HAM vs ESS Quarter-Final 1, 15 Jul 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Essex

Southampton

The Rose Bowl

176

HAM

211/3 (20.0)

Essex chose to BOWL

ESS

136/9 (20.0)

Hampshire won by 75 runs

Vitality Blast Men HAM 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
Paul Walter	ESS	BAT	✅	187	LHB	162	27	2828	78	20.94	143.04	12	387	LM	140	116	2.5	27.7	9.32	17.8	0	3/20	91	11	72.5	798	372	0	63.6	7	67.75	2.6	7.11		16	22	18	0	0
Michael Pepper	ESS	BAT	✅	139	RHB	136	13	3249	120	26.41	147.88	21	485		0	0					0	-	69	11	74.6	821	355	0	81.8	5	68.17	7.73	4.51		18	14	10	0	0
Scott Currie	HAM	ALL	✅	84	RHB	33	18	186	26	12.4	107.51	0	19	RMF	83	121	3.3	18.97	8.4	13.5	6	4/18	33	12	72.8	873	9	21	75	11	86.59	4.45	8.64	✅	8	50	0	38	8
James Vince	HAM	BAT	✅	484	RHB	472	47	13563	129	31.91	136.5	95	1873	RM	7	3	1.9	29	6.69	26	0	1/5	270	11	58.9	648	310	0	45.5	2	81.99	11.39	13	✅	1	249	245	0	0
Jordan Cox	ESS	WK	✅	183	RHB	170	33	4127	139	30.12	140.04	22	514		0	0					0	-	129	3	54	162	78	0	66.7	8	97.96	3.44	4.78	✅	20	12	8	0	0
Sonny Baker	HAM	BOWL	✅	32	RHB	6	2	5	3	1.25	41.66	0	0	RF	32	44	3.3	21.29	8.79	14.5	3	5/24	6	5	92.6	463	3	10	80	13	48.3	0.43	0.65	✅	2	205	0	193	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	11	68.5	753	123	13	72.7	6	92.69	37.83	13.77		15	23	17	2	0
James Fuller	HAM	ALL	✅	228	RHB	155	49	2140	57	20.18	142.28	3	239	RFM	193	194	3	26.73	8.86	18	5	6/28	90	12	42	504	83	8	50	5	28.88	0.53	0.94	✅	4	82	0	70	8
Sam Cook	ESS	BOWL	✅	104	RHB	28	18	70	18	7	95.89	0	5	RMF	102	110	3.3	26.28	8.66	18.1	6	4/7	30	3	103	309	0	7	100	4	77.48	1.4	2.75	✅	9	47	5	38	0
Joe Weatherley	HAM	BAT	✅	112	RHB	102	16	2586	71	30.06	132.27	11	295	OB	1	0	1		9		0	-	39	12	62.2	746	382	0	66.7	10	46.48	0.62	1.27	✅	3	90	86	0	0
Chris Wood	HAM	BOWL	✅	242	RHB	87	35	590	31	11.34	111.53	0	66	LMF	238	259	3.4	25.79	8.18	18.9	5	5/32	54	12	62.6	751	22	17	58.3	3	69.28	0.72	2.78		19	13	0	9	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	11	86.5	951	185	12	81.8	1	86.38	12.76	25.5	✅	6	57	7	38	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	11	47.6	524	220	1	36.4	11	6.67	0.22	0.42		14	33	27	2	0
Toby Albert	HAM	BAT	✅	73	RHB	66	12	1434	98	26.55	133.39	7	196		0	0					0	-	27	12	44.9	539	223	0	41.7	15	39.22	7.13	3.02	✅	10	46	34	0	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	11	77.4	851	51	16	72.7	2	58.22	0.54	1.38		12	38	1	33	0
Charlie Allison	ESS	BAT	✅	31	RHB	29	8	636	74	30.28	131.4	4	77	RM	0	0					0	-	16	9	63.8	574	302	0	44.4	12	13.72	0.15	0.29	✅	5	72	68	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	9	68.8	619	0	16	66.7	15	26.16	0.22	1.75		17	22	22	-4	0
Hilton Cartwright	HAM	ALL	✅	159	RHB	142	41	2987	79	29.57	133.4	12	354	RM	12	4	1.4	52	12	26	0	2/34	93	12	54.8	657	269	0	33.3	6	27.02	0.54	1.73		11	38	18	0	16
Delano Potgieter	HAM	BAT	✅	100	LHB	73	27	1355	71	29.45	129.91	3	161	RM	55	50	2.2	19.84	8.04	14.8	3	5/10	32	2	41.5	83	26	1	0	9	32.62	5.46	3.09		21	4	0	0	0
Ben Mayes	HAM	BAT	✅	10	RHB	9	4	165	55	33	139.83	1	20	RM	0	0					0	-	2	6	48.7	292	146	0	50	17	11.11	0.27	0.46		22	4	0	0	0
Noah Thain	ESS	BAT	✅	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	7	41.1	288	77	3	57.1	13	0.98	0.03	0.1		13	34	14	0	16
Andrew Neal	HAM	ALL	✅	5	RHB	1	0	3	3	3	30	0	0	SLA	5	6	3.6	23.33	7.77	18	0	3/29	2	4	55.2	221	3	5	50	7	17.32	0.61	0.85	✅	7	51	0	39	8

