WAS vs ESS 12th Match, 17 Apr 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Essex

Birmingham

Edgbaston

358

WAS

190/10 (64.5)

Essex chose to BOWL

ESS

205/10 (73.5)

Warwickshire won by 41 runs

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

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Fantasy 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
Paul Walter	ESS	ALL	✅		LHB							0	0	LM			0				0		0	2	72.5	145	81	0	50	2	0	0	0	✅	9	130	94	0	32
Dan Mousley	WAS	ALL	✅		LHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	2	156.5	313	157	0	50	3	0	0	0		19	34	14	0	16
Michael Pepper	ESS	WK	✅		RHB							0	0				0				0		0	2	86	172	48	0	50	6	0	0	0	✅	18	37	9	0	24
Alex Davies	WAS	WK	✅		RHB							0	0				0				0		0	2	68	136	68	0	50	1	0	0	0		20	29	1	0	24
Matt Critchley	ESS	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	2	279	558	232	6	100	5	0	0	0		21	23	19	0	0
Sam Cook	ESS	BOWL	✅	1	RHB	0	0	0				0	0	RMF	2	1	15.5	119	3.83	186	0	1/72	0	2	97	194	18	7	100	10	0	0	0	✅	2	233	61	168	0
Sam Hain	WAS	BAT	✅		RHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	2	87	174	98	0	50	4	0	0	0	✅	6	164	152	0	8
Jordan Thompson	WAS	ALL	✅		LHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	2	131	262	64	6	100	8	0	0	0		16	64	32	20	8
Dean Elgar	ESS	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	2	47	94	50	0	50	1	0	0	0		22	11	7	0	0
Simon Harmer	ESS	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	2	144.5	289	91	5	50	7	0	0	0	✅	4	184	144	20	16
Luc Benkenstein	ESS	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0	1	42	42	22	0	0	3	0	0	0		15	88	76	0	8
Beau Webster	WAS	ALL	✅	8	RHB	13	2	452	72	41.09	61.66	5	52	RM,OB	13	11	6.2	24.54	3.32	44.2	0	3/64	12	2	110	220	102	1	0	7	0	0	0	✅	1	245	193	40	8
Rob Yates	WAS	BAT	✅		LHB							0	0	OB			0				0		0	2	190	380	196	1	100	2	0	0	0		14	90	54	0	32
Shane Snater	ESS	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0	2	134.5	269	77	5	100	8	0	0	0	✅	5	167	31	124	8
Ed Barnard	WAS	ALL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0	2	108	216	84	2	50	6	0	0	0		12	106	54	48	0
Charlie Allison	ESS	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RM			0				0		0	2	115.5	231	129	0	50	4	0	0	0		13	100	80	0	16
Nathan Gilchrist	WAS	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0							11	0	0	0	✅	8	138	42	92	0
Zaman Akhter	ESS	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RFM			0				0		0							9	0	0	0		11	123	71	48	0
Keith Barker	WAS	BOWL	✅		LHB							0	0	LMF			0				0		0							9	0	0	0	✅	3	221	53	156	8
Ethan Bamber	WAS	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	2	123.5	247	15	9	50	10	0	0	0	✅	7	151	31	116	0
Zen Malik	WAS	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	LB			0				0		0							5	0	0	0		17	57	45	0	8
Jamie Porter	ESS	BOWL	✅		RHB							0	0	RMF			0				0		0	2	68	136	0	6	0	11	0	0	0	✅	10	129	1	124	0

Completed matches of Birmingham Bears
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
WAS vs SUS	10 Apr - 03:30 PM	Brighton	Bears	WASBears	SUS	267/10 (79.4)	204/10 (50.3)	Sussex Sussex won by 5 wickets
WAS vs ESS	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Essex	WASBears	ESS	190/10 (64.5)	205/10 (73.5)	Bears Warwickshire won by 41 runs
WAS vs YOR	08 May - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	Yorkshire	WASBears	YOR	147/10 (55.0)	152/10 (45.2)	Bears Warwickshire won by 377 runs

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	ESSEssex	HAM	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	ESSEssex	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	WASBears	ESS	190/10 (64.5)	205/10 (73.5)	Bears Warwickshire won by 41 runs
ESS vs HAM	08 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	235/10 (71.3)	273/10 (90.0)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets
ESS vs LEI	15 May - 03:30 PM	Chelmsford	Essex	LEILeics	ESS	333/10 (90.2)	293/10 (85.0)	Essex Essex won by 7 wickets
LEI vs ESS	12 Jun - 03:30 PM	Leicester	Leics	ESSEssex	LEI	401/10 (97.4)	187/10 (63.2)	Essex Essex won by 6 wickets

