ESS vs DER 29th Match, 31 May 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Derbyshire

Chelmsford

County Ground

186

DER

173/10 (20.0)

Derbyshire chose to BAT

ESS

179/5 (19.4)

Essex won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Vitality Blast Men ESS vs DER players T20 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
Aneurin Donald	DER	WK	✅	95	RHB	90	5	1816	85	21.36	158.18	14	275	OB	0	0					0	-	49	3	120	360	162	0	100	1	86.91	1.81	4.51		12	50	42	0	8
Wayne Madsen	DER	BAT	✅	221	RHB	212	35	5534	109	31.26	135.2	37	677	OB	46	22	2.1	36.81	8.19	26.9	0	2/20	88	3	44.7	134	66	0	33.3	4	28.44	0	0.68		19	11	11	0	0
Paul Walter	ESS	BAT	✅	175	LHB	150	25	2504	78	20.03	141.3	10	327	LM	136	116	2.5	27.29	9.29	17.6	0	3/20	86	2	111	222	109	0	100	1	71.78	6.09	8.13		6	95	87	0	8
Michael Pepper	ESS	WK	✅	127	RHB	124	12	2940	120	26.25	148.71	19	438		0	0					0	-	58	2	145.5	291	141	0	150	6	0	0	0		11	53	21	0	32
Matt Critchley	ESS	ALL	✅	156	RHB	134	29	2134	80	20.32	122.36	6	227	LB	139	129	2.9	25.72	8.21	18.7	2	5/28	47	2	45.5	91	6	2	100	2	39.73	2.03	4.74		9	75	65	10	0
Ross Whiteley	DER	BAT	✅	242	LHB	212	53	3693	91	23.22	136.67	7	438	LM	22	10	1.6	35.8	9.94	21.6	0	3/23	95	3	97	291	117	0	100	6	47.63	1.58	1.81		17	18	18	0	0
Wiaan Mulder	ESS	ALL	✅	145	RHB	121	25	2367	83	24.65	129.98	12	270	RM	107	81	2.5	28.8	8.74	19.7	1	4/14	68	2	84.5	169	16	3	50	4	69.07	7	16.03		4	100	18	82	0
Simon Harmer	ESS	ALL	✅	219	RHB	130	43	1331	55	15.29	127.36	1	145	OB	207	183	3.3	28.43	7.7	22.1	5	4/18	124	2	103.5	207	46	2	150	9	65.24	2.03	1.35		8	76	8	68	0
Luc Benkenstein	ESS	ALL	✅	26	RHB	21	4	382	62	22.47	149.21	2	53	LB	21	16	2.2	28.68	9.83	17.5	0	2/23	12	2	103.5	207	84	1	100	3	76.98	0.68	3.61		21	2	1	1	0
Matthew Montgomery	DER	ALL	✅	46	RHB	39	5	750	74	22.05	127.98	3	103	OB	27	20	2.3	27.25	8.74	18.7	1	4/30	20	3	111	333	148	1	100	5	86.46	5.42	28.89		3	115	92	3	20
Martin Andersson	DER	ALL	✅	60	RHB	51	10	680	70	16.58	122.52	3	81	RM	42	34	2.5	31.85	10.44	18.2	0	3/32	32	3	233.7	701	225	7	100	2	93.45	62.53	9.48		10	54	22	32	0
Shane Snater	ESS	BOWL	✅	66	RHB	33	14	174	20	9.15	117.56	0	20	RFM	65	54	2.6	30.18	9.66	18.7	0	3/8	23	2	53	106	8	2	50	10	15.35	0.45	0.23		5	97	0	81	16
Zaman Akhter	ESS	ALL	✅	6	RHB	5	2	45	12	15	102.27	0	4	RFM	6	4	2.8	45	10.58	25.5	0	2/36	0	2	24.5	49	0	1	50	8	5.19	0	0.45		7	84	0	84	0
Nick Potts	DER	ALL	✅	2	RHB	1	0	4	4	4	133.33	0	0	RMF	2	2	2.5	23	9.2	15	0	2/34	1	3	74	222	4	6	100	8	34.99	0.23	0.45		2	116	67	41	8
Amrit Basra	DER	BAT	✅	1	RHB	1	0	1	1	1	50	0	0	RM	0	0					0	-	0	3	28.7	86	12	0	33.3	7	4.06	0.23	0.23		20	3	3	0	0
Charlie Bennett	ESS	BOWL	✅	2	RHB	1	1	0	0			0	0	RM	2	1	2	55	13.75	24	0	1/14	0	2	105.5	211	0	6	100	11	29.57	0.9	2.03		14	36	0	28	8
Akif Javed	DER	BOWL	✅	87	RHB	23	13	93	32	9.3	110.71	0	15	LMF	86	107	3.5	24.44	8.6	17	2	4/28	19	3	43.7	131	1	3	0	10	20.09	0	1.35		18	15	2	13	0
Simon Fernandes	ESS	WK	✅	1	RHB	0	0	0				0	0	OB	0	0					0	-	0	2	7	14	6	0	0	7	1.35	0.23	0.45		29	0	0	0	0
Caleb Jewell	DER	BAT	✅	78	LHB	76	3	1598	76	21.89	127.94	8	210		0	0					0	-	28	3	64.3	193	93	0	33.3	3	79.01	0.45	1.35		15	34	26	0	8
Jack Morley	DER	BOWL	✅	2	LHB	0	0	0				0	0	SLA	2	3	3	18	9	12	0	3/35	0	3	107.3	322	0	8	100	11	51.24	1.81	2.03		16	32	0	32	0
Noah Thain	ESS	BAT	✅	10	RHB	7	3	89	38	22.25	167.92	0	11	RM	6	1	1.3	88	11	48	0	1/9	6	2	46.5	93	41	0	100	5	5.64	0.23	0.68		30	0	0	0	0
Ben Aitchison	DER	BOWL	✅	14	RHB	7	1	14	8	2.33	107.69	0	1	RFM	14	19	3.4	26.84	10.85	14.8	2	5/29	4	3	79	237	3	6	100	9	71.56	0.23	1.58		13	46	14	32	0

