ESSEX vs DERBS 29th Match, 31 May 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Derbyshire

Chelmsford

County Ground

186

DERBS

173/10 (20.0)

Derbyshire chose to BAT

ESSEX

179/5 (19.4)

Essex won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Vitality Blast Men ESS vs DER 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
Charlie Allison	ESSEX	BAT	✅	31	RHB	29	8	636	74	30.28	131.4	4	77	RM	0	0					0	-	16	0	0	36	18	0	0	3	13.54	0	0.68	✅	1	123	119	0	0
Michael Pepper	ESSEX	WK	✅	140	RHB	137	13	3249	120	26.2	147.68	21	485	NA	0	0					0	-	70	2	145.5	291	141	0	150	1	0	0	0	✅	11	57	21	0	32
Amrit Basra	DERBS	BAT	✅	9	RHB	7	1	65	17	10.83	116.07	0	7	RM	0	0					0	-	5	3	28.7	86	12	0	33.3	7	4.06	0.23	0.23		20	7	3	0	0
Akif Javed	DERBS	BOWL	✅	109	RHB	27	15	97	32	8.08	107.77	0	15	LMF	108	139	3.6	24.11	8.71	16.6	5	4/23	25	3	43.7	131	1	3	0	10	20.09	0	1.35		18	19	2	13	0
Matt Critchley	ESSEX	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	2	45.5	91	6	2	100	6	39.73	2.03	4.74	✅	9	79	65	10	0
Paul Walter	ESSEX	BAT	✅	193	LHB	168	29	3109	80	22.36	145.62	14	428	LM	143	118	2.4	27.62	9.32	17.7	0	3/20	96	2	111	222	109	0	100	2	71.78	6.09	8.13	✅	6	99	87	0	8
Matthew Montgomery	DERBS	ALL	✅	57	RHB	50	7	949	74	22.06	132.72	4	132	OB	38	30	2.5	27.1	8.58	18.9	1	4/30	26	3	111	333	148	1	100	5	86.46	5.42	28.89	✅	3	119	92	3	20
Luc Benkenstein	ESSEX	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	2	103.5	207	84	1	100	4	76.98	0.68	3.61		21	6	1	1	0
Charlie Bennett	ESSEX	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	2	105.5	211	0	6	100	11	29.57	0.9	2.03		14	40	0	28	8
Caleb Jewell	DERBS	BAT	✅	83	LHB	81	4	1719	76	22.32	128.47	9	228	LEFT-ARM MEDIUM	0	0					0	-	32	3	64.3	193	93	0	33.3	3	79.01	0.45	1.35		15	38	26	0	8
Noah Thain	ESSEX	BAT	✅	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	2	46.5	93	41	0	100	8	5.64	0.23	0.68		22	4	0	0	0
Aneurin Donald	DERBS	WK	✅	115	RHB	110	5	2500	91	23.8	172.53	18	395	OB	0	0					0	-	62	3	120	360	162	0	100	1	86.91	1.81	4.51		12	54	42	0	8
Shane Snater	ESSEX	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	2	53	106	8	2	50	9	15.35	0.45	0.23	✅	5	101	0	81	16
Simon Harmer	ESSEX	ALL	✅	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	2	103.5	207	46	2	150	7	65.24	2.03	1.35	✅	8	80	8	68	0
Nick Potts	DERBS	ALL	✅	13	RHB	8	1	98	35	14	130.66	0	12	RMF	13	16	3	25.43	10.52	14.5	0	3/29	4	3	74	222	4	6	100	8	34.99	0.23	0.45	✅	2	120	67	41	8
Martin Andersson	DERBS	ALL	✅	71	RHB	62	12	1060	81	21.2	130.54	7	132	RM	52	45	2.6	30.48	10.26	17.8	1	6/23	38	3	233.7	701	225	7	100	2	93.45	62.53	9.48	✅	10	58	22	32	0
Wayne Madsen	DERBS	BAT	✅	232	RHB	223	35	5770	109	30.69	135.19	38	709	OB	46	22	2.1	36.81	8.19	26.9	0	2/20	92	3	44.7	134	66	0	33.3	4	28.44	0	0.68		19	15	11	0	0
Ross Whiteley	DERBS	BAT	✅	253	LHB	222	55	3936	91	23.56	138.05	7	471	LM	22	10	1.6	35.8	9.94	21.6	0	3/23	102	3	97	291	117	0	100	6	47.63	1.58	1.81		17	22	18	0	0
Ben Aitchison	DERBS	BOWL	✅	21	RHB	11	2	52	25	5.77	113.04	0	5	RFM	21	28	3.3	27.53	11.12	14.8	2	5/29	4	3	79	237	3	6	100	9	71.56	0.23	1.58		13	50	14	32	0
Jack Morley	DERBS	BOWL	✅	11	LHB	3	2	11	6	11	73.33	0	1	SLA	11	10	3.3	30.9	8.58	21.6	1	4/44	5	3	107.3	322	0	8	100	11	51.24	1.81	2.03		16	36	0	32	0
Wiaan Mulder	ESSEX	ALL	✅	158	RHB	133	30	2592	83	25.16	131.1	12	297	RM	120	92	2.5	29.46	8.88	19.9	1	4/14	77	2	84.5	169	16	3	50	5	69.07	7	16.03	✅	4	104	18	82	0
Zaman Akhter	ESSEX	ALL	✅	15	RHB	8	3	82	26	16.4	117.14	0	9	RFM	15	15	2.9	28.13	9.81	17.2	0	3/19	5	2	24.5	49	0	1	50	10	5.19	0	0.45	✅	7	88	0	84	0

Completed matches of Essex
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs SUS	22 May - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Sussex	ESSEXEssex	SUSS	191/5 (20.0)	192/4 (16.0)	Sussex Sussex won by 6 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
HAM vs ESS	26 May - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Essex	HANTSHampshire	ESSEX	200/4 (20.0)	170/7 (20.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 30 runs
ESS vs KET	29 May - 11:00 PM	Canterbury	Essex	KENTKent	ESSEX	129/9 (20.0)	130/1 (13.4)	Essex Essex won by 9 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)
ESS vs DER	31 May - 08:30 PM	Chelmsford	Derbyshire	DERBSDerbyshire	ESSEX	173/10 (20.0)	179/5 (19.4)	Essex Essex won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
MID vs ESS	07 Jun - 08:00 PM	Northwood	Middlesex	ESSEXEssex	MIDDX	176/5 (20.0)	116/10 (17.5)	Essex Essex won by 60 runs
KET vs ESS	09 Jun - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Kent	ESSEXEssex	KENT	187/6 (20.0)	184/9 (20.0)	Essex Essex won by 3 runs
NOR vs ESS	26 Jun - 11:00 PM	Northampton	Essex	NHNTSNorthants	ESSEX	238/6 (20.0)	108/10 (13.2)	Northants Northants won by 130 runs
SUR vs ESS	01 Jul - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	SURSurrey	ESSEX	240/4 (20.0)	233/8 (20.0)	Surrey Surrey won by 7 runs
SUS vs ESS	03 Jul - 11:30 PM	Brighton	Essex	ESSEXEssex	SUSS	204/6 (20.0)	104/10 (17.3)	Essex Essex won by 100 runs
ESS vs MID	05 Jul - 08:30 PM	Chelmsford	Middlesex	ESSEXEssex	MIDDX	142/8 (20.0)	143/6 (19.0)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
ESS vs HAM	10 Jul - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HANTSHampshire	ESSEX	130/10 (15.5)	134/3 (16.0)	Essex Essex won by 7 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
SUR vs ESS	12 Jul - 07:00 PM	London	Essex	SURSurrey	ESSEX	123/10 (19.3)	124/2 (16.5)	Essex Essex won by 8 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
HAM vs ESS	15 Jul - 09:00 PM	Southampton	Essex	HANTSHampshire	ESSEX	211/3 (20.0)	136/9 (20.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 75 runs

Completed matches of Derbyshire
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
DUR vs DER	22 May - 11:00 PM	Derby	Derbyshire	DURHDurham	DERBS	203/8 (20.0)	197/8 (20.0)	Durham Durham won by 6 runs
YOR vs DER	24 May - 08:00 PM	Leeds	Derbyshire	DERBSDerbyshire	YORKS	194/4 (20.0)	195/8 (19.2)	Yorkshire Yorkshire won by 2 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
DER vs LEI	27 May - 11:30 PM	Leicester	Leics	DERBSDerbyshire	LEICS	230/5 (20.0)	145/10 (15.2)	Leics Derbyshire won by 85 runs
DER vs NOT	29 May - 11:00 PM	Derby	Derbyshire	DERBSDerbyshire	NOTTS	234/4 (20.0)	211/6 (20.0)	Derbyshire Derbyshire won by 23 runs
ESS vs DER	31 May - 08:30 PM	Chelmsford	Derbyshire	DERBSDerbyshire	ESSEX	173/10 (20.0)	179/5 (19.4)	Essex Essex won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
NOT vs DER	07 Jun - 07:30 PM	Chester-le-Street	Derbyshire	NOTTSNotts	DERBS	183/6 (20.0)	173/9 (20.0)	Notts Notts won by 10 runs
YOR vs DER	28 Jun - 07:00 PM	Chesterfield	Yorkshire	DERBSDerbyshire	YORKS	215/9 (20.0)	215/8 (20.0)	Match tied
DER vs LAN	01 Jul - 11:30 PM	Derby	Derbyshire	LANCSLancashire	DERBS	205/10 (20.0)	201/10 (20.0)	Lancashire Lancashire won by 4 runs
DER vs LAN	06 Jul - 11:00 PM	Manchester	Derbyshire	DERBSDerbyshire	LANCS	150/9 (20.0)	150/8 (20.0)	Match tied
DER vs SOM	08 Jul - 11:00 PM	Derby	Somerset	SOMSomerset	DERBS	214/6 (20.0)	187/7 (20.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 27 runs
DUR vs DER	10 Jul - 11:00 PM	Chester-le-Street	Durham	DURHDurham	DERBS	165/7 (20.0)	160/6 (20.0)	Durham Durham won by 5 runs
DER vs LEI	12 Jul - 07:00 PM	Derby	Leics	LEICSLeics	DERBS	171/8 (20.0)	172/3 (14.3)	Derbyshire Derbyshire won by 7 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)

Completed matches at County Ground
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs SUS	22 May - 11:30 PM	Sussex	ESSEXEssex	SUSS	191/5 (20.0)	192/4 (16.0)	Sussex Sussex won by 6 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
ESS vs DER	31 May - 08:30 PM	Derbyshire	DERBSDerbyshire	ESSEX	173/10 (20.0)	179/5 (19.4)	Essex Essex won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
KET vs ESS	09 Jun - 11:30 PM	Kent	ESSEXEssex	KENT	187/6 (20.0)	184/9 (20.0)	Essex Essex won by 3 runs
SUR vs ESS	01 Jul - 11:30 PM	Essex	SURSurrey	ESSEX	240/4 (20.0)	233/8 (20.0)	Surrey Surrey won by 7 runs
SUS vs WAS	01 Jul - 11:30 PM	Warwickshire	WARWarwickshire	SUSS	198/3 (20.0)	122/10 (16.3)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 76 runs
ESS vs MID	05 Jul - 08:30 PM	Middlesex	ESSEXEssex	MIDDX	142/8 (20.0)	143/6 (19.0)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
ESS vs HAM	10 Jul - 11:30 PM	Essex	HANTSHampshire	ESSEX	130/10 (15.5)	134/3 (16.0)	Essex Essex won by 7 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

Top batting performance for ESSEX
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
SUR vs ESS	1	Paul Walter	caught	78	30	12	4	260
KET vs ESS	4	Charlie Allison	caught	74	47	3	6	157.44
SUR vs ESS	2	Michael Pepper	not out	71	56	6	3	126.78
MID vs ESS	4	Luc Benkenstein	caught	67	56	8	2	119.64
ESS vs DER	3	Charlie Allison	not out	67	49	6	3	136.73
ESS vs KET	2	Michael Pepper	caught	64	40	6	3	160
MID vs ESS	3	Charlie Allison	bowled	61	37	5	4	164.86
ESS vs SUS	1	Paul Walter	caught	58	37	6	2	156.75
ESS vs MID	7	Simon Harmer	not out	56	28	6	3	200
ESS vs HAM	1	Paul Walter	not out	52	37	5	2	140.54
ESS vs SUS	2	Michael Pepper	bowled	52	34	5	3	152.94
HAM vs ESS	4	Luc Benkenstein	caught	48	31	2	3	154.83
SUS vs ESS	2	Michael Pepper	caught	47	29	6	2	162.06
SUS vs ESS	7	Simon Harmer	not out	46	17	3	4	270.58
HAM vs ESS	4	Charlie Allison	caught	44	33	3	1	133.33
ESS vs KET	1	Paul Walter	not out	42	30	6	1	140
ESS vs DER	2	Paul Walter	caught	41	24	9	0	170.83
KET vs ESS	3	Jordan Cox	caught	40	31	5	1	129.03
ESS vs DER	6	Matt Critchley	caught	37	21	3	1	176.19
SUR vs ESS	6	Noah Thain	caught	36	25	2	2	144

