Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	lbw b SJ Cook	6	11	17	1	0	54.54
Jordan Cox	c †Wheater b Porter	15	19	23	2	0	78.94
Jack Leaning	c Khushi b SJ Cook	0	5	11	0	0	0.00
Ollie Robinson †	c †Wheater b Porter	78	124	167	9	1	62.90
Heino Kuhn	lbw b Porter	140	248	343	17	0	56.45
Darren Stevens	c Browne b Porter	36	51	84	5	1	70.58
Grant Stewart	lbw b ten Doeschate	37	41	52	5	1	90.24
Marcus O'Riordan	not out	42	81	110	6	0	51.85
Matt Milnes	c Porter b Harmer	19	39	49	2	0	48.71
Hamidullah Qadri	c Chopra b Harmer	0	8	10	0	0	0.00
Ivan Thomas	c Harmer b Quinn	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 10, nb 4)	14
Total	104.3 Ov (RR: 3.70)	387
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 3.5 ov), 2-23 (Jordan Cox, 4.6 ov), 3-23 (Jack Leaning, 5.4 ov), 4-173 (Ollie Robinson, 46.2 ov), 5-253 (Darren Stevens, 66.6 ov), 6-306 (Grant Stewart, 79.2 ov), 7-344 (Heino Kuhn, 90.2 ov), 8-381 (Matt Milnes, 101.3 ov), 9-386 (Hamidullah Qadri, 103.5 ov), 10-387 (Ivan Thomas, 104.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	26	4	107	4	4.11	107	16	0	0	2
4.6 to JM Cox, . 23/2 46.2 to OG Robinson, . 173/4 66.6 to DI Stevens, . 253/5 90.2 to HG Kuhn, . 344/7
Sam Cook	21	3	70	2	3.33	96	9	1	0	0
3.5 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 15/1 5.4 to JA Leaning, . 23/3
Matt Quinn	23.3	1	76	1	3.23	100	9	0	0	0
104.3 to IAA Thomas, . 387/10
Simon Harmer	28	1	110	2	3.92	110	11	2	0	0
101.3 to ME Milnes, . 381/8 103.5 to Hamidullah Qadri, . 386/9
Ryan ten Doeschate	6	0	14	1	2.33	28	2	0	0	0
79.2 to G Stewart, . 306/6

Essex 1st Innings (120 ovs maximum)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	b Stevens	61	179	226	9	0	34.07
Alastair Cook	lbw b Milnes	8	26	35	1	0	30.76
Tom Westley (c)	c Kuhn b Stevens	13	27	41	3	0	48.14
Varun Chopra	b O'Riordan	41	81	106	3	0	50.61
Feroze Khushi	c Cox b O'Riordan	2	12	14	0	0	16.66
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Leaning b Milnes	78	170	224	5	1	45.88
Adam Wheater †	run out (Kuhn)	37	86	106	6	0	43.02
Simon Harmer	lbw b O'Riordan	29	53	67	3	0	54.71
Sam Cook	c O'Riordan b Milnes	8	15	27	0	1	53.33
Jamie Porter	not out	2	6	10	0	0	33.33
Matt Quinn	c Kuhn b Milnes	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 12)	19
Total	108.2 Ov (RR: 2.75)	298
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Alastair Cook, 8.6 ov), 2-41 (Tom Westley, 18.3 ov), 3-120 (Varun Chopra, 45.5 ov), 4-124 (Feroze Khushi, 49.4 ov), 5-144 (Nick Browne, 58.1 ov), 6-213 (Adam Wheater, 85.5 ov), 7-281 (Simon Harmer, 101.6 ov), 8-289 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 106.2 ov), 9-298 (Sam Cook, 108.1 ov), 10-298 (Matt Quinn, 108.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Milnes	20.2	8	46	4	2.26	99	7	0	0	0
8.6 to AN Cook, . 19/1 106.2 to RN ten Doeschate, . 289/8 108.1 to SJ Cook, . 298/9 108.2 to MR Quinn, . 298/10
Darren Stevens	27	9	57	2	2.11	132	6	0	0	0
18.3 to T Westley, . 41/2 58.1 to NLJ Browne, . 144/5
Grant Stewart	15	4	39	0	2.60	72	6	0	0	0
Hamidullah Qadri	14	3	34	0	2.42	64	3	0	0	0
Ivan Thomas	7	1	42	0	6.00	29	4	0	0	6
Marcus O'Riordan	23	3	71	3	3.08	98	4	2	0	0
45.5 to V Chopra, . 120/3 49.4 to FIN Khushi, . 124/4 101.6 to SR Harmer, . 281/7
Jack Leaning	2	1	2	0	1.00	11	0	0	0	0

