Northamptonshire won by 130 runs
Essex won the toss and elected to bowl
Northamptonshire vs Essex finished Northamptonshire won by 130 runs. The match is part of the T20 Blast. It was played at County Ground, Northampton. Date: Friday, 26 June 2026. Essex won the toss and elected to bowl
Northamptonshire Innings 238/6 (20 ov). Top scorer: Chris Lynn 75 (37). Best bowling: Zaman Akhter 2/46.
Essex Innings 108/10 (13.2 ov). Top scorer: Michael Pepper 23 (11). Best bowling: Calvin Harrison 5/9.
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Vasconcelos(LHB) | b Harmer | 44 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 210 |
| Chris Lynn(RHB) | c Benkenstein b Harmer | 75 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 203 |
| David Willey(LHB) | c Pepper b Bennett | 65 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 224 |
| Justin Broad(RHB) | c Fernandes b Snater | 28 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 133 |
| Saif Zaib(LHB) | b Akhter | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 157 |
| Lewis McManus(RHB) | c Harmer b Akhter | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140 |
| Calvin Harrison(RHB) | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Nathan McSweeney(RHB) | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 4, nb 2) | 7 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 238 | ||||
1-98 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 7.5 ov), 2-146 (Chris Lynn, 11.2 ov), 3-215 (David Willey, 17.3 ov), 4-226 (Justin Broad, 18.1 ov), 5-236 (Lewis McManus, 19.3 ov), 6-237 (Saif Zaib, 19.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Snater | 3 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Bennett | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 11.33 | 1 | 1 |
| Zaman Akhter | 4 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 11.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Simon Harmer | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 9.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Critchley(LB) | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 11.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Luc Benkenstein | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Walter | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Walter(LHB) | b Sanderson | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 163 |
| Michael Pepper(RHB) | c Sanderson b Sales | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 209 |
| Jordan Cox(RHB) | c McManus b Sanderson | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 233 |
| Charlie Allison(RHB) | c McSweeney b Scrimshaw | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71 |
| Luc Benkenstein | c McSweeney b Zaib | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Matthew Critchley(RHB) | b Harrison | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 138 |
| Simon Harmer(RHB) | c Vasconcelos b Harrison | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| Simon Fernandes(RHB) | not out | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Shane Snater(RHB) | st McManus b Harrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaman Akhter(RHB) | lbw b Harrison | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 117 |
| Charlie Bennett | b Harrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 2) | 2 | ||||
| Total | (13.2 ov) | 108 | ||||
1-15 (Paul Walter, 1.4 ov), 2-47 (Jordan Cox, 3.6 ov), 3-57 (Michael Pepper, 4.4 ov), 4-66 (Charlie Allison, 6.1 ov), 5-72 (Luc Benkenstein, 7.2 ov), 6-85 (Matthew Critchley, 9.1 ov), 7-98 (Simon Harmer, 11.3 ov), 8-98 (Shane Snater, 11.4 ov), 9-108 (Zaman Akhter, 13.1 ov), 10-108 (Charlie Bennett, 13.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Willey | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Sanderson | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sales | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Saif Zaib | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| George Scrimshaw | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 7.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Harrison | 2.2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 |
