20/04Result

County Championship Division One at Canterbury, Apr 20-23 2023

EssexEssexESSEX
451/5d
KentKentKENT
342/7 (78 ov)

Match drawn

20/04Result

County Championship Division One at Canterbury, Apr 20-23 2023

EssexEssexESSEX
451/5d
KentKentKENT
342/7 (78 ov)

Match drawn

Day 3

517dECB Reporters Network

Zak Crawley finds his zone for Kent to enliven impending stalemate

Opener makes 170, his highest score for Kent but draw looms with bad weather lurking

Day 2

518dECB Reporters Network

Tom Westley, Nick Browne hundreds drive Essex between the showers

Limited play frustrates visitors as Kent struggle to make inroads in 32 overs of action

Day 1

519dValkerie Baynes

Wes Agar shines on Kent debut as Essex batters pile on the gloom for hosts

Unbeaten Tom Westley, Nick Browne dominate rain-hit day after Alastair Cook's flying start

Kent INNINGS		R	B
BG Compton	bowled	46	78
Z Crawley	caught wk	170	183
DJ Bell-Drummond	lbw	23	35
JA Leaning	caught	8	23
JM Cox	caught	27	37
SW Billings	bowled	1	4
JDM Evison	not out	38	64
Hamidullah Qadri	caught wk	16	30
C McKerr	not out	4	17
WA Agar
NN Gilchrist
EXTRAS	(lb 3, nb 6)
TOTAL	342 (7 wkts; 78 ovs)

Essex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	14.0	2	57	1	4.07	(1nb)
S Snater	13.0	3	39	0	3.00
BMJ Allison	7.0	0	38	0	5.42
DAJ Bracewell	9.0	0	52	1	5.77
SR Harmer	31.0	3	141	4	4.54
MJJ Critchley	4.0	0	12	1	3.00	(2nb)

Kent 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	162	Z Crawley	BG Compton
2nd	50	DJ Bell-Drummond	Z Crawley
3rd	16	JA Leaning	Z Crawley
4th	39	Z Crawley	JM Cox
5th	1	SW Billings	Z Crawley
6th	20	Z Crawley	JDM Evison
7th	38	Hamidullah Qadri	JDM Evison
8th	16	C McKerr	JDM Evison

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	216
ESSEX	14	7	3	4	196
HANTS	14	8	4	2	192
WARKS	14	6	4	4	179
LANCS	14	3	1	10	161
NOTTS	14	4	4	6	151
SOM	14	3	4	7	148
KENT	14	2	7	5	111
MIDDX	14	3	9	2	104
NHNTS	14	2	8	4	96