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Hampshire vs Essex, T20BLAST, Today Match Prediction
HAM vs ESS Win Probability
Toss Winner - Essex won the toss and choose to bowl first
Hampshire beat Essex by 30 runs
After losing their opening fixtures, Hampshire and Essex lock horns on Tuesday evening.
- Hampshire were beaten by Somerset in their opening game.
- Essex lost to Sussex on Friday night.
- Both sides have won two of the last four head to heads in this format.
We are backing Hampshire to win!
| Tournament: | Vitality T20 Blast, 2026 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | The Rose Bowl, Southampton, United Kingdom, United Kingdom |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 26.3°C|Sunny |
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HAM vs ESS Match Prediction & Analysis
The Rose Bowl in Southampton will host this clash between two teams who have strong record in the Men's Vitality Blast but neither of who were able to get off to a winning start on Friday night.
Hosts Hampshire, who lost in the final last year to Somerset, hoped to avenge that defeat in their opening clash but were beaten by seven wickets with 22 balls remaining.
As for Essex, they didn't escape their group during the 2025 competition and were easily beaten by Sussex by six wickets with 24 balls remaining on Friday in Chelmsford.
Both teams will have high hopes for this tournament and will be desperate to get a victory!
RECENT PERFORMANCE
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ESS
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149/10 in 51.0 2.92
CC_2026
Somerset beat Essex by 10 wickets
49/0 in 5.4 8.65
HEAD TO HEAD
Last 10 Matches
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447/9 in 119.4
CC_2023
Hampshire beat Essex by 3 wickets
267/7 in 58.1
115/5 in 11.3
VITALITY T20 BLAST 2023
Essex won by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) (D/L method)
170/7 in 20.0
TEAMS PREVIEW
Hampshire Preview
After losing all ten of their own wickets in Taunton on Friday night against Somerset, and then seeing their bowlers dismiss only three of the host's batters, Hampshire need to improve across the board in this match.
One player who can be pleased with his work is their experienced opener James Vince with the skipper smashing seven boundaries on his way to 58 runs from 34 balls.
More lower order runs will be required across the side in this clash though.
With the ball, expect Liam Dawson to turn the ball, while Scott Currie continues to impressin this format.
Hampshire Predicted Playing XI:
Toby Albert (wk), James Vince (c), Joe Weatherley, Hilton Cartwright, Tom Prest, Delano Potgieter, James Fuller, Liam Dawson, Scott Currie, Manny Lumsden, Chris Wood
Hampshire Key Players From Previous Game Of Vitality T20 Blast, 2026
Hampshire Actual Playing XI:
Toby Albert, Hilton Cartwright, Scott Currie, Liam Dawson, James Fuller, Tom Prest, Tristan Stubbs, James Vince, Joe Weatherley, Chris Wood, Andrew Neal
Essex Preview
When both openers hit half-centuries at strike-rates of 150+ yet the team still loses by six wickets with 24 balls remaining then it stands to figure that the top order will need to score runs at a faster rate this time around!
That's the case for Essex with Paul Walter and Michael Pepper both bringing confidence into this match but needing to hit the runs at a quicker rate on Tuesday evening.
Luc Benkenstein impressed from number four, hitting 36 runs from just 18 balls.
With the ball, expect Matt Critchley and the experienced Simon Harmer to be the main threats to the host's batters.
Essex Predicted Playing XI:
Paul Walter, Michael Pepper (wk), Matt Critchley, Luc Benkenstein, Wiaan Mulder, Noah Thain, Simon Harmer (c), Simon Fernandes, Shane Snater, Zaman Akhter, Charlie Bennett
Essex Key Players From Previous Game Of Vitality T20 Blast, 2026
Essex Actual Playing XI:
Charlie Bennett, Luc Benkenstein, Matt Critchley, Michael Pepper, Noah Thain, Paul Walter, Shane Snater, Simon Fernandes , Simon Harmer, Wiaan Mulder, Zaman Akhter
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
The Rose Bowl continues to be a pitch which turns when the sun comes out and that looks like being the case on Tuesday. Expect the temperature to be in the mid-low thirties throughout, even after sundown.
HAM vs ESS Pitch Report
There will be turn throughout the game at The Rose Bowl and there is also a quick outfield. A par score in the first innings of this match will be in the region of 190-200.
Toss: To Bat
With the temperature forecast to drop across the second innings of this game, we predict that both captains will want to bat first on Tuesday evening in Southampton.
HAM vs ESS
Winning Prediction
Both sides have genuine aspirations of going all the way in this tournament but one will go into their third match still looking for their first win. We expect that to be Essex with Hampshire coming out on top on Tuesday night.
We are backing Hampshire to win!
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