ESS vs SUS 1st Match, 22 May 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Sussex

Chelmsford

County Ground

188

ESS

191/5 (20.0)

Sussex chose to BOWL

SUS

192/4 (16.0)

Sussex won by 6 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

Vitality Blast Men ESS vs SUS 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
Brad Currie	SUS	BOWL	✅	40	RHB	10	8	24	8	12	52.17	0	0	LM	39	48	3.2	18.16	7.03	15.5	1	5/13	17							11	79.85	1.11	2.83		21	1	0	-3	0
Paul Walter	ESS	ALL	✅	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							1	91.4	9.83	16.71	✅	3	110	106	0	0
Michael Pepper	ESS	WK	✅	127	RHB	124	12	2940	120	26.25	148.71	19	438		0	0					0	-	58							2	0	0	0	✅	4	106	102	0	0
Daniel Hughes	SUS	BAT	✅	146	LHB	139	16	3555	96	28.9	130.93	22	465	RM	0	0					0	-	44							1	73.71	2.7	4.79	✅	6	98	94	0	0
James Coles	SUS	ALL	✅	68	RHB	58	13	1310	77	29.11	149.03	7	165	SLA	56	52	2.9	25.61	8.23	18.6	3	4/12	35							3	91.52	47.67	22.24	✅	1	165	90	71	0
Tymal Mills	SUS	BOWL	✅	265	RHB	68	28	245	30	6.12	102.51	0	35	LF	257	325	3.5	23.42	8.35	16.8	7	4/13	39							10	87.71	2.46	7.99		16	16	0	12	0
Tom Alsop	SUS	WK	✅	105	LHB	99	16	2259	87	27.21	129.97	14	267		0	0					0	-	44							5	37.59	1.23	1.47		14	33	21	0	8
Danny Briggs	SUS	BOWL	✅	274	RHB	81	52	389	35	13.41	125.48	0	48	SLA	263	312	3.5	21.52	7.31	17.6	6	5/19	50							8	49.63	0.12	2.09		13	36	0	32	0
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							3	88.45	1.72	3.56	✅	8	50	4	34	8
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							5	91.52	22.97	25.55		18	9	2	-5	8
John Simpson	SUS	WK	✅	196	LHB	174	26	3226	84	21.79	131.03	13	349		0	0					0	-	130							4	21.25	0.37	0.37	✅	2	133	129	0	0
Danny Lamb	SUS	BOWL	✅	78	RHB	48	13	537	49	15.34	113.53	0	59	RMF	69	59	3	31.91	9.11	21	1	5/15	11							7	11.92	0.37	0.25	✅	10	46	0	42	0
Simon Harmer	ESS	BOWL	✅	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							7	68.67	0.25	1.11	✅	7	69	14	35	16
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							4	45.09	0.98	0.74	✅	5	106	74	28	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							9	15.97	0	0.37		19	5	0	1	0
Jack Leaning	SUS	ALL	✅	125	RHB	105	26	2120	81	26.83	129.58	7	219	OB	41	26	2	25.69	7.95	19.3	0	3/15	68							6	7.99	0	0.25		17	13	1	0	8
Tom Clark	SUS	BAT	✅	37	LHB	35	4	750	72	24.19	137.86	1	109	RM	1	0	0.2		24		0	-	23							2	44.59	1.11	0.98		15	26	22	0	0
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							10	5.77	0.25	0.12		22	0	0	-4	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							11	10.93	0.61	0.74		12	37	0	33	0
Henry Crocombe	SUS	BOWL	✅	27	RHB	14	11	31	12	10.33	106.89	0	3	RMF	27	30	2.8	24.8	9.92	15	0	3/31	8							9	0.37	0	0	✅	11	42	0	38	0
Simon Fernandes	ESS	WK	✅	1	RHB	0	0	0				0	0	OB	0	0					0	-	0							8	2.46	0	0.12		20	4	0	0	0
Noah Thain	ESS	ALL	✅	10	RHB	7	3	89	38	22.25	167.92	0	11	RM	6	1	1.3	88	11	48	0	1/9	6							6	8.48	0.37	0.12	✅	9	47	43	0	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 Sussex
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)
KET vs SUS	25 May - 08:00 PM	Canterbury	Sussex	SUSSussex	KET	197/6 (20.0)	199/3 (18.2)	Kent Kent won by 7 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
SUS vs MID	30 May - 11:30 PM	Brighton	Sussex	MIDMiddlesex	SUS	213/4 (20.0)	182/10 (19.4)	Middlesex Middlesex won by 31 runs
HAM vs SUS	02 Jun - 11:30 PM	Southampton	Sussex	HAMHampshire	SUS	173/6 (20.0)	144/10 (17.3)	Hampshire Hampshire won by 29 runs

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 SUS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
KET vs SUS	2	Tom Clark	caught	79	29	9	6	272.41
ESS vs SUS	4	John Simpson	caught	63	23	1	8	273.91
ESS vs SUS	3	James Coles	caught	50	29	5	1	172.41
ESS vs SUS	1	Daniel Hughes	caught	44	25	10	0	176
SUS vs MID	5	Tom Alsop	caught	43	24	5	2	179.16
HAM vs SUS	1	Harrison Ward	lbw	40	21	4	3	190.47
SUS vs MID	3	James Coles	caught	33	27	3	0	122.22
HAM vs SUS	2	Daniel Hughes	caught	31	22	2	2	140.9
SUS vs MID	2	Tom Clark	caught	31	13	4	2	238.46
KET vs SUS	6	Jack Leaning	caught	30	25	3	0	120
KET vs SUS	3	James Coles	caught	28	26	1	0	107.69
KET vs SUS	1	Daniel Hughes	caught	26	20	5	0	130
KET vs SUS	7	Danny Lamb	not out	22	12	1	2	183.33

Top bowling performance for SUS
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
SUS vs MID	Tymal Mills	4	31	3	7.75
HAM vs SUS	Tymal Mills	4	26	2	6.5
ESS vs SUS	James Coles	3	32	2	10.66
HAM vs SUS	James Coles	4	29	1	7.25
HAM vs SUS	Tom Price	1	10	1	10
HAM vs SUS	Danny Lamb	4	39	1	9.75
HAM vs SUS	Danny Briggs	4	28	1	7
SUS vs MID	Danny Briggs	4	33	1	8.25
KET vs SUS	Henry Crocombe	3	31	1	10.33
KET vs SUS	Danny Briggs	4	32	1	8
KET vs SUS	Fynn Hudson-Prentice	2	21	1	10.5
ESS vs SUS	Henry Crocombe	3	25	1	8.33
ESS vs SUS	Danny Lamb	3	25	1	8.33
ESS vs SUS	Danny Briggs	4	40	1	10