Northamptonshire v Essex, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 58, Vitality Blast, 2026

Vitality Blast Match 58: Northamptonshire v Essex, June 26, 2026

Northamptonshire

NOR

238/6 (20)

Essex

ESS

108/10 (13.2)

Finished

NOR won by 130 runs

Northamptonshire InningNOR Inning238/6 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	b SR Harmer	44	21	10	0	209.52
b SR Harmer
Chris Lynn	c L Benkenstein b SR Harmer	75	37	11	3	202.70
c L Benkenstein b SR Harmer
David Willey(C)	c MKS Pepper b CE Bennett	65	29	6	4	224.14
c MKS Pepper b CE Bennett
Justin Broad	c Simon Fernandes b S Snater	28	21	3	1	133.33
c Simon Fernandes b S Snater
Saif Zaib	b Z Akhter	11	7	0	1	157.14
b Z Akhter
Lewis McManus(WK)	c SR Harmer b Z Akhter	7	5	1	0	140.00
c SR Harmer b Z Akhter
Calvin Harrison	Not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Not out
Nathan McSweeney	Not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	7 (b 0, w 4, nb 2, lb 1)
Total	238/6 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Shane Snater	3	42	1	14.00
Charlie Edward Bennett	3	34	1	11.33
Zaman Akhter	4	46	2	11.50
Simon Harmer	4	39	2	9.75
Matt Critchley	4	45	0	11.25
Luc Benkenstein	1	22	0	22.00
Paul Walter	1	9	0	9.00

Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Rs Vasconcelos - 7.5 ov), 2-146 (CA Lynn - 11.2 ov), 3-215 (D Willey - 17.3 ov), 4-226 (J Broad - 18.1 ov), 5-236 (LD McManus - 19.3 ov), 6-237 (SA Zaib - 19.5 ov)

Essex InningESS Inning108/10 (13.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Paul Walter	b BW Sanderson	13	8	3	0	162.50
b BW Sanderson
Michael-Kyle Pepper	c BW Sanderson b J Sales	23	11	3	1	209.09
c BW Sanderson b J Sales
Jordan Cox(WK)	c LD McManus b BW Sanderson	21	9	2	2	233.33
c LD McManus b BW Sanderson
Charles Allison	c NA McSweeney b GLS Scrimshaw	5	7	1	0	71.43
c NA McSweeney b GLS Scrimshaw
Luc Benkenstein	c NA McSweeney b SA Zaib	4	4	1	0	100.00
c NA McSweeney b SA Zaib
Matt Critchley	b Calvin Harrison	11	8	2	0	137.50
b Calvin Harrison
Simon Harmer(C)	c Rs Vasconcelos b Calvin Harrison	12	15	1	0	80.00
c Rs Vasconcelos b Calvin Harrison
Simon Fernandes	Not out	10	10	0	0	100.00
Not out
Shane Snater	st LD McManus b Calvin Harrison	0	1	0	0	0.00
st LD McManus b Calvin Harrison
Zaman Akhter	lbw b Calvin Harrison	7	6	1	0	116.67
lbw b Calvin Harrison
Charlie Edward Bennett	b Calvin Harrison	0	1	0	0	0.00
b Calvin Harrison
Extra	2 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	108/10 (13.2)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
David Willey	2	22	0	11.00
Ben Sanderson	2	25	2	12.50
James Sales	2	18	1	9.00
Saif Zaib	2	9	1	4.50
George Scrimshaw	3	23	1	7.67
Calvin Harrison	2.2	9	5	3.86

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (PI Walter - 1.4 ov), 2-47 (J Cox - 3.6 ov), 3-57 (MKS Pepper - 4.4 ov), 4-66 (CW Allison - 6.1 ov), 5-72 (L Benkenstein - 7.2 ov), 6-85 (MJJ Critchley - 9.1 ov), 7-98 (SR Harmer - 11.3 ov), 8-98 (S Snater - 11.4 ov), 9-108 (Z Akhter - 13.1 ov), 10-108 (CE Bennett - 13.2 ov)

Date

2026-06-26 23:00 PM

Venue

County Ground, Northampton

Toss

Essex elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee