Essex vs Leicestershire Scorecard, 15 May 2026

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Essex 293 & 104/3

Fri 15 May v

Leicestershire 333 & 60

Essex won by 7 wickets

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Updated 15 May 2026

Charlie AllisonTop bat106 (151 balls, 16 fours)
Shane SnaterTop bowl7/71 (27.2 ov), 0 (4 balls)

Leicestershire batting

1st innings

333all out, 90.2 ov

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patelc Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook	9	10	1	0	90.0
Jake Weatheraldb Wiaan Mulder	61	77	7	1	79.2
SB Sol Budingerb Shane Snater	89	114	12	2	78.1
Ian Holland (c)lbw b James Porter	11	22	2	0	50.0
Jonathan Tattersalllbw b Wiaan Mulder	8	37	0	0	21.6
SE Stephen Eskinazib Samuel Cook	50	100	6	1	50.0
Ben Cox (wk)b Wiaan Mulder	31	83	2	1	37.3
Ben Greenc Charlie Allison b Shane Snater	25	40	2	1	62.5
Ben Mikelbw b James Porter	20	22	2	0	90.9
Ajaz Patelnot out	11*	29	0	0	37.9
JH Josh Hullb Shane Snater	1	12	0	0	8.3
Extras	17 (b 4, lb 5, nb 8)
Total	333 (all out, 90.2 ov)

Fall of wickets

1-17 Rishi Patel 3.1 ov, 2-142 Jake Weatherald 25.1 ov, 3-171 Ian Holland 32.2 ov, 4-190 Sol Budinger 40.4 ov, 5-196 Jonathan Tattersall 43.2 ov, 6-254 Ben Cox 67.6 ov, 7-294 Ben Green 77.6 ov, 8-311 Stephen Eskinazi 81.4 ov, 9-327 Ben Mike 86.6 ov, 10-333 Josh Hull 90.2 ov

Did not bat

Nick Kelly

Essex bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	22	4	73	2	3.32
Samuel Cook	20	5	67	2	3.35
Shane Snater	18.2	5	59	3	3.22
Simon Harmer	8	2	31	0	3.88
Wiaan Mulder4 nb	16	2	70	3	4.38
Matthew Critchley	6	1	24	0	4.00

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Samuel Cookb Ian Holland	0	2	0	0	0.0
Dean Elgarc Ian Holland b Ben Green	14	13	3	0	107.7
James Porterb Ben Mike	52	117	7	0	44.4
Paul Walterc Rishi Patel b Ian Holland	1	8	0	0	12.5
Tom Westley (c)c Ben Cox b Ben Mike	2	30	0	0	6.7
CA Charlie Allisonc Ben Cox b Josh Hull	72	103	11	0	69.9
Matthew Critchleyc & b Ben Mike	4	3	1	0	133.3
Wiaan Muldernot out	79*	124	9	0	63.7
Michael Pepper (wk)lbw b Ajaz Patel	19	24	2	0	79.2
Simon Harmerb Ian Holland	35	86	3	1	40.7
Shane Snaterc Ben Cox b Ian Holland	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	15 (lb 7, nb 8)
Total	293 (all out, 85 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ian Holland	18	4	54	4	3.00
Ben Green	20	5	54	1	2.70
Ben Mike4 nb	16	2	74	3	4.63
JH Josh Hull	14	0	67	1	4.79
Ajaz Patel	17	3	37	1	2.18

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patellbw b James Porter	2	15	0	0	13.3
SB Sol Budingerc Tom Westley b Samuel Cook	8	17	1	0	47.1
Ian Holland (c)c Michael Pepper b Samuel Cook	12	21	2	0	57.1
Nick Kellyc Simon Harmer b Shane Snater	0	20	0	0	0.0
Jonathan Tattersallb Shane Snater	3	7	0	0	42.9
SE Stephen Eskinazilbw b Shane Snater	1	21	0	0	4.8
Ben Cox (wk)b Samuel Cook	20	41	3	0	48.8
Ben Greenlbw b Shane Snater	0	2	0	0	0.0
Ben Mikeb James Porter	2	6	0	0	33.3
Ajaz Patelb Shane Snater	0	3	0	0	0.0
JH Josh Hullnot out	4*	13	1	0	30.8
Extras	8 (lb 7, w 1)
Total	60 (all out, 27.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
James Porter	9	3	22	2	2.44
Samuel Cook1 wd	9.4	4	19	4	1.97
Shane Snater	9	5	12	4	1.33

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Paul Walterlbw b Ben Green	7	33	1	0	21.2
Dean Elgarlbw b Josh Hull	18	34	3	0	52.9
Tom Westley (c)c Ian Holland b Josh Hull	1	6	0	0	16.7
CA Charlie Allisonnot out	34*	48	5	0	70.8
Matthew Critchleynot out	40*	59	6	0	67.8
Extras	4 (lb 4)
Total	104/3 (30 ov)

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

Match details

Toss: Essex, bowl
Ground: County Ground, Chelmsford
Start: Fri 15 May, 11:00 UK
Competition: County Championship Division One 2026

Essex vs Leicestershire Questions

When is Essex vs Leicestershire?

Essex vs Leicestershire starts at 11:00 UK time (15:30 in India) on Friday 15 May 2026, at County Ground, Chelmsford, part of County Championship Division One 2026; this page has the form, the head to head, the ground and the projections for the match.

What is the Essex vs Leicestershire head to head?

Essex lead the Essex vs Leicestershire head to head at 2-0 from 2 FirstClass meetings, and the latest, on 12 June 2026 at Grace Road, was won by Essex.

What is Essex's recent form?

Essex have won 0 and lost 3 of their last 5 FirstClass matches, drawn 2, newest first D L L L D; most recently they drew with Glamorgan on 24 Sep, 129 & 351/6 to 505.

What is Leicestershire's recent form?

Leicestershire have won 1 and lost 2 of their last 5 FirstClass matches, drawn 2, newest first L W L D D; most recently they lost to Warwickshire on 24 Sep, 125 & 168 to 372.

What is a good score at County Ground?

A good first-innings score at County Ground is around 327, the average over its last 30 FirstClass matches, and the side batting first has won 42% of them, so chasing has had the edge there.

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