Essex v Leicestershire - Cricket - BBC Sport

Fri 15 May 2026 - Mon 18 May 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 3 of 4

Essexwin by 7 wickets

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
R Patel,caught Pepper, bowled Cook R Patel, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	9	10	7	1	0	14	90.00
Weatherald,bowled Mulder Weatherald, bowled Mulder	61	77	45	7	1	103	79.22
Budinger,bowled Snater Budinger, bowled Snater	89	114	82	12	2	153	78.07
Holland,leg before wicket, bowled Porter Holland, leg before wicket, bowled Porter	11	22	17	2	0	28	50.00
Tattersall,leg before wicket, bowled Mulder Tattersall, leg before wicket, bowled Mulder	8	37	33	0	0	47	21.62
Eskinazi,bowled Cook Eskinazi, bowled Cook	50	100	78	6	1	171	50.00
Cox,bowled Mulder Cox, bowled Mulder	31	83	68	2	1	99	37.35
B Green,caught Allison, bowled Snater B Green, caught Allison, bowled Snater	25	40	29	2	1	40	62.50
Mike,leg before wicket, bowled Porter Mike, leg before wicket, bowled Porter	20	22	11	2	0	40	90.91
A Patel,not out A Patel, not out	11	29	20	0	0	37	37.93
Hull,bowled Snater Hull, bowled Snater	1	12	11	0	0	14	8.33
Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 5, total 17 Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 5, total 17
Total,333 all out 90.2 overs Total,333 all out 90.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	22.0	4	73	2	97	0	0	8	1	3.31
Cook	20.0	5	67	2	88	0	0	7	1	3.35
Snater	18.2	5	59	3	81	0	0	7	0	3.21
Harmer	8.0	2	31	0	36	0	0	4	1	3.87
Mulder	16.0	2	70	3	68	4	0	7	1	4.37
Critchley	6.0	1	24	0	27	0	0	1	2	4.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
17 for 1(3.1 overs)	R Patel
142 for 2(25.1 overs)	Weatherald
171 for 3(32.2 overs)	Holland
190 for 4(40.4 overs)	Budinger
196 for 5(43.2 overs)	Tattersall
254 for 6(67.6 overs)	Cox
294 for 7(77.6 overs)	B Green
311 for 8(81.4 overs)	Eskinazi
327 for 9(86.6 overs)	Mike
333 for 10(90.2 overs)	Hull

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Cook,bowled Holland Cook, bowled Holland	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Elgar,caught Holland, bowled B Green Elgar, caught Holland, bowled B Green	14	13	8	3	0	23	107.69
Porter,bowled Mike Porter, bowled Mike	52	117	91	7	0	172	44.44
Walter,caught R Patel, bowled Holland Walter, caught R Patel, bowled Holland	1	8	7	0	0	11	12.50
Westley,caught Cox, bowled Mike Westley, caught Cox, bowled Mike	2	30	28	0	0	32	6.67
Allison,caught Cox, bowled Hull Allison, caught Cox, bowled Hull	72	103	72	11	0	133	69.90
Critchley,caught and bowled Mike Critchley, caught and bowled Mike	4	3	2	1	0	6	133.33
Mulder,not out Mulder, not out	79	124	80	9	0	160	63.71
Pepper,leg before wicket, bowled A Patel Pepper, leg before wicket, bowled A Patel	19	24	12	2	0	37	79.17
Harmer,bowled Holland Harmer, bowled Holland	35	86	67	3	1	99	40.70
Snater,caught Cox, bowled Holland Snater, caught Cox, bowled Holland	0	4	4	0	0	3	0.00
Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 15 Extras, no balls 8, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 15
Total,293 all out 85.0 overs Total,293 all out 85.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Holland	18.0	4	54	4	76	0	0	5	0	3.00
B Green	20.0	5	54	1	97	0	0	9	0	2.70
Mike	16.0	2	74	3	68	4	0	10	0	4.62
Hull	14.0	0	67	1	52	0	0	10	0	4.78
A Patel	17.0	3	37	1	78	0	0	2	1	2.17

Fall of wicket	Batter
0 for 1(0.2 overs)	Cook
20 for 2(5.1 overs)	Elgar
25 for 3(8.1 overs)	Walter
39 for 4(16.4 overs)	Westley
135 for 5(41.4 overs)	Porter
143 for 6(43.1 overs)	Critchley
162 for 7(47.3 overs)	Allison
207 for 8(56.4 overs)	Pepper
293 for 9(84.2 overs)	Harmer
293 for 10(84.6 overs)	Snater