Top bowling performance for ESSEX
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
ESS vs HAM	Matt Critchley	3.5	0	16	4	4.17
SUS vs ESS	Sam Cook	3.3	1	7	4	2
SUR vs ESS	Matt Critchley	4	0	16	3	4
ESS vs HAM	Shane Snater	3	0	33	3	11
KET vs ESS	Zaman Akhter	4	0	19	3	4.75
MID vs ESS	Noah Thain	2	0	11	3	5.5
ESS vs KET	Charlie Bennett	3	0	25	3	8.33
ESS vs KET	Wiaan Mulder	4	0	26	3	6.5
SUR vs ESS	Shane Snater	4	0	36	2	9
SUR vs ESS	Charlie Bennett	2	0	13	2	6.5
ESS vs HAM	Charlie Bennett	3	0	25	2	8.33
ESS vs MID	Sam Cook	4	0	24	2	6
ESS vs MID	Simon Harmer	4	0	15	2	3.75
SUS vs ESS	Mackenzie Jones	2	0	9	2	4.5
SUS vs ESS	Simon Harmer	4	0	17	2	4.25
SUR vs ESS	Matt Critchley	4	0	36	2	9
NOR vs ESS	Simon Harmer	4	0	39	2	9.75
NOR vs ESS	Zaman Akhter	4	0	46	2	11.5
KET vs ESS	Charlie Bennett	4	0	39	2	9.75
MID vs ESS	Shane Snater	4	0	28	2	7

Top batting performance for DERBS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
DER vs LEI	1	Aneurin Donald	caught	91	38	7	7	239.47
DER vs LAN	1	Aneurin Donald	caught	88	37	9	6	237.83
DER vs NOT	1	Aneurin Donald	caught	84	31	7	8	270.96
YOR vs DER	2	Martin Andersson	not out	81	56	7	1	144.64
DUR vs DER	5	Matthew Montgomery	not out	74	45	8	3	164.44
DER vs NOT	2	Martin Andersson	not out	69	43	5	5	160.46
DER vs SOM	1	Aneurin Donald	caught	65	27	6	6	240.74
YOR vs DER	4	Wayne Madsen	bowled	62	33	12	0	187.87
DER vs LEI	3	Caleb Jewell	not out	58	35	6	1	165.71
DER vs LEI	2	Martin Andersson	caught	57	29	9	1	196.55
YOR vs DER	2	Martin Andersson	caught	51	27	7	1	188.88
ESS vs DER	5	Matthew Montgomery	caught	50	30	6	1	166.66
DER vs LAN	2	Martin Andersson	caught	49	37	5	1	132.43
DER vs LEI	1	Aneurin Donald	caught	49	24	6	3	204.16
DER vs LAN	6	Ross Whiteley	bowled	46	29	4	3	158.62
DER vs LEI	3	Harry Came	not out	45	28	2	2	160.71
DUR vs DER	6	Ross Whiteley	caught	45	28	5	2	160.71
DUR vs DER	2	Martin Andersson	caught	44	37	4	1	118.91
DER vs SOM	4	Wayne Madsen	bowled	43	31	6	0	138.7
YOR vs DER	6	Ross Whiteley	not out	39	17	4	2	229.41

Top bowling performance for DERBS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
DER vs LEI	Martin Andersson	4	0	23	6	5.75
DER vs LEI	Akif Javed	4	0	23	4	5.75
DER vs LAN	Akif Javed	4	0	36	4	9
YOR vs DER	Jack Morley	4	0	44	4	11
DER vs LEI	Matthew Montgomery	4	0	26	3	6.5
DUR vs DER	Akif Javed	4	1	30	3	7.5
DER vs SOM	Martin Andersson	4	0	33	3	8.25
DER vs LAN	Sufiyan Muqeem	4	0	15	3	3.75
DER vs LAN	Nick Potts	3	0	29	3	9.66
YOR vs DER	Ben Aitchison	4	0	46	3	11.5
DUR vs DER	Jack Morley	4	0	35	3	8.75
DUR vs DER	Nick Potts	3	0	27	2	9
DER vs SOM	Sufiyan Muqeem	4	0	33	2	8.25
DER vs LAN	Matthew Montgomery	4	0	29	2	7.25
YOR vs DER	Sufiyan Muqeem	4	0	32	2	8
NOT vs DER	Akif Javed	4	0	31	2	7.75
DER vs NOT	Nick Potts	4	0	47	2	11.75
DER vs NOT	Ben Aitchison	4	0	44	2	11
DER vs LEI	Ben Aitchison	2	0	7	2	3.5
YOR vs DER	Nick Potts	4	0	44	2	11

Essex vs Derbyshire, 29th Match