Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Muyeye b Parkinson	120	176	238	18	0	68.18

Feroze Khushi	b Agar	0	1	6	0	0	0.00

Tom Westley (c)	c †Finch b Garrett	5	10	13	1	0	50.00

Jordan Cox	lbw b Garrett	67	105	143	10	1	63.80

Matt Critchley	not out	151	212	291	5	4	71.22
Paul Walter	c JL Denly b Parkinson	33	51	63	1	2	64.70
Michael Pepper †	c Muyeye b Gilchrist	49	42	53	7	1	116.66

Simon Harmer	st †Finch b JK Denly	44	73	83	5	0	60.27
Shane Snater	not out	26	16	18	3	1	162.50
Extras	(lb 6, nb 28, w 1)	35
Total	112 Ov (RR: 4.73)	530/7d
Did not bat: Aaron Beard, Jamie Porter
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Feroze Khushi, 0.5 ov), 2-10 (Tom Westley, 3.3 ov), 3-169 (Jordan Cox, 38.1 ov), 4-258 (Dean Elgar, 58.4 ov), 5-316 (Paul Walter, 76.4 ov), 6-396 (Michael Pepper, 88.5 ov), 7-478 (Simon Harmer, 107.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Wes Agar	20	1	97	1	4.85	81	11	0	0	8
0.5 to FIN Khushi, Terrible leave from Khushi, and he's been bowled for a first-ball duck! Decent line and length from Agar, hint of shape back in, and Kent strike early! The first wicket to fall from the newly named Graham Gooch End, as it happens. 1/1
George Garrett	23	3	80	2	3.47	104	10	1	1	0
3.3 to T Westley, Loose from Westley and he thrashes his bat in annoyance! A snick through to the keeper and the Sir Alastair Cook End has its first victim. 10/2 38.1 to JM Cox, a fraction fuller, nobbled on the knee-roll and up goes the finger! Cox's sparky innings is done. 169/3
Nathan Gilchrist	20	2	122	1	6.10	65	14	1	0	4
88.5 to MS Pepper, opens the face and cuffs a chance straight to deep third. A peppery innings ends one short of a fifty. 396/6
Matt Parkinson	27	1	125	2	4.62	95	10	3	0	2
58.4 to D Elgar, ... instead it's Elgar with the tame finish! Looped onto his toes, and clipped in the air straight to short midwicket. Parkinson strikes to end a fine innings, Elgar drops his bat in disgust at giving it away with tea approaching. 258/4 76.4 to PI Walter, . 316/5
Jack Leaning	11	1	48	0	4.36	44	3	3	0	0
Jaydn Denly	11	0	52	1	4.72	29	2	1	0	0
107.2 to SR Harmer, . 478/7

Kent 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Compton	b Harmer	165	363	507	18	0	45.45
Tawanda Muyeye	lbw b Snater	11	28	34	1	0	39.28
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	lbw b Porter	135	227	256	11	2	59.47
Jack Leaning	lbw b Porter	4	10	13	1	0	40.00
Joe Denly	b Snater	16	34	37	2	0	47.05
Harry Finch †	c Westley b Critchley	6	25	36	0	0	24.00
Jaydn Denly	c Khushi b Critchley	0	16	17	0	0	0.00
Wes Agar	lbw b Critchley	10	17	16	2	0	58.82
Nathan Gilchrist	c †Pepper b Critchley	41	64	66	4	2	64.06
Matt Parkinson	c Harmer b Critchley	4	9	10	0	0	44.44
George Garrett	not out	8	19	27	1	0	42.10
Extras	(b 6, lb 5, nb 2)	13
Total	135.1 Ov (RR: 3.05)	413
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Tawanda Muyeye, 8.6 ov), 2-251 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 82.3 ov), 3-257 (Jack Leaning, 84.5 ov), 4-283 (Joe Denly, 94.2 ov), 5-298 (Harry Finch, 103.1 ov), 6-301 (Jaydn Denly, 106.3 ov), 7-312 (Wes Agar, 109.6 ov), 8-380 (Nathan Gilchrist, 127.3 ov), 9-388 (Matt Parkinson, 129.5 ov), 10-413 (Ben Compton, 135.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	22	4	71	2	3.22	93	6	0	0	1
82.3 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 251/2 84.5 to JA Leaning, . 257/3
Shane Snater	18	3	43	2	2.38	83	4	0	0	0
8.6 to TS Muyeye, . 27/1 94.2 to JL Denly, . 283/4
Simon Harmer	45.1	10	117	1	2.59	209	11	2	0	0
135.1 to BG Compton, . 413/10
Aaron Beard	15	2	53	0	3.53	61	6	0	0	0
Matt Critchley	29	2	105	5	3.62	122	13	2	0	0
103.1 to HZ Finch, . 298/5 106.3 to JK Denly, . 301/6 109.6 to WA Agar, . 312/7 127.3 to NN Gilchrist, . 380/8 129.5 to MW Parkinson, . 388/9
Tom Westley	6	1	13	0	2.16	26	0	0	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b Garrett	34	48	62	3	0	70.83
Feroze Khushi	c JK Denly b Agar	8	14	29	2	0	57.14
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Agar	22	50	61	4	0	44.00
Jordan Cox	not out	116	89	106	7	6	130.33
Matt Critchley	b Parkinson	25	23	46	2	0	108.69
Michael Pepper †	not out	34	23	34	2	2	147.82
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 14, w 1)	18
Total	40 Ov (RR: 6.42)	257/4d
Did not bat: Paul Walter, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Aaron Beard, Jamie Porter
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Feroze Khushi, 6.2 ov), 2-56 (Dean Elgar, 14.2 ov), 3-79 (Tom Westley, 20.5 ov), 4-166 (Matt Critchley, 31.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Wes Agar	9	0	47	2	5.22	36	4	0	0	5
6.2 to FIN Khushi, . 31/1 20.5 to T Westley, . 79/3
Nathan Gilchrist	10	0	69	0	6.90	27	6	3	0	0
Matt Parkinson	15	0	108	1	7.20	41	7	4	1	2
31.5 to MJJ Critchley, . 166/4
George Garrett	5	0	19	1	3.80	21	3	0	0	0
14.2 to D Elgar, . 56/2
Jaydn Denly	1	0	11	0	11.00	1	0	1	0	0

