WAR vs ESSEX 61st Match, 15 Sep 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Essex

Chelmsford

County Ground

237

115

ESSEX

134/10 (44.0)

Essex chose to BAT

WAR

191/10 (61.1)

Warwickshire won by 8 wickets

County Championship Division One ESS vs WAS 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
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	9	134.4	1210	666	0	66.7	1	0	0	0		14	65	65	0	0
Zaman Akhter	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0	3	143.7	431	75	12	66.7	9	0	0	0		12	83	63	20	0
Vaansh Jani	WAR	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	4	60.5	242	124	0	25	5	0	0	0		13	69	49	0	16
Charlie Allison	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	9	155	1395	773	0	66.7	4	0	0	0		19	34	26	0	8
Matt Critchley	ESSEX	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	9	215.7	1941	839	19	77.8	5	0	0	0	✅	3	169	37	124	8
Chris Woakes	WAR	ALL	✅	62	RHB	99	18	2034	137	25.11	52.92	8	265	RFM	118	192	15.8	29.61	3.04	58.4	10	6/17	31	6	135.7	814	204	17	66.7	8	0	0	0	✅	4	163	43	108	8
Zen Malik	WAR	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	5	72.8	364	178	0	0	2	0	0	0	✅	7	108	104	0	0
Dan Mousley	WAR	ALL	✅		LHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	10	129.6	1296	614	3	80	3	0	0	0		15	63	51	0	8
Rob Yates	WAR	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	10	162.8	1628	704	5	80	1	0	0	0	✅	8	100	64	0	32
Sam Hain	WAR	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	9	153.6	1382	796	0	77.8	4	0	0	0	✅	1	198	194	0	0
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	WAR	BOWL	✅		LHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	6	120.7	724	28	26	66.7	11	0	0	0		20	32	8	20	0
Ed Barnard	WAR	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0	10	171.3	1713	579	24	50	6	0	0	0	✅	11	84	20	60	0
Manav Suthar	WAR	ALL	✅	3	LHB	4	0	79	28	19.75	49.37	0	9	SLA	6	23	23.4	17.34	2.84	36.6	3	6/33	4	2	153.5	307	123	21	100	9	0	0	0	✅	5	141	13	124	0
Kai Smith	WAR	WK	✅		RHB							0	0	NA			0				0		0	4	114.8	459	225	0	75	7	0	0	0		22	30	2	0	24
George Bell	ESSEX	WK	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	1	150	150	92	0	100	7	0	0	0	✅	6	118	118	0	0
Sam Cook	ESSEX	BOWL	✅	1	RHB	0	0	0				0	0	RMF	2	1	15.5	119	3.83	186	0	1/72	0	9	121.8	1096	64	39	77.8	11	0	0	0		21	30	2	20	8
Shane Snater	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0	9	162.1	1459	249	37	100	8	0	0	0	✅	10	84	0	84	0
Tom Westley	ESSEX	BAT	✅	5	RHB	9	1	193	59	24.12	42.6	1	33	OB	1	0	4		3		0	-	1	7	119.3	835	431	0	57.1	3	0	0	0		36	-4	-4	0	0
Noah Thain	ESSEX	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	3	75	225	89	2	33.3	6	0	0	0		17	55	51	0	0
Mitchell Killeen	ESSEX	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	2	39	78	26	1	0	10	0	0	0		16	58	30	28	0
Paul Walter	ESSEX	ALL	✅		LHB							0	0	LM			0				0		0	9	118.3	1065	569	0	66.7	2	0	0	0	✅	9	86	70	0	16
Luc Benkenstein	ESSEX	ALL	⚡		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	3	78.3	235	131	0	0	6	0	0	0		18	43	39	0	0
Jack Auld	ESSEX	BOWL	⚡		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0								0	0	0		23	24	0	20	0
Ethan Bamber	WAR	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	10	165.9	1659	191	53	80	10	0	0	0	✅	2	188	0	176	8

