WAR vs ESSEX 12th Match, 17 Apr 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Essex

Birmingham

Edgbaston

358

WAR

190/10 (64.5)

Essex chose to BOWL

ESSEX

205/10 (73.5)

Warwickshire won by 41 runs

County Championship Division One WAS vs ESS 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
Sam Cook	ESSEX	BOWL	✅	1	RHB	0	0	0				0	0	RMF	2	1	15.5	119	3.83	186	0	1/72	0	2	97	194	18	7	100	10	0	0	0	✅	2	233	61	168	0
Ethan Bamber	WAR	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	2	123.5	247	15	9	50	10	0	0	0	✅	7	151	31	116	0
Sam Hain	WAR	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	2	87	174	98	0	50	4	0	0	0	✅	6	164	152	0	8
Beau Webster	WAR	ALL	✅	10	RHB	16	2	469	72	33.5	61.3	5	55	RM,OB	16	11	6	28.9	3.29	52.6	0	3/64	15	2	110	220	102	1	0	7	0	0	0	✅	1	245	193	40	8
Simon Harmer	ESSEX	BOWL	✅	14	RHB	20	4	273	47	17.06	36.99	0	24	OB	24	69	21.8	21.79	2.87	45.4	9	6/37	7	2	144.5	289	91	5	50	7	0	0	0	✅	4	184	144	20	16
Shane Snater	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0	2	134.5	269	77	5	100	8	0	0	0	✅	5	167	31	124	8
Dan Mousley	WAR	ALL	✅		LHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	2	156.5	313	157	0	50	3	0	0	0		19	34	14	0	16
Jordan Thompson	WAR	ALL	✅		LHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	2	131	262	64	6	100	8	0	0	0		16	64	32	20	8
Rob Yates	WAR	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	2	190	380	196	1	100	2	0	0	0		14	90	54	0	32
Dean Elgar	ESSEX	BAT	✅	86	LHB	152	11	5347	199	37.92	47.78	37	710	SLA	45	15	3.8	44.86	3.89	69	1	4/22	92	2	47	94	50	0	50	1	0	0	0		22	11	7	0	0
Luc Benkenstein	ESSEX	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	1	42	42	22	0	0	3	0	0	0		15	88	76	0	8
Alex Davies	WAR	WK	✅		RHB							0	0	NA			0				0		0	2	68	136	68	0	50	1	0	0	0		20	29	1	0	24
Zen Malik	WAR	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0							5	0	0	0		17	57	45	0	8
Keith Barker	WAR	BOWL	✅		LHB							0	0	LMF			0				0		0							9	0	0	0	✅	3	221	53	156	8
Paul Walter	ESSEX	ALL	✅		LHB							0	0	LM			0				0		0	2	72.5	145	81	0	50	2	0	0	0	✅	9	130	94	0	32
Zaman Akhter	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0							9	0	0	0		11	123	71	48	0
Jamie Porter	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	2	68	136	0	6	0	11	0	0	0	✅	10	129	1	124	0
Charlie Allison	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	2	115.5	231	129	0	50	4	0	0	0		13	100	80	0	16
Matt Critchley	ESSEX	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	2	279	558	232	6	100	5	0	0	0		21	23	19	0	0
Ed Barnard	WAR	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0	2	108	216	84	2	50	6	0	0	0		12	106	54	48	0
Nathan Gilchrist	WAR	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0							11	0	0	0	✅	8	138	42	92	0
Michael Pepper	ESSEX	WK	✅		RHB							0	0	NA			0				0		0	2	86	172	48	0	50	6	0	0	0	✅	18	37	9	0	24

Completed matches of Warwickshire
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
WAS vs SUS	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Brighton	Warwickshire	WARWarwickshire	SUSS	267/10 (79.4)	204/10 (50.3)	Sussex Sussex won by 5 wickets
WAS vs ESS	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Essex	WARWarwickshire	ESSEX	190/10 (64.5)	205/10 (73.5)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 41 runs
WAS vs YOR	08 May - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Yorkshire	WARWarwickshire	YORKS	147/10 (55.0)	152/10 (45.2)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 377 runs
WAS vs SUS	20 Aug - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Warwickshire	SUSSSussex	WAR	156/10 (47.4)	161/10 (47.3)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 1 wicket
HAM vs WAS	02 Sep - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	WARWarwickshire	HANTS	398/10 (116.0)	115/10 (38.1)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by an innings and 129 runs
GLA vs WAS	08 Sep - 03:00 PM	Cardiff	Glamorgan	GLAMGlamorgan	WAR	69/10 (26.3)	391/10 (97.5)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by an innings and 257 runs
ESS vs WAS	15 Sep - 03:00 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	ESSEXEssex	WAR	134/10 (44.0)	191/10 (61.1)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 8 wickets

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	ESSEXEssex	HANTS	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	ESSEXEssex	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	WARWarwickshire	ESSEX	190/10 (64.5)	205/10 (73.5)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 41 runs
ESS vs HAM	08 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HANTSHampshire	ESSEX	235/10 (71.3)	273/10 (90.0)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets
ESS vs LEI	15 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	LEICSLeics	ESSEX	333/10 (90.2)	293/10 (85.0)	Essex Essex won by 7 wickets
LEI vs ESS	12 Jun - 03:30 PM	Leicester	Leics	ESSEXEssex	LEICS	401/10 (97.4)	187/10 (63.2)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets
ESS vs NOT	19 Jun - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	ESSEXEssex	NOTTS	184/10 (57.4)	457/10 (126.0)	Notts Notts won by an innings and 52 runs
SOM vs ESS	20 Aug - 03:30 PM	Taunton	Essex	SOMSomerset	ESSEX	469/10 (127.5)	158/10 (42.4)	Somerset Somerset won by 8 wickets
ESS vs SUS	02 Sep - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Sussex	SUSSSussex	ESSEX	275/10 (99.0)	177/10 (58.5)	Sussex Sussex won by 47 runs
YOR vs ESS	08 Sep - 03:00 PM	Leeds	Yorkshire	YORKSYorkshire	ESSEX	390/10 (118.0)	171/10 (69.4)	Yorkshire Yorkshire won by an innings and 106 runs
ESS vs WAS	15 Sep - 03:00 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	ESSEXEssex	WAR	134/10 (44.0)	191/10 (61.1)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 8 wickets

Completed matches at Edgbaston
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
WAS vs ESS	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Essex	WARWarwickshire	ESSEX	190/10 (64.5)	205/10 (73.5)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 41 runs
WAS vs YOR	08 May - 03:30 PM	Yorkshire	WARWarwickshire	YORKS	147/10 (55.0)	152/10 (45.2)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 377 runs
WAS vs SUS	20 Aug - 03:30 PM	Warwickshire	SUSSSussex	WAR	156/10 (47.4)	161/10 (47.3)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 1 wicket

Top batting performance for WAR
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
NOT vs WAS	6	Ed Barnard	bowled	165	217	21	2	76.03
WAS vs YOR	4	Sam Hain	not out	164	319	16	0	51.41
SUR vs WAS	3	Dan Mousley	caught	144	178	25	0	80.89
HAM vs WAS	1	Rob Yates	lbw	109	208	13	1	52.4
SUR vs WAS	4	Sam Hain	lbw	94	182	10	0	51.64
WAS vs ESS	5	Beau Webster	bowled	91	123	16	0	73.98
HAM vs WAS	4	Sam Hain	caught	90	153	9	0	58.82
WAS vs SUS	1	Rob Yates	caught	90	177	10	0	50.84
ESS vs WAS	4	Sam Hain	not out	88	175	12	1	50.28
WAS vs ESS	4	Sam Hain	not out	88	179	11	2	49.16
YOR vs WAS	6	Ed Barnard	not out	83	144	4	2	57.63
WAS vs YOR	1	Rob Yates	caught	81	104	16	0	77.88
HAM vs WAS	3	Dan Mousley	caught	77	138	11	0	55.79
GLA vs WAS	4	Sam Hain	caught	76	149	7	0	51
WAS vs YOR	3	Dan Mousley	caught	70	122	12	0	57.37
NOT vs WAS	10	Michael Booth	bowled	70	113	9	3	61.94
SUR vs WAS	1	Rob Yates	caught	70	117	13	0	59.82
YOR vs WAS	5	Sam Hain	caught	69	218	6	1	31.65
SOM vs WAS	4	Sam Hain	caught	68	157	10	0	43.31
YOR vs WAS	1	Rob Yates	bowled	65	158	10	0	41.13

