Essex vs Kent Spitfires Preview & Prediction | 2025 T20 Blast Men | Group Stage

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Essex continue to find ways to lose when it’s easier to win and rivals Kent Spitfires arrive at Chelmsford looking to rub salt in the wounds.

Date & time:

Venue: Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford, England

Weather: Likely to be hotter in Chelmsford than at any other cricket ground in England with the potential of 31c temperatures. 

How to watch: UK – Some matches will be televised on Sky Sports and can be streamed on Sky Go, while others can be streamed live on the official websites and YouTube channels of each competing team

Essex vs Kent Spitfires prediction

It’s now officially Essex’s worst start in T20 Blast history. In 22 years of this competition, the Eagles have never failed to win a single match of their first 50% of fixtures over the course of the group stage. It underlines what a disaster of a season it’s been, with a barely believable one-run defeat against Middlesex on Thursday perhaps the most embarrassing result of them all as Essex failed to chase down 162. This despite being 106/2 after 11.3 overs.

Kent Spitfires are in prime position to take full advantage of Essex’s shortcomings and will relish the opportunity to stick the boot in at the home of their rivals. Essex’s fragile, powerless batting line-up is badly suited to playing at the small ground that is Chelmsford and Kent will be expected to overpower them.

Essex vs Kent Spitfires tip: Kent Spitfires to win