Leicestershire v Essex - Cricket - BBC Sport

Fri 12 Jun 2026 - Mon 15 Jun 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 1 - Day 4 of 4

Essexwin by 6 wickets

Essex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Elgar,bowled B Green Elgar, bowled B Green	3	27	24	0	0	34	11.11
Walter,leg before wicket, bowled B Green Walter, leg before wicket, bowled B Green	2	10	9	0	0	21	20.00
Westley,caught Kelly, bowled Ahmed Westley, caught Kelly, bowled Ahmed	41	89	68	5	0	122	46.07
Cox,caught Cox, bowled Davey Cox, caught Cox, bowled Davey	204	201	102	26	2	309	101.49
Critchley,bowled Evison Critchley, bowled Evison	97	136	85	12	1	149	71.32
Porter,bowled Ahmed Porter, bowled Ahmed	0	3	3	0	0	3	0.00
Allison,caught Kelly, bowled Ahmed Allison, caught Kelly, bowled Ahmed	2	10	9	0	0	7	20.00
Thain,leg before wicket, bowled Ahmed Thain, leg before wicket, bowled Ahmed	2	11	10	0	0	8	18.18
Harmer,bowled Scriven Harmer, bowled Scriven	36	67	51	5	0	89	53.73
Snater,bowled Davey Snater, bowled Davey	0	7	7	0	0	9	0.00
Bennett,not out Bennett, not out	1	25	24	0	0	51	4.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 4, leg byes 8, total 13 Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 4, leg byes 8, total 13
Total,401 all out 97.4 overs Total,401 all out 97.4 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Davey	16.0	5	42	2	74	0	1	4	0	2.62
B Green	19.0	4	73	2	82	0	0	11	0	3.84
Scriven	12.4	0	42	1	56	0	0	6	0	3.31
Evison	11.0	0	58	1	40	0	0	9	0	5.27
A Green	16.0	2	72	0	59	0	0	8	1	4.50
Ahmed	23.0	0	102	4	81	0	0	10	2	4.43

Fall of wicket	Batter
5 for 1(5.1 overs)	Walter
8 for 2(7.5 overs)	Elgar
155 for 3(33.2 overs)	Westley
338 for 4(72.5 overs)	Critchley
339 for 5(73.3 overs)	Porter
343 for 6(75.5 overs)	Allison
347 for 7(77.6 overs)	Thain
371 for 8(84.3 overs)	Cox
371 for 9(86.4 overs)	Snater
401 for 10(97.4 overs)	Harmer

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
R Patel,leg before wicket, bowled Porter R Patel, leg before wicket, bowled Porter	4	18	15	0	0	19	22.22
Gumbs,caught Walter, bowled Harmer Gumbs, caught Walter, bowled Harmer	21	79	65	1	0	111	26.58
Ahmed,leg before wicket, bowled Snater Ahmed, leg before wicket, bowled Snater	5	6	4	1	0	10	83.33
Hill,leg before wicket, bowled Bennett Hill, leg before wicket, bowled Bennett	23	40	29	3	0	55	57.50
Kelly,caught Porter, bowled Critchley Kelly, caught Porter, bowled Critchley	78	121	90	10	2	166	64.46
Evison,bowled Harmer Evison, bowled Harmer	1	16	15	0	0	16	6.25
Cox,leg before wicket, bowled Thain Cox, leg before wicket, bowled Thain	8	13	10	1	0	12	61.54
B Green,caught Cox, bowled Harmer B Green, caught Cox, bowled Harmer	6	43	38	0	0	50	13.95
Scriven,caught Cox, bowled Bennett Scriven, caught Cox, bowled Bennett	16	20	15	3	0	24	80.00
Davey,caught Snater, bowled Bennett Davey, caught Snater, bowled Bennett	5	10	6	0	0	8	50.00
A Green,not out A Green, not out	9	17	13	1	0	22	52.94
Extras, no balls 6, wides 0, byes 1, leg byes 4, total 11 Extras, no balls 6, wides 0, byes 1, leg byes 4, total 11
Total,187 all out 63.2 overs Total,187 all out 63.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	13.0	4	25	1	65	0	0	2	0	1.92
Snater	14.0	3	34	1	64	0	0	4	0	2.42
Bennett	11.0	0	48	3	48	3	0	6	0	4.36
Harmer	18.0	8	42	3	93	0	0	6	1	2.33
Thain	4.0	0	21	1	13	0	0	2	0	5.25
Critchley	3.2	1	12	1	15	0	0	0	1	3.60

Fall of wicket	Batter
6 for 1(4.4 overs)	R Patel
11 for 2(7.1 overs)	Ahmed
52 for 3(20.6 overs)	Hill
72 for 4(27.3 overs)	Gumbs
88 for 5(31.4 overs)	Evison
101 for 6(34.5 overs)	Cox
134 for 7(49.3 overs)	B Green
159 for 8(56.1 overs)	Scriven
167 for 9(58.1 overs)	Davey
187 for 10(63.2 overs)	Kelly