Kent 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	c †Wheater b Porter	5	15	12	1	0	33.33
Jordan Cox	b SJ Cook	29	116	179	3	1	25.00
Jack Leaning	lbw b SJ Cook	6	10	21	1	0	60.00
Ollie Robinson †	c Harmer b Quinn	14	50	54	2	0	28.00
Heino Kuhn	c Browne b Harmer	17	28	34	3	0	60.71
Darren Stevens	c Westley b Harmer	13	22	29	2	0	59.09
Grant Stewart	c †Wheater b Porter	7	12	14	0	0	58.33
Marcus O'Riordan	lbw b Harmer	1	15	14	0	0	6.66
Matt Milnes	c Khushi b Harmer	5	13	26	0	0	38.46
Hamidullah Qadri	c †Wheater b SJ Cook	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Ivan Thomas	not out	3	13	18	0	0	23.07
Extras	(b 8, nb 4)	12
Total	49.1 Ov (RR: 2.27)	112
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 2.6 ov), 2-13 (Jack Leaning, 7.4 ov), 3-36 (Ollie Robinson, 20.5 ov), 4-65 (Heino Kuhn, 29.6 ov), 5-86 (Darren Stevens, 37.4 ov), 6-95 (Grant Stewart, 40.3 ov), 7-100 (Marcus O'Riordan, 43.6 ov), 8-100 (Jordan Cox, 44.2 ov), 9-100 (Hamidullah Qadri, 44.5 ov), 10-112 (Matt Milnes, 49.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	12	5	31	2	2.58	61	6	0	0	0
2.6 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 6/1 40.3 to G Stewart, . 95/6
Sam Cook	10	2	19	3	1.90	46	1	0	0	0
7.4 to JA Leaning, . 13/2 44.2 to JM Cox, . 100/8 44.5 to Hamidullah Qadri, . 100/9
Matt Quinn	9	5	19	1	2.11	48	4	0	0	0
20.5 to OG Robinson, . 36/3
Simon Harmer	18.1	5	35	4	1.92	89	1	1	0	2
29.6 to HG Kuhn, . 65/4 37.4 to DI Stevens, . 86/5 43.6 to MK O'Riordan, . 100/7 49.1 to ME Milnes, . 112/10

