County Championship Division One 2026
Essex vs Leicestershire, 26th Match
Essex won by 7 wkts
Essex (ESS)
333/10 (90.2 ov)
60/10 (27.4 ov)
Leicestershire (LEIC)
293/10 (84.6 ov)
104/3 (29.6 ov)
TEST
Completed
Completed
Match information
- Series
- County Championship Division One 2026
- Match
- 26th Match · TEST
- Start date and time
- Venue
- County Ground, Chelmsford, England
- Toss
- Essex opt to bowl
- Umpires
- Neil Pratt, Nigel Llong
- Match referee
- Wayne Noon
Playing XI
Essex
- Dean Elgar · Batsman
- Paul Walter · Batting Allrounder
- Tom Westley (c) · Batsman
- Charlie Allison · Bowling Allrounder
- Wiaan Mulder · Bowling Allrounder
- Matthew Critchley · Batting Allrounder
- Michael Pepper (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Simon Harmer · Bowler
- Shane Snater · Bowler
- Sam Cook · Bowler
- Jamie Porter · Bowler
Leicestershire
- Rishi Patel · Batting Allrounder
- Jake Weatherald · Batsman
- Ian Holland (c) · Bowling Allrounder
- Soloman Budinger · Batsman
- Jonathan Tattersall · WK-Batsman
- Stephen Eskinazi · WK-Batsman
- Ben Cox (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Ben Green · Bowling Allrounder
- Ben Mike · Bowler
- Ajaz Patel · Bowler
- Josh Hull · Bowler
Leicestershire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rishi Patel | c Michael Pepper b Sam Cook | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| Jake Weatherald | b Mulder | 61 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 79.22 |
| Soloman Budinger | b Snater | 89 | 114 | 12 | 2 | 78.07 |
| Ian Holland | lbw b Jamie Porter | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| Jonathan Tattersall | lbw b Mulder | 8 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 21.62 |
| Stephen Eskinazi | b Sam Cook | 50 | 100 | 6 | 1 | 50 |
| Ben Cox | b Mulder | 31 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 37.35 |
| Ben Green | c Charlie Allison b Snater | 25 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 62.5 |
| Ben Mike | lbw b Jamie Porter | 20 | 22 |
Essex innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Cook | b Holland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Elgar | c 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 Holland | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Tom Westley | c B Cox b Ben Mike | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 |
| Charlie Allison | c B Cox b Josh Hull | 72 | 103 | 11 | 0 | 69.9 |
| Matthew Critchley | c and b Ben Mike | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Wiaan Mulder | not out | 79 | 124 | 9 | 0 | 63.71 |
| Michael Pepper | lbw b Ajaz Patel | 19 | 24 |
Leicestershire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rishi Patel | lbw b Jamie Porter | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 |
| Soloman Budinger | c Westley b Sam Cook | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 47.06 |
| Ian Holland | c Michael Pepper b Sam Cook | 12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Nick Kelly | c Harmer b Snater | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Tattersall | b Sam Cook | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Stephen Eskinazi | lbw b Snater | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 |
| Ben Cox | b Sam Cook | 20 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 48.78 |
| Ben Green | lbw b Snater | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Mike | b Jamie Porter | 2 | 6 |
Essex innings
| Batter | Dismissal | 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 Holland b Josh Hull | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
| Charlie Allison | not out | 34 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 70.83 |
| Matthew Critchley | not out | 40 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 67.8 |
| Wiaan Mulder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Pepper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon Harmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Snater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |