SOM vs ESS South Group, 08 Jul 2025 Fantasy AI Predictions

Essex

Taunton

The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

213

SOM

225/6 (20.0)

Essex chose to BOWL

ESS

130/10 (14.1)

Somerset won by 95 runs

Vitality Blast Men SOM vs ESS 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
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	49.8	597	155	7	50	4	68.01	1.27	2.35		18	31	2	25	0
Sean Dickson	SOM	BAT	✅	103	RHB	92	28	2131	78	33.29	143.3	13	255	RM	1	1	1	9	9	6	0	1/9	53	13	58.2	757	383	0	46.2	5	22.59	0.45	0.59	✅	10	58	42	0	8
Charlie Bennett	ESS	BOWL	✅	12	RHB	3	2	14	14	14	116.66	0	2	RFM	12	16	2.8	22.56	10.66	12.6	0	3/25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0		22	4	0	0	0
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	66.1	793	202	10	66.7	5	76.22	2.46	4.77		13	38	-2	28	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	18.7	131	28	1	14.3	8	4.33	0.12	0.15	✅	4	97	72	1	16
Lewis Gregory	SOM	ALL	✅	285	RHB	221	61	3458	76	21.61	140.62	12	417	RMF	247	230	2.8	26.71	8.87	18	6	5/24	119	15	80.9	1214	275	15	80	6	66.35	8.57	19.86		12	47	34	1	8
Lewis Goldsworthy	SOM	ALL	✅	66	RHB	40	11	576	67	19.86	118.76	1	64	SLA	64	58	2.7	24.56	8.18	18	1	4/13	20	16	41.6	665	67	12	37.5	8	7.62	0.17	0.33		14	38	0	34	0
Jordan Cox	ESS	WK	✅	191	RHB	178	34	4276	139	29.69	140.51	22	531	RIGHT-ARM OFFBREAK	0	0					0	-	134	8	68.9	551	259	0	50	3	30.43	1.18	1.58		21	5	1	0	0
Will Smeed	SOM	BAT	✅	152	RHB	151	6	3978	101	27.43	149.32	29	597	OB	0	0					0	-	69	16	73.9	1182	588	0	62.5	2	90.34	15.3	13.25	✅	5	84	60	0	16
Tom Abell	SOM	BAT	✅	189	RHB	172	34	3979	101	28.83	132.54	19	460	RM	8	2	1.3	50	10	30	0	1/11	102	15	41.8	627	297	0	33.3	4	32.7	0.85	0.96		11	52	28	0	20
Matt Henry	SOM	BOWL	✅	197	RHB	90	37	645	44	12.16	145.59	0	77	RFM	190	231	3.4	23.77	8.43	16.9	5	5/18	74	9	60.4	544	9	12	55.6	10	74.85	1.66	3.48	✅	2	159	0	147	8
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	71.3	856	267	10	58.3	2	94.78	42.83	15.32	✅	9	59	52	-5	8
Ben Green	SOM	ALL	✅	102	RHB	71	20	969	47	19	133.65	0	109	RFM	94	115	2.9	22.83	9.49	14.4	7	5/29	30	16	66.5	1064	182	20	68.8	7	60.05	2.79	6.19		17	33	21	0	8
Tom Banton	SOM	WK	✅	237	RHB	228	18	5758	107	27.41	144.05	35	835	NA	0	0					0	-	149	9	40	360	150	0	44.4	1	55.31	4.75	3.84		19	31	27	0	0
Robin Das	ESS	BAT	✅	24	RHB	22	3	341	72	17.94	150.88	2	54	NA	0	0					0	-	8	1	5	5	1	0	0	7	3.4	0.15	0.11		16	35	31	0	0
Tom Kohler-Cadmore	SOM	BAT	✅	283	RHB	277	28	6882	127	27.63	137.75	47	915	OB	0	0					0	-	151	16	65.3	1045	467	0	62.5	3	84.19	5.93	5.6	✅	1	194	170	0	8
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	64.4	773	136	10	58.3	9	29.57	0.37	0.74	✅	7	71	28	39	0
Charlie Allison	ESS	BAT	✅	31	RHB	29	8	636	74	30.28	131.4	4	77	RM	0	0					0	-	16	11	33.2	365	161	0	18.2	6	7.94	0.17	0.25		20	30	18	0	8
Craig Overton	SOM	ALL	✅	162	RHB	80	37	813	79	18.9	142.13	1	91	RMF	160	164	3.3	26.51	8.22	19.3	1	4/25	122	14	49.9	699	37	8	50	9	21.81	0.81	1.42	✅	8	68	0	64	0
Michael Pepper	ESS	WK	✅	140	RHB	137	13	3249	120	26.2	147.68	21	485	NA	0	0					0	-	70	12	65.4	785	347	0	75	1	72.23	1.57	2.41	✅	15	37	25	0	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	61.4	737	11	17	58.3	10	83.94	1.96	4.43	✅	3	118	5	109	0
Riley Meredith	SOM	BOWL	✅	161	RHB	32	19	85	19	6.53	81.73	0	8	RF	161	222	3.6	22.27	8.53	15.6	5	4/9	33	13	83.9	1091	5	26	76.9	11	89.16	6.03	11.49	✅	6	74	0	70	0