Completed matches of Essex
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs SUS	22 May - 11:30 PM	Chelmsford	Sussex	ESSEssex	SUS	191/5 (20.0)	192/4 (16.0)	Sussex Sussex won by 6 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
HAM vs ESS	26 May - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Essex	HAMHampshire	ESS	200/4 (20.0)	170/7 (20.0)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 30 runs
KET vs ESS	29 May - 11:00 PM	Canterbury	Essex	KETKent	ESS	129/9 (20.0)	130/1 (13.4)	Essex Essex won by 9 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)
ESS vs DER	31 May - 08:30 PM	Chelmsford	Derbyshire	DERDerbyshire	ESS	173/10 (20.0)	179/5 (19.4)	Essex Essex won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Completed matches of Derbyshire
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
DER vs DUR	22 May - 11:00 PM	Derby	Derbyshire	DURDurham	DER	203/8 (20.0)	197/8 (20.0)	Durham Durham won by 6 runs
YOR vs DER	24 May - 08:00 PM	Leeds	Derbyshire	DERDerbyshire	YOR	194/4 (20.0)	195/8 (19.2)	Yorkshire Yorkshire won by 2 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
LEI vs DER	27 May - 11:30 PM	Leicester	Leics	DERDerbyshire	LEI	230/5 (20.0)	145/10 (15.2)	Leics Leics won by 85 runs
DER vs NOT	29 May - 11:00 PM	Derby	Derbyshire	DERDerbyshire	NOT	234/4 (20.0)	211/6 (20.0)	Derbyshire Derbyshire won by 23 runs
ESS vs DER	31 May - 08:30 PM	Chelmsford	Derbyshire	DERDerbyshire	ESS	173/10 (20.0)	179/5 (19.4)	Essex Essex won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Completed matches at County Ground
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ESS vs SUS	22 May - 11:30 PM	Sussex	ESSEssex	SUS	191/5 (20.0)	192/4 (16.0)	Sussex Sussex won by 6 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
ESS vs DER	31 May - 08:30 PM	Derbyshire	DERDerbyshire	ESS	173/10 (20.0)	179/5 (19.4)	Essex Essex won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Top batting performance for ESS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
ESS vs DER	3	Charlie Allison	not out	67	49	6	3	136.73
KET vs ESS	2	Michael Pepper	caught	64	40	6	3	160
ESS vs SUS	1	Paul Walter	caught	58	37	6	2	156.75
ESS vs SUS	2	Michael Pepper	bowled	52	34	5	3	152.94
HAM vs ESS	4	Luc Benkenstein	caught	48	31	2	3	154.83
KET vs ESS	1	Paul Walter	not out	42	30	6	1	140
ESS vs DER	2	Paul Walter	caught	41	24	9	0	170.83
ESS vs DER	6	Matt Critchley	caught	37	21	3	1	176.19
HAM vs ESS	7	Simon Harmer	not out	36	18	1	3	200
ESS vs SUS	4	Luc Benkenstein	bowled	36	18	1	4	200
HAM vs ESS	2	Michael Pepper	caught	25	17	1	2	147.05
ESS vs SUS	6	Noah Thain	not out	23	15	4	0	153.33

Top bowling performance for ESS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
KET vs ESS	Charlie Bennett	3	0	25	3	8.33
KET vs ESS	Wiaan Mulder	4	0	26	3	6.5
ESS vs DER	Zaman Akhter	2	0	13	2	6.5
ESS vs DER	Shane Snater	4	0	36	2	9
ESS vs DER	Simon Harmer	4	0	25	2	6.25
ESS vs DER	Wiaan Mulder	3	1	23	2	7.66
KET vs ESS	Shane Snater	4	0	23	2	5.75
HAM vs ESS	Charlie Bennett	4	0	44	2	11
ESS vs DER	Charlie Bennett	2	0	25	1	12.5
KET vs ESS	Zaman Akhter	3	0	18	1	6
HAM vs ESS	Matt Critchley	3	0	23	1	7.66
HAM vs ESS	Simon Harmer	3	0	23	1	7.66
ESS vs SUS	Matt Critchley	4	0	35	1	8.75
ESS vs SUS	Charlie Bennett	1	0	14	1	14
ESS vs SUS	Luc Benkenstein	2	0	23	1	11.5
ESS vs SUS	Simon Harmer	3	0	25	1	8.33

Top batting performance for DER
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
DER vs NOT	1	Aneurin Donald	caught	84	31	7	8	270.96
YOR vs DER	2	Martin Andersson	not out	81	56	7	1	144.64
DER vs DUR	5	Matthew Montgomery	not out	74	45	8	3	164.44
DER vs NOT	2	Martin Andersson	not out	69	43	5	5	160.46
LEI vs DER	3	Caleb Jewell	not out	58	35	6	1	165.71
LEI vs DER	2	Martin Andersson	caught	57	29	9	1	196.55
ESS vs DER	5	Matthew Montgomery	caught	50	30	6	1	166.66
LEI vs DER	1	Aneurin Donald	caught	49	24	6	3	204.16
DER vs DUR	6	Ross Whiteley	caught	45	28	5	2	160.71
YOR vs DER	6	Ross Whiteley	not out	39	17	4	2	229.41
ESS vs DER	8	Nick Potts	caught	35	22	3	2	159.09
YOR vs DER	5	Matthew Montgomery	bowled	35	23	5	0	152.17
DER vs NOT	5	Ross Whiteley	caught	33	16	3	2	206.25
LEI vs DER	6	Matthew Montgomery	caught	27	13	4	1	207.69
DER vs NOT	4	Wayne Madsen	caught	24	16	4	0	150
LEI vs DER	4	Wayne Madsen	bowled	22	17	2	0	129.41

Top bowling performance for DER
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
LEI vs DER	Martin Andersson	4	23	6	5.75
YOR vs DER	Jack Morley	4	44	4	11
DER vs DUR	Jack Morley	4	35	3	8.75
DER vs NOT	Nick Potts	4	47	2	11.75
DER vs NOT	Ben Aitchison	4	44	2	11
LEI vs DER	Ben Aitchison	2	7	2	3.5
YOR vs DER	Nick Potts	4	44	2	11
DER vs DUR	Ben Aitchison	4	31	2	7.75
DER vs DUR	Nick Potts	4	34	2	8.5
ESS vs DER	Jack Morley	3	30	1	10
ESS vs DER	Nick Potts	3.4	23	1	6.27
ESS vs DER	Martin Andersson	4	45	1	11.25
ESS vs DER	Ben Aitchison	3	34	1	11.33
DER vs NOT	Martin Andersson	4	40	1	10
DER vs NOT	Akif Javed	4	29	1	7.25
LEI vs DER	Jack Morley	4	31	1	7.75
YOR vs DER	Matthew Montgomery	4	21	1	5.25
YOR vs DER	Akif Javed	4	39	1	9.75
DER vs DUR	Akif Javed	4	34	1	8.5