First-classCounty Championship 2023Super 18, Group 1

Essex vs Kent, Match - Scorecard

Essex451/5d(97.4 ov)

Kent342/7(78 ov)

Match drawn

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury20 Apr 2023Toss: Essex, chose to bat

Essex 1st innings

451/5d(97.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Nick Brownec JM Cox b JA Leaning	c JM Cox b JA Leaning	159	299	23	1	53.18
Alastair Cookc †SW Billings b WA Agar	c †SW Billings b WA Agar	39	30	9	0	130.00
Tom Westleyc BG Compton b C McKerr	c BG Compton b C McKerr	148	185	25	0	80.00
Paul Walterc †SW Billings b WA Agar	c †SW Billings b WA Agar	8	8	1	0	100.00
Matthew Critchleyc & b C McKerr	c & b C McKerr	1	4	0	0	25.00
Michael-Kyle Pepper †not out	not out	52*	52	3	2	100.00
Simon Harmernot out	not out	18*	16	1	1	112.50
Extras(b 1, lb 6, w 3, nb 16)	(b 1, lb 6, w 3, nb 16)	26
Total97.4 Ov (RR 4.62)	97.4 Ov (RR 4.62)	451/5d

Did not bat: Doug Bracewell, Shane Snater, Ben Allison, Jamie Porter

Fall of wickets: 43-1 (AN Cook, 9 ov), 308-2 (T Westley, 76 ov), 319-3 (PI Walter, 78.1 ov), 330-4 (MJJ Critchley, 79.4 ov), 424-5 (NLJ Browne, 93.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Wes Agar	23	9	67	2	2.91	114	11	0	0	3
Nathan Gilchrist	25	2	139	0	5.56	100	22	1	2	3
Conor McKerr	18	1	84	2	4.67	67	12	1	0	0
Joey Evison	16	1	76	0	4.75	63	12	1	0	0
Hamidullah Qadri	12	1	45	0	3.75	41	3	0	0	1
Jack Leaning	3.4	0	33	1	9.00	6	2	1	1	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	NLJ Browne 4(24) & AN Cook 39(30)	43	54
2nd	NLJ Browne 108(220) & T Westley 148(185)	265	402
3rd	NLJ Browne 3(5) & PI Walter 8(8)	11	13
4th	MJJ Critchley 1(4) & NLJ Browne 5(7)	11	9
5th	MS Pepper 45(41) & NLJ Browne 39(43)	94	82
6th	SR Harmer 18(16) & MS Pepper 7(11)	27*	26

Kent 1st innings

342/7(78 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ben Comptonb SR Harmer	b SR Harmer	46	78	6	0	58.97
Zak Crawleyc †MS Pepper b JA Porter	c †MS Pepper b JA Porter	170	183	27	1	92.90
Daniel Bell-Drummondlbw b SR Harmer	lbw b SR Harmer	23	35	4	0	65.71
Jack Leaningc PI Walter b SR Harmer	c PI Walter b SR Harmer	8	23	2	0	34.78
Jordan Coxc SR Harmer b DAJ Bracewell	c SR Harmer b DAJ Bracewell	27	37	3	1	72.97
Sam Billings †b SR Harmer	b SR Harmer	1	4	0	0	25.00
Joey Evisonnot out	not out	38*	64	4	0	59.38
Hamidullah Qadric †MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	c †MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	16	30	2	0	53.33
Conor McKerrnot out	not out	4*	17	1	0	23.53
Extras(lb 3, nb 6)	(lb 3, nb 6)	9
Total78 Ov (RR 4.38)	78 Ov (RR 4.38)	342/7

Did not bat: Wes Agar, Nathan Gilchrist

Fall of wickets: 162-1 (BG Compton, 30.3 ov), 212-2 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 41 ov), 228-3 (JA Leaning, 48.4 ov), 267-4 (JM Cox, 57.4 ov), 268-5 (SW Billings, 58.3 ov), 288-6 (Z Crawley, 63.1 ov), 326-7 (Hamidullah Qadri, 73.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jamie Porter	14	2	57	1	4.07	61	9	0	1
Shane Snater	13	3	39	0	3.00	61	6	0	0
Ben Allison	7	0	38	0	5.43	25	6	0	0
Doug Bracewell	9	0	52	1	5.78	33	9	0	0
Simon Harmer	31	3	141	4	4.55	122	18	2	0
Matthew Critchley	4	0	12	1	3.00	19	1	0	2

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	BG Compton 46(78) & Z Crawley 114(105)	162	183
2nd	DJ Bell-Drummond 23(35) & Z Crawley 27(28)	50	63
3rd	Z Crawley 7(23) & JA Leaning 8(23)	16	46
4th	JM Cox 27(37) & Z Crawley 12(17)	39	54
5th	SW Billings 1(4) & Z Crawley 0(1)	1	5
6th	JDM Evison 10(19) & Z Crawley 10(9)	20	28
7th	Hamidullah Qadri 16(30) & JDM Evison 20(33)	38	62
8th	C McKerr 4(17) & JDM Evison 8(12)	16*	27