Essex v Derbyshire, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 33, Vitality Blast, 2026

Vitality Blast Match 33: Essex v Derbyshire, May 31, 2026

Essex

ESS

179/5 (19.4)

Derbyshire

DER

173/10 (20)

Finished

ESS won by 5 wickets

Derbyshire InningDER Inning173/10 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Aneurin Donald(WK/C)	c MKS Pepper b S Snater	20	12	3	1	166.67
c MKS Pepper b S Snater
Martin Andersson	b Z Akhter	12	6	1	1	200.00
b Z Akhter
Caleb Jewell	c S Snater b PWA Mulder	14	14	3	0	100.00
c S Snater b PWA Mulder
Wayne Madsen	b Z Akhter	7	5	1	0	140.00
b Z Akhter
Matthew Montgomery	c S Snater b SR Harmer	50	30	6	1	166.67
c S Snater b SR Harmer
Ross Whiteley	st MKS Pepper b SR Harmer	12	8	0	1	150.00
st MKS Pepper b SR Harmer
Amrit Basra	c PI Walter b CE Bennett	7	14	0	0	50.00
c PI Walter b CE Bennett
Nick Potts	c CE Bennett b PWA Mulder	35	22	3	2	159.09
c CE Bennett b PWA Mulder
Ben William Aitchison	b S Snater	8	7	0	1	114.29
b S Snater
Akif Javed	Not out	2	2	0	0	100.00
Not out
Jack Morley	runout (MKS Pepper)	0	1	0	0	0.00
runout (MKS Pepper)
Extra	6 (b 0, w 3, nb 1, lb 2)
Total	173/10 (20)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Shane Snater	4	0	36	2	9.00
Charlie Edward Bennett	2	0	25	1	12.50
Zaman Akhter	2	0	13	2	6.50
Wiaan Mulder	3	1	23	2	7.67
Simon Harmer	4	0	25	2	6.25
Matt Critchley	4	0	36	0	9.00
Luc Benkenstein	1	0	13	0	13.00

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (A Donald - 2.3 ov), 2-38 (MK Andersson - 3.5 ov), 3-51 (CP Jewell - 5.4 ov), 4-55 (WL Madsen - 6.4 ov), 5-75 (RA Whiteley - 8.5 ov), 6-116 (A Basra - 13.4 ov), 7-143 (M Montgomery - 16.6 ov), 8-162 (N Potts - 18.4 ov), 9-173 (B W Aitchison - 19.5 ov), 10-173 (J Morley - 19.6 ov)

Essex InningESS Inning179/5 (19.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Michael-Kyle Pepper(WK)	c A Donald b N Potts	13	8	2	0	162.50
c A Donald b N Potts
Paul Walter	c CP Jewell b J Morley	41	24	9	0	170.83
c CP Jewell b J Morley
Charles Allison	Not out	67	49	6	3	136.73
Not out
Luc Benkenstein	runout (MK Andersson / M Montgomery)	1	2	0	0	50.00
runout (MK Andersson / M Montgomery)
Wiaan Mulder	c M Montgomery b MK Andersson	12	13	0	1	92.31
c M Montgomery b MK Andersson
Matt Critchley	c N Potts b B W Aitchison	37	21	3	1	176.19
c N Potts b B W Aitchison
Simon Harmer(C)	Not out	4	1	1	0	400.00
Not out
Extra	4 (b 0, w 1, nb 0, lb 3)
Total	179/5 (19.4)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Matthew Montgomery	2	16	0	8.00
Ben William Aitchison	3	34	1	11.33
Nick Potts	3.4	23	1	6.27
Akif Javed	4	28	0	7.00
Jack Morley	3	30	1	10.00
Martin Andersson	4	45	1	11.25

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (MKS Pepper - 2.4 ov), 2-90 (PI Walter - 8.6 ov), 3-93 (L Benkenstein - 9.5 ov), 4-109 (PWA Mulder - 12.5 ov), 5-167 (MJJ Critchley - 18.5 ov)

Date

2026-05-31 20:30 PM

Venue

County Ground, Chelmsford

Toss

Derbyshire elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee