T20 Blast 2026, South

Essex v Middlesex

Essex 142/8 20 ov
Middlesex 143/6 19 ov

Middlesex won by 4 wickets

Venue
The County Ground, Chelmsford
Date
Sun, 5 July 2026
Toss
Middlesex won the toss and chose to field

The match

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

Essex win

Middlesex win

Essex batMiddlesex chase 143

Turning point +16 to Essex. 9.5, the chase: Matt Critchley to Leus du Plooy, wicket, 74/5, needing 69. Essex went from 15% to 32%.

Moved it most Joseph Cracknell +28.5 · Simon Harmer +27.5 · Samuel Cook +23.7 · Matt Critchley −23.1

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Paul Walterc JL du Plooy b N Sharma221740129.4−5.1
Michael Pepperb N Sharma581062.5−12.1
Jordan Coxc TG Helm b SHB Morgan140025.0−7.7
CWJ Allisonc MWT Boyle b LBK Hollman13152086.7−1.8
Luc Benkensteinc JM De Caires b LBK Hollman11131084.6−1.1
Matt Critchleyc JB Cracknell b LBK Hollman5100050.0−2.3
Simon Harmernot out56*2863200.0+7.8
Shane Snaterc JB Cracknell b LBK Hollman02000.0−1.9
Zaman Akhterst JB Cracknell b MWT Boyle4100040.0−1.6
MW Jonesnot out19*1311146.2+2.6
Extras b 1, lb 1, w 46
Total 20 ov, 7.10 an over142/8

Did not bat Samuel Cook

Fall of wickets 9-1 (Pepper, 2.2), 24-2 (Cox, 3.5), 29-3 (Walter, 5), 52-4 (Allison, 9), 55-5 (Benkenstein, 10.2), 60-6 (Critchley, 12.1), 60-7 (Snater, 12.3), 69-8 (Akhter, 15)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
N Sharma403328.251210+15.4
Thomas Helm402807.00900+0.9
SHB Morgan2033116.50210−0.3
Luke Hollman402145.251200+4.8
Zafar Gohar401203.001310+0.7
MWT Boyle201316.50310−0.4

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Ball by ball

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The balls that decided it