Completed matches of Hampshire
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
SOM vs HAM	22 May - 11:00 PM	Taunton	Somerset	HAMHampshire	SOM	158/10 (19.4)	160/3 (16.2)	Somerset Somerset won by 7 wickets (with 22 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
HAM vs SUR	29 May - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Surrey	SURSurrey	HAM	174/8 (20.0)	178/5 (19.1)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
MID vs HAM	31 May - 07:00 PM	Northwood	Hampshire	MIDMiddlesex	HAM	126/7 (20.0)	130/2 (14.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 8 wickets (with 36 balls remaining)
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
SUR vs HAM	05 Jun - 11:00 PM	London	Surrey	HAMHampshire	SUR	215/5 (20.0)	210/7 (20.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 5 runs
HAM vs YOR	26 Jun - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Yorkshire	YORYorkshire	HAM	150/10 (19.5)	155/8 (19.5)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 2 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
KET vs HAM	28 Jun - 08:00 PM	Canterbury	Kent	HAMHampshire	KET	176/6 (20.0)	177/3 (18.4)	Kent Kent won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
KET vs HAM	05 Jul - 08:00 PM	Southampton	Kent	HAMHampshire	KET	190/3 (20.0)	171/10 (19.2)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 19 runs
HAM vs MID	08 Jul - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Middlesex	HAMHampshire	MID	159/4 (20.0)	162/5 (19.0)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 5 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)
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)
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 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 The Rose Bowl
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
HAM vs ESS	26 May - 11:30 PM	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	200/4 (20.0)	170/7 (20.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 30 runs
HAM vs SUR	29 May - 11:30 PM	Surrey	SURSurrey	HAM	174/8 (20.0)	178/5 (19.1)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
HAM vs SUS	02 Jun - 11:30 PM	Sussex	HAMHampshire	SUS	173/6 (20.0)	144/10 (17.3)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 29 runs
HAM vs YOR	26 Jun - 11:30 PM	Yorkshire	YORYorkshire	HAM	150/10 (19.5)	155/8 (19.5)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 2 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
KET vs HAM	05 Jul - 08:00 PM	Kent	HAMHampshire	KET	190/3 (20.0)	171/10 (19.2)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 19 runs
HAM vs MID	08 Jul - 11:30 PM	Middlesex	HAMHampshire	MID	159/4 (20.0)	162/5 (19.0)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
HAM vs ESS	15 Jul - 09:00 PM	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	211/3 (20.0)	136/9 (20.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 75 runs

Top batting performance for HAM
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
HAM vs ESS	2	James Vince	caught	125	61	14	7	204.91
KET vs HAM	2	James Vince	bowled	84	46	12	2	182.6
HAM vs SUR	5	Liam Dawson	not out	76	44	4	4	172.72
SUS vs HAM	7	Hilton Cartwright	caught	70	31	2	7	225.8
HAM vs ESS	5	Tristan Stubbs	not out	69	42	3	5	164.28
KET vs HAM	2	James Vince	lbw	63	40	8	1	157.5
HAM vs YOR	3	Joe Weatherley	caught	63	33	8	3	190.9
KET vs HAM	3	Joe Weatherley	not out	61	47	2	3	129.78
SOM vs HAM	2	James Vince	caught	58	34	4	3	170.58
SUS vs HAM	5	Ben Mayes	not out	55	36	5	2	152.77
HAM vs SUS	5	Liam Dawson	caught	52	35	6	1	148.57
HAM vs MID	4	Ben Mayes	not out	47	37	1	3	127.02
HAM vs ESS	3	Joe Weatherley	caught	47	34	4	2	138.23
HAM vs ESS	3	Joe Weatherley	caught	46	26	3	3	176.92
HAM vs MID	1	Toby Albert	run out	46	27	5	3	170.37
HAM vs ESS	6	Hilton Cartwright	not out	46	21	5	2	219.04
MID vs HAM	2	James Vince	caught	45	29	7	0	155.17
SUR vs HAM	4	Joe Weatherley	caught	43	26	4	1	165.38
KET vs HAM	4	Tristan Stubbs	bowled	41	24	2	2	170.83
SUR vs HAM	3	Hilton Cartwright	caught	40	17	4	2	235.29

Top bowling performance for HAM
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
HAM vs ESS	Sonny Baker	4	24	5	6
KET vs HAM	Sonny Baker	3.2	25	4	7.5
HAM vs ESS	Scott Currie	4	18	4	4.5
HAM vs MID	Andrew Neal	4	29	3	7.25
KET vs HAM	Scott Currie	4	30	3	7.5
HAM vs YOR	Scott Currie	4	31	3	7.75
HAM vs YOR	Chris Wood	4	23	3	5.75
SUR vs HAM	Chris Wood	4	32	3	8
HAM vs SUS	Liam Dawson	4	20	3	5
HAM vs ESS	James Fuller	4	24	2	6
SUS vs HAM	Scott Currie	4	39	2	9.75
SUS vs HAM	Sonny Baker	4	38	2	9.5
ESS vs HAM	Sonny Baker	4	28	2	7
KET vs HAM	Chris Wood	4	33	2	8.25
HAM vs YOR	Sonny Baker	3.5	40	2	10.43
SUR vs HAM	Scott Currie	4	24	2	6
HAM vs SUS	Manny Lumsden	3.3	26	2	7.42
HAM vs SUS	James Fuller	3	37	2	12.33
HAM vs SUS	Chris Wood	4	20	2	5
MID vs HAM	Liam Dawson	4	24	2	6

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