T20 Blast 2026, Cross Pool

Derbyshire v Essex

Derbyshire 173 20 ov
Essex 179/5 19.4 ov

Essex won by 5 wickets

Venue
The County Ground, Chelmsford
Date
Sun, 31 May 2026
Toss
Derbyshire won the toss and chose to bat

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Essex 52% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field.

Derbyshire win

Essex win

Derbyshire batEssex chase 174

Turning point +16 to Derbyshire. 12.5, the chase: Martin Andersson to Wiaan Mulder, wicket, 109/4, needing 65. Derbyshire went from 26% to 42%.

Moved it most N Potts +32.6 · BW Aitchison −31.1 · CWJ Allison +27.4 · Martin Andersson −26.8

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Aneurin Donaldc MS Pepper b S Snater201231166.7−6.0
Martin Anderssonb Zaman Akhter12611200.0−3.8
Caleb Jewellc S Snater b PWA Mulder141430100.0−8.4
Wayne Madsenb Zaman Akhter7510140.0−6.0
Matthew Montgomeryc S Snater b SR Harmer503061166.7+21.0
Ross Whiteleyst MS Pepper b SR Harmer12801150.0+1.2
AS Basrac PI Walter b CE Bennett7140050.0−11.1
N Pottsc CE Bennett b PWA Mulder352232159.1+10.5
BW Aitchisonb S Snater8701114.3+1.1
Akif Javednot out2*200100.0−0.5
JP Morleyrun out (MS Pepper)01000.0−1.0
Extras lb 2, w 3, nb 16
Total 20 ov, 8.65 an over173

Fall of wickets 28-1 (Donald, 2.3), 38-2 (Andersson, 3.5), 51-3 (Jewell, 5.4), 55-4 (Madsen, 6.4), 75-5 (Whiteley, 8.5), 116-6 (Basra, 13.4), 143-7 (Montgomery, 17), 162-8 (Potts, 18.4), 173-9 (Aitchison, 19.5), 173-10 (Morley, 20)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Shane Snater403629.001301+4.9
CE Bennett2025112.50420−7.0
Zaman Akhter201326.50600+13.7
Wiaan Mulder312327.671000+1.2
Simon Harmer402526.25600+6.8
Matt Critchley403609.001010−15.3
Luc Benkenstein1013013.00100−6.6

Fielding Michael Pepper +1.0 (run-outs)

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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