ESS vs LEI

COMPLETED

ESS

293/10(85 & 30)

LEI

333/10(90.2 & 27.4)

Essex won by 7 wickets

CRR / RRR: 3.47·Last 5 ov: 18/0 3.60

County Ground, Chelmsford, May 15, 2026, County Championship Division One

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Charles Allison	34	48	5	0	70.83
Matt Critchley	40	59	6	0	67.80

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rishi Patel	2	0	8	0	4.00
Ajaz Patel	3	0	5	0	1.67

Toss: Essex elected to bowl

Status: Essex won by 7 wickets

Win probabilityESS 0% ·LEI 0%

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OVER

5 runs

Essex 104/0

CRR: 3.35

Charles Allison 34 (48b)

Matt Critchley 40 (59b)

Rishi Patel 2-0-8-0

Ajaz Patel 3-0-5-0

30.
104

End of over 30 (5 runs), Essex 104/3

29.6
4

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, Four,

29.5
0

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, no run,

29.4
0

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, no run,

29.3
0

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, no run,

29.2
1

Rishi Patel to Charles Allison, 1 run,

29.1
0

Rishi Patel to Charles Allison, no run,

OVER

2 runs

Essex 99/0

CRR: 3.3

Charles Allison 34 (48b)

Matt Critchley 40 (59b)

Rishi Patel 2-0-8-0

Ajaz Patel 3-0-5-0

29.
99

End of over 29 (2 runs), Essex 99/3

28.6
0

Ajaz Patel to Matt Critchley, no run,

28.5
1

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, 1 run,

28.4
0

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, no run,

28.3
0

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, no run,

28.2
0

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, no run,

28.1
1

Ajaz Patel to Matt Critchley, 1 run,

OVER

3 runs

Essex 97/0

CRR: 3.34

Charles Allison 34 (48b)

Matt Critchley 40 (59b)

Rishi Patel 2-0-8-0

Ajaz Patel 3-0-5-0

28.
97

End of over 28 (3 runs), Essex 97/3

27.6
0

Rishi Patel to Charles Allison, no run,

27.5
0

Rishi Patel to Charles Allison, no run,

27.4
1

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, 1 run,

27.3
0

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, no run,

27.2
0

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, no run,

27.1
2

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, 2 runs,

OVER

2 runs

Essex 94/0

CRR: 3.36

Charles Allison 34 (48b)

Matt Critchley 40 (59b)

Rishi Patel 2-0-8-0

Ajaz Patel 3-0-5-0

27.
94

End of over 27 (2 runs), Essex 94/3

26.6
0

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, no run,

26.5
1

Ajaz Patel to Matt Critchley, 1 run,

26.4
0

Ajaz Patel to Matt Critchley, no run,

26.3
0

Ajaz Patel to Matt Critchley, no run,

26.2
1

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, 1 run,

26.1
0

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, no run,

OVER

91 runs

Essex 92/0

CRR: 3.41

Charles Allison 34 (48b)

Matt Critchley 40 (59b)

Rishi Patel 2-0-8-0

Ajaz Patel 3-0-5-0

26.
92

End of over 26 (6 runs), Essex 92/3

25.6
0

Ben Mike to Matt Critchley, no run,

OVER

1 runs

Essex 1/0

CRR: 0.04

Charles Allison 34 (48b)

Matt Critchley 40 (59b)

Rishi Patel 2-0-8-0

Ajaz Patel 3-0-5-0

25.5
1

Ben Mike to Charles Allison, 1 run,

Match Info

Match: Essex vs Leicestershire
Date: 15 May, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM UTC | 11:00 AM local
Venue: County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss: Essex elected to bowl
Umpires
Referee

Essex (Batting) — 333/10 (90.2 Ovs)

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Samuel Cook	9	39	1	0	51.28
Jake Weatherald b Wiaan Mulder	61	77	7	1	79.22
Soloman Budinger b Shane Snater	89	114	12	2	78.07
Ian Holland lbw b Jamie Porter	11	22	2	0	50.00
Jonathan Tattersall lbw b Wiaan Mulder	8	37	0	0	21.62
Stephen Eskinazi b Samuel Cook	50	100	6	1	50.00
Ben Cox b Wiaan Mulder	31	83	2	1	37.35
Ben Green c Charles Allison b Shane Snater	25	40	2	1	62.50
Ben Mike lbw b Jamie Porter	20	22	2	0	95.45
Ajaz Patel Not out	11	29	0	0	38
Josh Hull b Shane Snater	1	12	0	0	8.33
Total	333/10 (90.2 Ovs) Extras: 17 ( b 4 , lb 5 , w 0 , nb 8 , p 0)

