Essex vs Sussex
County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
11.07.2025, 21:00
In game 103 of the 2025 Vitality season, Essex will take on Sussex at County Cricket Ground in Chelmsford. The two teams last met in 2024 which ended in Essex’s favour. While they are coming off a losing streak, how will this game unfold? Below, I will give a full game preview and offer the best betting opportunities.
Claim Your Welcome Bonus!Essex vs Sussex: Match Start Date and Time
This match is expected to take place on the 11th of July 2025. The kickoff time will be 21:00pm.
- Match: Essex vs Sussex
- Date: Friday, July 11th, 2025
- Kick-Off Time: 21:00pm (AEST)
- Stadium: County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
Weather and Pitch Report
The weather is expected to be very clear and bright during this match with no possibility of rain. The humidity level will be at 93 percent and the temperature is expected to hover around 15 degree celsius.
Essex vs Sussex Match Analysis
Essex struggled once again like every other time and will look to display an improved performance in this game as they continue to sit at the bottom of the league table. After a hard-fought victory against Surrey that saw them pick their first win of the 2025 season in a game that ended by 4 wickets via the DLS method. In the meantime, this team has now lost three times in their last four matches and picked only one win in 16 consecutive games. In that run, Essex lost to Somerset, Gloucestershire, Yorkshire, Kent, Middlesex, Glamorgan, and Hampshire.
Sussex have their fate to decide after a horrible performance against Kent that saw them end on the losing end. In a game that ended 148-151, a 2-wicket decision was enough to see their opponent secure a win at full time. However, that defeat was Sussex’s second in a row, having lost to Hampshire in a prior encounter in the Vitality Blast by 62 runs. Yet, prior encounters saw Sussex go unbeaten in three consecutive games, defeating Kent and drawing Warwickshire/Birminghamshire and Durham. Ahead of this game, Sussex sits 5th in the South League of the Vitality Blast with 22 points from ten matches, and a win could take them to third place.
Essex: FormEssex: Form
Mohammad Amir has improved so much compared to how poorly he started his season. After 10 matches, Mohammad Amir now has 15 wickets in 11 innings, averaging 22.93 for his wickets and striking once every 15.1 balls. For the new young leg-spinner, Luc Benkenstein, has taken ten wickets in eight innings, striking once every 12 balls and has scored 166 runs while striking at 139. Paul Walter has been the best batter for Essex this season with 256 runs in 11 matches already. The Englishman is averaging 23.27 and a strike rate of 149.70.
Essex: Squad List
Simon Harmer ©, Jordan Cox (WK), Charlie Allison, Mohammed Amir, Luc Benkenstein, Charlie Bennett, Matt Critchley, Robin Das, Mackenzie Jones, Michael Pepper, Jamal Richards, Noah Thain and Paul Walter.
Sussex: Form
Henry Crocombe has been impressive and has nine wickets at 18.44, with a strike rate of 12.6. For Tymal Mills, the captain is striking once every 12.6 balls as he averages 19.5 for his 16 wickets in ten games. James Coles is the best bowler for Sussex at the moment and has scored 279 runs in 10 matches at a strike rate of 162.20. However, his score has dropped in his last three matches, with 24, 10 and 12 which he will hope to improve on in this game.
Sussex: Squad List
Tymal Mills ©, John Simpson (WK), Henry Crocombe, Danny Lamb, Jack Carson, Ollie Robinson, Tom Clark, James Coles, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Harrison Ward, Nathan McAndrew, Tom Alsop, George Thomas, Daniel Hughes.
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Who will win in Match - Essex vs Sussex?
In recent meetings between Essex and Sussex, Essex have had a dominant run with just one defeat since 2022. In that run, Essex won six times. In the meantime, their most recent meeting back in last August ended in favour of Essex by 5 wickets in a 226-227 contest.
Essex vs Sussex Prediction
The two teams have not done a lot of incredible jobs lately and will need to do better. At home, Essex will hope they can return to winning ways after a period of poor performance that saw them end on the losing end the previous time out. However, Sussex have also lost consecutive matches, and they will have to do better here in order to get back into the playoff spots. Yet, I believe Essex will give them a tough job considering they have won the most matches in recent meetings of this fixture. Meanwhile, this will be the first meeting of this year, and Sussex are in better shape, which should give them the advantage here.
Our match prediction is a win for Sussex with odds at 1.65 on 1Xbet bookmaker.
Our betting tip is a total over 349.5 runs with odds at 1.99 on Bc.Game bookmaker.
Our final match prediction is 4 hits in over 1 with odds at 1.66 on Crickex.
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