Kent 2nd Innings (T: 375 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tawanda Muyeye	c †Pepper b Porter	0	12	14	0	0	0.00
Ben Compton	lbw b Porter	6	22	37	1	0	27.27
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	lbw b Harmer	18	53	56	2	0	33.96
Jack Leaning	b Snater	8	23	36	0	0	34.78
Joe Denly	c Khushi b Porter	39	64	87	1	2	60.93
Harry Finch †	lbw b Critchley	14	38	33	1	0	36.84
Jaydn Denly	not out	41	128	115	4	0	32.03
Wes Agar	c Snater b Porter	6	11	16	0	0	54.54
Nathan Gilchrist	not out	19	55	52	3	0	34.54
Extras	(b 8, lb 5)	13
Total	67.4 Ov (RR: 2.42)	164/7
Did not bat: Matt Parkinson, George Garrett
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tawanda Muyeye, 2.6 ov), 2-19 (Ben Compton, 8.4 ov), 3-37 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 17.5 ov), 4-37 (Jack Leaning, 18.3 ov), 5-65 (Harry Finch, 28.1 ov), 6-116 (Joe Denly, 44.1 ov), 7-130 (Wes Agar, 48.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	11	4	20	4	1.81	56	2	0	0	0
2.6 to TS Muyeye, . 4/1 8.4 to BG Compton, . 19/2 44.1 to JL Denly, . 116/6 48.2 to WA Agar, . 130/7
Shane Snater	7	2	14	1	2.00	35	1	0	0	0
18.3 to JA Leaning, . 37/4
Simon Harmer	28.4	9	59	1	2.05	140	3	2	0	0
17.5 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 37/3
Aaron Beard	3	0	13	0	4.33	12	1	0	0	0
Matt Critchley	18	6	45	1	2.50	84	5	0	0	0
28.1 to HZ Finch, . 65/5

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Fri, 12 Apr - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 421/6 (Matt Critchley 103*, Simon Harmer 12*, 96 ov)

Sat, 13 Apr - day 2 - Kent 1st innings 245/1 (Ben Compton 100*, Daniel Bell-Drummond 134*, 80 ov)

Sun, 14 Apr - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 257/4 (Jordan Cox 116*, Michael Pepper 34*, 40 ov)

Mon, 15 Apr - day 4 - Kent 2nd innings 164/7 (67.4 ov) - end of match

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Day 4

Kent 2nd innings
Batting and Bowling points: Essex 7, Kent 4

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
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	12,13,14,15 April 2024 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Jaydn Denly
Umpires	Graham Lloyd Ian Blackwell
Match Referee	Phil Whitticase
Points	Essex 15, Kent 12

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Kent Innings

Player Name		R	B
TS Muyeye	caught	0	12
BG Compton	lbw	6	22
DJ Bell-Drummond	lbw	18	53
JA Leaning	bowled	8	23
JL Denly	caught	39	64
HZ Finch	lbw	14	38
JK Denly	not out	41	128
WA Agar	caught	6	11
NN Gilchrist	not out	19	55
Extras	(b 8, lb 5)
Total	164(7 wkts; 67.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	11	4	20	4	1.81
S Snater	7	2	14	1	2
SR Harmer	28.4	9	59	1	2.05
AP Beard	3	0	13	0	4.33
MJJ Critchley	18	6	45	1	2.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	Ben Compton	Tawanda Muyeye
2nd	15	Daniel Bell-Drummond	Ben Compton
3rd	18	Daniel Bell-Drummond	Jack Leaning
4th	0	Joe Denly	Jack Leaning
5th	28	Joe Denly	Harry Finch
6th	51	Joe Denly	Jaydn Denly
7th	14	Wes Agar	Jaydn Denly
8th	34	Nathan Gilchrist	Jaydn Denly

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County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	231
HAM	14	6	1	6	214
SOM	14	5	3	6	196
ESS	14	6	3	5	194
DUR	14	4	4	5	171
WOR	14	3	4	7	162
WAR	14	1	4	9	159
NOT	14	2	4	8	155
LAN	14	3	6	5	134
KEN	14	1	8	5	99

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	231
HAM	14	6	1	6	214
SOM	14	5	3	6	196
ESS	14	6	3	5	194
DUR	14	4	4	5	171
WOR	14	3	4	7	162
WAR	14	1	4	9	159
NOT	14	2	4	8	155
LAN	14	3	6	5	134
KEN	14	1	8	5	99

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	231
HAM	14	6	1	6	214
SOM	14	5	3	6	196
ESS	14	6	3	5	194
DUR	14	4	4	5	171
WOR	14	3	4	7	162
WAR	14	1	4	9	159
NOT	14	2	4	8	155
LAN	14	3	6	5	134
KEN	14	1	8	5	99

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	231
HAM	14	6	1	6	214
SOM	14	5	3	6	196
ESS	14	6	3	5	194
DUR	14	4	4	5	171
WOR	14	3	4	7	162
WAR	14	1	4	9	159
NOT	14	2	4	8	155
LAN	14	3	6	5	134
KEN	14	1	8	5	99