ESS vs HAM 21st Match, 08 May 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Chelmsford

County Ground

289

HAM

235/10 (71.3)

Essex chose to BOWL

ESS

273/10 (90.0)

Essex won by 6 wickets

County Championship Division One ESS vs HAM players TEST past performance, current series performance, projected points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Lineup selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Liam Dawson	HAM	ALL	✅	4	RHB	7	2	110	66	22	41.98	1	11	SLA	7	8	21.4	54.75	2.92	112.2	0	2/34	2	3	69.7	209	33	6	0	7	0	0	0		15	49	29	20	0
Sonny Baker	HAM	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RF			0				0		0	3	135	405	21	14	66.7	11	0	0	0		26	0	0	0	0
Tom Prest	HAM	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	3	174.3	523	261	3	100	3	0	0	0		18	17	9	0	8
Toby Albert	HAM	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0				0				0		0	1	237	237	121	0	200	1	0	0	0		19	11	11	0	0
Nick Gubbins	HAM	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	3	158.3	475	267	0	100	2	0	0	0	✅	8	147	147	0	0
Eddie Jack	HAM	BOWL	✅		LHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	3	96	288	92	4	33.3	10	0	0	0		25	0	0	0	0
Ben Brown	HAM	WK	✅		RHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0	3	200.7	602	296	0	100	5	0	0	0	✅	2	272	224	0	48
Jake Lehmann	HAM	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0	3	201	603	337	0	100	4	0	0	0	✅	5	208	208	0	0
Ben Mayes	HAM	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	3	111.7	335	167	0	33.3	6	0	0	0		13	52	44	0	8
Codi Yusuf	HAM	ALL	✅	2	RHB	2	1	35	27	35	53.03	0	6	RM	4	10	11.8	12.2	2.59	28.2	0	3/22	2	3	91.7	275	75	6	33.3	8	0	0	0		20	4	-4	0	8
Kyle Abbott	HAM	BOWL	✅	11	RHB	14	0	95	17	6.78	28.1	0	11	RFM	21	39	16.5	22.71	2.55	53.3	3	7/29	4	3	187.3	562	78	16	66.7	9	0	0	0	✅	6	158	2	156	0

Completed matches of Essex
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs HAM	03 Apr - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	ESSEssex	HAM	461/7 (138.3)	156/10 (48.3)	Essex Essex won by an innings and 137 runs
ESS vs SOM	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Somerset	ESSEssex	SOM	149/10 (51.0)	348/10 (92.3)	Somerset Somerset won by 10 wickets
WAS vs ESS	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Essex	WASBears	ESS	190/10 (64.5)	205/10 (73.5)	Bears Warwickshire won by 41 runs
ESS vs HAM	08 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	235/10 (71.3)	273/10 (90.0)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets
ESS vs LEI	15 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	LEILeics	ESS	333/10 (90.2)	293/10 (85.0)	Essex Essex won by 7 wickets

Completed matches of Hampshire
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs HAM	03 Apr - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	ESSEssex	HAM	461/7 (138.3)	156/10 (48.3)	Essex Essex won by an innings and 137 runs
HAM vs YOR	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Leeds	Yorkshire	HAMHampshire	YOR	251/10 (69.1)	177/10 (65.4)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 214 runs
HAM vs SOM	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	HAMHampshire	SOM	238/10 (59.1)	288/10 (85.1)	Somerset Somerset won by 2 wickets
HAM vs GLA	01 May - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	GLAGlamorgan	HAM	536/7 (132.0)	214/10 (73.1)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by an innings and 69 runs
ESS vs HAM	08 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	235/10 (71.3)	273/10 (90.0)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets

Completed matches at County Ground
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs SOM	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Somerset	ESSEssex	SOM	149/10 (51.0)	348/10 (92.3)	Somerset Somerset won by 10 wickets
ESS vs HAM	08 May - 03:30 PM	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	235/10 (71.3)	273/10 (90.0)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets
ESS vs LEI	15 May - 03:30 PM	Essex	LEILeics	ESS	333/10 (90.2)	293/10 (85.0)	Essex Essex won by 7 wickets

Top batting performance for ESS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
ESS vs HAM	5	Matt Critchley	caught	173	266	20	1	65.03
SUR vs ESS	3	Tom Westley	caught	136	169	22	2	80.47
SUR vs ESS	2	Dean Elgar	not out	107	238	10	1	44.95
SUR vs ESS	2	Paul Walter	lbw	101	184	14	0	54.89
SUR vs ESS	1	Dean Elgar	caught	92	161	15	0	57.14
ESS vs HAM	5	Matt Critchley	not out	90	73	15	0	123.28
ESS vs HAM	9	Simon Harmer	not out	80	118	14	0	67.79
ESS vs HAM	6	Charlie Allison	caught	80	140	12	1	57.14
ESS vs LEI	8	Wiaan Mulder	not out	79	124	9	0	63.7
ESS vs LEI	6	Charlie Allison	caught	72	103	11	0	69.9
ESS vs HAM	9	Simon Harmer	not out	71	145	8	1	48.96
ESS vs SOM	1	Paul Walter	caught	70	118	9	0	59.32
SUR vs ESS	7	Noah Thain	caught	64	126	12	0	50.79
ESS vs SOM	5	Matt Critchley	caught	59	87	10	0	67.81
ESS vs HAM	7	Wiaan Mulder	caught	54	98	6	0	55.1
ESS vs LEI	3	Jamie Porter	bowled	52	117	7	0	44.44
ESS vs SOM	4	Charlie Allison	caught	49	84	6	0	58.33
WAS vs ESS	8	Simon Harmer	bowled	48	91	6	2	52.74
WAS vs ESS	2	Paul Walter	caught	46	97	7	0	47.42
WAS vs ESS	4	Charlie Allison	caught	44	94	8	0	46.8

