Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Bell-Drummond	c †Eckersley b Raine	9	19	32	1	0	47.36
Sean Dickson	c †Eckersley b Griffiths	24	58	78	4	0	41.37
Heino Kuhn	b Raine	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Joe Denly	c †Eckersley b Chappell	5	24	38	1	0	20.83
Sam Billings (c)†	b Chappell	10	12	19	2	0	83.33
Zak Crawley	c †Eckersley b Chappell	5	15	25	0	0	33.33
Darren Stevens	not out	38	54	76	5	0	70.37
Harry Podmore	lbw b Dexter	2	23	30	0	0	8.69
Grant Stewart	lbw b Dexter	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Mitchell Claydon	c †Eckersley b Mohammad Abbas	5	16	26	0	0	31.25
Ivan Thomas	lbw b Raine	0	3	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 4)	6
Total	37.5 Ov (RR: 2.74)	104
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 7.2 ov), 2-25 (Heino Kuhn, 7.3 ov), 3-44 (Joe Denly, 16.2 ov), 4-48 (Sean Dickson, 17.4 ov), 5-58 (Sam Billings, 20.3 ov), 6-65 (Zak Crawley, 22.6 ov), 7-77 (Harry Podmore, 30.3 ov), 8-77 (Grant Stewart, 30.5 ov), 9-103 (Mitchell Claydon, 36.4 ov), 10-104 (Ivan Thomas, 37.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammad Abbas	9	4	17	1	1.88	46	2	0	0	0
36.4 to ME Claydon, . 103/9
Ben Raine	13.5	2	39	3	2.81	65	6	0	0	0
7.2 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 25/1 7.3 to HG Kuhn, . 25/2 37.5 to IAA Thomas, . 104/10
Zak Chappell	7	2	14	3	2.00	36	2	0	0	0
16.2 to JL Denly, . 44/3 20.3 to SW Billings, . 58/5 22.6 to Z Crawley, . 65/6
Gavin Griffiths	5	1	17	1	3.40	21	2	0	0	0
17.4 to SR Dickson, . 48/4
Neil Dexter	3	1	11	2	3.66	12	1	0	0	0
30.3 to HW Podmore, . 77/7 30.5 to G Stewart, . 77/8

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harry Dearden	c †Billings b Podmore	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Paul Horton (c)	c †Billings b Thomas	21	51	78	3	0	41.17
Colin Ackermann	c Crawley b Stevens	5	40	42	0	0	12.50
Mark Cosgrove	lbw b Stewart	22	28	51	4	0	78.57
Neil Dexter	b Thomas	41	74	105	6	0	55.40
Ned Eckersley †	b Bell-Drummond	74	169	236	10	0	43.78
Ben Raine	c Dickson b Denly	9	31	49	1	0	29.03
Zak Chappell	c Dickson b Stewart	21	45	51	3	0	46.66
Callum Parkinson	c †Billings b Claydon	4	10	20	0	0	40.00
Gavin Griffiths	not out	9	25	35	2	0	36.00
Mohammad Abbas	b Claydon	2	9	7	0	0	22.22
Extras	(b 9, lb 9, nb 2, w 1)	21
Total	80.4 Ov (RR: 2.83)	229
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Harry Dearden, 0.3 ov), 2-17 (Colin Ackermann, 11.1 ov), 3-47 (Paul Horton, 18.4 ov), 4-51 (Mark Cosgrove, 21.4 ov), 5-121 (Neil Dexter, 43.2 ov), 6-149 (Ben Raine, 55.1 ov), 7-179 (Zak Chappell, 67.6 ov), 8-198 (Callum Parkinson, 72.4 ov), 9-224 (Ned Eckersley, 79.2 ov), 10-229 (Mohammad Abbas, 80.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Harry Podmore	19	6	39	1	2.05	92	5	0	0	0
0.3 to HE Dearden, . 0/1
Darren Stevens	19	7	30	1	1.57	96	3	0	0	0
11.1 to CN Ackermann, . 17/2
Ivan Thomas	14	2	39	2	2.78	64	5	0	1	0
18.4 to PJ Horton, . 47/3 43.2 to NJ Dexter, . 121/5
Grant Stewart	12	1	53	2	4.41	49	9	0	0	0
21.4 to MJ Cosgrove, . 51/4 67.6 to ZJ Chappell, . 179/7
Joe Denly	4	0	21	1	5.25	15	4	0	0	0
55.1 to BA Raine, . 149/6
Mitchell Claydon	11.4	0	27	2	2.31	53	3	0	0	0
72.4 to CF Parkinson, . 198/8 80.4 to Mohammad Abbas, . 229/10
Daniel Bell-Drummond	1	0	2	1	2.00	6	0	0	0	1
79.2 to EJH Eckersley, . 224/9

