SOM vs ESS South Group, 08 Jul 2025 Fantasy AI Predictions

Essex

Taunton

The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

198

SOM

225/6 (20.0)

Essex chose to BOWL

ESS

130/10 (14.1)

Somerset won by 95 runs

Vitality Blast Men ESS vs SOM players T20 past performance, current series performance, fantasy points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Fantasy 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
Tom Banton	SOM	WK	✅	181	RHB	177	10	4605	107	27.57	144.17	29	673		0	0					0	-	108	8	44.5	356	150	0	50	1	71.63	4.9	4.38		19	31	27	0	0
Craig Overton	SOM	ALL	✅	111	RHB	54	23	493	42	15.9	130.07	0	52	RMF	109	112	3.3	26.51	8.35	19	1	4/25	75	9	42.44	382	7	3	44	9	23.62	0.93	1.43	✅	8	68	0	64	0
Ben Green	SOM	ALL	✅	73	RHB	48	15	630	47	19.09	136.36	0	70	RFM	65	85	2.9	20.62	9.41	13.1	7	5/29	26	10	65.5	655	125	12	70	7	81.11	4.37	9.17		17	33	21	0	8
Mohammad Amir	ESSEX	BOWL	✅	341	LHB	115	51	458	30	7.15	100	0	52	LFM	334	398	3.7	22.44	7.31	18.4	10	6/17	43	10	58	522	11	12	50	10	78.87	2.11	4.46	✅	3	118	5	109	0
Paul Walter	ESSEX	ALL	✅	149	LHB	126	25	2027	78	20.06	141.64	7	260	LM	113	101	2.4	24.46	8.94	16.4	0	3/20	75	10	76.88	692	197	9	60	2	93.56	34.36	16.55	✅	9	59	52	-5	8
Lewis Goldsworthy	SOM	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0	10	41.7	417	45	7	30	8	11.24	0.25	0.45		14	38	0	34	0
Jordan Cox	ESSEX	WK	✅	135	RHB	125	26	2801	94	28.29	136.76	13	335		0	0					0	-	96	6	53.6	268	110	0	50	3	34.86	1.25	1.77		21	5	1	0	0
Will Davis	SOM	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0	10	79.6	796	396	0	70	2	88.67	18.91	16.11	✅	5	84	60	0	16
Robin Das	ESSEX	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0				0				0		0	1	5	5	1	0	0	7	2.79	0.1	0.12		16	35	31	0	0
Matt Henry	SOM	BOWL	✅	166	RHB	79	32	598	44	12.72	149.87	0	72	RFM	161	204	3.5	22.61	8.24	16.4	5	5/18	68	9	60.44	544	9	12	55	10	71.71	1.92	3.86	✅	2	159	0	147	8
Riley Meredith	SOM	BOWL	✅	114	RHB	20	11	36	10	4	97.29	0	4	RF	114	145	3.6	23.95	8.39	17.1	2	4/12	17	10	91.7	917	4	22	90	11	88.31	8.46	14.18	✅	6	74	0	70	0
Charlie Edward Bennett	ESSEX	BOWL	✅									0	0				0				0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.77	0.48	0.56		22	4	0	0	0
Luc Benkenstein	ESSEX	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	10	70.66	636	158	9	60	5	87.45	4.13	7.84		13	38	-2	28	8
Matt Critchley	ESSEX	ALL	✅	136	RHB	115	27	1925	80	21.87	123.23	5	204	LB	121	118	3	24.61	8.04	18.3	2	5/28	43	10	52.55	473	127	5	50	4	55.02	1.15	1.9		18	31	2	25	0
Noah Thain	ESSEX	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	5	24.5	98	23	1	20	8	5.67	0.15	0.21	✅	4	97	72	1	16
Lewis Gregory	SOM	ALL	✅	236	RHB	186	50	2762	76	20.3	137.75	8	331	RMF	203	197	2.8	25.35	8.77	17.3	6	5/24	102	9	81.66	735	167	9	66	6	43.7	7.75	6.72		12	47	34	1	8
Michael Pepper	ESSEX	WK	✅	90	RHB	88	10	2147	120	27.52	152.16	12	322		0	0					0	-	34	10	53.22	479	209	0	60	1	69.47	1.54	2.22	✅	15	37	25	0	8
Charles Allison	ESSEX	BAT	✅									0	0				0				0		0	9	24.75	198	84	0	0	6	7.94	0.17	0.25		20	30	18	0	8
Tom Abell	SOM	BAT	✅	139	RHB	124	27	3101	101	31.96	135.71	16	364	RM	8	2	1.3	50	10	30	0	1/11	78	10	38.8	388	180	0	30	4	18.39	0.61	0.73		11	52	28	0	20
Sean Dickson	SOM	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	7	65	455	235	0	71	5	28.19	0.6	0.79	✅	10	58	42	0	8
Simon Harmer	ESSEX	BOWL	✅	190	RHB	112	37	1130	43	15.06	125.69	0	119	OB	179	164	3.3	27.63	7.68	21.5	5	4/18	103	10	64.55	581	117	6	50	9	42.14	0.44	0.89	✅	7	71	28	39	0
Tom Kohler-Cadmore	SOM	BAT	✅	228	RHB	223	24	5694	127	28.61	138.4	41	760	OB	0	0					0	-	116	10	61.2	612	270	0	70	3	79.38	5.36	5.3	✅	1	194	170	0	8

