ESS vs HAM 2nd Match, 03 Apr 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Hampshire

Southampton

The Rose Bowl

ESS

461/7 (138.3)

Hampshire chose to BOWL

HAM

156/10 (48.3)

Essex won by an innings and 137 runs

County Championship Division One ESS vs HAM players TEST 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	✅		LHB							0	0	LM			0				0		0							2	0	0	0		20	17	13	0	0
Michael Pepper	ESS	WK	✅		RHB							0	0				0				0		0							7	0	0	0	✅	7	104	52	0	48
Liam Dawson	HAM	ALL	✅	4	RHB	7	2	110	66	22	41.98	1	11	SLA	7	8	21.4	54.75	2.92	112.2	0	2/34	2							7	0	0	0		19	27	23	0	0
Sonny Baker	HAM	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RF			0				0		0							11	0	0	0		13	62	18	40	0
Matt Critchley	ESS	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0							5	0	0	0	✅	1	451	283	164	0
Sam Cook	ESS	BOWL	✅	1	RHB	0	0	0				0	0	RMF	2	1	15.5	119	3.83	186	0	1/72	0							11	0	0	0	✅	8	104	0	100	0
Joe Weatherley	HAM	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0							1	0	0	0		22	13	9	0	0
Tom Prest	HAM	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0							3	0	0	0	✅	4	147	115	20	8
Wiaan Mulder	ESS	ALL	✅	24	RHB	40	5	1253	367	35.8	57.82	4	169	RM	40	38	8.4	26	2.93	53.2	2	4/32	31							4	0	0	0		14	61	29	28	0
Dean Elgar	ESS	BAT	✅	86	LHB	152	11	5347	199	37.92	47.78	37	710	SLA	45	15	3.8	44.86	3.89	69	1	4/22	92							1	0	0	0		23	6	2	0	0
Simon Harmer	ESS	BOWL	✅	14	RHB	20	4	273	47	17.06	36.99	0	24	OB	24	69	21.8	21.79	2.87	45.4	9	6/37	7							9	0	0	0	✅	2	237	117	116	0
Nick Gubbins	HAM	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0							2	0	0	0	✅	10	80	76	0	0
Shane Snater	ESS	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0							10	0	0	0	✅	6	125	65	48	8
Charlie Allison	ESS	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0							6	0	0	0	✅	3	150	146	0	0
Eddie Jack	HAM	BOWL	✅		LHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0							10	0	0	0	✅	9	103	71	20	8
Tom Westley	ESS	BAT	✅	5	RHB	9	1	193	59	24.12	42.6	1	33	OB	1	0	4		3		0	-	1							3	0	0	0		15	56	52	0	0
Ben Brown	HAM	WK	✅		RHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0							5	0	0	0		17	43	23	0	16
Jake Lehmann	HAM	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0							4	0	0	0	✅	11	79	75	0	0
Ben Mayes	HAM	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0							6	0	0	0		18	36	24	0	8
Jamie Porter	ESS	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0							12	0	0	0		12	64	0	60	0
Codi Yusuf	HAM	ALL	✅	2	RHB	2	1	35	27	35	53.03	0	6	RM	4	10	11.8	12.2	2.59	28.2	0	3/22	2							8	0	0	0		16	54	22	28	0
Noah Thain	ESS	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0							8	0	0	0		21	14	2	0	8
Kyle Abbott	HAM	BOWL	✅	11	RHB	14	0	95	17	6.78	28.1	0	11	RFM	21	39	16.5	22.71	2.55	53.3	3	7/29	4							9	0	0	0	✅	5	131	79	48	0

Completed matches of Essex
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs HAM	03 Apr - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	ESSEssex	HAM	461/7 (138.3)	156/10 (48.3)	Essex Essex won by an innings and 137 runs
ESS vs SOM	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Somerset	ESSEssex	SOM	149/10 (51.0)	348/10 (92.3)	Somerset Somerset won by 10 wickets
WAS vs ESS	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Essex	WASBears	ESS	190/10 (64.5)	205/10 (73.5)	Bears Warwickshire won by 41 runs
ESS vs HAM	08 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	235/10 (71.3)	273/10 (90.0)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets
ESS vs LEI	15 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	LEILeics	ESS	333/10 (90.2)	293/10 (85.0)	Essex Essex won by 7 wickets
LEI vs ESS	12 Jun - 03:30 PM	Leicester	Leics	ESSEssex	LEI	401/10 (97.4)	187/10 (63.2)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets

Completed matches of Hampshire
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs HAM	03 Apr - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	ESSEssex	HAM	461/7 (138.3)	156/10 (48.3)	Essex Essex won by an innings and 137 runs
HAM vs YOR	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Leeds	Yorkshire	HAMHampshire	YOR	251/10 (69.1)	177/10 (65.4)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 214 runs
HAM vs SOM	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	HAMHampshire	SOM	238/10 (59.1)	288/10 (85.1)	Somerset Somerset won by 2 wickets
HAM vs GLA	01 May - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	GLAGlamorgan	HAM	536/7 (132.0)	214/10 (73.1)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by an innings and 69 runs
ESS vs HAM	08 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	235/10 (71.3)	273/10 (90.0)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets

Completed matches at The Rose Bowl
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs HAM	03 Apr - 03:30 PM	Hampshire	ESSEssex	HAM	461/7 (138.3)	156/10 (48.3)	Essex Essex won by an innings and 137 runs
HAM vs SOM	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Hampshire	HAMHampshire	SOM	238/10 (59.1)	288/10 (85.1)	Somerset Somerset won by 2 wickets
HAM vs GLA	01 May - 03:30 PM	Hampshire	GLAGlamorgan	HAM	536/7 (132.0)	214/10 (73.1)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by an innings and 69 runs

Top batting performance for ESS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
LEI vs ESS	4	Jordan Cox	caught	204	201	26	2	101.49
ESS vs HAM	5	Matt Critchley	caught	173	266	20	1	65.03
SUR vs ESS	3	Tom Westley	caught	136	169	22	2	80.47
LEI vs ESS	1	Paul Walter	caught	110	135	11	0	81.48
SUR vs ESS	2	Dean Elgar	not out	107	238	10	1	44.95
SUR vs ESS	2	Paul Walter	lbw	101	184	14	0	54.89
LEI vs ESS	5	Matt Critchley	bowled	97	136	12	1	71.32
SUR vs ESS	1	Dean Elgar	caught	92	161	15	0	57.14
ESS vs HAM	5	Matt Critchley	not out	90	73	15	0	123.28
ESS vs HAM	9	Simon Harmer	not out	80	118	14	0	67.79
ESS vs HAM	6	Charlie Allison	caught	80	140	12	1	57.14
ESS vs LEI	8	Wiaan Mulder	not out	79	124	9	0	63.7
ESS vs LEI	6	Charlie Allison	caught	72	103	11	0	69.9
ESS vs HAM	9	Simon Harmer	not out	71	145	8	1	48.96
ESS vs SOM	1	Paul Walter	caught	70	118	9	0	59.32
SUR vs ESS	7	Noah Thain	caught	64	126	12	0	50.79
ESS vs SOM	5	Matt Critchley	caught	59	87	10	0	67.81
ESS vs HAM	7	Wiaan Mulder	caught	54	98	6	0	55.1
ESS vs LEI	3	Jamie Porter	bowled	52	117	7	0	44.44
ESS vs SOM	4	Charlie Allison	caught	49	84	6	0	58.33

