RESULT

LEI vs ESS Scorecard, County Championship Division One, 12 June, 2026, Grace Road & Match Stats

LEI

187/10 (63.2 ov) & 428/10 (153.5 ov)

ESS

401/10 (97.4 ov) & 217/4 (45.5 ov)

Essex won by 6 wkts

Essex inning

401/10 (97.4 ov)

RR 4.10

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar b BGF Green	3	27	0	0	11.11
Paul Walter lbw b BGF Green	2	10	0	0	20.00
Tom Westley c NF Kelly b R Ahmed	41	89	5	0	46.06
Jordan Cox c OB Cox b J Davey	204	201	26	2	101.49
Matt Critchley b J Evison	97	136	12	1	71.32
Jamie Porter b R Ahmed	0	3	0	0	0.00
Charles Allison c NF Kelly b R Ahmed	2	10	0	0	20.00
Noah Thain lbw b R Ahmed	2	11	0	0	18.18
Simon Harmer b TAR Scriven	36	67	5	0	53.73
Shane Snater b J Davey	0	7	0	0	0.00
Charlie Edward Bennett Not out	1	25	0	0	4.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 0, p 0)	13
TOTAL (4.10 RUNS PER OVER)	401/10 (97.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 5-1 (Paul Walter, 5.1 ov), 8-2 (Dean Elgar, 7.5 ov), 155-3 (Tom Westley, 33.2 ov), 338-4 (Matt Critchley, 72.5 ov), 339-5 (Jamie Porter, 73.3 ov), 343-6 (Charles Allison, 75.5 ov), 347-7 (Noah Thain, 77.6 ov), 371-8 (Jordan Cox, 84.3 ov), 371-9 (Shane Snater, 86.4 ov), 401-10 (Simon Harmer, 97.4 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Michael-Kyle Pepper

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	WD	ECO
Josh Davey	16	5	42	2	1	2.62
Ben Green	19	4	73	2	0	3.84
Tom Scriven	12.4	0	42	1	0	3.31
Joey Evison	11	0	58	1	0	5.27
Alex Green	16	2	72	0	0	4.50
Rehan Ahmed	23	0	102	4	0	4.43

Leicestershire inning

187/10 (63.2 ov)

RR 2.95

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel lbw b JA Porter	4	18	0	0	22.22
Sheridon Gumbs c PI Walter b SR Harmer	21	79	1	0	26.58
Rehan Ahmed lbw b S Snater	5	6	1	0	83.33
Lewis Hill lbw b CE Bennett	23	40	3	0	57.50
Nick Kelly c JA Porter b MJJ Critchley	78	121	10	2	64.46
Joey Evison b SR Harmer	1	16	0	0	6.25
Ben Cox lbw b NRM Thain	8	13	1	0	61.53
Ben Green c J Cox b SR Harmer	6	43	0	0	13.95
Tom Scriven c J Cox b CE Bennett	16	20	3	0	80.00
Josh Davey c S Snater b CE Bennett	5	10	0	0	50.00
Alex Green Not out	9	17	1	0	52.94
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 4, w 0, nb 6, p 0)	11
TOTAL (2.95 RUNS PER OVER)	187/10 (63.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 6-1 (Rishi Patel, 4.4 ov), 11-2 (Rehan Ahmed, 7.1 ov), 52-3 (Lewis Hill, 20.6 ov), 72-4 (Sheridon Gumbs, 27.3 ov), 88-5 (Joey Evison, 31.4 ov), 101-6 (Ben Cox, 34.5 ov), 134-7 (Ben Green, 49.3 ov), 159-8 (Tom Scriven, 56.1 ov), 167-9 (Josh Davey, 58.1 ov), 187-10 (Nick Kelly, 63.2 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Jamie Porter	13	4	25	1	0	1.92
Shane Snater	14	3	34	1	0	2.42
Charlie Edward Bennett	11	0	48	3	3	4.36
Simon Harmer	18	8	42	3	0	2.33
Noah Thain	4	0	21	1	0	5.25
Matt Critchley	3.2	1	12	1	0	3.60

Leicestershire inning

428/10 (153.5 ov)

RR 2.78

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel b S Snater	58	97	10	0	59.79
Sheridon Gumbs b SR Harmer	49	125	8	0	39.20
Rehan Ahmed lbw b SR Harmer	23	47	4	0	48.93
Lewis Hill b MJJ Critchley	127	320	12	0	39.68
Nick Kelly lbw b JA Porter	19	37	2	1	51.35
Joey Evison lbw b S Snater	9	26	0	1	34.61
Ben Cox b S Snater	49	83	6	0	59.03
Ben Green lbw b CE Bennett	29	61	4	0	47.54
Tom Scriven lbw b SR Harmer	10	39	1	0	25.64
Josh Davey c MKS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	21	67	2	1	31.34
Alex Green Not out	0	22	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 20, lb 12, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	34
TOTAL (2.78 RUNS PER OVER)	428/10 (153.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 96-1 (Rishi Patel, 28.3 ov), 130-2 (Sheridon Gumbs, 43.3 ov), 143-3 (Rehan Ahmed, 45.5 ov), 166-4 (Nick Kelly, 56.6 ov), 184-5 (Joey Evison, 64.5 ov), 274-6 (Ben Cox, 96.1 ov), 324-7 (Ben Green, 114.2 ov), 349-8 (Tom Scriven, 125.5 ov), 405-9 (Josh Davey, 143.6 ov), 428-10 (Lewis Hill, 153.5 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Jamie Porter	29	7	79	1	1	2.72
Shane Snater	34	8	69	3	0	2.02
Charlie Edward Bennett	27	5	90	1	0	3.33
Simon Harmer	51	8	124	3	0	2.43
Matt Critchley	12.5	1	34	2	0	2.64

Essex inning

217/4 (45.5 ov)

RR 4.73

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter c LS Hill b J Evison	110	135	11	0	81.48
Dean Elgar c RK Patel b J Davey	9	10	2	0	90.00
Tom Westley c R Ahmed b TAR Scriven	22	41	1	0	53.65
Charles Allison b BGF Green	36	49	5	0	73.46
Matt Critchley Not out	28	33	3	1	84.84
Michael-Kyle Pepper Not out	6	8	1	0	75.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 0, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	6
TOTAL (4.73 RUNS PER OVER)	217/4 (45.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 15-1 (Dean Elgar, 2.6 ov), 86-2 (Tom Westley, 19.4 ov), 156-3 (Charles Allison, 33.6 ov), 205-4 (Paul Walter, 43.1 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Jordan Cox, Jamie Porter, Noah Thain, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Charlie Edward Bennett

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Josh Davey	6	0	45	1	0	7.50
Ben Green	11	1	42	1	1	3.81
Rehan Ahmed	16	2	68	0	0	4.25
Tom Scriven	5	0	20	1	0	4.00
Alex Green	5	0	26	0	0	5.20
Joey Evison	1.5	0	10	1	0	5.45
Rishi Patel	1	0	2	0	0	2.00

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

Match Information

SERIES: County Championship Division One
DATE & TIME: Friday, June 12, 2026 · 03:30 PM
TOSS: Leicestershire elected to bowl
Venue: Grace Road, Leicester
UMPIRES: Mark Newell (England), Rob White (England)
MATCH REFEREE: Peter Such (England)

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