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Rishi Patel c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Samuel Cook	17	3.1
2	Jake Weatherald b Wiaan Mulder	141	25.1
3	Ian Holland lbw b Jamie Porter	170	32.2
4	Soloman Budinger b Shane Snater	189	40.4
5	Jonathan Tattersall lbw b Wiaan Mulder	195	43.2
6	Ben Cox b Wiaan Mulder	253	67.6
7	Ben Green c Charles Allison b Shane Snater	293	77.6
8	Stephen Eskinazi b Samuel Cook	310	81.4
9	Ben Mike lbw b Jamie Porter	327	86.6
10	Josh Hull b Shane Snater	333	90.2

Bowling

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

Leicestershire (Batting) — 293/10 (85 Ovs)

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

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Samuel Cook b Ian Holland	0	0.2
2	Dean Elgar c Ian Holland b Ben Green	20	5.1
3	Paul Walter c Rishi Patel b Ian Holland	25	8.1
4	Tom Westley c Ben Cox b Ben Mike	39	16.4
5	Jamie Porter b Ben Mike	135	41.4
6	Matt Critchley c & b Ben Mike	143	43.1
7	Charles Allison c Ben Cox b Josh Hull	162	47.3
8	Michael-Kyle Pepper lbw b Ajaz Patel	207	56.4
9	Simon Harmer b Ian Holland	293	84.2
10	Shane Snater c Ben Cox b Ian Holland	293	84.6

Bowling

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

Leicestershire (Batting) — 60/10 (27.4 Ovs)

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel lbw b Jamie Porter	2	15	0	0	13.33
Soloman Budinger c Tom Westley b Samuel Cook	8	17	1	0	47.06
Ian Holland c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Samuel Cook	12	21	2	0	57.14
NF Kelly c Simon Harmer b Shane Snater	0	20	0	0	0.00
Jonathan Tattersall b Samuel Cook	3	7	0	0	42.86
Stephen Eskinazi lbw b Shane Snater	1	21	0	0	4.76
Ben Cox b Samuel Cook	20	41	3	0	48.78
Ben Green lbw b Shane Snater	0	2	0	0	0.00
Ben Mike b Jamie Porter	2	6	0	0	33.33
Ajaz Patel b Shane Snater	0	3	0	0	0.00
Josh Hull Not out	4	13	1	0	30.77
Total	60/10 (27.4 Ovs) Extras: 8 ( b 0 , lb 7 , w 1 , nb 0 , p 0)

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Rishi Patel lbw b Jamie Porter	4	4.1
2	Soloman Budinger c Tom Westley b Samuel Cook	14	5.5
3	Ian Holland c Michael-Kyle Pepper b Samuel Cook	25	11.3
4	NF Kelly c Simon Harmer b Shane Snater	27	12.4
5	Jonathan Tattersall b Samuel Cook	29	13.5
6	Stephen Eskinazi lbw b Shane Snater	41	18.6
7	Ben Green lbw b Shane Snater	41	20.2
8	Ben Mike b Jamie Porter	46	21.6
9	Ajaz Patel b Shane Snater	47	22.5
10	Ben Cox b Samuel Cook	60	27.4

Bowling

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

Leicestershire (Batting) — 104/3 (30 Ovs)

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter lbw b Ben Green	7	33	1	0	21.21
Dean Elgar lbw b Josh Hull	18	34	3	0	52.94
Tom Westley c Ian Holland b Josh 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
Total	104/3 (30 Ovs) Extras: 4 ( b 0 , lb 4 , w 0 , nb 0 , p 0)

Fall of Wickets

Wkt #	Player	Runs	Ovs
1	Dean Elgar lbw b Josh Hull	25	10.3
2	Paul Walter lbw b Ben Green	25	11.4
3	Tom Westley c Ian Holland b Josh Hull	27	12.6

Bowling

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

Essex

#	Player
1	Dean Elgar (bat)
2	Paul Walter (all)
3	Luc Benkenstein (all)
4	Charles Allison (bat)
5	Matt Critchley (all)
6	Michael-Kyle Pepper (wk)
7	Samuel Cook (bowl)
8	Simon Harmer (bowl)
9	Shane Snater (bowl)
10	Jamie Porter (bowl)
11	Mackenzie Jones (bowl)
12	Simon Fernandes (wk)
13	Jordan Cox (bat)
14	Tom Westley (bat)
15	Robin Das (bat)
16	Noah Thain (all)
17	Mitchell Killeen (all)
18	Wiaan Mulder (all)
19	Charlie Edward Bennett (bowl)
20	Zaman Akhter (bowl)

