Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Denly	b Topley	24	39	48	4	0	61.53
Rob Key (c)	b Masters	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Sam Northeast	c Westley b Chambers	112	170	254	10	2	65.88
Martin van Jaarsveld	b Masters	1	5	4	0	0	20.00
Geraint Jones †	b Masters	23	38	53	3	0	60.52
Darren Stevens	c Cook b Chambers	17	27	26	3	0	62.96
Alex Blake	b Topley	12	25	26	3	0	48.00
James Tredwell	run out (Topley)	3	1	6	0	0	300.00
Simon Cook	st †Foster b Phillips	19	36	35	2	0	52.77
Robbie Joseph	not out	19	71	72	3	0	26.76
Charlie Shreck	c †Foster b Chambers	4	9	19	1	0	44.44
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 6, w 2)	13
Total	70 Ov (RR: 3.52)	247
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Rob Key, 0.4 ov), 2-35 (Joe Denly, 11.3 ov), 3-42 (Martin van Jaarsveld, 12.2 ov), 4-86 (Geraint Jones, 26.3 ov), 5-107 (Darren Stevens, 33.2 ov), 6-131 (Alex Blake, 39.6 ov), 7-140 (James Tredwell, 41.2 ov), 8-178 (Simon Cook, 50.4 ov), 9-232 (Sam Northeast, 65.2 ov), 10-247 (Charlie Shreck, 69.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	20	2	64	3	3.20	-	-	-	0	2
Maurice Chambers	18	3	51	3	2.83	-	-	-	0	0
Reece Topley	12	0	68	2	5.66	-	-	-	1	0
Ravi Bopara	10	3	31	0	3.10	-	-	-	1	1
Matt Walker	4	1	8	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Tim Phillips	6	0	20	1	3.33	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Billy Godleman	c van Jaarsveld b Stevens	13	45	47	2	0	28.88
Alastair Cook	c †Jones b Stevens	6	25	33	1	0	24.00
Jaik Mickleburgh	b Cook	17	25	35	4	0	68.00
Ravi Bopara	c van Jaarsveld b Stevens	0	16	16	0	0	0.00
Matt Walker	c Stevens b Cook	22	49	67	4	0	44.89
Maurice Chambers	c Tredwell b Stevens	2	5	9	0	0	40.00
Tom Westley	lbw b Stevens	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
James Foster (c)†	not out	88	161	208	17	0	54.65
Tim Phillips	c †Jones b Stevens	20	99	121	3	0	20.20
David Masters	c van Jaarsveld b Joseph	13	21	27	1	0	61.90
Reece Topley	c Blake b Joseph	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 5, nb 6, w 2)	20
Total	76 Ov (RR: 2.64)	201
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Alastair Cook, 9.4 ov), 2-31 (Billy Godleman, 13.1 ov), 3-39 (Ravi Bopara, 17.5 ov), 4-39 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 18.4 ov), 5-48 (Maurice Chambers, 21.1 ov), 6-48 (Tom Westley, 21.6 ov), 7-90 (Matt Walker, 34.4 ov), 8-170 (Tim Phillips, 66.2 ov), 9-195 (David Masters, 73.5 ov), 10-201 (Reece Topley, 75.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Charlie Shreck	20	7	49	0	2.45	-	-	-	1	0
Darren Stevens	27	8	60	6	2.22	-	-	-	0	0
Simon Cook	15	4	46	2	3.06	-	-	-	0	0
James Tredwell	6	2	7	0	1.16	-	-	-	0	0
Robbie Joseph	8	3	27	2	3.37	-	-	-	1	3

Kent 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Denly	lbw b Topley	18	25	35	2	0	72.00
Rob Key (c)	c Godleman b Topley	61	131	161	7	0	46.56
Sam Northeast	b Bopara	16	35	49	2	0	45.71
Martin van Jaarsveld	c †Foster b Chambers	63	113	153	8	0	55.75
Robbie Joseph	c Mickleburgh b Masters	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
Geraint Jones †	c Walker b Topley	2	25	32	0	0	8.00
Darren Stevens	c Masters b Chambers	30	33	43	7	0	90.90
Alex Blake	c Cook b Bopara	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
James Tredwell	c †Foster b Topley	20	40	49	2	0	50.00
Simon Cook	lbw b Topley	14	26	32	0	0	53.84
Charlie Shreck	not out	0	8	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 2, w 4)	14
Total	74.4 Ov (RR: 3.18)	238
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Joe Denly, 8.4 ov), 2-77 (Sam Northeast, 21.3 ov), 3-146 (Rob Key, 40.5 ov), 4-151 (Robbie Joseph, 43.5 ov), 5-158 (Geraint Jones, 52.4 ov), 6-198 (Martin van Jaarsveld, 60.4 ov), 7-200 (Alex Blake, 61.5 ov), 8-200 (Darren Stevens, 62.3 ov), 9-233 (Simon Cook, 70.5 ov), 10-238 (James Tredwell, 74.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	21	6	48	1	2.28	-	-	-	0	0
Maurice Chambers	16	2	69	2	4.31	-	-	-	0	0
Reece Topley	17.4	5	46	5	2.60	-	-	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	18	3	50	2	2.77	-	-	-	4	1
Tim Phillips	2	0	17	0	8.50	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 285 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Billy Godleman	lbw b Joseph	58	97	117	9	0	59.79
Alastair Cook	lbw b Tredwell	31	41	51	6	0	75.60
Jaik Mickleburgh	c Stevens b Tredwell	4	8	8	0	0	50.00
Ravi Bopara	lbw b Stevens	39	93	113	4	0	41.93
Matt Walker	c van Jaarsveld b Stevens	13	42	47	1	0	30.95
Tom Westley	c Tredwell b Stevens	17	30	41	3	0	56.66
James Foster (c)†	c †Jones b Joseph	21	58	84	1	0	36.20
Tim Phillips	c Stevens b Joseph	12	34	33	1	0	35.29
David Masters	c †Jones b Cook	0	10	12	0	0	0.00
Maurice Chambers	not out	4	6	17	1	0	66.66
Reece Topley	c Tredwell b Joseph	0	7	12	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 10, w 5)	28
Total	70.1 Ov (RR: 3.23)	227
Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Alastair Cook, 14.3 ov), 2-66 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 16.3 ov), 3-123 (Billy Godleman, 32.5 ov), 4-160 (Matt Walker, 45.3 ov), 5-161 (Ravi Bopara, 47.3 ov), 6-190 (Tom Westley, 55.4 ov), 7-218 (Tim Phillips, 64.4 ov), 8-219 (David Masters, 67.4 ov), 9-220 (James Foster, 68.1 ov), 10-227 (Reece Topley, 70.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Darren Stevens	20	3	76	3	3.80	-	-	-	3	0
Charlie Shreck	5	1	20	0	4.00	-	-	-	1	0
James Tredwell	18	4	45	2	2.50	-	-	-	0	0
Simon Cook	13	1	47	1	3.61	-	-	-	0	0
Joe Denly	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0
Robbie Joseph	13.1	4	25	4	1.89	-	-	-	1	5

Close of Play

Fri, 08 Apr - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 49/6 (Matt Walker 7*, James Foster 0*, 24 ov)

Sat, 09 Apr - day 2 - Kent 2nd innings 146/3 (Martin van Jaarsveld 43*, Robbie Joseph 0*, 42 ov)

Sun, 10 Apr - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 198/6 (James Foster 12*, Tim Phillips 5*, 61 ov)

Mon, 11 Apr - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 227 (70.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Kent, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2011
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	8,9,10,11 April 2011 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Richard Illingworth Trevor Jesty
Points	Kent 20, Essex 4

Match Coverage

Robbie Joseph stars in Kent win

Enthralling finish in prospect at Chelmsford

Kent take charge despite Foster fightback

Stevens rips through Essex

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DI Stevens	20	3	76	3	3.8
CE Shreck	5	1	20	0	4
JC Tredwell	18	4	45	2	2.5
SJ Cook	13	1	47	1	3.61
JL Denly	1	0	1	0	1
RH Joseph	13.1	4	25	4	1.89 (5 nb)

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