Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Denly	c †Foster b Wright	1	3	5	0	0	33.33
Rob Key (c)	c ten Doeschate b Masters	7	42	59	0	0	16.66
Geraint Jones †	c Cook b Westley	135	177	229	21	0	76.27
Martin van Jaarsveld	c †Foster b ten Doeschate	51	106	133	3	0	48.11
Sam Northeast	st †Foster b Phillips	65	88	87	10	0	73.86
Darren Stevens	c Phillips b Danish Kaneria	100	148	220	11	2	67.56
James Hockley	b Danish Kaneria	2	14	16	0	0	14.28
Azhar Mahmood	b ten Doeschate	64	120	131	8	0	53.33
Matt Coles	c †Foster b ten Doeschate	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Simon Cook	b ten Doeschate	19	19	22	3	0	100.00
Makhaya Ntini	not out	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 13, lb 9, nb 8)	30
Total	119.2 Ov (RR: 3.97)	474
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Joe Denly, 1.2 ov), 2-53 (Rob Key, 14.4 ov), 3-190 (Martin van Jaarsveld, 49.6 ov), 4-244 (Geraint Jones, 62.1 ov), 5-299 (Sam Northeast, 74.2 ov), 6-306 (James Hockley, 79.5 ov), 7-440 (Azhar Mahmood, 113.3 ov), 8-440 (Matt Coles, 113.4 ov), 9-470 (Darren Stevens, 118.4 ov), 10-474 (Simon Cook, 119.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
David Masters	29	10	67	1	2.31	-	-	-	2
Chris Wright	24	3	118	1	4.91	-	-	-	1
Ryan ten Doeschate	17.2	1	77	4	4.44	-	-	-	1
Danish Kaneria	33	3	124	2	3.75	-	-	-	0
Tim Phillips	14	1	57	1	4.07	-	-	-	0
Tom Westley	2	0	9	1	4.50	-	-	-	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Billy Godleman	b Azhar Mahmood	45	96	119	5	0	46.87
Alastair Cook	c †Hockley b Ntini	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Jaik Mickleburgh	lbw b Azhar Mahmood	2	13	13	0	0	15.38
Tom Westley	c Denly b Cook	132	240	375	19	0	55.00
Mark Pettini (c)	c van Jaarsveld b Cook	13	46	53	2	0	28.26
James Foster †	c van Jaarsveld b Azhar Mahmood	21	75	70	3	0	28.00
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw b Ntini	66	97	112	8	1	68.04
Tim Phillips	c †Jones b Ntini	0	17	19	0	0	0.00
David Masters	not out	36	47	51	5	0	76.59
Chris Wright	c van Jaarsveld b Azhar Mahmood	6	15	31	1	0	40.00
Danish Kaneria	lbw b Azhar Mahmood	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 5, nb 2, w 2)	19
Total	108.2 Ov (RR: 3.14)	341
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Alastair Cook, 1.1 ov), 2-13 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 4.4 ov), 3-89 (Billy Godleman, 30.1 ov), 4-115 (Mark Pettini, 42.6 ov), 5-176 (James Foster), 6-291 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 91.1 ov), 7-297 (Tim Phillips, 95.5 ov), 8-303 (Tom Westley, 98.5 ov), 9-335 (Chris Wright, 106.5 ov), 10-341 (Danish Kaneria, 108.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Azhar Mahmood	25.2	4	63	5	2.48	-	-	-	1	1
Makhaya Ntini	23	7	68	3	2.95	-	-	-	0	0
Matt Coles	19	4	72	0	3.78	-	-	-	1	0
Simon Cook	22	5	60	2	2.72	-	-	-	0	0
Martin van Jaarsveld	8	0	22	0	2.75	-	-	-	0	0
Joe Denly	9	0	38	0	4.22	-	-	-	0	0
Darren Stevens	2	1	3	0	1.50	-	-	-	0	0

Kent 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Denly	run out (Mickleburgh)	17	40	48	3	0	42.50
Rob Key (c)	c Masters b Wright	25	36	51	3	1	69.44
Geraint Jones †	c Godleman b ten Doeschate	36	61	114	5	0	59.01
Martin van Jaarsveld	c Cook b Wright	7	12	51	1	0	58.33
Sam Northeast	c Phillips b Danish Kaneria	71	131	173	7	0	54.19
Darren Stevens	lbw b Danish Kaneria	9	36	43	1	0	25.00
Matt Coles	c Mickleburgh b Masters	6	13	14	1	0	46.15
James Hockley	b Masters	3	22	19	0	0	13.63
Azhar Mahmood	c †Foster b Danish Kaneria	6	11	8	1	0	54.54
Simon Cook	not out	19	17	22	4	0	111.76
Makhaya Ntini	lbw b Danish Kaneria	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4)	5
Total	63 Ov (RR: 3.23)	204
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Joe Denly, 11.5 ov), 2-42 (Rob Key, 12.5 ov), 3-60 (Martin van Jaarsveld, 16.4 ov), 4-110 (Geraint Jones, 31.2 ov), 5-141 (Darren Stevens, 42.6 ov), 6-154 (Matt Coles, 47.4 ov), 7-164 (James Hockley, 53.4 ov), 8-171 (Azhar Mahmood, 56.2 ov), 9-204 (Sam Northeast, 62.5 ov), 10-204 (Makhaya Ntini, 62.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
David Masters	16	5	41	2	2.56	-	-	-	0
Chris Wright	9	1	37	2	4.11	-	-	-	0
Danish Kaneria	24	5	68	4	2.83	-	-	-	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	10	0	51	1	5.10	-	-	-	2
Tim Phillips	4	1	6	0	1.50	-	-	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 338 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Billy Godleman	c van Jaarsveld b Hockley	31	45	53	4	0	68.88
Alastair Cook	b Denly	72	159	174	6	0	45.28
Jaik Mickleburgh	lbw b Denly	25	57	71	1	0	43.85
Tom Westley	not out	58	122	155	7	0	47.54
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw b Azhar Mahmood	13	17	15	1	0	76.47
Mark Pettini (c)	not out	40	92	87	7	0	43.47
Extras	(b 7, lb 3, nb 5)	15
Total	81.4 Ov (RR: 3.11)	254/4
Did not bat: James Foster †, Tim Phillips, Chris Wright, David Masters, Danish Kaneria
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Billy Godleman, 14.2 ov), 2-116 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 34.3 ov), 3-150 (Alastair Cook, 49.3 ov), 4-169 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 54.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Azhar Mahmood	16	4	54	1	3.37	-	-	-	2
Makhaya Ntini	6	2	20	0	3.33	-	-	-	0
Martin van Jaarsveld	19	3	48	0	2.52	-	-	-	0
Joe Denly	27	1	100	2	3.70	-	-	-	0
James Hockley	5	1	8	1	1.60	-	-	-	0
Simon Cook	3	0	9	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Matt Coles	5.4	3	5	0	0.88	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Mon, 10 May - day 1 - Kent 1st innings 355/6 (Darren Stevens 57*, Azhar Mahmood 15*, 94 ov)

Tue, 11 May - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 172/4 (Tom Westley 84*, James Foster 17*, 61.4 ov)

Wed, 12 May - day 3 - Kent 2nd innings 150/5 (Sam Northeast 49*, Matt Coles 2*, 47 ov)

Thu, 13 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 254/4 (81.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Kent, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2010
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	10,11,12,13 May 2010 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	David Millns Nigel Cowley
Points	Kent 11, Essex 8

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Azhar Mahmood	16	4	54	1	3.37 (2 nb)
M Ntini	6	2	20	0	3.33
M van Jaarsveld	19	3	48	0	2.52
JL Denly	27	1	100	2	3.7
JB Hockley	5	1	8	1	1.6
SJ Cook	3	0	9	0	3
MT Coles	5.4	3	5	0	0.88

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