Essex v Leicestershire, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 26, County Championship Division One, 2026

County Championship Division One Match 26: Essex v Leicestershire, 15-20th May

Essex

ESS

293/10 (85) & 104/3 (30)

Leicestershire

LEI

333/10 (90.2) & 60/10 (27.4)

Finished

ESS won by 7 wickets

Leicestershire 1st InningLEI 1st Inning333/10 (90.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rishi Patel	c MKS Pepper b S Cook	9	39	1	0	51.28
c MKS Pepper b S Cook
Jake Weatherald	b PWA Mulder	61	77	7	1	79.22
b PWA Mulder
Soloman Budinger	b S Snater	89	114	12	2	78.07
b S Snater
Ian Holland(C)	lbw b JA Porter	11	22	2	0	50.00
lbw b JA Porter
Jonathan Tattersall	lbw b PWA Mulder	8	37	0	0	21.62
lbw b PWA Mulder
Stephen Eskinazi	b S Cook	50	100	6	1	50.00
b S Cook
Ben Cox(WK)	b PWA Mulder	31	83	2	1	37.35
b PWA Mulder
Ben Green	c CW Allison b S Snater	25	40	2	1	62.50
c CW Allison b S Snater
Ben Mike	lbw b JA Porter	20	22	2	0	95.45
lbw b JA Porter
Ajaz Patel	Not out	11	29	0	0	38.00
Not out
Josh Hull	b S Snater	1	12	0	0	8.33
b S Snater
Extra	17 (b 4, w 0, nb 8, lb 5)
Total	333/10 (90.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jamie Porter	22	4	73	2	3.36
Samuel Cook	20	5	67	2	3.35
Shane Snater	18.2	5	59	3	3.22
Simon Harmer	8	2	31	0	3.88
Wiaan Mulder	16	2	70	3	4.13
Matt Critchley	6	1	24	0	4.00

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (RK Patel - 3.1 ov), 2-141 (J Weatherald - 25.1 ov), 3-170 (I Holland - 32.2 ov), 4-189 (S Budinger - 40.4 ov), 5-195 (JA Tattersall - 43.2 ov), 6-253 (OB Cox - 67.6 ov), 7-293 (BGF Green - 77.6 ov), 8-310 (S Eskinazi - 81.4 ov), 9-327 (BWM Mike - 86.6 ov), 10-333 (JO Hull - 90.2 ov)

Essex 1st InningESS 1st Inning293/10 (85 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Samuel Cook	b I Holland	0	2	0	0	0.00
b I Holland
Dean Elgar	c I Holland b BGF Green	14	13	3	0	107.69
c I Holland b BGF Green
Jamie Porter	b BWM Mike	52	117	7	0	44.44
b BWM Mike
Paul Walter	c RK Patel b I Holland	1	8	0	0	12.50
c RK Patel b I Holland
Tom Westley(C)	c OB Cox b BWM Mike	2	30	0	0	6.67
c OB Cox b BWM Mike
Charles Allison	c OB Cox b JO Hull	72	103	11	0	69.90
c OB Cox b JO Hull
Matt Critchley	c & b BWM Mike	4	3	1	0	133.33
c & b BWM Mike
Wiaan Mulder	Not out	79	124	9	0	63.71
Not out
Michael-Kyle Pepper(WK)	lbw b AY Patel	19	24	2	0	79.17
lbw b AY Patel
Simon Harmer	b I Holland	35	86	3	1	40.70
b I Holland
Shane Snater	c OB Cox b I Holland	0	4	0	0	0.00
c OB Cox b I Holland
Extra	15 (b 0, w 0, nb 8, lb 7)
Total	293/10 (85)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Ian Holland	18	4	54	4	3.00
Ben Green	20	5	54	1	2.70
Ben Mike	16	2	70	3	4.38
Josh Hull	14	0	67	1	4.79
Ajaz Patel	17	3	37	1	2.17

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

Leicestershire 2nd InningLEI 2nd Inning60/10 (27.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rishi Patel	lbw b JA Porter	2	15	0	0	13.33
lbw b JA Porter
Soloman Budinger	c TZ Westley b S Cook	8	17	1	0	47.06
c TZ Westley b S Cook
Ian Holland(C)	c MKS Pepper b S Cook	12	21	2	0	57.14
c MKS Pepper b S Cook
NF Kelly	c SR Harmer b S Snater	0	20	0	0	0.00
c SR Harmer b S Snater
Jonathan Tattersall	b S Cook	3	7	0	0	42.86
b S Cook
Stephen Eskinazi	lbw b S Snater	1	21	0	0	4.76
lbw b S Snater
Ben Cox(WK)	b S Cook	20	41	3	0	48.78
b S Cook
Ben Green	lbw b S Snater	0	2	0	0	0.00
lbw b S Snater
Ben Mike	b JA Porter	2	6	0	0	33.33
b JA Porter
Ajaz Patel	b S Snater	0	3	0	0	0.00
b S Snater
Josh Hull	Not out	4	13	1	0	30.77
Not out
Extra	8 (b 0, w 1, nb 0, lb 7)
Total	60/10 (27.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jamie Porter	9	3	22	2	2.44
Samuel Cook	9.4	4	19	4	1.97
Shane Snater	9	5	12	4	1.33

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

Essex 2nd InningESS 2nd Inning104/3 (30 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Paul Walter	lbw b BGF Green	7	33	1	0	21.21
lbw b BGF Green
Dean Elgar	lbw b JO Hull	18	34	3	0	52.94
lbw b JO Hull
Tom Westley(C)	c I Holland b JO Hull	1	6	0	0	16.67
c I Holland b JO Hull
Charles Allison	Not out	34	48	5	0	70.83
Not out
Matt Critchley	Not out	40	59	6	0	67.80
Not out
Extra	4 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 4)
Total	104/3 (30)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Ian Holland	7	1	18	0	2.57
Ben Green	8	3	19	1	2.38
Josh Hull	5	0	20	2	4.00
Ben Mike	5	0	30	0	6.00
Ajaz Patel	3	0	5	0	1.67
Rishi Patel	2	0	8	0	4.00

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

Date

2026-05-15 15:30 PM

Venue

County Ground, Chelmsford

Toss

Essex elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee