BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Bell-Drummond	c Chopra b Rhodes	32	46	57	7	0	69.56
Sean Dickson	c †Wheater b Dixon	16	46	77	1	1	34.78
Joe Denly	c †Wheater b Dixon	74	138	179	10	0	53.62
Sam Northeast (c)	b Rhodes	56	77	99	8	0	72.72
Sam Billings †	lbw b Bopara	16	23	38	3	0	69.56
Darren Stevens	c Rhodes b Dixon	136	161	233	17	3	84.47
Will Gidman	c †Wheater b Dixon	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
James Tredwell	lbw b Dixon	39	91	106	5	0	42.85
Matt Coles	c †Wheater b Masters	32	41	63	5	0	78.04
Hardus Viljoen	c Westley b Masters	10	22	28	1	0	45.45
Mitchell Claydon	not out	4	8	11	1	0	50.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 10, nb 10, w 2)	26
TOTAL	108.1 Ov (RR: 4.07)	441
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 13.4 ov), 2-50 (Sean Dickson, 18.2 ov), 3-159 (Sam Northeast, 43.3 ov), 4-204 (Sam Billings, 52.3 ov), 5-208 (Joe Denly, 57.2 ov), 6-208 (Will Gidman, 57.3 ov), 7-316 (James Tredwell, 84.3 ov), 8-403 (Matt Coles, 99.2 ov), 9-427 (Hardus Viljoen, 105.1 ov), 10-441 (Darren Stevens, 108.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	29	8	74	2	2.55	138	6	2	0	1
99.2 to MT Coles, . 403/8 105.1 to GC Viljoen, . 427/9
Paul Walter	14	1	72	0	5.14	55	12	1	0	0
Will Rhodes	18	3	80	2	4.44	79	13	0	1	3
13.4 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 44/1 43.3 to SA Northeast, . 159/3
Matt Dixon	28.1	3	124	5	4.40	117	18	1	0	0
18.2 to SR Dickson, . 50/2 57.2 to JL Denly, . 208/5 57.3 to WRS Gidman, . 208/6 84.3 to JC Tredwell, . 316/7 108.1 to DI Stevens, . 441/10
Ravi Bopara	14	0	68	1	4.85	52	9	0	1	1
52.3 to SW Billings, . 204/4
Tom Westley	5	1	9	0	1.80	21	0	0	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b Stevens	25	40	43	5	0	62.50
Nick Browne	c †Billings b Claydon	36	43	65	6	0	83.72
Tom Westley (c)	c Dickson b Claydon	8	12	13	2	0	66.66
Ravi Bopara	c †Billings b Viljoen	22	52	74	4	0	42.30
Dan Lawrence	c Denly b Tredwell	88	156	223	10	1	56.41
Adam Wheater †	c Dickson b Coles	21	47	50	2	0	44.68
Kishen Velani	c Tredwell b Viljoen	22	43	48	5	0	51.16
Will Rhodes	c Tredwell b Viljoen	3	7	8	0	0	42.85
Paul Walter	b Tredwell	28	56	56	4	0	50.00
David Masters	not out	8	27	30	1	0	29.62
Matt Dixon	c Claydon b Coles	14	18	18	2	0	77.77
Extras	(b 2, nb 10, w 5)	17
TOTAL	82.4 Ov (RR: 3.53)	292
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Varun Chopra, 11.2 ov), 2-68 (Tom Westley, 14.4 ov), 3-73 (Nick Browne, 16.4 ov), 4-137 (Ravi Bopara, 33.1 ov), 5-169 (Adam Wheater, 45.6 ov), 6-206 (Kishen Velani, 58.5 ov), 7-214 (Will Rhodes, 60.4 ov), 8-265 (Dan Lawrence, 72.2 ov), 9-267 (Paul Walter, 76.4 ov), 10-292 (Matt Dixon, 82.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Coles	14.4	0	70	2	4.77	60	8	0	0	3
45.6 to AJA Wheater, . 169/5 82.4 to MW Dixon, . 292/10
Darren Stevens	20	9	45	1	2.25	101	7	0	1	0
11.2 to V Chopra, . 51/1
Hardus Viljoen	14	1	69	3	4.92	53	10	0	1	1
33.1 to RS Bopara, . 137/4 58.5 to KS Velani, . 206/6 60.4 to WMH Rhodes, . 214/7
Mitchell Claydon	14	1	61	2	4.35	65	13	0	0	1
14.4 to T Westley, . 68/2 16.4 to NLJ Browne, . 73/3
Will Gidman	5	4	6	0	1.20	26	0	0	0	0
James Tredwell	10	3	22	2	2.20	50	1	1	0	0
72.2 to DW Lawrence, . 265/8 76.4 to PI Walter, . 267/9
Joe Denly	5	1	17	0	3.40	23	2	0	1	0