Leicestershire 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
R Patel,bowled Snater R Patel, bowled Snater	58	97	72	10	0	107	59.79
Gumbs,bowled Harmer Gumbs, bowled Harmer	49	125	103	8	0	160	39.20
Ahmed,leg before wicket, bowled Harmer Ahmed, leg before wicket, bowled Harmer	23	47	37	4	0	62	48.94
Hill,bowled Critchley Hill, bowled Critchley	127	320	240	12	0	432	39.69
Kelly,leg before wicket, bowled Porter Kelly, leg before wicket, bowled Porter	19	37	31	2	1	39	51.35
Evison,leg before wicket, bowled Snater Evison, leg before wicket, bowled Snater	9	26	23	0	1	26	34.62
Cox,bowled Snater Cox, bowled Snater	49	83	56	6	0	118	59.04
B Green,leg before wicket, bowled Bennett B Green, leg before wicket, bowled Bennett	29	61	46	4	0	73	47.54
Scriven,leg before wicket, bowled Harmer Scriven, leg before wicket, bowled Harmer	10	39	32	1	0	48	25.64
Davey,caught Pepper, bowled Critchley Davey, caught Pepper, bowled Critchley	21	67	57	2	1	65	31.34
A Green,not out A Green, not out	0	22	22	0	0	41	0.00
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 20, leg byes 12, total 34 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 20, leg byes 12, total 34
Total,428 all out 153.5 overs Total,428 all out 153.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Porter	29.0	7	79	1	138	1	0	11	0	2.72
Snater	34.0	8	69	3	169	0	0	10	0	2.02
Bennett	27.0	5	90	1	118	0	0	13	0	3.33
Harmer	51.0	8	124	3	236	0	0	11	3	2.43
Critchley	12.5	1	34	2	57	0	0	4	0	2.64

Fall of wicket	Batter
96 for 1(28.3 overs)	R Patel
130 for 2(43.3 overs)	Gumbs
143 for 3(45.5 overs)	Ahmed
166 for 4(56.6 overs)	Kelly
184 for 5(64.5 overs)	Evison
274 for 6(96.1 overs)	Cox
324 for 7(114.2 overs)	B Green
349 for 8(125.5 overs)	Scriven
405 for 9(143.6 overs)	Davey
428 for 10(153.5 overs)	Hill

Essex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Walter,caught Hill, bowled Evison Walter, caught Hill, bowled Evison	110	135	70	11	0	159	81.48
Elgar,caught R Patel, bowled Davey Elgar, caught R Patel, bowled Davey	9	10	7	2	0	28	90.00
Westley,caught Ahmed, bowled Scriven Westley, caught Ahmed, bowled Scriven	22	41	26	1	0	39	53.66
Allison,bowled B Green Allison, bowled B Green	36	49	30	5	0	57	73.47
Critchley,not out Critchley, not out	28	33	19	3	1	43	84.85
Pepper,not out Pepper, not out	6	8	5	1	0	8	75.00
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 0, total 6 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 0, total 6
Total,217 for 4 45.5 overs Total,217 for 4 45.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Davey	6.0	0	45	1	16	0	0	7	0	7.50
B Green	11.0	1	42	1	42	1	0	4	0	3.81
Ahmed	16.0	2	68	0	54	0	0	5	1	4.25
Scriven	5.0	0	20	1	18	0	0	2	0	4.00
A Green	5.0	0	26	0	15	0	0	3	0	5.20
Evison	1.5	0	10	1	7	0	0	2	0	5.45
R Patel	1.0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
15 for 1(2.6 overs)	Elgar
86 for 2(19.4 overs)	Westley
156 for 3(33.6 overs)	Allison
205 for 4(43.1 overs)	Walter

home team,Leicestershire

Rishi Patel
Sheridon Gumbs
Rehan Ahmed
Nick Kelly
Lewis Hill
Joey Evison
Ben Cox, Wicket Keeper
Ben Green, Captain
Tom Scriven
Alex Green
Josh Davey

Substitutes

home team,Leicestershire

Substitutes will appear here

away team,Essex

Paul Walter
Dean Elgar
Tom Westley, Captain
Jordan Cox, Wicket Keeper, substituted for Pepper
Matt Critchley
Charlie Allison
Noah Thain
Simon Harmer
Shane Snater
Jamie Porter
Charlie Bennett

away team,Essex

Michael Pepper

Leicestershire
Essex

home team,Leicestershire

Rishi Patel
Sheridon Gumbs
Rehan Ahmed
Nick Kelly
Lewis Hill
Joey Evison
Ben Cox, Wicket Keeper
Ben Green, Captain
Tom Scriven
Alex Green
Josh Davey

Substitutes

Substitutes will appear here

Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester
Officials:: Mark Newell, Rob White, Peter Such