Result
Leicestershire vs Essex, 33rd Match, County Championship Division One 2026
Essex won by 6 wkts
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
Called it
EssexOur pre-match model, 54% before the start
Called it LEI vs ESS Scorecard
Leicestershire 187 (63.2 ov)
Essex 401 (97.4 ov)
Match info
- Match
- Leicestershire vs Essex, 33rd Match
- Series
- County Championship Division One 2026
- Format
- First Class
- Date
- Friday, 12 June 2026
- Start
- 3:30 PM IST · 11:00 AM local
- Venue
- Grace Road, Leicester
- Result
- Essex won by 6 wkts
LEI vs ESS Recent Form and Head to Head
LeicestershireNo recent Test results on record.
Head to head
LEI 01 played, 1 no result0 ESS
- NR15 May 2026, 26th MatchCounty Championship Division One 2026
LEI vs ESS Team Records
At Grace Road
EssexFirst Test match here on our records.
In County Championship Division One 2026
Leicestershire0Won
0Lost
4No result
Average score333
Essex1Won
0Lost
2No result
Average score293
LEI vs ESS Pitch Report
Grace Road, Leicester
Grace Road 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.
Grace Road Record
4Test matches
260Avg 1st innings
291Avg 2nd innings
1Won batting first
2Won chasing
453Highest 1st inns
This season at Grace Road
First ClassResult
Leicestershire244 (63.3)
Hampshire214 (54.4)60th MatchResult
Leicestershire157 (51.1)
Somerset363 (75.4)Somerset won by 377 runs
43rd MatchResult
Leicestershire
Glamorgan37th MatchResult
Leicestershire453 (113.4)
Yorkshire185 (54.2)Leicestershire won by an innings and 39 runs
20th MatchResult
Leicestershire
NottinghamshirePreview
More County Championship Division One 2026 matches
32nd MatchResult
Yorkshire469 (110.4)
Warwickshire263 (94.2)Match drawn
34th MatchResult
Sussex521 (125.1)Glamorgan155 (51.2)Sussex won by an innings and 98 runs
35th MatchResult
Nottinghamshire193 (64)Somerset310 (103)Somerset won by 306 runs
31st MatchResult
Surrey421 (82.5)Hampshire333 (96.4)Match drawn
36th MatchResult
Essex184 (57.4)Nottinghamshire457 (126)Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 52 runs
37th MatchResult
Leicestershire453 (113.4)Yorkshire185 (54.2)Leicestershire won by an innings and 39 runs
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