Top bowling performance for ESS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
WAS vs ESS	Sam Cook	15	3	58	5	3.86
ESS vs HAM	Matt Critchley	4.3	1	9	5	2
ESS vs LEI	Sam Cook	9.4	4	19	4	1.96
ESS vs LEI	Shane Snater	9	5	12	4	1.33
ESS vs HAM	Simon Harmer	31	8	66	4	2.12
WAS vs ESS	Jamie Porter	20	3	59	4	2.95
ESS vs LEI	Shane Snater	18.2	5	59	3	3.21
ESS vs LEI	Wiaan Mulder	16	2	70	3	4.37
ESS vs HAM	Wiaan Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	3.68
ESS vs HAM	Sam Cook	15	3	52	3	3.46
ESS vs HAM	Sam Cook	14	2	56	3	4
SUR vs ESS	Simon Harmer	25.3	2	69	3	2.7
WAS vs ESS	Shane Snater	9.2	4	15	3	1.6
ESS vs SOM	Sam Cook	24	5	93	3	3.87
ESS vs SOM	Shane Snater	18.3	6	56	3	3.02
ESS vs SOM	Jamie Porter	21	5	84	3	4
ESS vs HAM	Simon Harmer	25	9	49	3	1.96
ESS vs HAM	Sam Cook	11	5	33	3	3
ESS vs LEI	Jamie Porter	22	4	73	2	3.31
ESS vs LEI	Sam Cook	20	5	67	2	3.35

Top batting performance for HAM
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
HAM vs YOR	6	Ben Brown	not out	103	109	9	4	94.49
HAM vs NOT	4	Jake Lehmann	not out	102	205	11	0	49.75
HAM vs GLA	6	Ben Brown	bowled	96	145	12	1	66.2
HAM vs YOR	5	Jake Lehmann	caught	92	130	12	1	70.76
ESS vs HAM	4	Jake Lehmann	bowled	89	164	15	0	54.26
HAM vs SOM	2	Nick Gubbins	caught	83	170	12	0	48.82
HAM vs SOM	4	Jake Lehmann	caught	76	110	10	0	69.09
HAM vs YOR	4	Jake Lehmann	caught	76	93	11	0	81.72
ESS vs HAM	6	Ben Brown	caught	73	116	9	1	62.93
ESS vs HAM	2	Nick Gubbins	caught	71	189	13	0	37.56
HAM vs SOM	5	Ben Brown	bowled	66	104	10	0	63.46
HAM vs GLA	5	Ben Mayes	caught	59	104	8	0	56.73
ESS vs HAM	6	Ben Brown	not out	57	89	8	0	64.04
HAM vs NOT	8	Felix Organ	caught	55	73	8	0	75.34
ESS vs HAM	3	Tom Prest	lbw	55	67	10	0	82.08
HAM vs YOR	3	Tom Prest	run out	53	62	7	0	85.48
HAM vs SOM	4	Jake Lehmann	bowled	50	95	8	0	52.63
HAM vs YOR	2	Nick Gubbins	caught	48	54	8	0	88.88
ESS vs HAM	2	Nick Gubbins	caught	48	161	7	0	29.81
HAM vs GLA	3	Tom Prest	lbw	45	83	6	0	54.21

Top bowling performance for HAM
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
HAM vs YOR	Kyle Abbott	17	10	21	6	1.23
HAM vs NOT	Sonny Baker	15.1	3	45	5	2.96
ESS vs HAM	James Fuller	15	4	43	5	2.86
HAM vs SOM	Sonny Baker	17	1	62	5	3.64
HAM vs NOT	Kyle Abbott	21	8	40	4	1.9
ESS vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.5
HAM vs YOR	Kyle Abbott	20	5	49	4	2.45
HAM vs YOR	Sonny Baker	12	2	45	4	3.75
HAM vs SOM	Codi Yusuf	19	1	67	3	3.52
ESS vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	24	8	45	2	1.87
ESS vs HAM	Scott Currie	14	2	37	2	2.64
HAM vs GLA	Tom Prest	7	0	37	2	5.28
HAM vs SOM	Liam Dawson	22	2	66	2	3
HAM vs SOM	Kyle Abbott	19	4	67	2	3.52
HAM vs YOR	Liam Dawson	10.1	2	37	2	3.63
ESS vs HAM	Sonny Baker	22	3	68	2	3.09
ESS vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	28	5	76	2	2.71
HAM vs NOT	Delano Potgieter	20	3	55	1	2.75
ESS vs HAM	Liam Dawson	15	3	57	1	3.8
HAM vs GLA	Codi Yusuf	22	4	82	1	3.72