ESSEX vs HANTS 21st Match, 08 May 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Hampshire

Chelmsford

County Ground

289

HANTS

235/10 (71.3)

Essex chose to BOWL

ESSEX

273/10 (90.0)

Essex won by 6 wickets

County Championship Division One ESS vs HAM players TEST past performance, current series performance, projected points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Lineup selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Wiaan Mulder	ESSEX	ALL	✅	24	RHB	40	5	1253	367	35.8	57.82	4	169	RM	40	38	8.4	26	2.93	53.2	2	4/32	31	2	62	124	48	1	0	7	0	0	0	✅	3	247	111	132	0
Tom Westley	ESSEX	BAT	✅	5	RHB	9	1	193	59	24.12	42.6	1	33	OB	1	0	4		3		0	-	1	1	313	313	165	0	100	3	0	0	0	✅	11	75	71	0	0
Ben Brown	HANTS	WK	✅		RHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0	3	200.7	602	296	0	100	6	0	0	0	✅	2	276	224	0	48
Jake Lehmann	HANTS	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	SLA			0				0		0	3	201	603	337	0	100	4	0	0	0	✅	5	212	208	0	0
Shane Snater	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0	3	162.3	487	113	11	100	10	0	0	0		15	54	30	20	0
Charlie Allison	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	3	151.3	454	248	0	66.7	5	0	0	0		13	70	54	0	12
Matt Critchley	ESSEX	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	3	219	657	255	8	66.7	6	0	0	0	✅	4	217	205	0	8
Jamie Porter	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	3	104.3	313	1	13	33.3	11	0	0	0	✅	10	84	24	56	0
Michael Pepper	ESSEX	WK	✅		RHB							0	0	NA			0				0		0	3	90	270	74	0	66.7	8	0	0	0		19	38	10	0	24
Codi Yusuf	HANTS	ALL	✅	2	RHB	2	1	35	27	35	53.03	0	6	RM	4	10	11.8	12.2	2.59	28.2	0	3/22	2	3	91.7	275	75	6	33.3	11	0	0	0		22	8	-4	0	8
Nick Gubbins	HANTS	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	3	158.3	475	267	0	100	2	0	0	0	✅	9	151	147	0	0
Toby Albert	HANTS	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0				0				0		0	1	237	237	121	0	200	1	0	0	0		21	15	11	0	0
Kyle Abbott	HANTS	BOWL	✅	11	RHB	14	0	95	17	6.78	28.1	0	11	RFM	21	39	16.5	22.71	2.55	53.3	3	7/29	4	3	187.3	562	78	16	66.7	10	0	0	0	✅	7	162	2	156	0
Dean Elgar	ESSEX	BAT	✅	86	LHB	152	11	5347	199	37.92	47.78	37	710	SLA	45	15	3.8	44.86	3.89	69	1	4/22	92	3	144.7	434	256	0	66.7	1	0	0	0		12	70	50	0	16
James Fuller	HANTS	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0							8	0	0	0	✅	6	177	49	124	0
Scott Currie	HANTS	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0							9	0	0	0		18	42	-2	40	0
Simon Harmer	ESSEX	BOWL	✅	14	RHB	20	4	273	47	17.06	36.99	0	24	OB	24	69	21.8	21.79	2.87	45.4	9	6/37	7	3	200.7	602	212	9	100	9	0	0	0	✅	1	300	148	116	32
Paul Walter	ESSEX	ALL	✅		LHB							0	0	LM			0				0		0	3	150.3	451	239	0	100	2	0	0	0		17	50	38	0	8
Sam Cook	ESSEX	BOWL	✅	1	RHB	0	0	0				0	0	RMF	2	1	15.5	119	3.83	186	0	1/72	0	3	151.7	455	51	15	100	4	0	0	0	✅	8	154	2	148	0
Ben Mayes	HANTS	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	3	111.7	335	167	0	33.3	5	0	0	0		14	56	44	0	8
Liam Dawson	HANTS	ALL	✅	4	RHB	7	2	110	66	22	41.98	1	11	SLA	7	8	21.4	54.75	2.92	112.2	0	2/34	2	3	69.7	209	33	6	0	7	0	0	0		16	53	29	20	0
Tom Prest	HANTS	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	3	174.3	523	261	3	100	3	0	0	0		20	21	9	0	8

Completed matches of Essex
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs HAM	03 Apr - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	ESSEXEssex	HANTS	461/7 (138.3)	156/10 (48.3)	Essex Essex won by an innings and 137 runs
ESS vs SOM	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Somerset	ESSEXEssex	SOM	149/10 (51.0)	348/10 (92.3)	Somerset Somerset won by 10 wickets
WAS vs ESS	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Essex	WARWarwickshire	ESSEX	190/10 (64.5)	205/10 (73.5)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 41 runs
ESS vs HAM	08 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HANTSHampshire	ESSEX	235/10 (71.3)	273/10 (90.0)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets
ESS vs LEI	15 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	LEICSLeics	ESSEX	333/10 (90.2)	293/10 (85.0)	Essex Essex won by 7 wickets
LEI vs ESS	12 Jun - 03:30 PM	Leicester	Leics	ESSEXEssex	LEICS	401/10 (97.4)	187/10 (63.2)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets
ESS vs NOT	19 Jun - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	ESSEXEssex	NOTTS	184/10 (57.4)	457/10 (126.0)	Notts Notts won by an innings and 52 runs
SOM vs ESS	20 Aug - 03:30 PM	Taunton	Essex	SOMSomerset	ESSEX	469/10 (127.5)	158/10 (42.4)	Somerset Somerset won by 8 wickets
ESS vs SUS	02 Sep - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Sussex	SUSSSussex	ESSEX	275/10 (99.0)	177/10 (58.5)	Sussex Sussex won by 47 runs
YOR vs ESS	08 Sep - 03:00 PM	Leeds	Yorkshire	YORKSYorkshire	ESSEX	390/10 (118.0)	171/10 (69.4)	Yorkshire Yorkshire won by an innings and 106 runs
ESS vs WAS	15 Sep - 03:00 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	ESSEXEssex	WAR	134/10 (44.0)	191/10 (61.1)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 8 wickets

Completed matches of Hampshire
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs HAM	03 Apr - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	ESSEXEssex	HANTS	461/7 (138.3)	156/10 (48.3)	Essex Essex won by an innings and 137 runs
HAM vs YOR	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Leeds	Yorkshire	HANTSHampshire	YORKS	251/10 (69.1)	177/10 (65.4)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 214 runs
HAM vs SOM	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	HANTSHampshire	SOM	238/10 (59.1)	288/10 (85.1)	Somerset Somerset won by 2 wickets
HAM vs GLA	01 May - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	GLAMGlamorgan	HANTS	536/7 (132.0)	214/10 (73.1)	Glamorgan Glamorgan won by an innings and 69 runs
ESS vs HAM	08 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HANTSHampshire	ESSEX	235/10 (71.3)	273/10 (90.0)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets
SUS vs HAM	19 Jun - 03:30 PM	Brighton	Hampshire	HANTSHampshire	SUSS	191/10 (60.4)	159/10 (49.5)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 118 runs
HAM vs YOR	20 Aug - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Yorkshire	YORKSYorkshire	HANTS	173/10 (61.2)	197/10 (88.0)	Yorkshire Yorkshire won by 39 runs
HAM vs WAS	02 Sep - 03:30 PM	Southampton	Hampshire	WARWarwickshire	HANTS	398/10 (116.0)	115/10 (38.1)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by an innings and 129 runs
NOT vs HAM	08 Sep - 03:00 PM	Nottingham	Hampshire	NOTTSNotts	HANTS	377/10 (89.4)	304/10 (116.4)	Notts Notts won by 54 runs
LEI vs HAM	15 Sep - 03:00 PM	Leicester	Leics	HANTSHampshire	LEICS	214/10 (54.4)	244/10 (63.3)	Leics Leics won by 5 wickets

Completed matches at County Ground
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs SOM	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Somerset	ESSEXEssex	SOM	149/10 (51.0)	348/10 (92.3)	Somerset Somerset won by 10 wickets
ESS vs HAM	08 May - 03:30 PM	Essex	HANTSHampshire	ESSEX	235/10 (71.3)	273/10 (90.0)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets
ESS vs LEI	15 May - 03:30 PM	Essex	LEICSLeics	ESSEX	333/10 (90.2)	293/10 (85.0)	Essex Essex won by 7 wickets
ESS vs NOT	19 Jun - 03:30 PM	Essex	ESSEXEssex	NOTTS	184/10 (57.4)	457/10 (126.0)	Notts Notts won by an innings and 52 runs
ESS vs SUS	02 Sep - 03:30 PM	Sussex	SUSSSussex	ESSEX	275/10 (99.0)	177/10 (58.5)	Sussex Sussex won by 47 runs
ESS vs WAS	15 Sep - 03:00 PM	Essex	ESSEXEssex	WAR	134/10 (44.0)	191/10 (61.1)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 8 wickets

Top batting performance for ESSEX
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
LEI vs ESS	4	Jordan Cox	caught	204	201	26	2	101.49
SUR vs ESS	3	Tom Westley	caught	136	169	22	2	80.47
SOM vs ESS	4	Charlie Allison	caught	114	254	13	2	44.88
ESS vs SUR	1	Dean Elgar	caught	113	191	14	1	59.16
LEI vs ESS	1	Paul Walter	caught	110	135	11	0	81.48
SUR vs ESS	2	Dean Elgar	not out	107	238	10	1	44.95
SUR vs ESS	2	Paul Walter	lbw	101	184	14	0	54.89
LEI vs ESS	5	Matt Critchley	bowled	97	136	12	1	71.32
ESS vs SUS	5	Matt Critchley	caught	96	132	8	2	72.72
SOM vs ESS	5	Matt Critchley	caught	94	236	11	0	39.83
SUR vs ESS	1	Dean Elgar	caught	92	161	15	0	57.14
ESS vs HAM	5	Matt Critchley	not out	90	73	15	0	123.28
ESS vs HAM	9	Simon Harmer	not out	80	118	14	0	67.79
ESS vs LEI	8	Wiaan Mulder	not out	79	124	9	0	63.7
ESS vs LEI	6	Charlie Allison	caught	72	103	11	0	69.9
YOR vs ESS	7	George Bell	not out	64	118	6	1	54.23
SUR vs ESS	7	Noah Thain	caught	64	126	12	0	50.79
ESS vs WAS	7	George Bell	not out	61	84	8	0	72.61
ESS vs SUS	4	Charlie Allison	lbw	56	86	8	0	65.11
SOM vs ESS	2	Dean Elgar	caught	56	125	9	0	44.8

Top bowling performance for ESSEX
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
YOR vs ESS	Matt Critchley	30	3	85	5	2.83
ESS vs NOT	Simon Harmer	45	9	165	5	3.66
WAS vs ESS	Sam Cook	15	3	58	5	3.86
ESS vs HAM	Matt Critchley	4.3	1	9	5	2
ESS vs WAS	Matt Critchley	19.1	4	54	4	2.81
ESS vs SUS	Jamie Porter	15	1	44	4	2.93
ESS vs SUS	Simon Harmer	18	1	96	4	5.33
ESS vs SUS	Zaman Akhter	11.1	1	51	4	4.56
SOM vs ESS	Sam Cook	29	5	92	4	3.17
ESS vs LEI	Sam Cook	9.4	4	19	4	1.96
ESS vs LEI	Shane Snater	9	5	12	4	1.33
ESS vs HAM	Simon Harmer	31	8	66	4	2.12
WAS vs ESS	Jamie Porter	20	3	59	4	2.95
ESS vs WAS	Shane Snater	6.3	3	17	3	2.61
YOR vs ESS	Shane Snater	28	5	82	3	2.92
ESS vs SUS	Sam Cook	19	9	32	3	1.68
ESS vs SUR	Sam Cook	15	5	41	3	2.73
ESS vs SUR	Zaman Akhter	10.2	3	36	3	3.48
ESS vs SUR	Simon Harmer	38	13	92	3	2.42
SOM vs ESS	Shane Snater	26	5	96	3	3.69

Top batting performance for HANTS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
LEI vs HAM	2	Nick Gubbins	caught	133	255	15	0	52.15
NOT vs HAM	4	Jake Lehmann	not out	133	247	14	0	53.84
HAM vs NOT	4	Jake Lehmann	not out	102	205	11	0	49.75
HAM vs GLA	6	Ben Brown	bowled	96	145	12	1	66.2
ESS vs HAM	4	Jake Lehmann	bowled	89	164	15	0	54.26
SUR vs HAM	8	Delano Potgieter	not out	84	171	9	2	49.12
LEI vs HAM	6	Ben Brown	not out	80	115	12	0	69.56
ESS vs HAM	6	Ben Brown	caught	73	116	9	1	62.93
ESS vs HAM	2	Nick Gubbins	caught	71	189	13	0	37.56
SUR vs HAM	4	Jake Lehmann	caught	69	139	10	0	49.64
GLA vs HAM	3	Toby Albert	caught	64	130	7	2	49.23
HAM vs GLA	5	Ben Mayes	caught	59	104	8	0	56.73
HAM vs YOR	3	Toby Albert	caught	57	170	6	0	33.52
ESS vs HAM	6	Ben Brown	not out	57	89	8	0	64.04
SUS vs HAM	7	Delano Potgieter	caught	55	129	5	0	42.63
HAM vs NOT	8	Felix Organ	caught	55	73	8	0	75.34
SUR vs HAM	3	Ali Orr	not out	53	121	9	0	43.8
SUS vs HAM	2	Nick Gubbins	caught	52	105	8	0	49.52
GLA vs HAM	4	Jake Lehmann	not out	51	59	7	0	86.44
SUR vs HAM	2	Nick Gubbins	lbw	51	74	9	0	68.91

Top bowling performance for HANTS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
SUS vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	18	5	49	6	2.72
HAM vs YOR	Kyle Abbott	17	10	21	6	1.23
NOT vs HAM	Manny Lumsden	8.5	1	36	5	4.07
HAM vs NOT	Sonny Baker	15.1	3	45	5	2.96
ESS vs HAM	James Fuller	15	4	43	5	2.86
HAM vs SOM	Sonny Baker	17	1	62	5	3.64
LEI vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	18	1	58	4	3.22
NOT vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	22	4	82	4	3.72
NOT vs HAM	Scott Currie	23.4	8	61	4	2.57
HAM vs WAS	Kyle Abbott	25	6	51	4	2.04
GLA vs HAM	Sonny Baker	11	2	34	4	3.09
HAM vs YOR	Felix Organ	22.1	8	59	4	2.66
HAM vs YOR	Kyle Abbott	18	10	17	4	0.94
SUS vs HAM	Eddie Jack	14	4	36	4	2.57
HAM vs NOT	Kyle Abbott	21	8	40	4	1.9
ESS vs HAM	Kyle Abbott	14	6	35	4	2.5
HAM vs YOR	Kyle Abbott	20	5	49	4	2.45
HAM vs YOR	Sonny Baker	12	2	45	4	3.75
NOT vs HAM	Eddie Jack	7	3	17	3	2.42
HAM vs WAS	Andrew Neal	33	2	109	3	3.3

Essex vs Hampshire, 21st Match