Day by day
A summary appears here at the end of every session and every day's play.
Sessions are counted from the scheduled start: about 30 overs each. Projections use the current run rate and how often wickets have fallen, steadied by the ground's usual first-innings total.
Our match winner prediction
EssexOur pre-match model, 54% before the start
EssexOur pre-match model, 54% before the start
ESS vs LEI Scorecard
Essex 293 (33 ov)
Leicestershire 333 (90.2 ov)
Match info
- Match
- Essex vs Leicestershire, 26th Match
- Series
- County Championship Division One 2026
- Format
- First Class
- Date
- Friday, 15 May 2026
- Start
- 3:30 PM IST · 11:00 AM local
- Venue
- County Ground, Chelmsford
ESS vs LEI Recent Form and Head to Head
LeicestershireNo recent Test results on record.
Head to head
These teams have not met in a Test match on our records.
ESS vs LEI Team Records
At County Ground
LeicestershireFirst Test match here on our records.
In County Championship Division One 2026
Essex1Won
0Lost
1No result
Leicestershire0Won
0Lost
3No result
ESS vs LEI Pitch Report
County Ground, Chelmsford
County Ground hosts this First Class match. We do not have enough results from this ground yet to read the pitch, so the first few overs will tell both sides a lot.
County Ground Record
3Test matches
204Avg 1st innings
308Avg 2nd innings
0Won batting first
1Won chasing
293Highest 1st inns
This season at County Ground
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Yorkshire476/9 (127)
Surrey30th MatchResult
Somerset394/5 (106)
Sussex21st MatchResult
EssexHampshireEssex won by 6 wickets
22nd MatchResult
WarwickshireYorkshireWarwickshire won by 377 runs