Kent 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Bell-Drummond	lbw b Masters	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Sean Dickson	c Chopra b Rhodes	14	50	60	2	0	28.00
Joe Denly	c Browne b Dixon	9	12	22	2	0	75.00
Sam Northeast (c)	not out	178	177	246	25	3	100.56
Sam Billings †	c †Wheater b Rhodes	2	12	15	0	0	16.66
Darren Stevens	c †Wheater b Masters	18	49	64	3	0	36.73
Will Gidman	not out	63	98	134	8	0	64.28
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)	4
TOTAL	67 Ov (RR: 4.29)	288/5d
Did not bat: James Tredwell, Matt Coles, Mitchell Claydon, Hardus Viljoen
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 0.5 ov), 2-13 (Joe Denly, 5.4 ov), 3-36 (Sean Dickson, 13.6 ov), 4-40 (Sam Billings, 17.1 ov), 5-103 (Darren Stevens, 32.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	17	9	32	2	1.88	87	4	0	0	1
0.5 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 0/1 32.1 to DI Stevens, . 103/5
Matt Dixon	15	2	65	1	4.33	62	10	0	0	0
5.4 to JL Denly, . 13/2
Will Rhodes	12	4	34	2	2.83	56	5	0	0	0
13.6 to SR Dickson, . 36/3 17.1 to SW Billings, . 40/4
Paul Walter	5	1	30	0	6.00	18	6	0	0	0
Tom Westley	4	0	22	0	5.50	9	2	0	0	0
Ravi Bopara	5	0	30	0	6.00	13	4	0	0	0
Dan Lawrence	6	0	29	0	4.83	19	4	0	0	0
Kishen Velani	2	0	36	0	18.00	3	4	3	0	0
Nick Browne	1	0	8	0	8.00	1	1	0	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Tue, 20 Sep - day 1 - no play

Wed, 21 Sep - day 2 - Kent 1st innings 389/7 (Darren Stevens 107*, Matt Coles 24*, 96 ov)

Thu, 22 Sep - day 3 - Essex 1st innings 289/9 (David Masters 7*, Matt Dixon 12*, 81 ov)

Fri, 23 Sep - day 4 - Kent 2nd innings 288/5d (67 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Toss	no toss
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division Two
Season	2016
Series result	Essex won the 2016 Specsavers County Championship Division Two
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	20,21,22,23 September 2016 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Graham Lloyd Russell Evans
Points	Kent 13, Essex 10

Match Coverage

Stevens signs new deal with Kent

Northeast offers nothing as Kent rue points that got away

Instant answers to T20 questions

Kent Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
DD Masters	17	9	32	2	1.88 (1 nb)
MW Dixon	15	2	65	1	4.33
WMH Rhodes	12	4	34	2	2.83
PI Walter	5	1	30	0	6
T Westley	4	0	22	0	5.5
RS Bopara	5	0	30	0	6
DW Lawrence	6	0	29	0	4.83
KS Velani	2	0	36	0	18
NLJ Browne	1	0	8	0	8

<1 / 3>