Essex won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat
Essex vs Derbyshire finished Essex won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining). The match is part of the T20 Blast. It was played at County Ground, Chelmsford. Date: Sunday, 31 May 2026. Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat
Derbyshire Innings 173/10 (20 ov). Top scorer: Matthew Montgomery 50 (30). Best bowling: Shane Snater 2/36.
Essex Innings 179/5 (19.4 ov). Top scorer: Charlie Allison 67 (49). Best bowling: Ben Aitchison 1/34.
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aneurin Donald(RHB) | c Pepper b Snater | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 167 |
| Martin Andersson(RHB) | b Akhter | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 200 |
| Caleb Jewell(LHB) | c Snater b Mulder | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 100 |
| Wayne Madsen(RHB) | b Akhter | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140 |
| Matthew Montgomery(RHB) | c Snater b Harmer | 50 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 167 |
| Ross Whiteley(LHB) | st Pepper b Harmer | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 150 |
| Amrit Basra(RHB) | c Walter b Bennett | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Nick Potts | c Bennett b Mulder | 35 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 159 |
| Ben Aitchison(RHB) | b Snater | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 114 |
| Akif Javed(RHB) | not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Jack Morley(LHB) | run out (Pepper) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 3, nb 1) | 6 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 173 | ||||
1-28 (Aneurin Donald, 2.3 ov), 2-38 (Martin Andersson, 3.5 ov), 3-51 (Caleb Jewell, 5.4 ov), 4-55 (Wayne Madsen, 6.4 ov), 5-75 (Ross Whiteley, 8.5 ov), 6-116 (Amrit Basra, 13.4 ov), 7-143 (Matthew Montgomery, 16.6 ov), 8-162 (Nick Potts, 18.4 ov), 9-173 (Ben Aitchison, 19.5 ov), 10-173 (Jack Morley, 19.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Snater | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Bennett | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Zaman Akhter | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wiaan Mulder | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 7.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Harmer | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Critchley(LB) | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Luc Benkenstein | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pepper(RHB) | c Donald b Potts | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 163 |
| Paul Walter(LHB) | c Jewell b Morley | 41 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 171 |
| Charlie Allison(RHB) | not out | 67 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 137 |
| Luc Benkenstein | run out (Andersson) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Wiaan Mulder(RHB) | c Montgomery b Andersson | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 92 |
| Matthew Critchley(RHB) | c Potts b Aitchison | 37 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 176 |
| Simon Harmer(RHB) | not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1) | 4 | ||||
| Total | (19.4 ov) | 179 | ||||
1-26 (Michael Pepper, 2.4 ov), 2-90 (Paul Walter, 8.6 ov), 3-93 (Luc Benkenstein, 9.5 ov), 4-109 (Wiaan Mulder, 12.5 ov), 5-167 (Matthew Critchley, 18.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Montgomery | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Aitchison | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 11.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Potts | 3.4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 6.27 | 1 | 0 |
| Akif Javed | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Morley | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Andersson | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 11.25 | 0 | 0 |