Leicestershire

#	Player
1	Rishi Patel (bat)
2	Jake Weatherald (bat)
3	Ian Holland (all)
4	Jonathan Tattersall (wk)
5	Lewis Hill (wk)
6	Stephen Eskinazi (wk)
7	Ben Cox (wk)
8	Ben Green (all)
9	Josh Davey (bat)
10	Ajaz Patel (bowl)
11	Josh Hull (bowl)
12	Peter Handscomb (wk)
13	Soloman Budinger (bat)
14	Ashton Turner (bat)
15	Ben Mike (all)
16	Rehan Ahmed (all)
17	Tom Scriven (bowl)
18	Liam Trevaskis (bowl)
19	Sam Wood (bowl)
20	Alex Green (bowl)
21	Yadvinder Singh (bowl)
22	Tom Helm (bowl)
23	NF Kelly (bat)

Innings 1 Partnerships

Rishi Patel 9 (39)	17 (0) Ovs	Jake Weatherald 61 (77)
Jake Weatherald 61 (77)	124 (0) Ovs	Soloman Budinger 89 (114)
Soloman Budinger 89 (114)	29 (0) Ovs	Ian Holland 11 (22)
Ian Holland 11 (22)	19 (0) Ovs	Jonathan Tattersall 8 (37)
Jonathan Tattersall 8 (37)	6 (0) Ovs	Stephen Eskinazi 50 (100)
Stephen Eskinazi 50 (100)	58 (0) Ovs	Ben Cox 31 (83)
Ben Cox 31 (83)	40 (0) Ovs	Ben Green 25 (40)
Ben Green 25 (40)	17 (0) Ovs	Ben Mike 20 (22)
Ben Mike 20 (22)	17 (0) Ovs	Ajaz Patel 11 (29)
Ajaz Patel 11 (29)	6 (0) Ovs	Josh Hull 1 (12)

Innings 2 Partnerships

Samuel Cook 0 (2)	0 (0) Ovs	Dean Elgar 14 (13)
Dean Elgar 14 (13)	20 (0) Ovs	Jamie Porter 52 (117)
Jamie Porter 52 (117)	5 (0) Ovs	Paul Walter 1 (8)
Paul Walter 1 (8)	14 (0) Ovs	Tom Westley 2 (30)
Tom Westley 2 (30)	96 (0) Ovs	Charles Allison 72 (103)
Charles Allison 72 (103)	8 (0) Ovs	Matt Critchley 4 (3)
Matt Critchley 4 (3)	19 (0) Ovs	Wiaan Mulder 79 (124)
Wiaan Mulder 79 (124)	45 (0) Ovs	Michael-Kyle Pepper 19 (24)
Michael-Kyle Pepper 19 (24)	86 (0) Ovs	Simon Harmer 35 (86)
Simon Harmer 35 (86)	0 (0) Ovs	Shane Snater 0 (4)

Innings 3 Partnerships

Rishi Patel 2 (15)	4 (0) Ovs	Soloman Budinger 8 (17)
Soloman Budinger 8 (17)	10 (0) Ovs	Ian Holland 12 (21)
Ian Holland 12 (21)	11 (0) Ovs	NF Kelly 0 (20)
NF Kelly 0 (20)	2 (0) Ovs	Jonathan Tattersall 3 (7)
Jonathan Tattersall 3 (7)	2 (0) Ovs	Stephen Eskinazi 1 (21)
Stephen Eskinazi 1 (21)	12 (0) Ovs	Ben Cox 20 (41)
Ben Cox 20 (41)	0 (0) Ovs	Ben Green 0 (2)
Ben Green 0 (2)	5 (0) Ovs	Ben Mike 2 (6)
Ben Mike 2 (6)	1 (0) Ovs	Ajaz Patel 0 (3)
Ajaz Patel 0 (3)	13 (0) Ovs	Josh Hull 4 (13)

Innings 4 Partnerships

Paul Walter 7 (33)	25 (0) Ovs	Dean Elgar 18 (34)
Dean Elgar 18 (34)	0 (0) Ovs	Tom Westley 1 (6)
Tom Westley 1 (6)	2 (0) Ovs	Charles Allison 34 (48)
Charles Allison 34 (48)	-27 (0) Ovs	Matt Critchley 40 (59)