BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Fulton (c)	c Flower b Grant	12	27	36	3	0	44.44
Rob Key	lbw b Palladino	6	10	15	1	0	60.00
Ed Smith	c Flower b Palladino	108	118	152	14	0	91.52
Michael Carberry	c & b Grant	6	17	18	1	0	35.29
Matt Walker	c Jefferson b McCoubrey	8	21	25	1	0	38.09
Mark Ealham	c †Foster b Palladino	3	14	28	0	0	21.42
Geraint Jones †	b Palladino	5	7	16	1	0	71.42
Amjad Khan	c Irani b Palladino	12	12	14	3	0	100.00
Martin Saggers	c †Foster b Palladino	4	7	6	1	0	57.14
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Robinson b Middlebrook	4	14	16	0	0	28.57
Alamgir Sheriyar	not out	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, nb 18, w 1)	21
TOTAL	40.3 Ov (RR: 4.66)	189
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Rob Key), 2-21 (David Fulton), 3-33 (Michael Carberry), 4-65 (Matt Walker), 5-102 (Mark Ealham), 6-128 (Geraint Jones), 7-164 (Amjad Khan), 8-170 (Martin Saggers), 9-187 (Ed Smith), 10-189 (Muthiah Muralidaran)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Joe Grant	10	2	63	2	6.30	-	-	-	1	7
Tony Palladino	15	5	41	6	2.73	-	-	-	0	0
Graham Napier	5	1	23	0	4.60	-	-	-	0	0
Adrian McCoubrey	5	0	33	1	6.60	-	-	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	5.3	0	27	1	4.90	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	c †Jones b Ealham	25	93	112	3	0	26.88
Will Jefferson	c †Jones b Khan	4	10	21	1	0	40.00
Andy Flower	c †Jones b Ealham	39	58	76	6	0	67.24
Aftab Habib	c Muralidaran b Ealham	5	30	32	1	0	16.66
Ronnie Irani (c)	c †Jones b Khan	52	88	108	6	0	59.09
James Foster †	c †Jones b Saggers	0	24	25	0	0	0.00
James Middlebrook	b Khan	15	33	44	2	0	45.45
Graham Napier	c & b Khan	16	37	46	2	0	43.24
Tony Palladino	not out	7	36	49	1	0	19.44
Joe Grant	lbw b Ealham	1	7	4	0	0	14.28
Adrian McCoubrey	c †Jones b Ealham	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 12)	19
TOTAL	69 Ov (RR: 2.65)	183
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Will Jefferson), 2-75 (Andy Flower), 3-82 (Darren Robinson), 4-95 (Aftab Habib), 5-107 (James Foster), 6-146 (James Middlebrook), 7-159 (Ronnie Irani), 8-174 (Graham Napier), 9-175 (Joe Grant), 10-183 (Adrian McCoubrey)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Martin Saggers	13	5	29	1	2.23	-	-	-	0
Amjad Khan	15	0	65	4	4.33	-	-	-	6
Alamgir Sheriyar	2	0	15	0	7.50	-	-	-	0
Mark Ealham	17	8	26	5	1.52	-	-	-	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	22	9	41	0	1.86	-	-	-	0

Kent 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Fulton (c)	not out	94	205	319	6	0	45.85
Michael Carberry	c †Foster b Napier	36	67	66	4	1	53.73
Ed Smith	c Flower b Grant	32	50	41	4	0	64.00
Rob Key	c †Foster b McCoubrey	4	13	14	0	0	30.76
Matt Walker	c Flower b Napier	23	50	53	3	1	46.00
Mark Ealham	c Jefferson b Grant	8	18	13	1	0	44.44
Geraint Jones †	c Irani b Grant	31	45	56	4	0	68.88
Amjad Khan	c Jefferson b Middlebrook	17	29	27	1	1	58.62
Martin Saggers	lbw b Middlebrook	4	19	22	0	0	21.05
Muthiah Muralidaran	lbw b Middlebrook	1	2	4	0	0	50.00
Alamgir Sheriyar	b Middlebrook	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 4, nb 22)	34
TOTAL	81.2 Ov (RR: 3.49)	284
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Michael Carberry), 2-103 (Ed Smith), 3-115 (Rob Key), 4-169 (Matt Walker), 5-181 (Mark Ealham), 6-237 (Geraint Jones), 7-266 (Amjad Khan), 8-282 (Martin Saggers), 9-284 (Muthiah Muralidaran), 10-284 (Alamgir Sheriyar)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Joe Grant	15	0	61	3	4.06	-	-	-	8
Tony Palladino	16	2	58	0	3.62	-	-	-	0
Graham Napier	16.5	4	68	2	4.03	-	-	-	2
James Middlebrook	30.2	5	78	4	2.57	-	-	-	0
Adrian McCoubrey	3.1	1	7	1	2.21	-	-	-	1

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 291 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	b Khan	42	70	101	4	0	60.00
Will Jefferson	c Walker b Muralidaran	5	24	31	0	0	20.83
Tony Palladino	b Saggers	8	34	49	0	0	23.52
Andy Flower	b Sheriyar	83	171	249	11	0	48.53
Aftab Habib	b Muralidaran	14	53	73	1	0	26.41
Ronnie Irani (c)	b Khan	14	15	14	2	0	93.33
James Foster †	lbw b Muralidaran	31	54	65	6	0	57.40
James Middlebrook	c Walker b Muralidaran	5	15	17	0	0	33.33
Graham Napier	lbw b Muralidaran	5	41	42	1	0	12.19
Joe Grant	b Muralidaran	4	5	16	1	0	80.00
Adrian McCoubrey	not out	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 12, w 1)	24
TOTAL	80.1 Ov (RR: 2.93)	235
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Will Jefferson), 2-51 (Tony Palladino), 3-63 (Darren Robinson), 4-118 (Aftab Habib), 5-141 (Ronnie Irani), 6-188 (James Foster), 7-194 (James Middlebrook), 8-221 (Graham Napier), 9-235 (Andy Flower), 10-235 (Joe Grant)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Martin Saggers	15	4	40	1	2.66	-	-	-	0	1
Amjad Khan	11	2	61	2	5.54	-	-	-	0	5
Mark Ealham	12	3	32	0	2.66	-	-	-	1	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	28.1	6	61	6	2.16	-	-	-	0	0
Alamgir Sheriyar	14	6	30	1	2.14	-	-	-	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 30 Jul - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 164/7 (Graham Napier 8*, Tony Palladino 1*, 61 ov)

Thu, 31 Jul - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 24/1 (Darren Robinson 15*, Tony Palladino 2*, 10 ov)

Fri, 01 Aug - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 235 (80.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

MATCH DETAILS

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Toss	Kent, elected to bat first
Series	Frizzell County Championship Division One
Season	2003
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mervyn Kitchen Nigel Cowley
Points	Kent 17, Essex 3

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Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Saggers	15	4	40	1	2.66 (1 nb)
A Khan	11	2	61	2	5.54 (5 nb)
MA Ealham	12	3	32	0	2.66
M Muralidaran	28.1	6	61	6	2.16
A Sheriyar	14	6	30	1	2.14

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