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| Venue | The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th May 2005 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Essex won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Essex 21 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Leicestershire 3.5 (Batting 1, Bowling 3, slow over-rate -0.5) |
| Umpires | MR Benson, DJ Constant |
| Scorers | AE Choat (Essex), GA York (Leicestershire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 68/0 (Jefferson 35*, Cook 28*; 19.4 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (2) 57/1 (Robinson 38*, Mongia 9*; 14 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Leicestershire (2) 332 all out |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | b Gough | 73 | 152 | 203 | 12 | - | |
| DL Maddy | lbw b Bopara | 34 | 87 | 107 | 5 | - | |
| D Mongia | c Foster b Adams | 6 | 23 | 20 | - | - | |
| A Habib | b Adams | 2 | 12 | 13 | - | - | |
| *HD Ackerman | c Foster b Steyn | 25 | 77 | 105 | 4 | - | |
| +PA Nixon | b Gough | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| OD Gibson | c Adams b Steyn | 4 | 15 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| PAJ DeFreitas | c Cook b Gough | 20 | 54 | 90 | - | - | |
| CW Henderson | c Jefferson b Steyn | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| DD Masters | c Foster b Napier | 27 | 64 | 57 | 4 | - | |
| CM Willoughby | not out | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 18 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81 overs) | 220 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-98 (Maddy), 2-109 (Mongia), 3-113 (Habib), 4-138 (Robinson), 5-138 (Nixon), 6-154 (Gibson), 7-161 (Ackerman), 8-167 (Henderson), 9-216 (Masters), 10-220 (DeFreitas, 81 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gough | 19 | 7 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Adams | 23 | 11 | 49 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Steyn | 17 | 3 | 69 | 3 | - | 8 | |
| Napier | 14 | 3 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bopara | 8 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WI Jefferson | c Mongia b DeFreitas | 93 | 145 | 204 | 14 | - | |
| AN Cook | c Ackerman b Gibson | 28 | 65 | 84 | 3 | - | |
| RS Bopara | b Masters | 25 | 85 | 110 | 3 | - | |
| A Flower | c Nixon b Willoughby | 10 | 54 | 83 | 1 | - | |
| *RC Irani | c Mongia b DeFreitas | 46 | 98 | 144 | 6 | - | |
| +JS Foster | c Robinson b DeFreitas | 13 | 41 | 65 | 2 | - | |
| JD Middlebrook | run out | 40 | 56 | 52 | 3 | 2 | |
| GR Napier | c Henderson b Gibson | 34 | 59 | 78 | 5 | 1 | |
| AR Adams | c Nixon b Gibson | 27 | 19 | 27 | 5 | - | |
| D Gough | not out | 15 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| DW Steyn | run out | 0 | 2 | 10 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 2 lb, 22 nb) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 104.4 overs) | 362 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-68 (Cook), 2-159 (Bopara), 3-159 (Jefferson), 4-201 (Flower), 5-232 (Irani), 6-232 (Foster), 7-289 (Middlebrook), 8-341 (Napier), 9-345 (Adams), 10-362 (Steyn, 104.4 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willoughby | 24.4 | 4 | 90 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Gibson | 30 | 3 | 118 | 3 | - | - | |
| Masters | 16 | 3 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| DeFreitas | 21 | 4 | 68 | 3 | - | 7 | |
| Henderson | 12 | 5 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mongia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c Foster b Steyn | 57 | 83 | 119 | 11 | - | |
| DL Maddy | b Gough | 6 | 8 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| D Mongia | c Foster b Adams | 39 | 98 | 129 | 5 | - | |
| A Habib | c Foster b Napier | 30 | 51 | 49 | 7 | - | |
| *HD Ackerman | b Gough | 93 | 144 | 250 | 14 | - | |
| +PA Nixon | lbw b Gough | 2 | 20 | 21 | - | - | |
| OD Gibson | c Jefferson b Steyn | 22 | 66 | 103 | 4 | - | |
| PAJ DeFreitas | c Irani b Napier | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| CW Henderson | b Adams | 55 | 87 | 89 | 9 | - | |
| DD Masters | not out | 2 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| CM Willoughby | c Irani b Gough | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 16 nb, 1 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 94.1 overs) | 332 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Maddy), 2-105 (Robinson), 3-125 (Mongia), 4-164 (Habib), 5-183 (Nixon), 6-227 (Gibson), 7-228 (DeFreitas), 8-324 (Henderson), 9-326 (Ackerman), 10-332 (Willoughby, 94.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gough | 21.1 | 5 | 60 | 4 | - | - | |
| Adams | 21 | 9 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Steyn | 21 | 3 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Napier | 16 | 5 | 49 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Bopara | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Middlebrook | 10 | 2 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WI Jefferson | lbw b Gibson | 13 | 27 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| AN Cook | c Nixon b DeFreitas | 59 | 69 | 93 | 12 | - | |
| RS Bopara | c Nixon b Masters | 0 | 9 | 14 | - | - | |
| A Flower | not out | 74 | 106 | 136 | 13 | - | |
| *RC Irani | lbw b Gibson | 34 | 47 | 70 | 7 | - | |
| +JS Foster | not out | 0 | 10 | 9 | - | - | |
| JD Middlebrook | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Napier | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Adams | did not bat | ||||||
| D Gough | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Steyn | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 3 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 44.2 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (Jefferson), 2-43 (Bopara), 3-94 (Cook), 4-180 (Irani) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gibson | 12.2 | 1 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Willoughby | 8 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Masters | 7 | 2 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| DeFreitas | 11 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Henderson | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DW Steyn made his debut in County Championship matches
--> HD Ackerman (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> DDJ Robinson (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> HD Ackerman (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches
--> AN Cook (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> AN Cook (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> DW Steyn made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> D Mongia made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches
--> DW Steyn made his debut in England in First-Class matches
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