20/04Result

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

EssexEssexESS
451/5d
KentKentKEN
342/7 (78 ov)

Match drawn

20/04Result

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

EssexEssexESS
451/5d
KentKentKEN
342/7 (78 ov)

Match drawn

No commentary available

Match Coverage

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
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
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
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	(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
ESS	14	7	3	4	196
HAM	14	8	4	2	192
WAR	14	6	4	4	179
LAN	14	3	1	10	161
NOT	14	4	4	6	151
SOM	14	3	4	7	148
KEN	14	2	7	5	111
MID	14	3	9	2	104
NOR	14	2	8	4	96