Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Northeast	c †Eckersley b Wyatt	52	96	112	7	0	54.16
Rob Key (c)	lbw b Taylor	68	97	131	7	0	70.10
Alex Blake	c †Eckersley b Taylor	9	39	57	1	0	23.07
Brendan Nash	c Wyatt b Naik	119	172	231	13	1	69.18
Mike Powell	b Taylor	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Darren Stevens	c Thornely b Wyatt	18	30	35	2	0	60.00
Geraint Jones †	c †Eckersley b Taylor	52	106	136	5	0	49.05
Matt Coles	c †Eckersley b Taylor	17	14	14	3	0	121.42
Mark Davies	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 8, lb 2, nb 4, w 1)	15
Total	92.2 Ov (RR: 3.79)	350/8d
Did not bat: Charlie Shreck, James Tredwell
Fall of wickets: 1-110 (Sam Northeast, 29.2 ov), 2-135 (Rob Key, 33.4 ov), 3-158 (Alex Blake, 43.1 ov), 4-158 (Mike Powell, 43.3 ov), 5-188 (Darren Stevens, 51.5 ov), 6-322 (Geraint Jones, 87.5 ov), 7-350 (Matt Coles, 91.6 ov), 8-350 (Brendan Nash, 92.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	21	4	65	0	3.09	94	5	0	0	0
Alex Wyatt	16	4	44	2	2.75	78	7	0	0	0
29.2 to SA Northeast, . 110/1 51.5 to DI Stevens, . 188/5
Rob Taylor	19	2	91	5	4.78	77	11	1	0	0
33.4 to RWT Key, . 135/2 43.1 to AJ Blake, . 158/3 43.3 to MJ Powell, . 158/4 87.5 to GO Jones, . 322/6 91.6 to MT Coles, . 350/7
Wayne White	19	3	68	0	3.57	76	6	0	1	2
Jigar Naik	16.2	1	70	1	4.28	64	9	0	0	0
92.2 to BP Nash, . 350/8
Will Jones	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jones	c Stevens b Coles	48	88	116	7	0	54.54
Michael Thornely	c †Jones b Shreck	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Ned Eckersley †	c Stevens b Shreck	8	17	22	2	0	47.05
Matthew Boyce	not out	78	141	170	8	0	55.31
Josh Cobb	not out	31	65	82	5	1	47.69
Extras	(b 2, lb 4)	6
Total	52.1 Ov (RR: 3.27)	171/3d
Did not bat: Shiv Thakor, Wayne White, Rob Taylor, Jigar Naik, Alex Wyatt, Matthew Hoggard (c)
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Michael Thornely, 1.2 ov), 2-14 (Ned Eckersley, 7.1 ov), 3-107 (Will Jones, 29.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Davies	13	3	32	0	2.46	62	4	0	0	0
Charlie Shreck	17	3	63	2	3.70	78	9	1	0	0
1.2 to MA Thornely, . 2/1 7.1 to EJH Eckersley, . 14/2
Darren Stevens	9	1	40	0	4.44	39	5	0	0	0
Adam Riley	7.1	4	8	0	1.11	40	1	0	0	0
Matt Coles	6	0	22	1	3.66	26	3	0	0	0
29.3 to WS Jones, . 107/3

Kent 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Northeast	c Naik b Thornely	20	30	31	1	1	66.66
Rob Key (c)	c Naik b White	14	20	22	3	0	70.00
Alex Blake	not out	35	50	52	4	0	70.00
Brendan Nash	not out	25	40	43	1	0	62.50
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)	9
Total	23 Ov (RR: 4.47)	103/2d
Did not bat: Mike Powell, Darren Stevens, Geraint Jones †, Matt Coles, Adam Riley, Mark Davies, Charlie Shreck
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Rob Key, 6.5 ov), 2-45 (Sam Northeast, 9.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shiv Thakor	3	0	19	0	6.33	12	3	0	0	1
Michael Thornely	6	1	16	1	2.66	29	1	0	0	1
9.3 to SA Northeast, . 45/2
Wayne White	7	0	37	1	5.28	20	3	1	0	0
6.5 to RWT Key, . 33/1
Jigar Naik	2	0	8	0	4.00	8	0	0	0	0
Will Jones	2	0	9	0	4.50	4	0	0	0	0
Matthew Boyce	2	1	9	0	4.50	9	2	0	0	0
Alex Wyatt	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 283 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jones	c †Jones b Shreck	3	12	15	0	0	25.00
Michael Thornely	c †Jones b Davies	4	4	9	0	0	100.00
Ned Eckersley †	c Coles b Davies	4	14	17	0	0	28.57
Matthew Boyce	c Coles b Stevens	23	80	124	3	0	28.75
Josh Cobb	lbw b Stevens	21	56	66	2	0	37.50
Shiv Thakor	c Northeast b Stevens	22	24	27	2	0	91.66
Wayne White	b Stevens	2	6	9	0	0	33.33
Jigar Naik	lbw b Davies	33	47	65	2	0	70.21
Rob Taylor	lbw b Stevens	1	8	7	0	0	12.50
Matthew Hoggard (c)	not out	16	46	53	1	0	34.78
Alex Wyatt	c Blake b Shreck	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 5, w 1)	6
Total	49.5 Ov (RR: 2.70)	135
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Michael Thornely, 2.2 ov), 2-7 (Will Jones, 3.2 ov), 3-13 (Ned Eckersley, 6.2 ov), 4-48 (Josh Cobb, 23.2 ov), 5-78 (Shiv Thakor, 29.5 ov), 6-83 (Wayne White, 31.5 ov), 7-88 (Matthew Boyce, 33.3 ov), 8-94 (Rob Taylor, 35.3 ov), 9-132 (Jigar Naik, 48.5 ov), 10-135 (Alex Wyatt, 49.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Davies	16	6	24	3	1.50	82	1	0	0	0
2.2 to MA Thornely, . 7/1 6.2 to EJH Eckersley, . 13/3 48.5 to JKH Naik, . 132/9
Charlie Shreck	10.5	2	30	2	2.76	49	2	0	0	0
3.2 to WS Jones, . 7/2 49.5 to ACF Wyatt, . 135/10
Darren Stevens	14	2	35	5	2.50	69	4	0	0	0
23.2 to JJ Cobb, . 48/4 29.5 to SJ Thakor, . 78/5 31.5 to WA White, . 83/6 33.3 to MAG Boyce, . 88/7 35.3 to RML Taylor, . 94/8
Matt Coles	7	0	31	0	4.42	24	3	0	1	0
Adam Riley	2	0	10	0	5.00	5	0	0	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 28 Aug - day 1 - Kent 1st innings 322/6 (Brendan Nash 108*, 87.5 ov)

Wed, 29 Aug - day 2 - no play

Thu, 30 Aug - day 3 - LEICS 1st innings 171/3 (Matthew Boyce 78*, Josh Cobb 31*, 52 ov)

Fri, 31 Aug - day 4 - LEICS 2nd innings 135 (49.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Leicestershire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2012
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	28,29,30,31 August 2012 - day (4-day match)
KEN Player Replacement	Substitute: Adam Riley in, James Tredwell out ()
Umpires	George Sharp Michael Gough
Points	Kent 21, Leicestershire 2

Match Coverage

Stevens keeps Kent in promotion hunt

Boyce holds up Kent push

Instant answers to T20 questions

LEICS Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Davies	16	6	24	3	1.5
CE Shreck	10.5	2	30	2	2.76
DI Stevens	14	2	35	5	2.5
MT Coles	7	0	31	0	4.42
AEN Riley	2	0	10	0	5

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