ESS vs SUS 1st Match, 22 May 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Sussex

Chelmsford

County Ground

188

ESS

191/5 (20.0)

Sussex chose to BOWL

SUS

192/4 (16.0)

Sussex won by 6 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

Vitality Blast Men ESS vs SUS 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
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							1	91.4	9.83	16.71	✅	3	110	106	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							4	45.09	0.98	0.74	✅	5	106	74	28	0
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							3	88.45	1.72	3.56	✅	8	50	4	34	8
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	15.97	0	0.37		19	5	0	1	0
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							11	10.93	0.61	0.74		12	37	0	33	0
John Simpson	SUS	WK	✅	204	LHB	182	26	3325	84	21.31	130.23	13	362	NA	0	0					0	-	135							4	21.25	0.37	0.37	✅	2	133	129	0	0
Tom Clark	SUS	BAT	✅	39	LHB	37	4	860	79	26.06	146.75	2	130	RM	1	0	0.2		24		0	-	23							2	44.59	1.11	0.98		15	26	22	0	0
Danny Briggs	SUS	BOWL	✅	285	RHB	88	53	437	35	12.48	124.85	0	53	SLA	274	324	3.5	21.85	7.38	17.7	6	5/19	51							8	49.63	0.12	2.09		13	36	0	32	0
Danny Lamb	SUS	BOWL	✅	83	RHB	52	15	578	49	15.62	114.68	0	63	RMF	74	61	3	33	9.21	21.4	1	5/15	13							7	11.92	0.37	0.25	✅	10	46	0	42	0
Michael Pepper	ESS	WK	✅	140	RHB	137	13	3249	120	26.2	147.68	21	485	NA	0	0					0	-	70							2	0	0	0	✅	4	106	102	0	0
Wiaan Mulder	ESS	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							5	91.52	22.97	25.55		18	9	2	-5	8
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							10	5.77	0.25	0.12		22	0	0	-4	0
Brad Currie	SUS	BOWL	✅	40	RHB	10	8	24	8	12	52.17	0	0	LM	39	48	3.2	18.16	7.03	15.5	1	5/13	17							11	79.85	1.11	2.83		21	1	0	-3	0
Daniel Hughes	SUS	BAT	✅	157	LHB	150	18	3949	108	29.91	132.73	24	524	RM	0	0					0	-	49							1	73.71	2.7	4.79	✅	6	98	94	0	0
James Coles	SUS	ALL	✅	81	RHB	70	16	1490	77	27.59	143.96	7	182	SLA	68	60	2.9	27.5	8.32	19.8	3	4/12	42							3	91.52	47.67	22.24	✅	1	165	90	71	0
Jack Leaning	SUS	ALL	✅	132	RHB	112	26	2273	81	26.43	128.49	8	236	OB	44	28	2.1	25.92	7.97	19.5	0	3/15	72							6	7.99	0	0.25		17	13	1	0	8
Tymal Mills	SUS	BOWL	✅	277	RHB	74	29	272	30	6.04	104.61	0	40	LF	269	341	3.5	23.56	8.42	16.7	7	4/13	44							10	87.71	2.46	7.99		16	16	0	12	0
Simon Fernandes	ESS	WK	✅	5	RHB	4	1	21	10	7	80.76	0	0	OB	0	0					0	-	1							8	2.46	0	0.12		20	4	0	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							7	68.67	0.25	1.11	✅	7	69	14	35	16
Tom Alsop	SUS	WK	✅	120	LHB	111	17	2521	87	26.81	130.89	14	295	LEFT-ARM ORTHODOX SPIN	1	0	1		9		0	-	50							5	37.59	1.23	1.47		14	33	21	0	8
Henry Crocombe	SUS	BOWL	✅	35	RHB	18	13	55	16	11	119.56	0	6	RMF	35	34	2.8	29.5	10.21	17.3	0	3/31	9							9	0.37	0	0	✅	11	42	0	38	0
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							6	8.48	0.37	0.12	✅	9	47	43	0	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 Sussex
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)
KET vs SUS	25 May - 08:00 PM	Canterbury	Sussex	SUSSussex	KET	197/6 (20.0)	199/3 (18.2)	Kent Kent won by 7 wickets (with 10 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
HAM vs SUS	02 Jun - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Sussex	HAMHampshire	SUS	173/6 (20.0)	144/10 (17.3)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 29 runs
SUS vs LEI	05 Jun - 11:30 PM	Brighton	Sussex	SUSSussex	LEI	179/10 (19.5)	180/6 (17.4)	Leics Leics won by 4 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
SUS vs KET	07 Jun - 07:00 PM	Brighton	Sussex	KETKent	SUS	133/8 (20.0)	135/3 (17.2)	Sussex Sussex won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
SUR vs SUS	26 Jun - 11:30 PM	Brighton	Sussex	SUSSussex	SUR	171/10 (19.3)	175/3 (15.3)	Surrey Surrey won by 7 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)
SUS vs WAS	01 Jul - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Warwickshire	WASWarwickshire	SUS	198/3 (20.0)	122/10 (16.3)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 76 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
SUR vs SUS	08 Jul - 11:00 PM	London	Surrey	SUSSussex	SUR	176/7 (20.0)	177/2 (17.2)	Surrey Surrey won by 8 wickets (with 16 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
SUS vs HAM	12 Jul - 07:00 PM	Brighton	Hampshire	SUSSussex	HAM	186/5 (20.0)	190/6 (19.5)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball 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	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 SUS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
MID vs SUS	2	Daniel Hughes	not out	108	52	11	6	207.69
KET vs SUS	2	Tom Clark	caught	79	29	9	6	272.41
SUS vs LEI	1	Harrison Ward	caught	69	33	7	5	209.09
MID vs SUS	4	Jack Leaning	caught	65	48	9	0	135.41
ESS vs SUS	4	John Simpson	caught	63	23	1	8	273.91
SUR vs SUS	3	George Thomas	caught	57	27	6	3	211.11
SUS vs HAM	2	Daniel Hughes	caught	55	32	10	0	171.87
ESS vs SUS	3	James Coles	caught	50	29	5	1	172.41
SUR vs SUS	1	Harrison Ward	lbw	49	29	7	2	168.96
SUR vs SUS	2	Daniel Hughes	caught	45	19	6	2	236.84
ESS vs SUS	1	Daniel Hughes	caught	44	25	10	0	176
SUS vs MID	5	Tom Alsop	caught	43	24	5	2	179.16
SUR vs SUS	4	James Coles	not out	42	29	1	2	144.82
SUS vs KET	2	Daniel Hughes	not out	41	37	5	0	110.81
SUS vs HAM	6	Charlie Tear	not out	40	25	1	4	160
HAM vs SUS	1	Harrison Ward	lbw	40	21	4	3	190.47
SUS vs WAS	2	Daniel Hughes	bowled	38	31	4	0	122.58
SUS vs ESS	6	Tom Alsop	caught	35	35	0	2	100
SUS vs LEI	6	Tom Alsop	caught	34	21	3	1	161.9
SUS vs KET	3	John Simpson	caught	33	22	7	0	150

Top bowling performance for SUS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
SUS vs HAM	Jack Carson	3.5	0	43	3	11.21
MID vs SUS	Tymal Mills	4	0	34	3	8.5
MID vs SUS	Danny Briggs	4	0	35	3	8.75
SUS vs KET	Sean Hunt	4	1	9	3	2.25
SUS vs KET	Tymal Mills	4	0	28	3	7
SUS vs MID	Tymal Mills	4	0	31	3	7.75
SUR vs SUS	Sean Hunt	3.2	0	28	2	8.4
SUS vs ESS	Tymal Mills	4	0	42	2	10.5
SUS vs WAS	Danny Briggs	4	0	36	2	9
SUR vs SUS	James Coles	4	0	35	2	8.75
SUS vs LEI	Tymal Mills	4	0	38	2	9.5
SUS vs LEI	Sean Hunt	4	0	37	2	9.25
HAM vs SUS	Tymal Mills	4	0	26	2	6.5
ESS vs SUS	James Coles	3	0	32	2	10.66
SUS vs HAM	Tymal Mills	4	0	32	1	8
SUS vs HAM	Tom Price	4	0	32	1	8
SUS vs HAM	Danny Briggs	4	0	42	1	10.5
MID vs SUS	Tom Price	3	0	28	1	9.33
MID vs SUS	Jack Carson	4	0	36	1	9
MID vs SUS	Jack Leaning	2	0	19	1	9.5