Kent 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Bell-Drummond	b Mohammad Abbas	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Sean Dickson	c †Eckersley b Raine	59	72	143	11	0	81.94
Heino Kuhn	c Cosgrove b Griffiths	29	50	76	5	0	58.00
Joe Denly	lbw b Dexter	24	36	36	4	0	66.66
Sam Billings (c)†	lbw b Mohammad Abbas	29	48	58	4	0	60.41
Zak Crawley	lbw b Mohammad Abbas	11	28	42	2	0	39.28
Darren Stevens	lbw b Chappell	6	21	30	1	0	28.57
Harry Podmore	c †Eckersley b Chappell	6	19	32	1	0	31.57
Grant Stewart	c Dexter b Mohammad Abbas	12	14	24	2	0	85.71
Mitchell Claydon	c †Eckersley b Chappell	0	2	8	0	0	0.00
Ivan Thomas	not out	4	5	6	1	0	80.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 4, nb 8)	19
Total	49.2 Ov (RR: 4.03)	199
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 0.5 ov), 2-71 (Heino Kuhn, 17.2 ov), 3-109 (Joe Denly, 25.3 ov), 4-133 (Sean Dickson, 30.4 ov), 5-157 (Sam Billings, 37.6 ov), 6-164 (Zak Crawley, 39.6 ov), 7-172 (Darren Stevens, 44.5 ov), 8-185 (Harry Podmore, 46.5 ov), 9-195 (Mitchell Claydon, 48.1 ov), 10-199 (Grant Stewart, 49.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammad Abbas	16.2	3	55	4	3.36	78	9	0	0	2
0.5 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 0/1 37.6 to SW Billings, . 157/5 39.6 to Z Crawley, . 164/6 49.2 to G Stewart, . 199/10
Ben Raine	12	1	47	1	3.91	54	8	0	0	0
30.4 to SR Dickson, . 133/4
Gavin Griffiths	4	0	23	1	5.75	16	5	0	0	0
17.2 to HG Kuhn, . 71/2
Zak Chappell	10	2	39	3	3.90	43	6	0	0	0
44.5 to DI Stevens, . 172/7 46.5 to HW Podmore, . 185/8 48.1 to ME Claydon, . 195/9
Neil Dexter	6	0	23	1	3.83	28	3	0	0	2
25.3 to JL Denly, . 109/3
Callum Parkinson	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 75 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harry Dearden	not out	55	62	54	9	1	88.70
Paul Horton (c)	not out	15	32	54	2	0	46.87
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 1)	6
Total	15.4 Ov (RR: 4.85)	76/0
Did not bat: Colin Ackermann, Mark Cosgrove, Neil Dexter, Ned Eckersley †, Ben Raine, Callum Parkinson, Gavin Griffiths, Zak Chappell, Mohammad Abbas

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Harry Podmore	6	1	22	3.66	26	3	0	1
Darren Stevens	4	1	18	4.50	17	3	0	0
Grant Stewart	3.4	0	24	6.54	14	5	0	0
Joe Denly	2	1	7	3.50	10	0	1	0

Close of Play

Sun, 22 Jul - day 1 - LEICS 1st innings 149/6 (Ned Eckersley 45*, 55.1 ov)

Mon, 23 Jul - day 2 - LEICS 2nd innings 76/0 (15.4 ov) - end of match

Match Details

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Toss	no toss
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division Two
Season	2018
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	22,23 July 2018 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Jeff Evans Tom Lungley
Points	Leicestershire 20, Kent 3

Match Coverage

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LEICS Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	Econ
HW Podmore	6	1	22	3.66
DI Stevens	4	1	18	4.5
G Stewart	3.4	0	24	6.54
JL Denly	2	1	7	3.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	76	Paul Horton	Harry Dearden

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