Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Richard Clinton	b Patel	19	50	60	1	1	38.00
Paul Grayson	c Symonds b Trott	0	10	18	0	0	0.00
Darren Robinson	lbw b Ealham	24	47	59	2	0	51.06
Stephen Peters	b Saggers	27	122	163	1	0	22.13
Ronnie Irani (c)	c †Nixon b Ealham	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
James Foster †	lbw b Ealham	18	56	57	1	0	32.14
Tim Phillips	b Ealham	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Ashley Cowan	b Ealham	2	11	13	0	0	18.18
Justin Bishop	lbw b Trott	1	21	19	0	0	4.76
Peter Such	not out	7	25	39	1	0	28.00
Andrew McGarry	lbw b Trott	0	7	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 7, w 2)	9
Total	59.5 Ov (RR: 1.78)	107
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Paul Grayson), 2-31 (Richard Clinton), 3-45 (Darren Robinson), 4-45 (Ronnie Irani), 5-75 (James Foster), 6-77 (Tim Phillips), 7-85 (Ashley Cowan), 8-90 (Justin Bishop), 9-106 (Stephen Peters), 10-107 (Andrew McGarry)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Martin Saggers	14	5	24	1	1.71	-	-	-	1
Ben Trott	13.5	4	27	3	1.95	-	-	-	0
Min Patel	11	4	22	1	2.00	-	-	-	0
Mark Ealham	14	8	13	5	0.92	-	-	-	0
Andrew Symonds	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Matthew Fleming	6	0	11	0	1.83	-	-	-	0

Kent 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Fulton	b Bishop	70	135	150	2	0	51.85
Rob Key	c Peters b Bishop	123	293	396	9	0	41.97
Ed Smith	c Robinson b Bishop	7	22	16	0	0	31.81
Andrew Symonds	c †Foster b Cowan	33	38	39	2	1	86.84
Matt Walker	c McGarry b Cowan	18	62	81	1	0	29.03
Mark Ealham	b Bishop	44	95	129	3	1	46.31
Paul Nixon †	b Cowan	3	14	23	0	0	21.42
Matthew Fleming (c)	not out	14	19	37	2	0	73.68
Min Patel	not out	17	24	32	2	0	70.83
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 12, w 6)	24
Total	116 Ov (RR: 3.04)	353/7d
Did not bat: Martin Saggers, Ben Trott
Fall of wickets: 1-116 (David Fulton), 2-124 (Ed Smith), 3-171 (Andrew Symonds), 4-229 (Matt Walker), 5-299 (Rob Key), 6-312 (Paul Nixon), 7-316 (Mark Ealham)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ashley Cowan	34	10	78	3	2.29	-	-	-	1	4
Justin Bishop	36	8	120	4	3.33	-	-	-	2	2
Andrew McGarry	20	4	70	0	3.50	-	-	-	0	0
Tim Phillips	16	2	60	0	3.75	-	-	-	0	0
Peter Such	10	2	19	0	1.90	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Richard Clinton	c †Nixon b Patel	13	34	37	0	0	38.23
Paul Grayson	b Saggers	54	136	175	3	0	39.70
Darren Robinson	c Key b Saggers	2	3	1	0	0	66.66
Stephen Peters	b Saggers	7	19	17	0	0	36.84
Ronnie Irani (c)	c Fulton b Saggers	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
James Foster †	b Trott	8	29	39	0	0	27.58
Tim Phillips	c †Nixon b Fleming	11	32	36	1	0	34.37
Ashley Cowan	c Key b Trott	7	18	12	1	0	38.88
Justin Bishop	c Symonds b Trott	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Peter Such	b Saggers	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Andrew McGarry	not out	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 6)	12
Total	47.1 Ov (RR: 2.41)	114
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Richard Clinton), 2-31 (Darren Robinson), 3-43 (Stephen Peters), 4-43 (Ronnie Irani), 5-60 (James Foster), 6-89 (Tim Phillips), 7-103 (Ashley Cowan), 8-103 (Justin Bishop), 9-113 (Peter Such), 10-114 (Paul Grayson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Martin Saggers	11.1	4	24	5	2.14	-	-	-
Ben Trott	11	1	32	3	2.90	-	-	-
Min Patel	16	5	24	1	1.50	-	-	-
Mark Ealham	7	2	13	0	1.85	-	-	-
Matthew Fleming	2	0	9	1	4.50	-	-	-

Close of Play

Wed, 18 Jul - day 1 - Kent 1st innings 116/0 (David Fulton 70*, Rob Key 40*, 42 ov)

Thu, 19 Jul - day 2 - Kent 1st innings 253/4 (Rob Key 100*, Mark Ealham 10*, 91 ov)

Fri, 20 Jul - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 114 (47.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	CricInfo Championship Division One
Season	2001
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Barry Dudleston Roy Palmer
Points	Kent 19, Essex 2

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Saggers	11.1	4	24	5	2.14
BJ Trott	11	1	32	3	2.9
MM Patel	16	5	24	1	1.5
MA Ealham	7	2	13	0	1.85
MV Fleming	2	0	9	1	4.5

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