RESULT

ESS vs LEI Scorecard, County Championship Division One, 15 May, 2026, County Ground, Chelmsford & Match Stats

ESS

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

LEI

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

Essex won by 7 wickets

Leicestershire 1st Inning

333/10 (90.2 ov)

RR 3.69

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel c MKS Pepper b S Cook	9	39	1	0	51.28
Jake Weatherald b PWA Mulder	61	77	7	1	79.22
Soloman Budinger b S Snater	89	114	12	2	78.07
Ian Holland lbw b JA Porter	11	22	2	0	50.00
Jonathan Tattersall lbw b PWA Mulder	8	37	0	0	21.62
Stephen Eskinazi b S Cook	50	100	6	1	50.00
Ben Cox b PWA Mulder	31	83	2	1	37.35
Ben Green c CW Allison b S Snater	25	40	2	1	62.50
Ben Mike lbw b JA Porter	20	22	2	0	95.45
Josh Hull b S Snater	1	12	0	0	8.33
Ajaz Patel Not out	11	29	0	0	38.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 5, w 0, nb 8, p 0)	17
TOTAL (3.69 RUNS PER OVER)	333/10 (90.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 17-1 (Rishi Patel, 3.1 ov), 141-2 (Jake Weatherald, 25.1 ov), 170-3 (Ian Holland, 32.2 ov), 189-4 (Soloman Budinger, 40.4 ov), 195-5 (Jonathan Tattersall, 43.2 ov), 253-6 (Ben Cox, 67.6 ov), 293-7 (Ben Green, 77.6 ov), 310-8 (Stephen Eskinazi, 81.4 ov), 327-9 (Ben Mike, 86.6 ov), 333-10 (Josh Hull, 90.2 ov)

DID NOT BAT: NF Kelly

Bowling Stats

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

Essex 1st Inning

293/10 (85 ov)

RR 3.45

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Samuel Cook b I Holland	0	2	0	0	0.00
Dean Elgar c I Holland b BGF Green	14	13	3	0	107.69
Jamie Porter b BWM Mike	52	117	7	0	44.44
Paul Walter c RK Patel b I Holland	1	8	0	0	12.50
Tom Westley c OB Cox b BWM Mike	2	30	0	0	6.67
Charles Allison c OB Cox b JO Hull	72	103	11	0	69.90
Matt Critchley c & b BWM Mike	4	3	1	0	133.33
Wiaan Mulder Not out	79	124	9	0	63.71
Michael-Kyle Pepper lbw b AY Patel	19	24	2	0	79.17
Simon Harmer b I Holland	35	86	3	1	40.70
Shane Snater c OB Cox b I Holland	0	4	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 8, p 0)	15
TOTAL (3.45 RUNS PER OVER)	293/10 (85 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (Samuel Cook, 0.2 ov), 20-2 (Dean Elgar, 5.1 ov), 25-3 (Paul Walter, 8.1 ov), 39-4 (Tom Westley, 16.4 ov), 135-5 (Jamie Porter, 41.4 ov), 143-6 (Matt Critchley, 43.1 ov), 162-7 (Charles Allison, 47.3 ov), 207-8 (Michael-Kyle Pepper, 56.4 ov), 293-9 (Simon Harmer, 84.2 ov), 293-10 (Shane Snater, 84.6 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Ian Holland	18	4	54	4	0	3.00
Ben Green	20	5	54	1	0	2.70
Ben Mike	16	2	70	3	4	4.38
Josh Hull	14	0	67	1	0	4.79
Ajaz Patel	17	3	37	1	0	2.17
Rishi Patel	1	0	2	0	0	2.00

Leicestershire 2nd Inning

60/10 (27.4 ov)

RR 2.17

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel lbw b JA Porter	2	15	0	0	13.33
Soloman Budinger c TZ Westley b S Cook	8	17	1	0	47.06
Ian Holland c MKS Pepper b S Cook	12	21	2	0	57.14
NF Kelly c SR Harmer b S Snater	0	20	0	0	0.00
Stephen Eskinazi lbw b S Snater	1	21	0	0	4.76
Jonathan Tattersall b S Cook	3	7	0	0	42.86
Ben Cox b S Cook	20	41	3	0	48.78
Ben Green lbw b S Snater	0	2	0	0	0.00
Ben Mike b JA Porter	2	6	0	0	33.33
Ajaz Patel b S Snater	0	3	0	0	0.00
Josh Hull Not out	4	13	1	0	30.77
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 7, w 1, nb 0, p 0)	8
TOTAL (2.17 RUNS PER OVER)	60/10 (27.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 4-1 (Rishi Patel, 4.1 ov), 25-3 (Ian Holland, 11.3 ov), 14-2 (Soloman Budinger, 5.5 ov), 27-4 (NF Kelly, 12.4 ov), 29-5 (Jonathan Tattersall, 13.5 ov), 41-6 (Stephen Eskinazi, 18.6 ov), 41-7 (Ben Green, 20.2 ov), 46-8 (Ben Mike, 21.6 ov), 47-9 (Ajaz Patel, 22.5 ov), 60-10 (Ben Cox, 27.4 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Jake Weatherald

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	WD	ECO
Jamie Porter	9	3	22	2	0	2.44
Samuel Cook	9.4	4	19	4	1	1.97
Shane Snater	9	5	12	4	0	1.33

Essex 2nd Inning

104/3 (30 ov)

RR 3.47

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter lbw b BGF Green	7	33	1	0	21.21
Dean Elgar lbw b JO Hull	18	34	3	0	52.94
Tom Westley c I Holland b JO Hull	1	6	0	0	16.67
Charles Allison Not out	34	48	5	0	70.83
Matt Critchley Not out	40	59	6	0	67.80
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	4
TOTAL (3.47 RUNS PER OVER)	104/3 (30 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 25-1 (Dean Elgar, 10.3 ov), 25-2 (Paul Walter, 11.4 ov), 27-3 (Tom Westley, 12.6 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Michael-Kyle Pepper, Wiaan Mulder, Jamie Porter, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Samuel Cook

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
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

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: County Championship Division One
DATE & TIME: Friday, May 15, 2026 · 03:30 PM
TOSS: Essex elected to bowl
Venue: County Ground, Chelmsford

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring