Leicestershire vs Essex, Match 26 - Scorecard

ResultFirst-classCounty Championship 2026· Super 18, Group 1· County Ground, Chelmsford· Fri 15 May, 14:00

Leicestershire333 & 60(27.4 ov)

Essex293 & 104/3(30 ov)

Essex won by 7 wickets

Leicestershire 1st innings

333 (90.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel	c †MS Pepper b SJ Cook	9	10	1	0	90.00
Jake Weatherald	b PWA Mulder	61	77	7	1	79.22
Sol 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 SJ Cook	50	100	6	1	50.00
Ben Cox †	b PWA Mulder	31	83	2	1	37.35
Ben Green	c CWJ Allison b S Snater	25	40	2	1	62.50
Ben Mike	lbw b JA Porter	20	22	2	0	90.91
Ajaz Patel	not out	11*	29	0	0	37.93
Josh Hull	b S Snater	1	12	0	0	8.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 8)	17
Total	90.2 Ov (RR 3.69)	333

Did not bat: Nick Kelly

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (RK Patel, 3.1 ov), 142-2 (J Weatherald, 25.1 ov), 171-3 (IG Holland, 32.2 ov), 190-4 (SG Budinger, 40.4 ov), 196-5 (JA Tattersall, 43.2 ov), 254-6 (OB Cox, 68 ov), 294-7 (BGF Green, 78 ov), 311-8 (SS Eskinazi, 81.4 ov), 327-9 (BWM Mike, 87 ov), 333-10 (J Hull, 90.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jamie Porter	22	4	73	2	3.32	97	8	1	0
Sam Cook	20	5	67	2	3.35	88	7	1	0
Shane Snater	18.2	5	59	3	3.22	81	7	0	0
Simon Harmer	8	2	31	0	3.88	36	4	1	0
Wiaan Mulder	16	2	70	3	4.38	68	7	1	4
Matthew Critchley	6	1	24	0	4.00	27	1	2	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	RK Patel 9(10) & J Weatherald 8(9)	17	19
2nd	SG Budinger 57(67) & J Weatherald 53(68)	125	132
3rd	IG Holland 11(22) & SG Budinger 18(21)	29	43
4th	JA Tattersall 5(24) & SG Budinger 14(26)	19	50
5th	SS Eskinazi 3(3) & JA Tattersall 3(13)	6	16
6th	OB Cox 31(83) & SS Eskinazi 25(66)	58	148
7th	SS Eskinazi 15(20) & BGF Green 25(40)	40	60
8th	SS Eskinazi 7(11) & BWM Mike 10(11)	17	22
9th	AY Patel 6(21) & BWM Mike 10(11)	16	32
10th	AY Patel 5(8) & J Hull 1(12)	6	20

Essex 1st innings

293 (85 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sam Cook	b IG Holland	0	2	0	0	0.00
Dean Elgar	c IG 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 IG Holland	1	8	0	0	12.50
Tom Westley	c †OB Cox b BWM Mike	2	30	0	0	6.67
CWJ Allison	c †OB Cox b J Hull	72	103	11	0	69.90
Matthew 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 IG Holland	35	86	3	1	40.70
Shane Snater	c †OB Cox b IG Holland	0	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 8)	15
Total	85 Ov (RR 3.45)	293

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (SJ Cook, 0.2 ov), 20-2 (D Elgar, 5.1 ov), 25-3 (PI Walter, 8.1 ov), 39-4 (T Westley, 16.4 ov), 135-5 (JA Porter, 41.4 ov), 143-6 (MJJ Critchley, 43.1 ov), 162-7 (CWJ Allison, 47.3 ov), 207-8 (MS Pepper, 56.4 ov), 293-9 (SR Harmer, 84.2 ov), 293-10 (S Snater, 85 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ian Holland	18	4	54	4	3.00	76	5	0	0
Ben Green	20	5	54	1	2.70	97	9	0	0
Ben Mike	16	2	74	3	4.63	68	10	0	4
Josh Hull	14	0	67	1	4.79	52	10	0	0
Ajaz Patel	17	3	37	1	2.18	78	2	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	SJ Cook 0(2) & D Elgar 0(0)	0	2
2nd	JA Porter 6(16) & D Elgar 14(13)	20	29
3rd	PI Walter 1(8) & JA Porter 4(10)	5	18
4th	T Westley 2(30) & JA Porter 11(21)	14	51
5th	CWJ Allison 56(84) & JA Porter 31(70)	96	150
6th	MJJ Critchley 4(3) & CWJ Allison 4(6)	8	9
7th	PWA Mulder 7(13) & CWJ Allison 12(13)	19	26
8th	MS Pepper 19(24) & PWA Mulder 22(31)	45	55
9th	SR Harmer 35(86) & PWA Mulder 50(80)	86	166
10th	S Snater 0(4) & PWA Mulder 0(0)	0	4

Leicestershire 2nd innings

60 (27.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel	lbw b JA Porter	2	15	0	0	13.33
Sol Budinger	c T Westley b SJ Cook	8	17	1	0	47.06
Ian Holland	c †MS Pepper b SJ Cook	12	21	2	0	57.14
Nick Kelly	c SR Harmer b S Snater	0	20	0	0	0.00
Jonathan Tattersall	b SJ Cook	3	7	0	0	42.86
Stephen Eskinazi	lbw b S Snater	1	21	0	0	4.76
Ben Cox †	b SJ 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	(lb 7, w 1)	8
Total	27.4 Ov (RR 2.17)	60

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (RK Patel, 4.1 ov), 14-2 (SG Budinger, 5.5 ov), 25-3 (IG Holland, 11.3 ov), 27-4 (NF Kelly, 12.4 ov), 29-5 (JA Tattersall, 13.5 ov), 41-6 (SS Eskinazi, 19 ov), 41-7 (BGF Green, 20.2 ov), 46-8 (BWM Mike, 22 ov), 47-9 (AY Patel, 22.5 ov), 60-10 (OB Cox, 27.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD
Jamie Porter	9	3	22	2	2.44	43	3	0
Sam Cook	9.4	4	19	4	1.97	49	2	1
Shane Snater	9	5	12	4	1.33	48	2	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	RK Patel 2(15) & SG Budinger 0(10)	4	25
2nd	IG Holland 2(3) & SG Budinger 8(7)	10	10
3rd	NF Kelly 0(16) & IG Holland 10(18)	11	34
4th	JA Tattersall 2(3) & NF Kelly 0(4)	2	7
5th	SS Eskinazi 1(3) & JA Tattersall 1(4)	2	7
6th	OB Cox 12(13) & SS Eskinazi 0(18)	12	31
7th	OB Cox 0(6) & BGF Green 0(2)	0	8
8th	BWM Mike 2(6) & OB Cox 3(4)	5	10
9th	OB Cox 1(2) & AY Patel 0(3)	1	5
10th	J Hull 4(13) & OB Cox 4(16)	13	29

Essex 2nd innings

104/3 (30 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walter	lbw b BGF Green	7	33	1	0	21.21
Dean Elgar	lbw b J Hull	18	34	3	0	52.94
Tom Westley	c IG Holland b J Hull	1	6	0	0	16.67
CWJ Allison	not out	34*	48	5	0	70.83
Matthew Critchley	not out	40*	59	6	0	67.80
Extras	(lb 4)	4
Total	30 Ov (RR 3.47) · Target 101	104/3

Did not bat: Sam Cook, Jamie Porter, Wiaan Mulder, Michael-Kyle Pepper, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater

Fall of wickets: 25-1 (D Elgar, 10.3 ov), 25-2 (PI Walter, 11.4 ov), 27-3 (T Westley, 13 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s
Ian Holland	7	1	18	0	2.57	32	2
Ben Green	8	3	19	1	2.38	41	4
Josh Hull	5	0	20	2	4.00	19	3
Ben Mike	5	0	30	0	6.00	17	5
Ajaz Patel	3	0	5	0	1.67	13	0
Rishi Patel	2	0	8	0	4.00	8	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	PI Walter 7(29) & D Elgar 18(34)	25	63
2nd	T Westley 0(3) & PI Walter 0(4)	0	7
3rd	CWJ Allison 1(5) & T Westley 1(3)	2	8
4th	CWJ Allison 33(43) & MJJ Critchley 40(59)	77*	102