ESS vs MID 78th Match, 05 Jul 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Middlesex

Chelmsford

County Ground

193

ESS

142/8 (20.0)

Middlesex chose to BOWL

MID

143/6 (19.0)

Middlesex won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Vitality Blast Men ESS vs MID 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
Max Holden	MID	BAT	✅	127	LHB	125	16	2980	121	27.33	139.25	18	409	OB	1	0	1		12		0	-	41	8	40	320	156	0	25	3	61.49	4.67	4.39		20	7	3	0	0
Paul Walter	ESS	BAT	✅	187	LHB	162	27	2828	78	20.94	143.04	12	387	LM	140	116	2.5	27.7	9.32	17.8	0	3/20	91	9	67.2	605	277	0	44.4	1	84.22	11.04	10.57	✅	9	50	38	0	8
Michael Pepper	ESS	WK	✅	139	RHB	136	13	3249	120	26.41	147.88	21	485		0	0					0	-	69	9	65.2	587	245	0	77.8	2	84.78	8.9	8.7		18	13	9	0	0
Tom Helm	MID	BOWL	✅	126	RHB	58	31	293	28	10.85	98.98	0	26	RFM	122	139	3.4	27.18	9.06	17.9	3	5/11	28	8	54.4	435	4	10	50	10	87.79	2.24	3.95		16	23	0	11	8
Leus du Plooy	MID	BAT	✅	219	LHB	204	39	4581	92	27.76	134.06	26	540	SLA	21	14	1.7	22	8.47	15.5	1	4/15	103	8	36.8	294	140	0	25	4	71.85	6.93	7.85	✅	4	86	74	0	8
Jordan Cox	ESS	WK	✅	186	RHB	173	34	4183	139	30.09	140.55	22	520		0	0					0	-	130	2	59.5	119	61	0	100	3	63.91	11.17	5.41		19	13	1	0	8
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	9	42.3	381	91	5	55.6	6	83.25	17.43	13.9	✅	10	46	1	41	0
Sam Cook	ESS	BOWL	✅	107	RHB	28	18	70	18	7	95.89	0	5	RMF	105	112	3.3	26.45	8.66	18.3	6	4/7	30	1	173	173	0	4	100	10	76.04	4.03	5.53	✅	6	79	0	75	0
Simon Harmer	ESS	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	9	73.3	660	129	8	66.7	7	88.49	21.5	17.29	✅	2	200	112	84	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	9	51.9	467	199	1	44.4	5	53.12	4.27	5.84		17	19	15	0	0
Joe Cracknell	MID	WK	✅	68	RHB	67	6	1297	77	21.26	132.75	5	181	NA	0	0					0	-	40	2	37.5	75	31	0	50	6	25.9	1.13	1.39	✅	3	91	59	0	28
Joshua De Caires	MID	ALL	✅	31	RHB	26	3	339	80	14.73	127.44	1	45	OB	17	14	2.5	30.07	9.71	18.5	0	2/34	12	6	53.8	323	131	2	33.3	2	30.33	1.17	1.45		12	37	25	0	8
Luke Hollman	MID	ALL	✅	85	LHB	75	20	1118	51	20.32	131.99	1	132	LB	78	88	3.2	23.9	8.5	16.8	3	5/16	38	8	59.8	478	153	5	62.5	7	88.9	11.49	12.78	✅	1	202	54	144	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	9	64.7	582	51	10	55.6	8	59.24	1.01	1.87	✅	11	42	0	38	0
Charlie Allison	ESS	BAT	✅	31	RHB	29	8	636	74	30.28	131.4	4	77	RM	0	0					0	-	16	7	73.7	516	266	0	57.1	4	40	2.32	2.75		15	25	21	0	0
Ben Geddes	MID	BAT	✅	29	RHB	28	4	439	69	18.29	138.05	2	49	NA	0	0					0	-	8	4	25.8	103	43	0	25	5	29.36	2	2.1		21	5	1	0	0
Zaman Akhter	ESS	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	9	60.3	543	33	11	66.7	9	34.47	0.89	2.15		22	3	-2	1	0
Zafar Gohar	MID	BOWL	✅	94	LHB	51	18	411	37	12.45	108.73	0	37	SLA	92	96	3.4	25.54	7.84	19.5	3	4/14	24	6	37	222	19	4	50	8	30.67	0.56	0.86		14	26	3	19	0
Matthew Boyle	MID	BAT	✅	33	LHB	30	2	740	81	26.42	148.89	4	106	LBG	8	1	1.6	115	8.84	78	0	1/13	22	2	30	60	26	0	0	1	30.84	2.09	4.68	✅	7	69	22	35	8
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	77	77	0	2	100	11	29.25	0.64	1.12	✅	8	62	29	1	28
Sebastian Morgan	MID	BOWL	✅	8	RHB	5	3	45	19	22.5	132.35	0	5	RM	7	6	2.6	32.66	10.78	18.1	0	2/34	3	5	44	220	45	3	20	9	26.06	0.56	0.81		13	30	0	26	0
Naavya Sharma	MID	BOWL	✅	7	RHB	3	3	3	2		60	0	0	RFM	7	7	3.4	30.42	8.87	20.5	0	2/33	2	1	46	46	0	1	100	11	22.75	0.49	0.69	✅	5	84	0	80	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	ESSEssex	SUS	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	HAMHampshire	ESS	200/4 (20.0)	170/7 (20.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 30 runs
ESS vs KET	29 May - 11:00 PM	Canterbury	Essex	KETKent	ESS	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	DERDerbyshire	ESS	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	ESSEssex	MID	176/5 (20.0)	116/10 (17.5)	Essex Essex won by 60 runs
KET vs ESS	09 Jun - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Kent	ESSEssex	KET	187/6 (20.0)	184/9 (20.0)	Essex Essex won by 3 runs
NOR vs ESS	26 Jun - 11:00 PM	Northampton	Essex	NORNorthants	ESS	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	ESS	240/4 (20.0)	233/8 (20.0)	Surrey Surrey won by 7 runs
SUS vs ESS	03 Jul - 11:30 PM	Brighton	Essex	ESSEssex	SUS	204/6 (20.0)	104/10 (17.3)	Essex Essex won by 100 runs
ESS vs MID	05 Jul - 08:30 PM	Chelmsford	Middlesex	ESSEssex	MID	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	HAMHampshire	ESS	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	ESS	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	HAMHampshire	ESS	211/3 (20.0)	136/9 (20.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 75 runs

Completed matches of Middlesex
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
MID vs KET	22 May - 10:45 PM	London	Kent	KETKent	MID	208/6 (20.0)	181/8 (20.0)	Kent Kent won by 27 runs
MID vs SUR	24 May - 04:30 PM	London	Middlesex	MIDMiddlesex	SUR	143/8 (20.0)	144/4 (18.3)	Surrey Surrey won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
SUS vs MID	30 May - 11:30 PM	Brighton	Sussex	MIDMiddlesex	SUS	213/4 (20.0)	182/10 (19.4)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 31 runs
MID vs HAM	31 May - 07:00 PM	Northwood	Hampshire	MIDMiddlesex	HAM	126/7 (20.0)	130/2 (14.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 8 wickets (with 36 balls remaining)
SUR vs MID	03 Jun - 11:00 PM	London	Surrey	MIDMiddlesex	SUR	130/7 (20.0)	134/2 (14.1)	Surrey Surrey won by 8 wickets (with 35 balls remaining)
MID vs ESS	07 Jun - 08:00 PM	Northwood	Middlesex	ESSEssex	MID	176/5 (20.0)	116/10 (17.5)	Essex Essex won by 60 runs
GLA vs MID	26 Jun - 11:00 PM	Cardiff	Glamorgan	MIDMiddlesex	GLA	153/7 (20.0)	159/4 (17.3)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
MID vs DUR	28 Jun - 07:00 PM	Richmond	Middlesex	DURDurham	MID	218/6 (20.0)	118/10 (14.5)	Durham Durham won by 100 runs
ESS vs MID	05 Jul - 08:30 PM	Chelmsford	Middlesex	ESSEssex	MID	142/8 (20.0)	143/6 (19.0)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
HAM vs MID	08 Jul - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Middlesex	HAMHampshire	MID	159/4 (20.0)	162/5 (19.0)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
MID vs SUS	10 Jul - 09:30 PM	Northwood	Middlesex	SUSSussex	MID	213/3 (20.0)	195/9 (20.0)	Sussex Sussex won by 18 runs
KET vs MID	12 Jul - 07:00 PM	Canterbury	Kent	MIDMiddlesex	KET	172/6 (20.0)	158/7 (20.0)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 14 runs

