Fantasy
Venue: The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford
Average first innings score in last three years:173
42% of the games have been won by the team batting first
Pacers have picked 61.04% of the wickets to fall here. Spinners have picked 38.96% of the wickets.
*All data from the last 3 years
Suggested teams
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Horses for courses
Top Run scorers at this venue
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Top wicket takers at this venue
The above graphic tells you the top bowlers at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - wickets taken, bowling average, bowling economy etc.
Probable XIs
Essex: Tom Westley, Simon Harmer (Captain), Adam Rossington (wk), Matt Critchley, Sam Cook, Paul Walter, Shane Snater, Ben Allison, Daniel Sams, Michael Pepper, Robin Das
Sussex: Ravi Bopara (Captain), Tymal Mills, Tom Alsop, Michael Burgess (wk), Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Shadab Khan, Nathan McAndrew, Tom Haines, Tom Clark, Henry Crocombe, James Coles