Leicestershire 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
R Patel,leg before wicket, bowled Porter R Patel, leg before wicket, bowled Porter	2	15	13	0	0	16	13.33
Budinger,caught Westley, bowled Cook Budinger, caught Westley, bowled Cook	8	17	14	1	0	25	47.06
Holland,caught Pepper, bowled Cook Holland, caught Pepper, bowled Cook	12	21	15	2	0	31	57.14
Kelly,caught Harmer, bowled Snater Kelly, caught Harmer, bowled Snater	0	20	20	0	0	29	0.00
Tattersall,bowled Cook Tattersall, bowled Cook	3	7	5	0	0	11	42.86
Eskinazi,leg before wicket, bowled Snater Eskinazi, leg before wicket, bowled Snater	1	21	20	0	0	26	4.76
Cox,bowled Cook Cox, bowled Cook	20	41	32	3	0	63	48.78
B Green,leg before wicket, bowled Snater B Green, leg before wicket, bowled Snater	0	2	2	0	0	5	0.00
Mike,bowled Porter Mike, bowled Porter	2	6	4	0	0	7	33.33
A Patel,bowled Snater A Patel, bowled Snater	0	3	3	0	0	3	0.00
Hull,not out Hull, not out	4	13	12	1	0	23	30.77
Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 8 Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 8
Total,60 all out 27.4 overs Total,60 all out 27.4 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	9.0	3	22	2	43	0	0	3	0	2.44
Cook	9.4	4	19	4	49	0	1	2	0	1.96
Snater	9.0	5	12	4	48	0	0	2	0	1.33

Fall of wicket	Batter
4 for 1(4.1 overs)	R Patel
14 for 2(5.5 overs)	Budinger
25 for 3(11.3 overs)	Holland
27 for 4(12.4 overs)	Kelly
29 for 5(13.5 overs)	Tattersall
41 for 6(18.6 overs)	Eskinazi
41 for 7(20.2 overs)	B Green
46 for 8(21.6 overs)	Mike
47 for 9(22.5 overs)	A Patel
60 for 10(27.4 overs)	Cox

Essex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Walter,leg before wicket, bowled B Green Walter, leg before wicket, bowled B Green	7	33	30	1	0	46	21.21
Elgar,leg before wicket, bowled Hull Elgar, leg before wicket, bowled Hull	18	34	26	3	0	40	52.94
Westley,caught Holland, bowled Hull Westley, caught Holland, bowled Hull	1	6	5	0	0	12	16.67
Allison,not out Allison, not out	34	48	31	5	0	72	70.83
Critchley,not out Critchley, not out	40	59	38	6	0	66	67.80
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 4 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 4
Total,104 for 3 30.0 overs Total,104 for 3 30.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Holland	7.0	1	18	0	32	0	0	2	0	2.57
B Green	8.0	3	19	1	41	0	0	4	0	2.37
Hull	5.0	0	20	2	19	0	0	3	0	4.00
Mike	5.0	0	30	0	17	0	0	5	0	6.00
A Patel	3.0	0	5	0	13	0	0	0	0	1.66
R Patel	2.0	0	8	0	8	0	0	1	0	4.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
25 for 1(10.3 overs)	Elgar
25 for 2(11.4 overs)	Walter
27 for 3(12.6 overs)	Westley

home team,Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Tom Westley, Captain
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Wiaan Mulder
Michael Pepper, Wicket Keeper
Simon Harmer
Shane Snater
Sam Cook
Jamie Porter

Substitutes

home team,Essex

Substitutes will appear here

away team,Leicestershire

Rishi Patel
Jake Weatherald, substituted for Kelly
Sol Budinger
Ian Holland, Captain
Jonny Tattersall
Stephen Eskinazi
Ben Cox, Wicket Keeper
Ben Green
Ben Mike
Ajaz Patel
Josh Hull

away team,Leicestershire

Nick Kelly

Essex
Leicestershire

home team,Essex

Dean Elgar
Paul Walter
Tom Westley, Captain
Charlie Allison
Matt Critchley
Wiaan Mulder
Michael Pepper, Wicket Keeper
Simon Harmer
Shane Snater
Sam Cook
Jamie Porter

Substitutes

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Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Essex won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford
Officials:: Nigel Llong, Neil Pratt, Wayne Noon