NOR vs ESS 59th Match, 26 Jun 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Essex

Northampton

County Ground

174

NOR

238/6 (20.0)

Essex chose to BOWL

ESS

108/10 (13.2)

Northants won by 130 runs

Vitality Blast Men NOR 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
Ben Sanderson	NOR	BOWL	✅	124	RHB	38	19	160	27	8.42	96.96	0	17	RMF	123	153	3.3	23.05	8.56	16.1	6	6/8	25	3	122	366	15	7	100	10	0	0	0	✅	7	80	0	68	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	2	98.5	197	43	3	150	6	0	0	0		18	23	19	0	0
Jordan Cox	ESS	WK	✅	191	RHB	178	34	4276	139	29.69	140.51	22	531	RIGHT-ARM OFFBREAK	0	0					0	-	134							3	0	0	0	✅	11	45	41	0	0
James Sales	NOR	BOWL	✅	24	RHB	14	7	76	12	10.85	101.33	0	7	RFM	22	26	3	22.46	8.78	15.3	1	5/21	6	3	223	669	17	16	200	9	0	0	0		13	39	0	35	0
Lewis McManus	NOR	WK	✅	133	RHB	108	30	1382	76	17.71	137.78	3	152	NA	0	0					0	-	113	3	34.7	104	32	0	33.3	6	0	0	0		15	35	11	0	20
Paul Walter	ESS	BAT	✅	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	2	179.5	359	174	0	150	1	0	0	0		17	30	25	1	0
Chris Lynn	NOR	BAT	✅	320	RHB	312	33	9268	117	33.21	145.28	67	1322	SLA	7	3	1.9	31	7.15	26	0	2/15	73	3	163.7	491	245	0	100	2	0	0	0	✅	2	159	155	0	0
Simon Fernandes	ESS	WK	✅	5	RHB	4	1	21	10	7	80.76	0	0	OB	0	0					0	-	1	2	7	14	6	0	0	8	0	0	0		19	22	10	0	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	2	168.5	337	0	8	200	10	0	0	0	✅	6	84	11	69	0
Michael Pepper	ESS	WK	✅	140	RHB	137	13	3249	120	26.2	147.68	21	485	NA	0	0					0	-	70	2	194	388	174	0	250	2	0	0	0	✅	9	59	47	0	8
Justin Broad	NOR	BAT	✅	39	RHB	37	8	960	67	33.1	134.64	6	114	RM	17	7	1.8	37.57	8.62	26.1	0	2/11	13	3	95.7	287	149	0	133.3	4	0	0	0	✅	10	56	52	0	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	2	205.5	411	0	11	200	11	0	0	0		14	38	0	34	0
Calvin Harrison	NOR	ALL	✅	99	RHB	57	23	415	30	12.2	116.57	0	41	LBG	92	97	3	22.28	7.78	17.1	5	5/9	63	3	145.7	437	59	7	100	7	0	0	0	✅	1	203	1	198	0
George Scrimshaw	NOR	BOWL	✅	80	RHB	16	12	32	6	8	64	0	2	RMF	79	108	3.3	22.06	9.08	14.5	1	4/19	13	3	71.7	215	1	5	66.7	11	0	0	0		12	41	0	37	0
David Willey	NOR	ALL	✅	393	LHB	293	56	5366	118	22.64	134.99	26	678	LFM	370	390	3.2	24.6	8.02	18.3	4	4/7	186	3	215	645	171	7	200	3	0	0	0	✅	3	130	127	-1	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	2	172.5	345	8	7	200	9	0	0	0		16	34	0	30	0
Nathan McSweeney	NOR	BAT	✅	47	RHB	46	6	1141	84	28.52	123.35	6	130	OB	10	6	1.6	21	7.79	16.1	0	3/3	25	3	103.3	310	127	1	133.3	8	0	0	0		20	20	0	0	16
Saif Zaib	NOR	ALL	✅	112	LHB	97	22	1792	92	23.89	142.33	8	234	SLA	48	23	1.9	31.6	8.18	23.1	0	3/12	45	1	107	107	34	1	100	5	0	0	0	✅	8	64	17	43	0
Ricardo Vasconcelos	NOR	WK	✅	78	LHB	77	4	1943	88	26.61	131.55	8	304	NA	0	0					0	-	39	3	83.3	250	124	0	166.7	1	0	0	0	✅	4	106	94	0	8
Charlie Allison	ESS	BAT	✅	31	RHB	29	8	636	74	30.28	131.4	4	77	RM	0	0					0	-	16	0	0	422	220	0	0	4	0	0	0		22	13	9	0	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	2	157	314	56	4	200	7	0	0	0	✅	5	105	16	77	8
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	2	172.5	345	157	1	150	5	0	0	0		21	20	8	0	8

Completed matches of Northamptonshire
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
NOR vs GLA	22 May - 11:00 PM	Northampton	Glamorgan	NORNorthants	GLA	165/8 (20.0)	162/8 (20.0)	Northants Northants won by 3 runs
NOR vs WOR	24 May - 07:00 PM	Worcester	Northants	NORNorthants	WOR	191/10 (20.0)	91/10 (14.4)	Northants Northants won by 100 runs
GLO vs NOR	29 May - 11:00 PM	Northampton	Northants	GLOGloucs	NOR	164/9 (20.0)	166/3 (16.2)	Northants Northants won by 7 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
WAS vs NOR	31 May - 07:00 PM	Birmingham	Warwickshire	WASWarwickshire	NOR	208/7 (20.0)	209/4 (19.2)	Northants Northants won by 6 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
NOR vs DUR	06 Jun - 11:30 PM	Chester-le-Street	Durham	NORNorthants	DUR	145/9 (20.0)	138/8 (20.0)	Northants Northants won by 7 runs
NOR vs WOR	09 Jun - 11:00 PM	Northampton	Northants	WORWorcs	NOR	154/5 (18.0)	162/4 (16.0)	Northants Northants won by 6 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) (D/L method)
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
NOR vs GLO	01 Jul - 11:30 PM	Bristol	Gloucs	GLOGloucs	NOR	184/2 (20.0)	187/2 (17.2)	Northants Northants won by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
NOR vs SOM	05 Jul - 08:00 PM	Northampton	Northants	SOMSomerset	NOR	223/4 (20.0)	118/10 (15.3)	Somerset Somerset won by 105 runs
GLA vs NOR	08 Jul - 11:00 PM	Cardiff	Northants	NORNorthants	GLA	217/7 (20.0)	164/10 (18.3)	Northants Northants won by 53 runs
SOM vs NOR	10 Jul - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Somerset	NORNorthants	SOM	162/8 (20.0)	164/3 (15.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 7 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)
NOR vs WAS	12 Jul - 07:00 PM	Northampton	Northants	NORNorthants	WAS	153/10 (20.0)	154/5 (18.2)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
GLO vs NOR	15 Jul - 09:30 PM	Northampton	Gloucs	GLOGloucs	NOR	152/10 (20.0)	153/2 (17.4)	Northants Northants won by 8 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
NHNTS vs SOM	18 Jul - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Somerset	NORNorthants	SOM	143/10 (19.2)	126/9 (20.0)	Northants Northants won by 17 runs
NHNTS vs HANTS	18 Jul - 11:15 PM	Birmingham	Hampshire	NORNorthants	HAM	169/10 (19.5)	155/10 (19.2)	Northants Northants won by 14 runs

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 at County Ground
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
NOR vs GLA	22 May - 11:00 PM	Glamorgan	NORNorthants	GLA	165/8 (20.0)	162/8 (20.0)	Northants Northants won by 3 runs
GLO vs NOR	29 May - 11:00 PM	Northants	GLOGloucs	NOR	164/9 (20.0)	166/3 (16.2)	Northants Northants won by 7 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
NOR vs WOR	09 Jun - 11:00 PM	Northants	WORWorcs	NOR	154/5 (18.0)	162/4 (16.0)	Northants Northants won by 6 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) (D/L method)
NOR vs ESS	26 Jun - 11:00 PM	Essex	NORNorthants	ESS	238/6 (20.0)	108/10 (13.2)	Northants Northants won by 130 runs
NOR vs SOM	05 Jul - 08:00 PM	Northants	SOMSomerset	NOR	223/4 (20.0)	118/10 (15.3)	Somerset Somerset won by 105 runs
NOR vs WAS	12 Jul - 07:00 PM	Northants	NORNorthants	WAS	153/10 (20.0)	154/5 (18.2)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
GLO vs NOR	15 Jul - 09:30 PM	Gloucs	GLOGloucs	NOR	152/10 (20.0)	153/2 (17.4)	Northants Northants won by 8 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

Top batting performance for NOR
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
GLA vs NOR	1	Chris Lynn	caught	117	56	10	7	208.92
WAS vs NOR	2	Chris Lynn	not out	115	59	13	5	194.91
NHNTS vs HANTS	1	Ricardo Vasconcelos	bowled	88	59	11	2	149.15
SOM vs NOR	4	Lewis McManus	caught	76	43	7	4	176.74
NOR vs ESS	2	Chris Lynn	caught	75	37	11	3	202.7
NOR vs GLO	3	David Willey	caught	73	32	2	7	228.12
NOR vs GLO	2	Nathan McSweeney	not out	72	40	8	2	180
GLO vs NOR	2	Chris Lynn	caught	69	36	6	5	191.66
NOR vs ESS	3	David Willey	caught	65	29	6	4	224.13
GLO vs NOR	3	Nathan McSweeney	bowled	53	36	4	2	147.22
GLO vs NOR	4	David Willey	not out	47	33	1	1	142.42
NOR vs WOR	4	David Willey	bowled	47	33	4	3	142.42
NOR vs WOR	3	David Willey	caught	46	23	4	3	200
NOR vs ESS	1	Ricardo Vasconcelos	bowled	44	21	10	0	209.52
GLO vs NOR	1	Ricardo Vasconcelos	caught	42	30	6	0	140
NOR vs SOM	1	Ricardo Vasconcelos	caught	40	23	8	0	173.91
NHNTS vs SOM	2	Chris Lynn	bowled	39	26	3	3	150
NOR vs GLA	6	Justin Broad	caught	38	25	3	1	152
NOR vs WAS	5	Saif Zaib	caught	37	24	4	1	154.16
NOR vs WOR	2	Chris Lynn	caught	37	18	3	4	205.55

Top bowling performance for NOR
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
NOR vs ESS	Calvin Harrison	2.2	0	9	5	3.85
GLO vs NOR	James Sales	4	0	21	5	5.25
GLO vs NOR	Ben Sanderson	4	0	20	4	5
NOR vs WOR	Calvin Harrison	3.4	0	17	4	4.63
NHNTS vs HANTS	James Sales	4	0	25	3	6.25
NHNTS vs SOM	David Willey	4	0	17	3	4.25
NHNTS vs SOM	Ben Sanderson	4	0	28	3	7
NOR vs WAS	George Scrimshaw	4	0	36	3	9
GLA vs NOR	Calvin Harrison	4	0	20	3	5
NOR vs WOR	James Sales	4	0	34	3	8.5
NOR vs WOR	James Sales	4	0	28	3	7
NOR vs GLA	George Scrimshaw	4	0	33	3	8.25
NHNTS vs HANTS	Luke Procter	3	0	25	2	8.33
NHNTS vs HANTS	Ben Sanderson	3.2	0	26	2	7.8
GLO vs NOR	Calvin Harrison	4	0	23	2	5.75
GLA vs NOR	Saif Zaib	4	0	27	2	6.75
GLA vs NOR	James Sales	2.3	0	21	2	8.4
NOR vs SOM	Calvin Harrison	3	0	31	2	10.33
NOR vs ESS	Ben Sanderson	2	0	25	2	12.5
NOR vs WOR	David Willey	4	1	28	2	7

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