Completed matches of Somerset
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
SOM vs SUR	30 May - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Somerset	SURSurrey	SOM	146/9 (20.0)	147/5 (17.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
ESS vs SOM	01 Jun - 08:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	ESSEXEssex	SOM	148/10 (19.1)	149/2 (15.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 8 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
SOM vs SUS	06 Jun - 11:30 PM	Brighton	Somerset	SUSSSussex	SOM	166/8 (20.0)	169/3 (18.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
MID vs SOM	12 Jun - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Somerset	MIDDXMiddlesex	SOM	229/5 (20.0)	235/5 (19.2)	Somerset Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
GLO vs SOM	13 Jun - 11:30 PM	Bristol	Somerset	GLOUCGloucs	SOM	135/7 (20.0)	137/4 (17.4)	Somerset Somerset won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
KET vs SOM	15 Jun - 08:30 PM	Taunton	Somerset	KENTKent	SOM	228/5 (20.0)	224/6 (20.0)	Kent Kent won by 4 runs
HAM vs SOM	19 Jun - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Hampshire	SOMSomerset	HANTS	209/7 (20.0)	192/7 (20.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 17 runs
GLA vs SOM	20 Jun - 11:00 PM	Cardiff	Somerset	GLAMGlamorgan	SOM	130/9 (20.0)	131/4 (16.4)	Somerset Somerset won by 6 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
GLA vs SOM	04 Jul - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Somerset	GLAMGlamorgan	SOM	176/7 (20.0)	174/9 (20.0)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by 2 runs
HAM vs SOM	06 Jul - 07:30 PM	Southampton	Somerset	HANTSHampshire	SOM	178/3 (20.0)	179/6 (19.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
ESS vs SOM	08 Jul - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Essex	SOMSomerset	ESSEX	225/6 (20.0)	130/10 (14.1)	Somerset Somerset won by 95 runs
KET vs SOM	11 Jul - 11:00 PM	Canterbury	Somerset	KENTKent	SOM	137/8 (20.0)	138/5 (18.3)	Somerset Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
SOM vs SUR	13 Jul - 08:00 PM	London	Somerset	SURSurrey	SOM	201/6 (20.0)	134/10 (19.3)	Surrey Surrey won by 67 runs
GLO vs SOM	18 Jul - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Somerset	SOMSomerset	GLOUC	164/7 (20.0)	148/8 (20.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 16 runs

Completed matches of Essex
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs HAM	30 May - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Essex	HANTSHampshire	ESSEX	230/7 (20.0)	124/10 (16.2)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 106 runs
ESS vs SOM	01 Jun - 08:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	ESSEXEssex	SOM	148/10 (19.1)	149/2 (15.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 8 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
ESS vs GLA	06 Jun - 11:00 PM	Cardiff	Glamorgan	ESSEXEssex	GLAM	183/8 (20.0)	185/4 (19.0)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
ESS vs MID	08 Jun - 06:30 PM	Chelmsford	Middlesex	ESSEXEssex	MIDDX	156/9 (20.0)	159/4 (17.3)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
ESS vs GLA	12 Jun - 11:00 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	GLAMGlamorgan	ESSEX	220/6 (20.0)	180/10 (19.5)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by 40 runs
ESS vs MID	19 Jun - 10:45 PM	London	Essex	MIDDXMiddlesex	ESSEX	161/10 (19.5)	160/6 (20.0)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 1 run
ESS vs KET	20 Jun - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	KENTKent	ESSEX	219/3 (20.0)	172/10 (19.0)	Kent Kent won by 47 runs
ESS vs GLO	04 Jul - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	GLOUCGloucs	ESSEX	184/7 (20.0)	171/10 (19.3)	Gloucs Gloucs won by 13 runs
ESS vs SUR	06 Jul - 09:00 PM	London	Essex	SURSurrey	ESSEX	141/6 (12.0)	145/6 (12.0)	Essex Essex won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) (D/L method)
ESS vs SOM	08 Jul - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Essex	SOMSomerset	ESSEX	225/6 (20.0)	130/10 (14.1)	Somerset Somerset won by 95 runs
ESS vs SUS	11 Jul - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Sussex	SUSSSussex	ESSEX	145/10 (18.2)	148/4 (16.1)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)
ESS vs HAM	17 Jul - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HANTSHampshire	ESSEX	220/6 (20.0)	222/6 (19.2)	Essex Essex won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
ESS vs KET	18 Jul - 11:00 PM	Canterbury	Kent	ESSEXEssex	KENT	172/6 (20.0)	173/3 (17.2)	Kent Kent won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)

Completed matches at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
SOM vs SUR	30 May - 11:00 PM	Somerset	SURSurrey	SOM	146/9 (20.0)	147/5 (17.5)	Somerset Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
MID vs SOM	12 Jun - 11:00 PM	Somerset	MIDDXMiddlesex	SOM	229/5 (20.0)	235/5 (19.2)	Somerset Somerset won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
KET vs SOM	15 Jun - 08:30 PM	Somerset	KENTKent	SOM	228/5 (20.0)	224/6 (20.0)	Kent Kent won by 4 runs
HAM vs SOM	19 Jun - 11:00 PM	Hampshire	SOMSomerset	HANTS	209/7 (20.0)	192/7 (20.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 17 runs
GLA vs SOM	04 Jul - 11:00 PM	Somerset	GLAMGlamorgan	SOM	176/7 (20.0)	174/9 (20.0)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by 2 runs
ESS vs SOM	08 Jul - 11:00 PM	Essex	SOMSomerset	ESSEX	225/6 (20.0)	130/10 (14.1)	Somerset Somerset won by 95 runs
GLO vs SOM	18 Jul - 11:00 PM	Somerset	SOMSomerset	GLOUC	164/7 (20.0)	148/8 (20.0)	Somerset Somerset won by 16 runs

Top batting performance for SOM
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
ESS vs SOM	3	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	caught	90	39	8	7	230.76
ESS vs SOM	1	Will Smeed	not out	81	54	11	1	150
MID vs SOM	5	Sean Dickson	caught	76	38	6	5	200
GLA vs SOM	2	Will Smeed	caught	72	49	3	3	146.93
KET vs SOM	1	Tom Banton	lbw	68	33	5	6	206.06
HAM vs SOM	2	Will Smeed	caught	68	37	9	3	183.78
SOM vs SUS	3	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	bowled	64	43	7	3	148.83
MID vs SOM	6	Lewis Gregory	not out	58	23	3	6	252.17
HAM vs SOM	6	Lewis Gregory	run out	55	27	4	4	203.7
HAM vs SOM	5	Sean Dickson	caught	52	33	2	4	157.57
GLO vs SOM	2	Will Smeed	not out	51	45	8	1	113.33
KET vs SOM	3	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	caught	38	20	5	1	190
GLA vs SOM	3	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	caught	38	29	3	2	131.03
SOM vs SUR	3	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	caught	38	23	6	1	165.21
HAM vs SOM	4	Tom Abell	caught	37	26	5	0	142.3
KET vs SOM	6	Lewis Gregory	bowled	37	23	2	3	160.86
ESS vs SOM	2	Tom Lammonby	caught	36	22	3	2	163.63
SOM vs SUS	4	Tom Abell	not out	36	25	3	1	144
KET vs SOM	1	Will Smeed	run out	36	30	4	1	120
GLO vs SOM	7	Ben Green	not out	36	22	0	3	163.63

