T20 Blast 2026, South

Kent v Essex

Kent 129/9 20 ov
Essex 130/1 13.4 ov

Essex won by 9 wickets

Venue
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Date
Fri, 29 May 2026
Toss
Essex won the toss and chose to field

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Essex 68% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field.

Kent win

Essex win

Kent batEssex chase 130

Turning point −6 to Essex. 0.2, first innings: Shane Snater to Daniel Bell-Drummond, 2 runs, 3/0. Kent went from 31% to 26%.

Moved it most CE Bennett +8.7 · Zak Crawley −8.6 · Zaman Akhter +5.5 · Michael Pepper +5.0

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Tawanda Muyeyec LM Benkenstein b CE Bennett120050.0−2.0
Daniel Bell-Drummondc MS Pepper b PWA Mulder13141092.9+1.5
Zak Crawleyc PWA Mulder b S Snater7510140.0−8.6
Samuel Billingsc CE Bennett b Zaman Akhter8710114.3−3.0
Joseph Denlyb PWA Mulder14190173.7−4.1
D Forresterc PI Walter b CE Bennett343431100.0−0.2
Jacob Lintottc MS Pepper b CE Bennett181820100.0+0.4
Thomas Rogersc LM Benkenstein b PWA Mulder7100070.0−0.2
Matthew Milnesnot out15*730214.3+0.8
Frederick Klaassenc PI Walter b S Snater8401200.0+0.4
Matthew Parkinsonnot out1*100100.0+0.1
Extras b 1, w 1, nb 13
Total 20 ov, 6.45 an over129/9

Fall of wickets 7-1 (Muyeye, 1.2), 14-2 (Crawley, 2.1), 27-3 (Billings, 4), 30-4 (Bell-Drummond, 5.4), 46-5 (Denly, 8.4), 94-6 (Lintott, 15.5), 102-7 (Forrester, 17.1), 110-8 (Rogers, 18.3), 127-9 (Klaassen, 19.4)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Shane Snater402325.751200−3.6
CE Bennett302538.33400+8.7
Zaman Akhter301816.00701+5.5
Wiaan Mulder402636.501300+4.5
Simon Harmer411403.501400+1.2
Matt Critchley2022011.00310−1.6

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