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 202 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jamie Porter	c Bell-Drummond b Stewart	3	26	37	0	0	11.53
Nick Browne	c Stevens b Hamidullah Qadri	25	68	86	3	0	36.76
Alastair Cook	lbw b Thomas	66	116	172	7	0	56.89
Tom Westley (c)	c †Robinson b Stewart	0	8	12	0	0	0.00
Varun Chopra	c †Robinson b Stewart	9	9	10	2	0	100.00
Feroze Khushi	c †Robinson b Thomas	45	87	113	7	0	51.72
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw b Thomas	5	15	33	0	0	33.33
Adam Wheater †	not out	26	46	83	2	0	56.52
Simon Harmer	c †Robinson b Thomas	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Sam Cook	not out	15	46	60	2	0	32.60
Extras	(nb 8)	8
Total	69.4 Ov (RR: 2.89)	202/8
Did not bat: Matt Quinn
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Jamie Porter, 9.2 ov), 2-48 (Nick Browne, 21.4 ov), 3-49 (Tom Westley, 24.1 ov), 4-61 (Varun Chopra, 26.2 ov), 5-147 (Alastair Cook, 51.5 ov), 6-152 (Feroze Khushi, 53.3 ov), 7-171 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 57.1 ov), 8-171 (Simon Harmer, 57.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Milnes	15	4	32	0	2.13	73	4	0	0	0
Darren Stevens	15	1	27	0	1.80	70	2	0	0	0
Grant Stewart	13	2	48	3	3.69	53	6	0	0	0
9.2 to JA Porter, . 11/1 24.1 to T Westley, . 49/3 26.2 to V Chopra, . 61/4
Marcus O'Riordan	8	0	39	0	4.87	28	6	0	0	0
Hamidullah Qadri	10.4	2	24	1	2.25	48	2	0	0	0
21.4 to NLJ Browne, . 48/2
Ivan Thomas	8	1	32	4	4.00	37	3	0	0	4
51.5 to AN Cook, . 147/5 53.3 to FIN Khushi, . 152/6 57.1 to RN ten Doeschate, . 171/7 57.2 to SR Harmer, . 171/8

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Sat, 01 Aug - day 1 - Kent 1st innings 344/6 (Heino Kuhn 140*, Marcus O'Riordan 20*, 90 ov)

Sun, 02 Aug - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 179/5 (Ryan ten Doeschate 22*, Adam Wheater 24*, 74 ov)

Mon, 03 Aug - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 0/0 (Jamie Porter 0*, Nick Browne 0*, 1 ov)

Tue, 04 Aug - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 202/8 (69.4 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Kent, elected to bat first
Series	Bob Willis Trophy
Season	2020
Match days	1,2,3,4 August 2020 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Feroze Khushi
Umpires	Ben Debenham Neil Bainton
Points	Essex 21, Kent 7

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Essex Innings

Player Name		R	B
JA Porter	caught	3	26
NLJ Browne	caught	25	68
AN Cook	lbw	66	116
T Westley	caught	0	8
V Chopra	caught	9	9
FIN Khushi	caught	45	87
RN ten Doeschate	lbw	5	15
AJA Wheater	not out	26	46
SR Harmer	caught	0	1
SJ Cook	not out	15	46
Extras	(nb 8)
Total	202(8 wkts; 69.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
ME Milnes	15	4	32	0	2.13
DI Stevens	15	1	27	0	1.8
G Stewart	13	2	48	3	3.69
MK O'Riordan	8	0	39	0	4.87
Hamidullah Qadri	10.4	2	24	1	2.25
IAA Thomas	8	1	32	4	4 (4 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	11	Nick Browne	Jamie Porter
2nd	37	Alastair Cook	Nick Browne
3rd	1	Alastair Cook	Tom Westley
4th	12	Alastair Cook	Varun Chopra
5th	86	Alastair Cook	Feroze Khushi
6th	5	Ryan ten Doeschate	Feroze Khushi
7th	19	Ryan ten Doeschate	Adam Wheater
8th	0	Adam Wheater	Simon Harmer
9th	31	Adam Wheater	Sam Cook

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Bob Willis Trophy

Central Group

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	NRR
SOM	5	4	0	1	97	-1.344
WOR	5	2	1	2	74	-5.449
WAR	5	0	1	4	53	-0.650
NOR	5	1	2	2	49	10.777
GLO	5	1	2	2	45	0.469
GLA	5	0	2	3	43	2.234

North Group

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	NRR
YOR	5	3	0	2	87	-2.187
DER	5	2	1	2	74	-2.499
LAN	5	2	1	2	66	-1.760
NOT	5	0	2	3	59	4.033
LEI	5	1	2	2	49	-0.343
DUR	5	0	2	3	41	1.368

South Group

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	NRR
ESS	5	4	0	1	90	-5.678
KEN	5	3	1	1	82	0.740
MID	5	2	2	1	62	-0.571
HAM	5	2	2	1	57	-1.208
SUR	5	1	4	0	36	-1.207
SUS	5	1	4	0	12	3.569

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