HAM vs ESS South Group, 17 Jul 2025 Fantasy AI Predictions

Essex

Chelmsford

County Ground

198

HAM

220/6 (20.0)

Essex chose to BOWL

ESS

222/6 (19.2)

Essex won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Vitality Blast Men ESS vs HAM players T20 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
Luc Benkenstein	ESS	ALL	✅	38	RHB	31	4	583	67	21.59	138.8	3	78	LB	28	16	2	35.56	10.04	21.2	0	2/23	19	12	62.8	753	189	10	58.3	6	51.13	1.16	2.31	✅	6	86	23	43	16
Matt Critchley	ESS	ALL	✅	168	RHB	143	30	2266	80	20.05	123.08	6	242	LB	150	141	2.9	25.64	8.22	18.7	3	5/28	47	12	49.9	599	144	8	50	5	35.45	0.72	1.3		15	29	21	4	0
Liam Dawson	HAM	ALL	✅	369	RHB	242	65	3163	82	17.87	121.09	8	325	SLA	333	309	3.2	25.61	7.46	20.5	6	5/17	143	11	59.2	651	52	11	54.5	7	63.27	3.46	4.5	✅	7	84	0	72	8
Jordan Cox	ESS	WK	✅	191	RHB	178	34	4276	139	29.69	140.51	22	531	RIGHT-ARM OFFBREAK	0	0					0	-	134	8	35.1	281	121	0	37.5	3	25.49	1.35	1.52	✅	1	275	255	0	0
Toby Albert	HAM	WK	✅	75	RHB	68	12	1438	98	25.67	133.39	7	197		0	0					0	-	27	16	67.4	1079	549	0	68.8	1	81.5	4.59	4.07	✅	2	166	142	0	8
Tom Prest	HAM	BAT	✅	50	RHB	48	2	881	64	19.15	121.68	5	114	OB	5	2	1.2	21.5	7.16	18	0	1/8	15	7	11.9	83	39	0	0	2	12.64	0.93	0.91	✅	4	87	79	0	0
Simon Harmer	ESS	BOWL	✅	231	RHB	138	48	1513	56	16.81	132.25	2	169	OB	219	195	3.3	28.04	7.64	22	5	4/18	129	12	63.1	757	149	9	58.3	8	64.63	0.7	1.54	✅	5	87	11	64	8
Mohammad Amir	ESS	BOWL	✅	377	LHB	122	56	468	30	7.09	99.15	0	53	LFM	370	437	3.7	22.81	7.37	18.5	10	6/17	48	12	67.7	812	16	19	66.7	11	87.97	7.03	11.66		13	43	0	39	0
Mackenzie Jones	ESS	BOWL	✅	8	RHB	2	1	28	19	28	147.36	0	3	RF	8	10	2.4	18.3	9.63	11.4	1	4/22	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	8.42	0.43	0.54	✅	9	70	0	58	8
Scott Currie	HAM	BOWL	✅	91	RHB	38	19	224	26	11.78	110.34	0	25	RMF	90	128	3.3	19.67	8.54	13.8	6	4/18	39	16	71.2	1139	24	26	68.8	10	82.75	3.87	6.91	✅	11	48	0	44	0
Chris Wood	HAM	BOWL	✅	247	RHB	90	37	595	31	11.22	110.8	0	67	LMF	243	263	3.4	25.94	8.19	18.9	5	5/32	55	15	53.2	798	14	17	66.7	9	50.01	0.48	1.23	✅	8	76	0	72	0
Sonny Baker	HAM	BOWL	✅	43	RHB	8	2	7	3	1.16	41.17	0	0	RF	43	63	3.3	20.22	8.89	13.6	4	5/21	10	7	55.9	391	0	9	57.1	11	10.72	0.17	0.43		14	43	0	39	0
Charlie Allison	ESS	BAT	✅	31	RHB	29	8	636	74	30.28	131.4	4	77	RM	0	0					0	-	16	11	34	374	166	0	18.2	4	18.26	0.44	0.57		19	13	9	0	0
Paul Walter	ESS	ALL	✅	192	LHB	167	28	3075	80	22.12	145.39	14	423	LM	143	118	2.4	27.62	9.32	17.7	0	3/20	94	12	74.2	890	278	10	66.7	2	94.71	35.41	21.34		16	25	25	-4	0
Benny Howell	HAM	ALL	✅	281	RHB	224	67	3405	62	21.68	136.14	9	383	RM	256	266	3.3	23.61	7.44	19	4	5/18	118	16	62.6	1001	133	16	75	5	91.78	18.87	24.27		22	2	2	-4	0
Michael Pepper	ESS	WK	✅	140	RHB	137	13	3249	120	26.2	147.68	21	485	NA	0	0					0	-	70	12	64.1	769	337	0	75	1	82.93	4.21	4.64	✅	10	53	49	0	0
Joe Weatherley	HAM	BAT	✅	116	RHB	106	17	2797	88	31.42	132.49	13	322	OB	1	0	1		9		0	-	43	13	49.2	640	322	0	46.2	3	87.09	4.25	4.32		17	14	10	0	0
Shane Snater	ESS	BOWL	✅	78	RHB	39	17	226	33	10.27	124.86	0	27	RFM	77	71	2.8	28.94	9.61	18	0	3/8	34	10	35.5	355	46	6	20	9	11.43	0.28	0.39		21	9	0	-3	8
Noah Thain	ESS	ALL	✅	18	RHB	10	3	153	38	21.85	151.48	0	19	RM	7	4	1.4	24.75	9.9	15	0	3/11	10	7	31.6	221	62	1	28.6	7	6.12	0.15	0.23		20	9	4	1	0
James Fuller	HAM	ALL	✅	230	RHB	156	49	2143	57	20.02	142.01	3	239	RFM	195	201	3	26.11	8.85	17.7	6	6/28	90	16	46.4	742	143	11	50	6	77.89	2.33	4.21		12	46	41	1	0
Fletcha Middleton	HAM	BAT	✅	3	RHB	3	1	36	18	18	124.13	0	6	OB	0	0					0	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4.27	0.3	0.23		18	14	2	0	8
Hilton Cartwright	HAM	BAT	✅	161	RHB	144	42	3017	79	29.57	133.91	12	359	RM	12	4	1.4	52	12	26	0	2/34	93	6	58.2	349	157	0	50	4	25.3	1.66	1.05	✅	3	124	104	0	8

Completed matches of Hampshire
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
HAM vs ESS	30 May - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	230/7 (20.0)	124/10 (16.2)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 106 runs
SUR vs HAM	05 Jun - 11:00 PM	London	Hampshire	SURSurrey	HAM	141/7 (20.0)	63/0 (8.2)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 15 runs (D/L method)
HAM vs GLO	06 Jun - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Gloucs	GLOGloucs	HAM	119/10 (19.5)	121/3 (15.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 7 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)
KET vs HAM	08 Jun - 07:00 PM	Canterbury	Hampshire	HAMHampshire	KET	177/7 (20.0)	181/2 (19.0)	Kent Kent won by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
HAM vs MID	13 Jun - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Middlesex	HAMHampshire	MID	63/1 (6.0)	75/1 (6.0)	Match tied (D/L method)
SUR vs HAM	17 Jun - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	SURSurrey	HAM	193/6 (20.0)	124/10 (17.5)	Surrey Surrey won by 69 runs
SOM vs HAM	19 Jun - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Hampshire	SOMSomerset	HAM	209/7 (20.0)	192/7 (20.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 17 runs
GLO vs HAM	20 Jun - 11:30 PM	Bristol	Gloucs	HAMHampshire	GLO	124/9 (20.0)	130/8 (20.0)	Gloucs Gloucs won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
SUS vs HAM	05 Jul - 11:30 PM	Brighton	Sussex	HAMHampshire	SUS	196/8 (20.0)	134/10 (16.5)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 62 runs
HAM vs SOM	06 Jul - 07:30 PM	Southampton	Somerset	HAMHampshire	SOM	178/3 (20.0)	179/6 (19.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
MID vs HAM	09 Jul - 09:30 PM	Northwood	Hampshire	MIDMiddlesex	HAM	187/8 (20.0)	188/7 (19.4)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
HAM vs GLA	10 Jul - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	HAMHampshire	GLA	208/4 (20.0)	113/10 (18.5)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 95 runs
HAM vs SUS	13 Jul - 07:30 PM	Southampton	Sussex	SUSSussex	HAM	167/7 (20.0)	171/4 (17.2)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 6 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
ESS vs HAM	17 Jul - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	220/6 (20.0)	222/6 (19.2)	Essex Essex won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
DUR vs HAM	05 Sep - 11:00 PM	Chester-le-Street	Durham	HAMHampshire	DUR	221/8 (20.0)	195/6 (20.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 26 runs
NHNTS vs HANTS	13 Sep - 07:00 PM	Birmingham	Hampshire	NORNorthants	HAM	158/7 (18.0)	155/4 (15.4)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining) (DLS method)
HANTS vs SOM	13 Sep - 11:15 PM	Birmingham	Somerset	HAMHampshire	SOM	194/6 (20.0)	195/4 (19.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Completed matches of Essex
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
HAM vs ESS	30 May - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	230/7 (20.0)	124/10 (16.2)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 106 runs
ESS vs SOM	01 Jun - 08:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	ESSEssex	SOM	148/10 (19.1)	149/2 (15.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 8 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
GLA vs ESS	06 Jun - 11:00 PM	Cardiff	Glamorgan	ESSEssex	GLA	183/8 (20.0)	185/4 (19.0)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
ESS vs MID	08 Jun - 06:30 PM	Chelmsford	Middlesex	ESSEssex	MID	156/9 (20.0)	159/4 (17.3)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
ESS vs GLA	12 Jun - 11:00 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	GLAGlamorgan	ESS	220/6 (20.0)	180/10 (19.5)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by 40 runs
MID vs ESS	19 Jun - 10:45 PM	London	Essex	MIDMiddlesex	ESS	161/10 (19.5)	160/6 (20.0)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 1 run
ESS vs KET	20 Jun - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	KETKent	ESS	219/3 (20.0)	172/10 (19.0)	Kent Kent won by 47 runs
ESS vs GLO	04 Jul - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	GLOGloucs	ESS	184/7 (20.0)	171/10 (19.3)	Gloucs Gloucs won by 13 runs
SUR vs ESS	06 Jul - 09:00 PM	London	Essex	SURSurrey	ESS	141/6 (12.0)	145/6 (12.0)	Essex Essex won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) (D/L method)
SOM vs ESS	08 Jul - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Essex	SOMSomerset	ESS	225/6 (20.0)	130/10 (14.1)	Somerset Somerset won by 95 runs
ESS vs SUS	11 Jul - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Sussex	SUSSussex	ESS	145/10 (18.2)	148/4 (16.1)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)
ESS vs HAM	17 Jul - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	220/6 (20.0)	222/6 (19.2)	Essex Essex won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
KET vs ESS	18 Jul - 11:00 PM	Canterbury	Kent	ESSEssex	KET	172/6 (20.0)	173/3 (17.2)	Kent Kent won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)

Completed matches at County Ground
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs SOM	01 Jun - 08:30 PM	Essex	ESSEssex	SOM	148/10 (19.1)	149/2 (15.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 8 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
ESS vs MID	08 Jun - 06:30 PM	Middlesex	ESSEssex	MID	156/9 (20.0)	159/4 (17.3)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
ESS vs GLA	12 Jun - 11:00 PM	Essex	GLAGlamorgan	ESS	220/6 (20.0)	180/10 (19.5)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by 40 runs
ESS vs KET	20 Jun - 11:30 PM	Essex	KETKent	ESS	219/3 (20.0)	172/10 (19.0)	Kent Kent won by 47 runs
ESS vs GLO	04 Jul - 11:30 PM	Essex	GLOGloucs	ESS	184/7 (20.0)	171/10 (19.3)	Gloucs Gloucs won by 13 runs
ESS vs SUS	11 Jul - 11:30 PM	Sussex	SUSSussex	ESS	145/10 (18.2)	148/4 (16.1)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)
ESS vs HAM	17 Jul - 11:30 PM	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	220/6 (20.0)	222/6 (19.2)	Essex Essex won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Top batting performance for HAM
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
NHNTS vs HANTS	2	Chris Lynn	not out	108	51	5	11	211.76
HAM vs SUS	2	James Vince	not out	98	49	12	3	200
HAM vs GLA	1	Toby Albert	not out	98	57	7	5	171.92
HANTS vs SOM	1	Toby Albert	bowled	85	48	10	2	177.08
ESS vs HAM	1	Toby Albert	caught	84	55	12	1	152.72
HAM vs SOM	2	James Vince	caught	82	57	10	2	143.85
HAM vs GLO	1	Toby Albert	not out	73	44	8	4	165.9
DUR vs HAM	1	Toby Albert	caught	68	37	7	4	183.78
HAM vs ESS	3	Dewald Brevis	caught	68	32	4	6	212.5
KET vs HAM	4	Joe Weatherley	not out	63	46	5	2	136.95
HAM vs ESS	2	James Vince	caught	62	31	13	0	200
DUR vs HAM	4	Hilton Cartwright	caught	61	31	4	4	196.77
HAM vs SOM	4	Joe Weatherley	not out	60	42	1	5	142.85
ESS vs HAM	4	Hilton Cartwright	caught	56	23	3	5	243.47
SOM vs HAM	2	James Vince	caught	54	30	6	2	180
HAM vs ESS	1	Toby Albert	caught	54	34	5	2	158.82
HANTS vs SOM	3	James Vince	caught	52	34	4	3	152.94
DUR vs HAM	2	Chris Lynn	caught	51	27	6	3	188.88
SUS vs HAM	2	Chris Lynn	caught	51	27	5	3	188.88
HAM vs GLA	5	Hilton Cartwright	caught	48	20	3	4	240

