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

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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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