4: 21 / 10°C, 0.1 mm rain

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