Top bowling performance for SOM
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
MID vs SOM	Riley Meredith	4	46	4	11.5
GLO vs SOM	Lewis Goldsworthy	4	13	4	3.25
GLA vs SOM	Riley Meredith	4	21	4	5.25
ESS vs SOM	Matt Henry	4	21	4	5.25
SOM vs SUR	Riley Meredith	4	26	3	6.5
SOM vs SUR	Matt Henry	4	21	3	5.25
ESS vs SOM	Ben Green	3	30	3	10
SOM vs SUS	Matt Henry	4	29	3	7.25
KET vs SOM	Riley Meredith	4	45	3	11.25
HAM vs SOM	Ben Green	4	40	3	10
KET vs SOM	Riley Meredith	4	19	3	4.75
SOM vs SUR	Ben Green	4	35	2	8.75
ESS vs SOM	Lewis Gregory	3.1	26	2	8.21
ESS vs SOM	Riley Meredith	4	18	2	4.5
SOM vs SUS	Riley Meredith	4	39	2	9.75
SOM vs SUS	Lewis Gregory	4	40	2	10
GLA vs SOM	Lewis Gregory	4	19	2	4.75
GLA vs SOM	Matt Henry	4	18	2	4.5
GLA vs SOM	Matt Henry	4	15	2	3.75
GLA vs SOM	Lewis Goldsworthy	3	31	2	10.33

Top batting performance for ESSEX
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
ESS vs HAM	3	Jordan Cox	not out	139	60	11	11	231.66
ESS vs SUS	1	Michael Pepper	not out	87	47	14	2	185.1
ESS vs SUS	3	Jordan Cox	caught	82	47	6	6	174.46
ESS vs GLA	7	Luc Benkenstein	caught	62	32	6	4	193.75
ESS vs GLA	3	Michael Pepper	caught	60	30	2	5	200
ESS vs KET	9	Simon Harmer	caught	55	21	2	7	261.9
ESS vs SUR	2	Paul Walter	caught	55	26	5	4	211.53
ESS vs SOM	5	Matt Critchley	run out	54	31	3	4	174.19
ESS vs KET	2	Paul Walter	caught	52	37	7	1	140.54
ESS vs HAM	3	Michael Pepper	caught	51	38	4	2	134.21
ESS vs SOM	2	Dean Elgar	caught	50	37	5	2	135.13
ESS vs KET	1	Dean Elgar	bowled	50	37	5	1	135.13
ESS vs KET	4	Charlie Allison	caught	48	33	4	2	145.45
ESS vs MID	8	Simon Harmer	caught	41	28	4	2	146.42
ESS vs GLO	4	Paul Walter	caught	39	27	4	2	144.44
ESS vs SOM	8	Noah Thain	caught	38	17	1	4	223.52
ESS vs SUR	1	Michael Pepper	lbw	36	15	6	2	240
ESS vs SUS	4	Paul Walter	lbw	35	22	3	2	159.09
ESS vs SUS	1	Dean Elgar	caught	33	18	7	0	183.33
ESS vs GLA	2	Dean Elgar	caught	32	21	4	1	152.38

Top bowling performance for ESSEX
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
ESS vs SUS	Shane Snater	2	1	8	3	4
ESS vs MID	Mohammad Amir	3.5	0	19	3	4.95
ESS vs GLO	Mohammad Amir	4	0	33	3	8.25
ESS vs SOM	Mohammad Amir	4	0	22	3	5.5
ESS vs SUS	Mohammad Amir	3	0	16	3	5.33
ESS vs HAM	Mohammad Amir	4	0	46	2	11.5
ESS vs HAM	Paul Walter	4	0	56	2	14
ESS vs GLA	Paul Walter	4	0	35	2	8.75
ESS vs MID	Paul Walter	3	0	34	2	11.33
ESS vs GLA	Mohammad Amir	4	0	43	2	10.75
ESS vs GLA	Matt Critchley	3	0	34	2	11.33
ESS vs MID	Simon Harmer	4	0	34	2	8.5
ESS vs MID	Luc Benkenstein	3	0	26	2	8.66
ESS vs SUR	Luc Benkenstein	2	0	23	2	11.5
ESS vs SUR	Mohammad Amir	3	0	36	2	12
ESS vs SUS	Sam Cook	3.2	0	25	2	7.5
ESS vs SUS	Simon Harmer	4	0	25	2	6.25
ESS vs SUS	Shane Snater	4	0	25	2	6.25
ESS vs HAM	Simon Harmer	3	0	27	2	9
ESS vs HAM	Mackenzie Jones	3	0	46	2	15.33