Top bowling performance for ESS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
WAS vs ESS	Sam Cook	15	3	58	5	3.86
ESS vs HAM	Matt Critchley	4.3	1	9	5	2
ESS vs LEI	Sam Cook	9.4	4	19	4	1.96
ESS vs LEI	Shane Snater	9	5	12	4	1.33
ESS vs HAM	Simon Harmer	31	8	66	4	2.12
WAS vs ESS	Jamie Porter	20	3	59	4	2.95
LEI vs ESS	Simon Harmer	18	8	42	3	2.33
LEI vs ESS	Charlie Bennett	11	0	48	3	4.36
LEI vs ESS	Simon Harmer	51	8	124	3	2.43
LEI vs ESS	Shane Snater	34	8	69	3	2.02
ESS vs LEI	Wiaan Mulder	16	2	70	3	4.37
ESS vs LEI	Shane Snater	18.2	5	59	3	3.21
ESS vs HAM	Sam Cook	14	2	56	3	4
ESS vs HAM	Sam Cook	15	3	52	3	3.46
ESS vs HAM	Wiaan Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	3.68
SUR vs ESS	Simon Harmer	25.3	2	69	3	2.7
WAS vs ESS	Shane Snater	9.2	4	15	3	1.6
ESS vs SOM	Jamie Porter	21	5	84	3	4
ESS vs SOM	Shane Snater	18.3	6	56	3	3.02
ESS vs SOM	Sam Cook	24	5	93	3	3.87

Top batting performance for HAM
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
HAM vs YOR	6	Ben Brown	not out	103	109	9	4	94.49
HAM vs NOT	4	Jake Lehmann	not out	102	205	11	0	49.75
HAM vs GLA	6	Ben Brown	bowled	96	145	12	1	66.2
HAM vs YOR	5	Jake Lehmann	caught	92	130	12	1	70.76
ESS vs HAM	4	Jake Lehmann	bowled	89	164	15	0	54.26
SUR vs HAM	8	Delano Potgieter	not out	84	171	9	2	49.12
HAM vs SOM	2	Nick Gubbins	caught	83	170	12	0	48.82
HAM vs SOM	4	Jake Lehmann	caught	76	110	10	0	69.09
HAM vs YOR	4	Jake Lehmann	caught	76	93	11	0	81.72
ESS vs HAM	6	Ben Brown	caught	73	116	9	1	62.93
ESS vs HAM	2	Nick Gubbins	caught	71	189	13	0	37.56
SUR vs HAM	4	Jake Lehmann	caught	69	139	10	0	49.64
HAM vs SOM	5	Ben Brown	bowled	66	104	10	0	63.46
HAM vs GLA	5	Ben Mayes	caught	59	104	8	0	56.73
ESS vs HAM	6	Ben Brown	not out	57	89	8	0	64.04
HAM vs NOT	8	Felix Organ	caught	55	73	8	0	75.34
ESS vs HAM	3	Tom Prest	lbw	55	67	10	0	82.08
SUR vs HAM	3	Ali Orr	not out	53	121	9	0	43.8
HAM vs YOR	3	Tom Prest	run out	53	62	7	0	85.48
SUR vs HAM	2	Nick Gubbins	lbw	51	74	9	0	68.91

Top bowling performance for HAM
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
HAM vs YOR	Kyle Abbott	17	10	21	6	1.23
HAM vs NOT	Sonny Baker	15.1	3	45	5	2.96
ESS vs HAM	James Fuller	15	4	43	5	2.86
HAM vs SOM	Sonny Baker	17	1	62	5	3.64
HAM vs NOT	Kyle Abbott	21	8	40	4	1.9
ESS vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.5
HAM vs YOR	Sonny Baker	12	2	45	4	3.75
HAM vs YOR	Kyle Abbott	20	5	49	4	2.45
SUR vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	20.5	2	76	3	3.64
SUR vs HAM	Delano Potgieter	15	1	83	3	5.53
HAM vs SOM	Codi Yusuf	19	1	67	3	3.52
SUR vs HAM	Sonny Baker	18	1	82	2	4.55
ESS vs HAM	Scott Currie	14	2	37	2	2.64
ESS vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	24	8	45	2	1.87
HAM vs GLA	Tom Prest	7	0	37	2	5.28
HAM vs SOM	Liam Dawson	22	2	66	2	3
HAM vs SOM	Kyle Abbott	19	4	67	2	3.52
HAM vs YOR	Liam Dawson	10.1	2	37	2	3.63
ESS vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	28	5	76	2	2.71
ESS vs HAM	Sonny Baker	22	3	68	2	3.09