Middlesex won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bowl
Essex vs Middlesex finished Middlesex won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining). The match is part of the T20 Blast. It was played at County Ground, Chelmsford. Date: Sunday, 5 July 2026. Middlesex won the toss and elected to bowl
Essex Innings 142/8 (20 ov). Top scorer: Simon Harmer 56 (28). Best bowling: Luke Hollman 4/21.
Middlesex Innings 143/6 (19 ov). Top scorer: Leus du Plooy 38 (24). Best bowling: Samuel Cook 2/24.
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Walter(LHB) | c Plooy b Sharma | 22 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 129 |
| Michael Pepper(RHB) | b Sharma | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 63 |
| Jordan Cox(RHB) | c Helm b Morgan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Charlie Allison(RHB) | c Boyle b Hollman | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 87 |
| Luc Benkenstein | c Caires b Hollman | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 85 |
| Matthew Critchley(RHB) | c Cracknell b Hollman | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Simon Harmer(RHB) | not out | 56 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 200 |
| Shane Snater(RHB) | c Cracknell b Hollman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaman Akhter(RHB) | st Cracknell b Boyle | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Mackenzie Jones(RHB) | not out | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 146 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, w 4) | 6 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 142 | ||||
1-9 (Michael Pepper, 2.2 ov), 2-24 (Jordan Cox, 3.5 ov), 3-29 (Paul Walter, 4.6 ov), 4-52 (Charlie Allison, 8.6 ov), 5-55 (Luc Benkenstein, 10.2 ov), 6-60 (Matthew Critchley, 12.1 ov), 7-60 (Shane Snater, 12.3 ov), 8-69 (Zaman Akhter, 14.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naavya Sharma | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Helm | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Morgan | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 16.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Hollman(LB) | 4 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Zafar Gohar | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Matthew Boyle | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh de Caires(RHB) | c Walter b Harmer | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 107 |
| Matthew Boyle(LHB) | c Jones b Snater | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 133 |
| Max Holden(LHB) | c Jones b Cook | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Leus du Plooy(LHB) | c Cox b Critchley | 38 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 158 |
| Ben Geddes(RHB) | b Harmer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Joe Cracknell(RHB) | c Jones b Cook | 35 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 130 |
| Luke Hollman(LHB) | not out | 32 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 119 |
| Zafar Gohar(LHB) | not out | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Extras | (w 4) | 4 | ||||
| Total | (19 ov) | 143 | ||||
1-17 (Matthew Boyle, 2.2 ov), 2-20 (Max Holden, 3.3 ov), 3-53 (Josh de Caires, 6.6 ov), 4-58 (Ben Geddes, 8.3 ov), 5-74 (Leus du Plooy, 9.5 ov), 6-126 (Joe Cracknell, 17.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Snater | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 9.75 | 1 | 0 |
| Samuel Cook | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Simon Harmer | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Critchley(LB) | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Zaman Akhter | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackenzie Jones | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
