Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	b Parnell	12	21	23	1	0	57.14
Alastair Cook	c Hockley b Saggers	41	43	73	7	0	95.34
Jaik Mickleburgh	c van Jaarsveld b Parnell	7	55	58	0	0	12.72
Matt Walker	lbw b Joseph	98	227	287	14	0	43.17
Mark Pettini (c)	b Saggers	27	62	72	3	0	43.54
James Foster †	c †GO Jones b Saggers	99	178	262	13	2	55.61
David Masters	c van Jaarsveld b Joseph	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Ryan ten Doeschate	c †GO Jones b PS Jones	3	8	6	0	0	37.50
Chris Wright	c Kemp b Parnell	6	26	23	0	0	23.07
Danish Kaneria	c Denly b Parnell	23	14	21	5	0	164.28
Maurice Chambers	not out	4	6	5	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 6, lb 13, nb 30, w 1)	50
Total	104.5 Ov (RR: 3.52)	370
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Varun Chopra), 2-69 (Alastair Cook), 3-72 (Jaik Mickleburgh), 4-115 (Mark Pettini), 5-309 (Matt Walker), 6-313 (David Masters), 7-320 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 8-338 (Chris Wright), 9-366 (James Foster), 10-370 (Danish Kaneria)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Robbie Joseph	20	2	104	2	5.20	-	-	-	0	12
Wayne Parnell	27.5	7	78	4	2.80	-	-	-	1	0
Martin Saggers	22	8	45	3	2.04	-	-	-	0	0
Steffan Jones	17	3	61	1	3.58	-	-	-	0	3
Darren Stevens	7	1	15	0	2.14	-	-	-	0	0
Justin Kemp	9	2	35	0	3.88	-	-	-	0	0
James Tredwell	2	0	13	0	6.50	-	-	-	0	0

Kent 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Denly	c †Foster b Masters	0	13	16	0	0	0.00
James Tredwell	c †Foster b ten Doeschate	10	48	59	2	0	20.83
Geraint Jones †	c †Foster b Wright	1	17	27	0	0	5.88
Martin van Jaarsveld (c)	run out	35	72	112	5	0	48.61
Darren Stevens	lbw b Chambers	15	29	33	3	0	51.72
Justin Kemp	c †Foster b Masters	3	18	13	0	0	16.66
James Hockley	b Danish Kaneria	46	56	71	8	0	82.14
Wayne Parnell	c Masters b Wright	69	80	95	9	2	86.25
Steffan Jones	lbw b Danish Kaneria	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Robbie Joseph	c sub b Chambers	1	21	25	0	0	4.76
Martin Saggers	not out	5	24	38	0	0	20.83
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 14, w 1)	20
Total	62 Ov (RR: 3.30)	205
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Joe Denly), 2-13 (Geraint Jones), 3-19 (James Tredwell), 4-54 (Darren Stevens), 5-57 (Justin Kemp), 6-96 (Martin van Jaarsveld), 7-134 (James Hockley), 8-134 (Steffan Jones), 9-159 (Robbie Joseph), 10-205 (Wayne Parnell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	14	6	18	2	1.28	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Wright	13	2	49	2	3.76	-	-	-	0	4
Ryan ten Doeschate	11	2	40	1	3.63	-	-	-	1	1
Maurice Chambers	11	1	45	2	4.09	-	-	-	0	2
Danish Kaneria	13	2	48	2	3.69	-	-	-	0	0

Kent 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Denly	c sub b Wright	19	23	36	4	0	82.60
James Tredwell	c Cook b Danish Kaneria	79	231	287	10	1	34.19
Geraint Jones †	b Chambers	45	88	111	7	0	51.13
Martin van Jaarsveld (c)	c †Foster b Masters	102	146	184	14	0	69.86
Darren Stevens	not out	136	208	300	13	2	65.38
Justin Kemp	c Cook b Danish Kaneria	22	24	34	3	0	91.66
James Hockley	c Pettini b Wright	72	143	169	10	1	50.34
Wayne Parnell	c Chopra b Danish Kaneria	3	7	6	0	0	42.85
Steffan Jones	c Cook b Chambers	16	23	21	3	0	69.56
Robbie Joseph	lbw b Danish Kaneria	0	6	2	0	0	0.00
Martin Saggers	not out	0	4	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 10, w 2)	18
Total	149.4 Ov (RR: 3.42)	512/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Joe Denly), 2-113 (Geraint Jones), 3-237 (James Tredwell), 4-272 (Martin van Jaarsveld), 5-312 (Justin Kemp), 6-478 (James Hockley), 7-481 (Wayne Parnell), 8-509 (Steffan Jones), 9-510 (Robbie Joseph)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	31	9	82	1	2.64	-	-	-	0	1
Chris Wright	32	5	98	2	3.06	-	-	-	0	0
Danish Kaneria	46	7	172	4	3.73	-	-	-	1	4
Ryan ten Doeschate	16	3	51	0	3.18	-	-	-	0	0
Maurice Chambers	12.4	1	58	2	4.57	-	-	-	0	0
Varun Chopra	4.1	1	17	0	4.08	-	-	-	0	0
Jaik Mickleburgh	7.5	1	28	0	3.57	-	-	-	1	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 348 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	c †GO Jones b Parnell	10	42	39	1	0	23.80
Alastair Cook	c Tredwell b Parnell	4	13	25	1	0	30.76
Jaik Mickleburgh	lbw b Joseph	15	23	34	2	0	65.21
Matt Walker	b Joseph	16	79	97	2	0	20.25
Mark Pettini (c)	lbw b Joseph	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
James Foster †	c Kemp b Joseph	13	44	65	1	0	29.54
Ryan ten Doeschate	c van Jaarsveld b Parnell	36	81	99	7	0	44.44
Chris Wright	b Joseph	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
David Masters	c Denly b Tredwell	20	66	82	3	0	30.30
Danish Kaneria	c Stevens b Joseph	4	7	8	0	0	57.14
Maurice Chambers	not out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 28)	37
Total	57.2 Ov (RR: 2.70)	155
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Alastair Cook), 2-22 (Varun Chopra), 3-34 (Jaik Mickleburgh), 4-34 (Mark Pettini), 5-74 (James Foster), 6-79 (Matt Walker), 7-79 (Chris Wright), 8-151 (David Masters), 9-153 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 10-155 (Danish Kaneria)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Wayne Parnell	19	3	56	3	2.94	-	-	-	0
Martin Saggers	8	3	17	0	2.12	-	-	-	0
Robbie Joseph	13.2	0	55	6	4.12	-	-	-	14
Steffan Jones	9	5	9	0	1.00	-	-	-	0
James Tredwell	8	5	9	1	1.12	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Wed, 29 Apr - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 330/7 (James Foster 95*, Chris Wright 0*, 96 ov)

Thu, 30 Apr - day 2 - Kent 2nd innings 54/1 (James Tredwell 15*, Geraint Jones 14*, 21 ov)

Fri, 01 May - day 3 - Kent 2nd innings 391/5 (Darren Stevens 74*, James Hockley 33*, 117 ov)

Sat, 02 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 155 (57.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Kent, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2009
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	29,30 April, 1,2 May 2009 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Martin Bodenham Neil Bainton
Points	Kent 18, Essex 7

Match Coverage

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WD Parnell	19	3	56	3	2.94
MJ Saggers	8	3	17	0	2.12
RH Joseph	13.2	0	55	6	4.12 (14 nb)
PS Jones	9	5	9	0	1
JC Tredwell	8	5	9	1	1.12

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