ESS vs LEI – Match 26

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End of Match! Essex win by 7 wickets

Match Highlights:
Soloman Budinger: 89(114)
Wiaan Mulder: 79(124)
Shane Snater: 4/12
Samuel Cook: 4/19

30Ov104/3Score

0100045 runs

Matt Critchley*40 (59)

Charles Allison34 (48)

Rishi Patel0/8

29.64

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, Four

29.50

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, no run

29.40

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, no run

29.30

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, no run

29.21

Rishi Patel to Charles Allison, 1 run

29.10

Rishi Patel to Charles Allison, no run

29Ov99/3Score

1000102 runs

Matt Critchley*36 (55)

Charles Allison33 (46)

Ajaz Patel0/5

28.60

Ajaz Patel to Matt Critchley, no run

28.51

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, 1 run

28.40

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, no run

28.30

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, no run

28.20

Ajaz Patel to Charles Allison, no run

28.11

Ajaz Patel to Matt Critchley, 1 run

28Ov97/3Score

2001003 runs

Charles Allison*32 (42)

Matt Critchley35 (53)

Rishi Patel0/3

27.60

Rishi Patel to Charles Allison, no run

27.50

Rishi Patel to Charles Allison, no run

27.41

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, 1 run

27.30

Rishi Patel to Matt Critchley, no run

Leicestershire 1st333/10 (90.2 ov, RR 3.69)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel c MKS Pepper b S Cook	9	39	1	0	51.3
Jake Weatherald b PWA Mulder	61	77	7	1	79.2
Soloman Budinger b S Snater	89	114	12	2	78.1
Ian Holland (c) lbw b JA Porter	11	22	2	0	50.0
Jonathan Tattersall lbw b PWA Mulder	8	37	0	0	21.6
Stephen Eskinazi b S Cook	50	100	6	1	50.0
Ben Cox b PWA Mulder	31	83	2	1	37.4
Ben Green c CW Allison b S Snater	25	40	2	1	62.5
Ben Mike lbw b JA Porter	20	22	2	0	95.5
Ajaz Patel* Not out	11	29	0	0	38.0
Josh Hull b S Snater	1	12	0	0	8.3

Extras17 (b 4, lb 5, w 0, nb 8, p 0)

Total333/10 (90.2 ov · 34 fours, 6 sixes)

Did not batNF Kelly

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jamie Porter	22	4	73	2	3.36
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 Mulder	16	2	70	3	4.13
Matt Critchley	6	1	24	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Rishi Patel 9 c MKS Pepper b S Cook	17-1	3.1
Jake Weatherald 61 b PWA Mulder	141-2	25.1
Ian Holland 11 lbw b JA Porter	170-3	32.2
Soloman Budinger 89 b S Snater	189-4	40.4
Jonathan Tattersall 8 lbw b PWA Mulder	195-5	43.2
Ben Cox 31 b PWA Mulder	253-6	67.6
Ben Green 25 c CW Allison b S Snater	293-7	77.6
Stephen Eskinazi 50 b S Cook	310-8	81.4
Ben Mike 20 lbw b JA Porter	327-9	86.6
Josh Hull 1 b S Snater	333-10	90.2

Essex 1st293/10 (85 ov, RR 3.45)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Samuel Cook b I Holland	0	2	0	0	0.0
Dean Elgar c I Holland b BGF Green	14	13	3	0	107.7
Jamie Porter b BWM Mike	52	117	7	0	44.4
Paul Walter c RK Patel b I Holland	1	8	0	0	12.5
Tom Westley (c) c OB Cox b BWM Mike	2	30	0	0	6.7
Charles Allison c OB Cox b JO Hull	72	103	11	0	69.9
Matt Critchley c & b BWM Mike	4	3	1	0	133.3
Wiaan Mulder* Not out	79	124	9	0	63.7
Michael-Kyle Pepper lbw b AY Patel	19	24	2	0	79.2
Simon Harmer b I Holland	35	86	3	1	40.7
Shane Snater c OB Cox b I Holland	0	4	0	0	0.0

Extras15 (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 8, p 0)

Total293/10 (85 ov · 36 fours, 1 sixes)

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

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Samuel Cook 0 b I Holland	0-1	0.2
Dean Elgar 14 c I Holland b BGF Green	20-2	5.1
Paul Walter 1 c RK Patel b I Holland	25-3	8.1
Tom Westley 2 c OB Cox b BWM Mike	39-4	16.4
Jamie Porter 52 b BWM Mike	135-5	41.4
Matt Critchley 4 c & b BWM Mike	143-6	43.1
Charles Allison 72 c OB Cox b JO Hull	162-7	47.3
Michael-Kyle Pepper 19 lbw b AY Patel	207-8	56.4
Simon Harmer 35 b I Holland	293-9	84.2
Shane Snater 0 c OB Cox b I Holland	293-10	84.6

Leicestershire 2nd60/10 (27.4 ov, RR 2.17)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Rishi Patel lbw b JA Porter	2	15	0	13.3
Soloman Budinger c TZ Westley b S Cook	8	17	1	47.1
Ian Holland (c) c MKS Pepper b S Cook	12	21	2	57.1
NF Kelly c SR Harmer b S Snater	0	20	0	0.0
Jonathan Tattersall b S Cook	3	7	0	42.9
Stephen Eskinazi lbw b S Snater	1	21	0	4.8
Ben Cox b S Cook	20	41	3	48.8
Ben Green lbw b S Snater	0	2	0	0.0
Ben Mike b JA Porter	2	6	0	33.3
Ajaz Patel b S Snater	0	3	0	0.0
Josh Hull* Not out	4	13	1	30.8

Extras8 (b 0, lb 7, w 1, nb 0, p 0)

Total60/10 (27.4 ov · 7 fours, 0 sixes)

Did not batJake Weatherald

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jamie Porter	9	3	22	2	2.44
Samuel Cook	9.4	4	19	4	1.97
Shane Snater	9	5	12	4	1.33

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Rishi Patel 2 lbw b JA Porter	4-1	4.1
Soloman Budinger 8 c TZ Westley b S Cook	14-2	5.5
Ian Holland 12 c MKS Pepper b S Cook	25-3	11.3
NF Kelly 0 c SR Harmer b S Snater	27-4	12.4
Jonathan Tattersall 3 b S Cook	29-5	13.5
Stephen Eskinazi 1 lbw b S Snater	41-6	18.6
Ben Green 0 lbw b S Snater	41-7	20.2
Ben Mike 2 b JA Porter	46-8	21.6
Ajaz Patel 0 b S Snater	47-9	22.5
Ben Cox 20 b S Cook	60-10	27.4

Essex 2nd104/3 (30 ov, RR 3.47)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Paul Walter lbw b BGF Green	7	33	1	21.2
Dean Elgar lbw b JO Hull	18	34	3	52.9
Tom Westley (c) c I Holland b JO Hull	1	6	0	16.7
Charles Allison* Not out	34	48	5	70.8
Matt Critchley* Not out	40	59	6	67.8

Extras4 (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total104/3 (30 ov · 15 fours, 0 sixes)

Did not batMichael-Kyle Pepper, Wiaan Mulder, Jamie Porter, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Samuel Cook

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Ian Holland	7	1	18	0	2.57
Ben Green	8	3	19	1	2.38
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

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Dean Elgar 18 lbw b JO Hull	25-1	10.3
Paul Walter 7 lbw b BGF Green	25-2	11.4
Tom Westley 1 c I Holland b JO Hull	27-3	12.6

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Playing XI

Michael-Kyle Pepper WKWK

Dean Elgar BAT

Tom Westley CBAT

CA

Charles Allison BAT

Wiaan Mulder AR

Matt Critchley AR

Paul Walter AR

Jamie Porter BOWL

Simon Harmer BOWL

Shane Snater BOWL

Samuel Cook BOWL

Bench

SF

Simon Fernandes WKWK

Robin Das BAT

MK

Mitchell Killeen AR

Jordan Cox WKWK

NT

Noah Thain AR

MJ

Mackenzie Jones AR

Zaman Akhter BOWL

Luc Benkenstein AR

CE

Charlie Edward Bennett BOWL

MatchEssex vs Leicestershire, Match 26

SeriesCounty Championship Division One

Date & timeFri, 15 May 2026 · 3:30 PM IST

VenueCounty Ground, Chelmsford, England

TossEssex won the toss and chose to bowl

FormatFirst Class

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PitchFast & Bounce

BattingHigh Scoring

PacePace & Bounce

SpinSlow Spin

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Which team will win?

Essex29%

Leicestershire47%

Draw24%

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