T20 Blast 2026, Cross Pool

Northamptonshire v Essex

Northamptonshire 238/6 20 ov
Essex 108 13.2 ov

Northamptonshire won by 130 runs

Venue
County Ground, Northampton
Date
Fri, 26 June 2026
Toss
Essex won the toss and chose to field

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Essex 53% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field. They lost.

Northamptonshire win

Essex win

Northamptonshire batEssex chase 239

Turning point +12 to Northamptonshire. 3.6, the chase: Ben Sanderson to Jordan Cox, wicket, 47/2, needing 192. Northamptonshire went from 77% to 89%.

Moved it most Chris Lynn +17.7 · Shane Snater −14.2 · Ben Sanderson +10.2 · David Willey +10.0

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Ricardo Vasconcelosb SR Harmer4421100209.5+7.2
Chris Lynnc LM Benkenstein b SR Harmer7537113202.7+17.7
David Willeyc MS Pepper b CE Bennett652964224.1+7.6
Justin Broadc SML Fernandes b S Snater282131133.3−4.9
Saif Zaibb Zaman Akhter11701157.1−2.6
Lewis McManusc SR Harmer b Zaman Akhter7510140.0−1.3
Calvin Harrisonnot out1*100100.0+1.1
Nathan McSweeneynot out0*1000.0−0.1
Extras lb 1, w 4, nb 27
Total 20 ov, 11.90 an over238/6

Did not bat JJG Sales, Ben Sanderson, George Scrimshaw

Fall of wickets 98-1 (Vasconcelos, 7.5), 146-2 (Lynn, 11.2), 215-3 (Willey, 17.3), 226-4 (Broad, 18.1), 236-5 (McManus, 19.3), 237-6 (Zaib, 19.5)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Shane Snater3042114.00610−14.1
CE Bennett3034111.33811−4.5
Zaman Akhter4046211.50511−8.0
Simon Harmer403929.75900+7.8
Matt Critchley4045011.25400−5.2
Luc Benkenstein1022022.00000−5.3
Paul Walter10909.00110+1.8

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