Top bowling performance for WAR
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
ESS vs WAS	Ethan Bamber	15	5	26	6	1.73
ESS vs WAS	Manav Suthar	24	5	75	5	3.12
GLA vs WAS	Ed Barnard	6.1	1	13	5	2.1
GLA vs WAS	Ethan Bamber	8	2	28	5	3.5
SOM vs WAS	Manav Suthar	46.5	14	100	5	2.13
WAS vs GLA	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	20.1	8	53	5	2.62
WAS vs GLA	Ethan Bamber	20	6	48	5	2.4
HAM vs WAS	Manav Suthar	23.3	2	52	4	2.21
WAS vs SUS	Chris Woakes	13	5	36	4	2.76
SOM vs WAS	Beau Webster	8	2	23	4	2.87
WAS vs YOR	Ethan Bamber	19	6	50	4	2.63
WAS vs YOR	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	15	2	38	4	2.53
NOT vs WAS	Michael Booth	14	1	71	4	5.07
WAS vs ESS	Nathan Gilchrist	9.5	0	40	4	4.06
WAS vs ESS	Keith Barker	17	5	29	4	1.7
ESS vs WAS	Chris Woakes	10.5	1	33	3	3.04
GLA vs WAS	Ed Barnard	5	2	5	3	1
HAM vs WAS	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	8	2	14	3	1.75
HAM vs WAS	Ethan Bamber	8.1	1	36	3	4.4
HAM vs WAS	Manav Suthar	16	5	42	3	2.62

Top batting performance for ESSEX
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
LEI vs ESS	4	Jordan Cox	caught	204	201	26	2	101.49
SUR vs ESS	3	Tom Westley	caught	136	169	22	2	80.47
SOM vs ESS	4	Charlie Allison	caught	114	254	13	2	44.88
ESS vs SUR	1	Dean Elgar	caught	113	191	14	1	59.16
LEI vs ESS	1	Paul Walter	caught	110	135	11	0	81.48
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
LEI vs ESS	5	Matt Critchley	bowled	97	136	12	1	71.32
ESS vs SUS	5	Matt Critchley	caught	96	132	8	2	72.72
SOM vs ESS	5	Matt Critchley	caught	94	236	11	0	39.83
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 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
YOR vs ESS	7	George Bell	not out	64	118	6	1	54.23
SUR vs ESS	7	Noah Thain	caught	64	126	12	0	50.79
ESS vs WAS	7	George Bell	not out	61	84	8	0	72.61
ESS vs SUS	4	Charlie Allison	lbw	56	86	8	0	65.11
SOM vs ESS	2	Dean Elgar	caught	56	125	9	0	44.8

Top bowling performance for ESSEX
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
YOR vs ESS	Matt Critchley	30	3	85	5	2.83
ESS vs NOT	Simon Harmer	45	9	165	5	3.66
WAS vs ESS	Sam Cook	15	3	58	5	3.86
ESS vs HAM	Matt Critchley	4.3	1	9	5	2
ESS vs WAS	Matt Critchley	19.1	4	54	4	2.81
ESS vs SUS	Jamie Porter	15	1	44	4	2.93
ESS vs SUS	Simon Harmer	18	1	96	4	5.33
ESS vs SUS	Zaman Akhter	11.1	1	51	4	4.56
SOM vs ESS	Sam Cook	29	5	92	4	3.17
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 WAS	Shane Snater	6.3	3	17	3	2.61
YOR vs ESS	Shane Snater	28	5	82	3	2.92
ESS vs SUS	Sam Cook	19	9	32	3	1.68
ESS vs SUR	Sam Cook	15	5	41	3	2.73
ESS vs SUR	Zaman Akhter	10.2	3	36	3	3.48
ESS vs SUR	Simon Harmer	38	13	92	3	2.42
SOM vs ESS	Shane Snater	26	5	96	3	3.69

Warwickshire vs Essex, 12th Match