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	ESSEssex	SUS	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	DERDerbyshire	ESS	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	ESSEssex	KET	187/6 (20.0)	184/9 (20.0)	Essex Essex won by 3 runs
SUR vs ESS	01 Jul - 11:30 PM	Essex	SURSurrey	ESS	240/4 (20.0)	233/8 (20.0)	Surrey Surrey won by 7 runs
SUS vs WAS	01 Jul - 11:30 PM	Warwickshire	WASWarwickshire	SUS	198/3 (20.0)	122/10 (16.3)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 76 runs
ESS vs MID	05 Jul - 08:30 PM	Middlesex	ESSEssex	MID	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	HAMHampshire	ESS	130/10 (15.5)	134/3 (16.0)	Essex Essex won by 7 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

Top batting performance for ESS
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 ESS
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 MID
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
SUS vs MID	3	Joshua De Caires	not out	80	44	7	5	181.81
MID vs KET	2	Adam Rossington	caught	79	43	9	4	183.72
SUS vs MID	1	Max Holden	caught	77	41	6	5	187.8
HAM vs MID	3	Max Holden	caught	62	49	7	1	126.53
MID vs SUS	3	Max Holden	lbw	52	20	6	3	260
MID vs HAM	7	Luke Hollman	not out	47	33	6	1	142.42
HAM vs MID	5	Ben Geddes	not out	44	31	1	3	141.93
ESS vs MID	4	Leus du Plooy	caught	38	24	4	2	158.33
GLA vs MID	5	Ben Geddes	run out	38	22	2	2	172.72
MID vs SUS	4	Leus du Plooy	caught	37	28	2	2	132.14
MID vs ESS	6	Ryan Higgins	caught	36	28	3	2	128.57
SUS vs MID	4	Leus du Plooy	lbw	36	21	3	1	171.42
ESS vs MID	6	Joe Cracknell	caught	35	27	5	0	129.62
MID vs SUR	7	Luke Hollman	not out	35	28	4	0	125
KET vs MID	7	Luke Hollman	not out	34	22	3	1	154.54
MID vs SUS	2	Matthew Boyle	caught	34	24	4	1	141.66
MID vs DUR	4	Leus du Plooy	caught	34	21	2	2	161.9
KET vs MID	5	Ben Geddes	lbw	32	21	0	3	152.38
ESS vs MID	7	Luke Hollman	not out	32	27	3	1	118.51
SUR vs MID	7	Luke Hollman	not out	31	29	1	1	106.89

Top bowling performance for MID
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
ESS vs MID	Luke Hollman	4	0	21	4	5.25
KET vs MID	Zafar Gohar	4	0	38	3	9.5
SUS vs MID	Tom Helm	4	0	41	3	10.25
KET vs MID	Matthew Boyle	3	0	16	2	5.33
MID vs SUS	Naavya Sharma	4	0	34	2	8.5
ESS vs MID	Naavya Sharma	4	0	33	2	8.25
MID vs DUR	Tom Helm	4	0	43	2	10.75
MID vs DUR	Eathan Bosch	4	0	56	2	14
MID vs ESS	Sebastian Morgan	4	0	34	2	8.5
SUS vs MID	Eathan Bosch	4	0	37	2	9.25
SUS vs MID	Zafar Gohar	4	0	38	2	9.5
MID vs SUR	Tom Helm	3.3	0	24	2	6.85
MID vs KET	Noah Cornwell	4	1	25	2	6.25
KET vs MID	Luke Hollman	4	0	30	1	7.5
MID vs SUS	Noah Cornwell	4	0	55	1	13.75
HAM vs MID	Naavya Sharma	4	0	33	1	8.25
HAM vs MID	Luke Hollman	4	0	14	1	3.5
HAM vs MID	Zafar Gohar	4	0	21	1	5.25
ESS vs MID	Sebastian Morgan	2	0	33	1	16.5
ESS vs MID	Matthew Boyle	2	0	13	1	6.5