Top bowling performance for HAM
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
HAM vs GLA	Sonny Baker	4	20	4	5
MID vs HAM	Scott Currie	4	32	4	8
HAM vs ESS	Liam Dawson	4	26	4	6.5
HAM vs SUS	James Fuller	2	16	3	8
HAM vs SOM	Scott Currie	4	32	3	8
HAM vs GLO	John Turner	4	28	3	7
HAM vs ESS	Scott Currie	2.2	20	3	8.57
HANTS vs SOM	Scott Currie	4	44	2	11
NHNTS vs HANTS	Scott Currie	4	34	2	8.5
DUR vs HAM	Benny Howell	4	28	2	7
ESS vs HAM	Liam Dawson	4	22	2	5.5
ESS vs HAM	Chris Wood	4	33	2	8.25
HAM vs SUS	Scott Currie	4	29	2	7.25
HAM vs SUS	Chris Wood	4	29	2	7.25
HAM vs GLA	Liam Dawson	4	33	2	8.25
HAM vs GLA	Chris Wood	3.5	18	2	4.69
MID vs HAM	Eddie Jack	4	43	2	10.75
SUS vs HAM	Chris Wood	3	24	2	8
SUS vs HAM	Benny Howell	3	22	2	7.33
SUS vs HAM	Liam Dawson	4	31	2	7.75

Top batting performance for ESS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
ESS vs HAM	3	Jordan Cox	not out	139	60	11	11	231.66
ESS vs SUS	1	Michael Pepper	not out	87	47	14	2	185.1
SUS vs ESS	3	Jordan Cox	caught	82	47	6	6	174.46
ESS vs GLA	7	Luc Benkenstein	caught	62	32	6	4	193.75
GLA vs ESS	3	Michael Pepper	caught	60	30	2	5	200
SUR vs ESS	2	Paul Walter	caught	55	26	5	4	211.53
ESS vs KET	9	Simon Harmer	caught	55	21	2	7	261.9
ESS vs SOM	5	Matt Critchley	run out	54	31	3	4	174.19
KET vs ESS	2	Paul Walter	caught	52	37	7	1	140.54
HAM vs ESS	3	Michael Pepper	caught	51	38	4	2	134.21
ESS vs KET	1	Dean Elgar	bowled	50	37	5	1	135.13
ESS vs SOM	2	Dean Elgar	caught	50	37	5	2	135.13
KET vs ESS	4	Charlie Allison	caught	48	33	4	2	145.45
ESS vs MID	8	Simon Harmer	caught	41	28	4	2	146.42
ESS vs GLO	4	Paul Walter	caught	39	27	4	2	144.44
SOM vs ESS	8	Noah Thain	caught	38	17	1	4	223.52
SUR vs ESS	1	Michael Pepper	lbw	36	15	6	2	240
SUS vs ESS	4	Paul Walter	lbw	35	22	3	2	159.09
SUS vs ESS	1	Dean Elgar	caught	33	18	7	0	183.33
ESS vs MID	2	Dean Elgar	caught	32	22	5	0	145.45

Top bowling performance for ESS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
ESS vs SUS	Mohammad Amir	3	0	16	3	5.33
SOM vs ESS	Mohammad Amir	4	0	22	3	5.5
ESS vs GLO	Mohammad Amir	4	0	33	3	8.25
MID vs ESS	Mohammad Amir	3.5	0	19	3	4.95
SUS vs ESS	Shane Snater	2	1	8	3	4
ESS vs HAM	Simon Harmer	3	0	27	2	9
ESS vs HAM	Mackenzie Jones	3	0	46	2	15.33
ESS vs SUS	Sam Cook	3.2	0	25	2	7.5
ESS vs SUS	Simon Harmer	4	0	25	2	6.25
ESS vs SUS	Shane Snater	4	0	25	2	6.25
SUR vs ESS	Mohammad Amir	3	0	36	2	12
SUR vs ESS	Luc Benkenstein	2	0	23	2	11.5
MID vs ESS	Luc Benkenstein	3	0	26	2	8.66
MID vs ESS	Simon Harmer	4	0	34	2	8.5
ESS vs GLA	Matt Critchley	3	0	34	2	11.33
ESS vs GLA	Mohammad Amir	4	0	43	2	10.75
ESS vs MID	Paul Walter	3	0	34	2	11.33
GLA vs ESS	Paul Walter	4	0	35	2	8.75
HAM vs ESS	Mohammad Amir	4	0	46	2	11.5
HAM vs ESS	Paul Walter	4	0	56	2	14