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
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
Paul Walter	ESS	ALL	✅	183	LHB	158	26	2723	78	20.62	143.31	11	370	LM	138	116	2.5	27.47	9.3	17.7	0	3/20	89							1	91.4	9.83	16.71	✅	3	110	106	0	0
Michael Pepper	ESS	WK	✅	135	RHB	132	12	3133	120	26.1	148.9	20	468		0	0					0	-	67							2	0	0	0	✅	4	106	102	0	0
Daniel Hughes	SUS	BAT	✅	154	LHB	147	17	3777	96	29.05	130.91	22	495	RM	0	0					0	-	48							1	73.71	2.7	4.79	✅	6	98	94	0	0
James Coles	SUS	ALL	✅	72	RHB	62	13	1375	77	28.06	145.81	7	169	SLA	60	55	2.9	26.6	8.28	19.2	3	4/12	36							3	91.52	47.67	22.24	✅	1	165	90	71	0
Tymal Mills	SUS	BOWL	✅	273	RHB	74	29	272	30	6.04	104.61	0	40	LF	265	337	3.5	23.48	8.41	16.7	7	4/13	42							10	87.71	2.46	7.99		16	16	0	12	0
Tom Alsop	SUS	WK	✅	113	LHB	106	16	2412	87	26.8	129.88	14	284		1	0	1		9		0	-	47							5	37.59	1.23	1.47		14	33	21	0	8
Danny Briggs	SUS	BOWL	✅	282	RHB	87	52	429	35	12.25	123.98	0	52	SLA	271	320	3.5	21.76	7.34	17.7	6	5/19	51							8	49.63	0.12	2.09		13	36	0	32	0
Matt Critchley	ESS	ALL	✅	164	RHB	140	29	2221	80	20	123.18	6	237	LB	146	133	2.9	26.42	8.27	19.1	2	5/28	47							3	88.45	1.72	3.56	✅	8	50	4	34	8
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
John Simpson	SUS	WK	✅	204	LHB	182	26	3325	84	21.31	130.23	13	362		0	0					0	-	135							4	21.25	0.37	0.37	✅	2	133	129	0	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
Simon Harmer	ESS	BOWL	✅	227	RHB	136	47	1450	55	16.29	130.74	1	160	OB	215	190	3.3	28.41	7.68	22.1	5	4/18	128							7	68.67	0.25	1.11	✅	7	69	14	35	16
Luc Benkenstein	ESS	ALL	✅	34	RHB	28	4	545	67	22.7	142.29	3	74	LB	25	16	2.1	33.06	10.23	19.3	0	2/23	18							4	45.09	0.98	0.74	✅	5	106	74	28	0
Shane Snater	ESS	BOWL	✅	74	RHB	37	17	225	33	11.25	130.81	0	27	RFM	73	64	2.7	29.62	9.54	18.6	0	3/8	31							9	15.97	0	0.37		19	5	0	1	0
Jack Leaning	SUS	ALL	✅	130	RHB	110	26	2189	81	26.05	128.23	7	225	OB	43	27	2.1	26.18	7.94	19.7	0	3/15	70							6	7.99	0	0.25		17	13	1	0	8
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
Zaman Akhter	ESS	ALL	✅	14	RHB	7	3	78	26	19.5	130	0	9	RFM	14	15	2.9	26.8	9.8	16.4	0	3/19	5							10	5.77	0.25	0.12		22	0	0	-4	0
Charlie Bennett	ESS	BOWL	✅	9	RHB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	RFM	9	12	3	24.25	10.84	13.4	0	3/25	2							11	10.93	0.61	0.74		12	37	0	33	0
Henry Crocombe	SUS	BOWL	✅	33	RHB	18	13	55	16	11	119.56	0	6	RMF	33	32	2.8	30.28	10.3	17.6	0	3/31	9							9	0.37	0	0	✅	11	42	0	38	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
Noah Thain	ESS	ALL	✅	15	RHB	9	3	143	38	23.83	160.67	0	18	RM	7	4	1.4	24.75	9.9	15	0	3/11	7							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)

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	Bears	WASBears	SUS	198/3 (20.0)	122/10 (16.3)	Bears 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

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	Bears	WASBears	SUS	198/3 (20.0)	122/10 (16.3)	Bears 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)

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
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 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
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
HAM vs ESS	7	Simon Harmer	not out	36	18	1	3	200
ESS vs SUS	4	Luc Benkenstein	bowled	36	18	1	4	200
SUS vs ESS	5	Matt Critchley	caught	34	18	2	2	188.88

Top bowling performance for ESS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
SUS vs ESS	Sam Cook	3.3	1	7	4	2
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
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
MID vs ESS	Zaman Akhter	3	0	23	2	7.66
MID vs ESS	Charlie Bennett	3.5	0	22	2	5.73
ESS vs DER	Zaman Akhter	2	0	13	2	6.5
ESS vs DER	Wiaan Mulder	3	1	23	2	7.66
ESS vs DER	Simon Harmer	4	0	25	2	6.25
ESS vs DER	Shane Snater	4	0	36	2	9

Top batting performance for SUS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
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
ESS vs SUS	4	John Simpson	caught	63	23	1	8	273.91
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
SUS vs KET	2	Daniel Hughes	not out	41	37	5	0	110.81
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
SUS vs MID	3	James Coles	caught	33	27	3	0	122.22
SUS vs KET	5	Oli Carter	not out	32	19	4	0	168.42
SUR vs SUS	6	Tom Alsop	caught	31	20	2	1	155
HAM vs SUS	2	Daniel Hughes	caught	31	22	2	2	140.9
SUS vs MID	2	Tom Clark	caught	31	13	4	2	238.46
KET vs SUS	6	Jack Leaning	caught	30	25	3	0	120

Top bowling performance for SUS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
SUS vs KET	Tymal Mills	4	0	28	3	7
SUS vs KET	Sean Hunt	4	1	9	3	2.25
SUS vs MID	Tymal Mills	4	0	31	3	7.75
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 ESS	Danny Briggs	4	0	28	1	7
SUS vs ESS	Jack Carson	4	0	36	1	9
SUS vs ESS	Henry Crocombe	4	0	58	1	14.5
SUS vs ESS	Sean Hunt	4	0	40	1	10
SUS vs WAS	Jack Carson	4	0	29	1	7.25
SUR vs SUS	Ollie Robinson	4	0	28	1	7
SUS vs KET	Jack Leaning	3	0	22	1	7.33
SUS vs KET	Danny Briggs	4	0	28	1	7
SUS vs LEI	Danny Lamb	1.4	0	20	1	12
SUS vs LEI	Danny Briggs	3	0	33	1	11