BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	b Evison	65	159	219	4	0	40.88
Dean Elgar	st †Finch b Parkinson	77	140	180	10	0	55.00
Tom Westley (c)	c Crawley b Arafat Bhuiyan	21	77	81	2	0	27.27
Jordan Cox	b O'Riordan	207	255	327	21	5	81.17
Matt Critchley	lbw b Evison	13	39	48	2	0	33.33
Michael Pepper †	c sub b Arafat Bhuiyan	82	101	138	8	1	81.18
Simon Harmer	c Denly b Parkinson	6	7	8	0	1	85.71
Shane Snater	not out	83	84	91	1	6	98.80
Extras	(b 15, lb 5, nb 12, w 5)	37
TOTAL	142.4 Ov (RR: 4.14)	591/7d
Did not bat: Aaron Beard, Sam Cook, Jamie Porter
Fall of wickets: 1-146 (Dean Elgar, 45.5 ov), 2-170 (Nick Browne, 56.1 ov), 3-194 (Tom Westley, 67.3 ov), 4-225 (Matt Critchley, 80.2 ov), 5-391 (Michael Pepper, 115.2 ov), 6-398 (Simon Harmer, 116.5 ov), 7-591 (Jordan Cox, 142.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Wes Agar	7	1	21	0	3.00	35	2	0	0	3
Grant Stewart	26	2	91	0	3.50	110	9	0	1	1
Arafat Bhuiyan	26	5	114	2	4.38	101	10	4	2	1
67.3 to T Westley, . 194/3 115.2 to MS Pepper, . 391/5
Joey Evison	29	5	93	2	3.20	124	9	1	2	1
56.1 to NLJ Browne, . 170/2 80.2 to MJJ Critchley, . 225/4
Marcus O'Riordan	11.4	3	36	1	3.08	45	3	0	0	0
142.4 to JM Cox, . 591/7
Matt Parkinson	32	0	151	2	4.71	112	13	5	0	0
45.5 to D Elgar, . 146/1 116.5 to SR Harmer, . 398/6
Joe Denly	11	0	65	0	5.90	24	2	3	0	0

Kent 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Compton	lbw b Critchley	41	126	161	7	0	32.53
Zak Crawley	c Elgar b Cook	16	12	16	3	0	133.33
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	c †Pepper b Beard	16	38	44	3	0	42.10
Marcus O'Riordan	lbw b Critchley	30	67	85	5	0	44.77
Joe Denly	c Beard b Critchley	87	179	260	6	2	48.60
Matt Parkinson	lbw b Porter	48	158	167	5	0	30.37
Harry Finch †	lbw b Westley	85	124	183	12	0	68.54
Joey Evison	b Westley	29	86	74	3	0	33.72
Grant Stewart	not out	27	59	57	1	2	45.76
Arafat Bhuiyan	b Critchley	1	5	17	0	0	20.00
Wes Agar	lbw b Critchley	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 2, w 5)	14
TOTAL	143.1 Ov (RR: 2.75)	394
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Zak Crawley, 3.3 ov), 2-48 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 13.6 ov), 3-96 (Marcus O'Riordan, 37.4 ov), 4-105 (Ben Compton, 41.4 ov), 5-217 (Matt Parkinson, 86.1 ov), 6-285 (Joe Denly, 105.5 ov), 7-358 (Joey Evison, 126.5 ov), 8-373 (Harry Finch, 136.2 ov), 9-384 (Arafat Bhuiyan, 141.1 ov), 10-394 (Wes Agar, 143.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	19	5	41	1	2.15	92	5	0	0	0
86.1 to MW Parkinson, . 217/5
Sam Cook	6	1	19	1	3.16	28	3	0	0	0
3.3 to Z Crawley, . 24/1
Shane Snater	12	3	35	0	2.91	57	5	0	0	1
Aaron Beard	24	4	68	1	2.83	104	8	0	0	0
13.6 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 48/2
Simon Harmer	31	5	111	0	3.58	139	15	3	0	0
Matt Critchley	40.1	6	88	5	2.19	188	8	0	1	0
37.4 to MK O'Riordan, . 96/3 41.4 to BG Compton, . 105/4 105.5 to JL Denly, . 285/6 141.1 to Arafat Bhuiyan, . 384/9 143.1 to WA Agar, . 394/10
Tom Westley	11	1	25	2	2.27	50	1	1	0	0
126.5 to JDM Evison, . 358/7 136.2 to HZ Finch, . 373/8

Kent 2nd Innings (Following on)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	lbw b Snater	1	4	7	0	0	25.00

Ben Compton	lbw b Harmer	12	40	57	1	0	30.00

Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	lbw b Critchley	20	48	82	4	0	41.66