Completed matches of Warwickshire
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
WAS vs SUS	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Brighton	Warwickshire	WARWarwickshire	SUSS	267/10 (79.4)	204/10 (50.3)	Sussex Sussex won by 5 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
WAS vs YOR	08 May - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Yorkshire	WARWarwickshire	YORKS	147/10 (55.0)	152/10 (45.2)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 377 runs
WAS vs SUS	20 Aug - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Warwickshire	SUSSSussex	WAR	156/10 (47.4)	161/10 (47.3)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by 1 wicket
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
GLA vs WAS	08 Sep - 03:00 PM	Cardiff	Glamorgan	GLAMGlamorgan	WAR	69/10 (26.3)	391/10 (97.5)	Warwickshire Warwickshire won by an innings and 257 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 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 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 WAR
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
NOT vs WAS	6	Ed Barnard	bowled	165	217	21	2	76.03
WAS vs YOR	4	Sam Hain	not out	164	319	16	0	51.41
SUR vs WAS	3	Dan Mousley	caught	144	178	25	0	80.89
HAM vs WAS	1	Rob Yates	lbw	109	208	13	1	52.4
SUR vs WAS	4	Sam Hain	lbw	94	182	10	0	51.64
WAS vs ESS	5	Beau Webster	bowled	91	123	16	0	73.98
HAM vs WAS	4	Sam Hain	caught	90	153	9	0	58.82
WAS vs SUS	1	Rob Yates	caught	90	177	10	0	50.84
ESS vs WAS	4	Sam Hain	not out	88	175	12	1	50.28
WAS vs ESS	4	Sam Hain	not out	88	179	11	2	49.16
YOR vs WAS	6	Ed Barnard	not out	83	144	4	2	57.63
WAS vs YOR	1	Rob Yates	caught	81	104	16	0	77.88
HAM vs WAS	3	Dan Mousley	caught	77	138	11	0	55.79
GLA vs WAS	4	Sam Hain	caught	76	149	7	0	51
WAS vs YOR	3	Dan Mousley	caught	70	122	12	0	57.37
NOT vs WAS	10	Michael Booth	bowled	70	113	9	3	61.94
SUR vs WAS	1	Rob Yates	caught	70	117	13	0	59.82
YOR vs WAS	5	Sam Hain	caught	69	218	6	1	31.65
SOM vs WAS	4	Sam Hain	caught	68	157	10	0	43.31
YOR vs WAS	1	Rob Yates	bowled	65	158	10	0	41.13

Top bowling performance for WAR
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
ESS vs WAS	Ethan Bamber	15	5	26	6	1.73
ESS vs WAS	Manav Suthar	24	5	75	5	3.12
GLA vs WAS	Ed Barnard	6.1	1	13	5	2.1
GLA vs WAS	Ethan Bamber	8	2	28	5	3.5
SOM vs WAS	Manav Suthar	46.5	14	100	5	2.13
WAS vs GLA	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	20.1	8	53	5	2.62
WAS vs GLA	Ethan Bamber	20	6	48	5	2.4
HAM vs WAS	Manav Suthar	23.3	2	52	4	2.21
WAS vs SUS	Chris Woakes	13	5	36	4	2.76
SOM vs WAS	Beau Webster	8	2	23	4	2.87
WAS vs YOR	Ethan Bamber	19	6	50	4	2.63
WAS vs YOR	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	15	2	38	4	2.53
NOT vs WAS	Michael Booth	14	1	71	4	5.07
WAS vs ESS	Nathan Gilchrist	9.5	0	40	4	4.06
WAS vs ESS	Keith Barker	17	5	29	4	1.7
ESS vs WAS	Chris Woakes	10.5	1	33	3	3.04
GLA vs WAS	Ed Barnard	5	2	5	3	1
HAM vs WAS	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	8	2	14	3	1.75
HAM vs WAS	Ethan Bamber	8.1	1	36	3	4.4
HAM vs WAS	Manav Suthar	16	5	42	3	2.62

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

Warwickshire vs Essex, 61st Match