Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Fleming (c)	lbw b Cowan	13	26	29	2	0	50.00
Rob Key	lbw b Irani	0	10	16	0	0	0.00
James Hockley	lbw b Cowan	12	18	30	2	0	66.66
Andrew Symonds	lbw b Cowan	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Matt Walker	c Habib b Clarke	64	93	116	7	0	68.81
David Fulton	b Clarke	80	106	126	6	0	75.47
Paul Nixon †	c Irani b Clarke	12	15	15	1	0	80.00
James Golding	run out	18	18	26	1	0	100.00
James Tredwell	c Irani b Clarke	5	6	5	1	0	83.33
Martin Saggers	not out	4	6	9	0	0	66.66
Ben Trott	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 7, w 6)	23
Total	50 Ov (RR: 4.62)	231/9
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Rob Key), 2-23 (Matthew Fleming), 3-23 (Andrew Symonds), 4-43 (James Hockley), 5-163 (Matt Walker), 6-186 (Paul Nixon), 7-202 (David Fulton), 8-210 (James Tredwell), 9-229 (James Golding)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Ronnie Irani	10	0	58	1	5.80	-	-	-	2
Ashley Cowan	8	1	19	3	2.37	-	-	-	2
John Stephenson	10	0	39	0	3.90	-	-	-	1
Jonathan Dakin	5	0	21	0	4.20	-	-	-	0
Paul Grayson	7	0	33	0	4.71	-	-	-	1
Andrew Clarke	10	0	44	4	4.40	-	-	-	0

Essex (T: 232 runs from 50 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nasser Hussain	lbw b Fleming	42	59	79	4	0	71.18
John Stephenson	lbw b Trott	5	5	11	0	0	100.00
Jonathan Dakin	c Tredwell b Golding	18	34	35	1	0	52.94
Andy Flower †	b Golding	32	64	87	1	0	50.00
Aftab Habib	lbw b Symonds	22	39	41	1	0	56.41
Ashley Cowan	b Trott	15	21	36	1	0	71.42
Ronnie Irani (c)	not out	50	34	63	4	1	147.05
Paul Grayson	c †Nixon b Trott	9	9	8	1	0	100.00
Darren Robinson	c Saggers b Tredwell	11	20	18	1	0	55.00
James Middlebrook	not out	15	11	11	1	1	136.36
Extras	(lb 5, w 10)	15
Total	49.2 Ov (RR: 4.74)	234/8
Did not bat: Andrew Clarke
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (John Stephenson), 2-52 (Jonathan Dakin), 3-76 (Nasser Hussain), 4-115 (Aftab Habib), 5-129 (Andy Flower), 6-161 (Ashley Cowan), 7-174 (Paul Grayson), 8-211 (Darren Robinson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Martin Saggers	8	0	32	0	4.00	-	-	-	0
Ben Trott	10	0	43	3	4.30	-	-	-	1
James Golding	9	1	37	2	4.11	-	-	-	0
Matthew Fleming	9.2	1	33	1	3.53	-	-	-	0
Andrew Symonds	8	0	44	1	5.50	-	-	-	2
James Tredwell	5	0	40	1	8.00	-	-	-	1

Match Details

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Toss	Essex, elected to field first
Series	Benson & Hedges Cup
Season	2002
Player Of The Match	Ronnie Irani
Match days	day (50-over match)
Umpires	Graham Burgess Ken Palmer
Points	Essex 2, Kent 0

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Saggers	8	0	32	0	4
BJ Trott	10	0	43	3	4.3
JM Golding	9	1	37	2	4.11
MV Fleming	9.2	1	33	1	3.53
A Symonds	8	0	44	1	5.5
JC Tredwell	5	0	40	1	8