Marcus O'Riordan	c Browne b Harmer	9	25	27	0	0	36.00

Joe Denly	c Beard b Harmer	23	73	113	2	0	31.50

Harry Finch †	lbw b Harmer	4	24	16	0	0	16.66

Joey Evison	lbw b Snater	16	79	54	2	0	20.25

Grant Stewart	b Snater	1	10	9	0	0	10.00

Matt Parkinson	lbw b Critchley	10	37	35	0	0	27.02

Arafat Bhuiyan	not out	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Wes Agar	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, nb 4)	5
TOTAL	57.2 Ov (RR: 1.76)	101
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Zak Crawley, 1.3 ov), 2-29 (Ben Compton, 12.3 ov), 3-45 (Marcus O'Riordan, 18.5 ov), 4-45 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 19.3 ov), 5-58 (Harry Finch, 24.6 ov), 6-83 (Joey Evison, 45.3 ov), 7-85 (Grant Stewart, 47.5 ov), 8-101 (Joe Denly, 54.6 ov), 9-101 (Matt Parkinson, 57.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	6	1	24	0	4.00	26	4	0	0	0
Shane Snater	9	4	15	3	1.66	47	0	0	0	2
1.3 to Z Crawley, full length, angled in, Crawley plants his front foot down the pitch and gets rapped on the shin for his troubles. That's plumb! What a start for Essex. 1/1 45.3 to JDM Evison, up goes the finger! Huge moment for Essex's victory push... full length again, angled in at middle and leg, was it doing too much? The umpire thinks not, and Evison has to go! He didn't get far forward, and the appeal was vociferous!. 83/6 47.5 to G Stewart, round the wicket, and plucks out the off stump! Stunning angles from Snater, Stewart played back to the full length, pushed across his body, and gets his alignment all wrong! That just kept going straight through him. 85/7
Aaron Beard	3	0	6	0	2.00	15	1	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	23	10	32	4	1.39	118	3	0	0	0
12.3 to BG Compton, round the wicket, tossed up and dipping on a good length from Harmer, grips and straightens into the front pad... up goes the finger! Compton was kneeling forward on an off-stump line and has to go!. 29/2 18.5 to MK O'Riordan, Over the wicket from Harmer, looped up outside off, grips and turns into a limp back-foot block, and with a phalanx of close catchers in attendance, Browne stoops forward at short leg to cling onto a looping chance and prise out wicket No.3!. 45/3 24.6 to HZ Finch, reverse-sweep goes wrong! Pre-meditated from Finch, he was reversing his hands before the ball was released, but Harmer just plugged that line on and around off stump, thumped the pad and extracted another lbw! Finch looked non-plussed, I think he felt he got his pad outside the line of off, but it was certainly very adjacent. 58/5 54.6 to JL Denly, down the track, and holes out to mid-on! A rush of blood from Denly, looking to go down-town, but he dragged his stroke, straight to Aaron Beard at chest height, who clings on with a juggle, and Kent's last recognised batter is gone!. 101/8
Matt Critchley	16.2	4	23	2	1.40	81	1	0	0	0
19.3 to DJ Bell-Drummond, two wickets in as many overs! And this is the big one... Critchley serves up a looping length ball that grips on a leg-stump line and skids on, pinning DBD on the back foot as he desperately jams his bat down. Essex on the march now!. 45/4 57.2 to MW Parkinson, pinned on the pads, and Kent are down and out! Wicket-to-wicket from Critchley, skids into the front pad, the appeal was unanimous and absolute. And with Agar unable to bat, Essex seal their innings victory!. 101/9

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Fri, 24 May - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 287/4 (Jordan Cox 51*, Michael Pepper 35*, 96 ov)

Sat, 25 May - day 2 - Kent 1st innings 118/4 (Joe Denly 4*, Matt Parkinson 10*, 47 ov)

Sun, 26 May - day 3 - Kent 1st innings 394

Mon, 27 May - day 4 - Kent 2nd innings 101 (57.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 4

Kent 2nd innings
Batting and Bowling Points: Essex 5, Kent 3

MATCH DETAILS

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2024
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	24,25,26,27 May 2024 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mark Newell Tom Lungley
Match Referee	Jason Swift
Points	Essex 21, Kent 3

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Kent Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
Z Crawley	lbw	1	4
BG Compton	lbw	12	40
DJ Bell-Drummond	lbw	20	48
MK O'Riordan	caught	9	25
JL Denly	caught	23	73
HZ Finch	lbw	4	24
JDM Evison	lbw	16	79
G Stewart	bowled	1	10
MW Parkinson	lbw	10	37
Arafat Bhuiyan	not out	0	6
WA Agar	absent hurt
Extras	(b 1, nb 4)
Total	101(9 wkts; 57.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	6	1	24	0	4
S Snater	9	4	15	3	1.66 (2 nb)
AP Beard	3	0	6	0	2
SR Harmer	23	10	32	4	1.39
MJJ Critchley	16.2	4	23	2	1.4

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	1	Zak Crawley	Ben Compton
2nd	28	Daniel Bell-Drummond	Ben Compton
3rd	16	Daniel Bell-Drummond	Marcus O'Riordan
4th	0	Joe Denly	Daniel Bell-Drummond
5th	13	Joe Denly	Harry Finch
6th	25	Joe Denly	Joey Evison
7th	2	Joe Denly	Grant Stewart
8th	16	Joe Denly	Matt Parkinson
9th	0	Matt Parkinson	Arafat Bhuiyan

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County Championship Division One

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	7	4	1	2	115
ESSEX	7	4	1	2	113
SOM	7	2	1	4	99
HANTS	7	2	1	3	85
DURH	7	2	1	3	83
NOTTS	7	1	2	4	79
WARKS	7	0	2	5	77
WORCS	7	0	2	5	70
LANCS	7	1	3	3	64
KENT	7	1	3	3	61

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