Completed matches at Edgbaston
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
WAS vs ESS	17 Apr - 03:30 PM	Essex	WASBears	ESS	190/10 (64.5)	205/10 (73.5)	Bears Warwickshire won by 41 runs
WAS vs YOR	08 May - 03:30 PM	Yorkshire	WASBears	YOR	147/10 (55.0)	152/10 (45.2)	Bears Warwickshire won by 377 runs

Top batting performance for WAS
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
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
WAS vs SUS	1	Rob Yates	caught	90	177	10	0	50.84
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
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
YOR vs WAS	1	Rob Yates	bowled	65	158	10	0	41.13
NOT vs WAS	8	Chris Woakes	bowled	64	110	11	0	58.18
WAS vs SUS	8	Chris Woakes	bowled	64	86	9	1	74.41
WAS vs YOR	6	Ed Barnard	caught	60	46	6	3	130.43
YOR vs WAS	7	Ed Barnard	caught	58	109	9	0	53.21
SUR vs WAS	2	Alex Davies	caught	58	81	12	0	71.6
WAS vs GLA	8	Jordan Thompson	lbw	57	61	4	2	93.44

Top bowling performance for WAS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
WAS vs GLA	Ethan Bamber	20	6	48	5	2.4
WAS vs GLA	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	20.1	8	53	5	2.62
WAS vs YOR	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	15	2	38	4	2.53
WAS vs YOR	Ethan Bamber	19	6	50	4	2.63
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
YOR vs WAS	Ethan Bamber	26	2	132	3	5.07
YOR vs WAS	Ed Barnard	18.4	4	66	3	3.53
YOR vs WAS	Manav Suthar	21	1	85	3	4.04
WAS vs GLA	Ethan Bamber	23	6	72	3	3.13
WAS vs YOR	Jordan Thompson	4.2	1	14	3	3.23
WAS vs YOR	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	17	7	33	3	1.94
NOT vs WAS	Chris Woakes	16.1	4	44	3	2.72
WAS vs ESS	Ethan Bamber	20	3	44	3	2.2
WAS vs SUS	Ethan Bamber	13	1	47	3	3.61
SUR vs WAS	Ethan Bamber	19	4	59	3	3.1
SOM vs WAS	Ethan Bamber	6	0	29	2	4.83
YOR vs WAS	Oliver Hannon-Dalby	5	2	25	2	5
YOR vs WAS	Ethan Bamber	13	2	54	2	4.15

Top batting performance for ESS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
LEI vs ESS	4	Jordan Cox	caught	204	201	26	2	101.49
ESS vs HAM	5	Matt Critchley	caught	173	266	20	1	65.03
SUR vs ESS	3	Tom Westley	caught	136	169	22	2	80.47
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
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 HAM	6	Charlie Allison	caught	80	140	12	1	57.14
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
ESS vs HAM	9	Simon Harmer	not out	71	145	8	1	48.96
ESS vs SOM	1	Paul Walter	caught	70	118	9	0	59.32
SUR vs ESS	7	Noah Thain	caught	64	126	12	0	50.79
ESS vs SOM	5	Matt Critchley	caught	59	87	10	0	67.81
ESS vs HAM	7	Wiaan Mulder	caught	54	98	6	0	55.1
ESS vs LEI	3	Jamie Porter	bowled	52	117	7	0	44.44
ESS vs SOM	4	Charlie Allison	caught	49	84	6	0	58.33

Top bowling performance for ESS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
WAS vs ESS	Sam Cook	15	3	58	5	3.86
ESS vs HAM	Matt Critchley	4.3	1	9	5	2
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
LEI vs ESS	Simon Harmer	18	8	42	3	2.33
LEI vs ESS	Charlie Bennett	11	0	48	3	4.36
LEI vs ESS	Simon Harmer	51	8	124	3	2.43
LEI vs ESS	Shane Snater	34	8	69	3	2.02
ESS vs LEI	Wiaan Mulder	16	2	70	3	4.37
ESS vs LEI	Shane Snater	18.2	5	59	3	3.21
ESS vs HAM	Sam Cook	14	2	56	3	4
ESS vs HAM	Sam Cook	15	3	52	3	3.46
ESS vs HAM	Wiaan Mulder	12.3	2	46	3	3.68
SUR vs ESS	Simon Harmer	25.3	2	69	3	2.7
WAS vs ESS	Shane Snater	9.2	4	15	3	1.6
ESS vs SOM	Jamie Porter	21	5	84	3	4
ESS vs SOM	Shane Snater	18.3	6	56	3	3.02
ESS vs SOM	Sam Cook	24	5	93	3	3.87