Completed matches of Somerset
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
SOM vs SUR	30 May - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Somerset	SURSurrey	SOM	146/9 (20.0)	147/5 (17.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
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)
SUS vs SOM	06 Jun - 11:30 PM	Brighton	Somerset	SUSSussex	SOM	166/8 (20.0)	169/3 (18.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
SOM vs MID	12 Jun - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Somerset	MIDMiddlesex	SOM	229/5 (20.0)	235/5 (19.2)	Somerset Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
GLO vs SOM	13 Jun - 11:30 PM	Bristol	Somerset	GLOGloucs	SOM	135/7 (20.0)	137/4 (17.4)	Somerset Somerset won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
SOM vs KET	15 Jun - 08:30 PM	Taunton	Somerset	KETKent	SOM	228/5 (20.0)	224/6 (20.0)	Kent Kent won by 4 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
GLA vs SOM	20 Jun - 11:00 PM	Cardiff	Somerset	GLAGlamorgan	SOM	130/9 (20.0)	131/4 (16.4)	Somerset Somerset won by 6 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
SOM vs GLA	04 Jul - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Somerset	GLAGlamorgan	SOM	176/7 (20.0)	174/9 (20.0)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by 2 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)
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
KET vs SOM	11 Jul - 11:00 PM	Canterbury	Somerset	KETKent	SOM	137/8 (20.0)	138/5 (18.3)	Somerset Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
SUR vs SOM	13 Jul - 08:00 PM	London	Somerset	SURSurrey	SOM	201/6 (20.0)	134/10 (19.3)	Surrey Surrey won by 67 runs
SOM vs GLO	18 Jul - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Somerset	SOMSomerset	GLO	164/7 (20.0)	148/8 (20.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 16 runs
SOM vs BEARS	06 Sep - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Warwickshire	WASWarwickshire	SOM	190/6 (20.0)	191/6 (19.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
LANCS vs SOM	13 Sep - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Lancashire	SOMSomerset	LAN	182/7 (20.0)	159/10 (19.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 23 runs
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 The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
SOM vs SUR	30 May - 11:00 PM	Somerset	SURSurrey	SOM	146/9 (20.0)	147/5 (17.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
SOM vs MID	12 Jun - 11:00 PM	Somerset	MIDMiddlesex	SOM	229/5 (20.0)	235/5 (19.2)	Somerset Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
SOM vs KET	15 Jun - 08:30 PM	Somerset	KETKent	SOM	228/5 (20.0)	224/6 (20.0)	Kent Kent won by 4 runs
SOM vs HAM	19 Jun - 11:00 PM	Hampshire	SOMSomerset	HAM	209/7 (20.0)	192/7 (20.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 17 runs
SOM vs GLA	04 Jul - 11:00 PM	Somerset	GLAGlamorgan	SOM	176/7 (20.0)	174/9 (20.0)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by 2 runs
SOM vs ESS	08 Jul - 11:00 PM	Essex	SOMSomerset	ESS	225/6 (20.0)	130/10 (14.1)	Somerset Somerset won by 95 runs
SOM vs GLO	18 Jul - 11:00 PM	Somerset	SOMSomerset	GLO	164/7 (20.0)	148/8 (20.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 16 runs
SOM vs BEARS	06 Sep - 11:00 PM	Warwickshire	WASWarwickshire	SOM	190/6 (20.0)	191/6 (19.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

Top batting performance for SOM
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
HANTS vs SOM	1	Will Smeed	caught	94	58	14	1	162.06
SOM vs ESS	3	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	caught	90	39	8	7	230.76
LANCS vs SOM	2	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	caught	81	52	6	4	155.76
ESS vs SOM	1	Will Smeed	not out	81	54	11	1	150
SOM vs MID	5	Sean Dickson	caught	76	38	6	5	200
SOM vs GLA	2	Will Smeed	caught	72	49	3	3	146.93
SOM vs BEARS	5	Sean Dickson	not out	71	26	5	6	273.07
SOM vs HAM	2	Will Smeed	caught	68	37	9	3	183.78
SOM vs KET	1	Tom Banton	lbw	68	33	5	6	206.06
SUS vs SOM	3	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	bowled	64	43	7	3	148.83
SOM vs MID	6	Lewis Gregory	not out	58	23	3	6	252.17
SOM vs HAM	6	Lewis Gregory	run out	55	27	4	4	203.7
HAM vs SOM	5	Sean Dickson	caught	52	33	2	4	157.57
SOM vs BEARS	3	Tom Abell	caught	51	31	5	1	164.51
GLO vs SOM	2	Will Smeed	not out	51	45	8	1	113.33
SUR vs SOM	3	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	caught	38	23	6	1	165.21
GLA vs SOM	3	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	caught	38	29	3	2	131.03
SOM vs KET	3	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	caught	38	20	5	1	190
KET vs SOM	6	Lewis Gregory	bowled	37	23	2	3	160.86
HAM vs SOM	4	Tom Abell	caught	37	26	5	0	142.3

Top bowling performance for SOM
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
SOM vs ESS	Matt Henry	4	21	4	5.25
GLA vs SOM	Riley Meredith	4	21	4	5.25
GLO vs SOM	Lewis Goldsworthy	4	13	4	3.25
SOM vs MID	Riley Meredith	4	46	4	11.5
LANCS vs SOM	Migael Pretorius	3.5	27	3	7.04
KET vs SOM	Riley Meredith	4	19	3	4.75
SOM vs HAM	Ben Green	4	40	3	10
SOM vs KET	Riley Meredith	4	45	3	11.25
SUS vs SOM	Matt Henry	4	29	3	7.25
ESS vs SOM	Ben Green	3	30	3	10
SOM vs SUR	Riley Meredith	4	26	3	6.5
SOM vs SUR	Matt Henry	4	21	3	5.25
HANTS vs SOM	Jake Ball	4	39	2	9.75
LANCS vs SOM	Ben Green	4	21	2	5.25
LANCS vs SOM	Lewis Gregory	3	21	2	7
SOM vs BEARS	Ben Green	4	30	2	7.5
SOM vs GLO	Lewis Gregory	4	35	2	8.75
SOM vs GLO	Jake Ball	4	20	2	5
SUR vs SOM	Jack Leach	4	42	2	10.5
SUR vs SOM	Lewis Goldsworthy	4	39	2	9.75

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