T20 Blast 2025, South

Essex v Kent

Essex 172/6 20 ov
Kent 173/3 17.2 ov

Kent won by 7 wickets

Venue
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Date
Fri, 18 July 2025
Toss
Kent won the toss and chose to field

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Kent 58% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field.

Essex win

Kent win

Essex batKent chase 173

Turning point +10 to Essex. 5.2, the chase: Paul Walter to Daniel Bell-Drummond, wicket, 46/1, needing 127. Essex went from 28% to 37%.

Moved it most Daniel Bell-Drummond −25.7 · Harry Finch +22.9 · Tawanda Muyeye +21.2 · Simon Harmer −14.0

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Michael Pepperc FJ Klaassen b MW Parkinson282141133.3−4.0
Paul Walterc HZ Finch b JL Denly523771140.5+7.8
Jordan Coxb JDM Evison6110054.5−12.5
CWJ Allisonc JA Leaning b G Stewart483342145.5+1.3
Matt Critchleyc G Stewart b NN Gilchrist121001120.0−1.9
Luc Benkensteinc MW Parkinson b NN Gilchrist6201300.0+1.5
Simon Harmernot out12*610200.0+3.6
NRM Thainnot out1*100100.0−0.1
Extras b 1, w 4, nb 27
Total 20 ov, 8.60 an over172/6

Did not bat Shane Snater, Mohammad Amir, MW Jones

Fall of wickets 68-1 (Pepper, 6.5), 81-2 (Cox, 9.1), 111-3 (Walter, 14.4), 142-4 (Critchley, 17.4), 148-5 (Benkenstein, 18), 165-6 (Allison, 19.2)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Grant Stewart403117.75712+0.5
Frederick Klaassen403609.001010−7.2
Joseph Denly2025112.50400−5.2
NN Gilchrist2035217.50400−9.4
Matthew Parkinson402215.501000+10.6
JDM Evison402215.50820+12.7

Win is the win chance a player added for his side, in points (100 = a match turned round): batting in the top table, bowling in the bottom. Point at or tap a player to see his balls on the chart.

Ball by ball

The whole match on one screen: a row for every over, a square for every ball, coloured by how far it moved the match. Pick any ball, play it through, or click a name to follow one player.

The balls that decided it