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Kent beat Essex by 5 wickets - Commentary

County Ground, Chelmsford, . Kent won the toss and chose to bowl.

Essex201/620 ov
Kent203/519.5 ov
Kent won by 5 wickets
Worcestershire won the title
End of innings: KEN 203/5 (19.5 ov)
19.54
MT Coles to G Stewart, FOUR
19.41
MT Coles to SR Dickson, 1 run
19.31
MT Coles to G Stewart, 1 run
19.2W
MT Coles to DJ Bell-Drummond, OUT
DJ Bell-Drummond c S Snater b MT Coles 80(51) [4s-8 6s-3] · FoW 197/5 (19.2 ov)
19.14
MT Coles to DJ Bell-Drummond, FOUR
End of over 1913 runs, 1 wktKEN 193/42W25Wd112
SR Dickson 5(3)DJ Bell-Drummond 76(49)S Snater 3-0-42-1
18.62
S Snater to SR Dickson, 2 runs
18.51
S Snater to DJ Bell-Drummond, 1 run
18.41
S Snater to SR Dickson, 1 run
18.45Wd
S Snater to SR Dickson, 5 wides
18.32
S Snater to SR Dickson, 2 runs
18.2W
S Snater to AJ Blake, OUT
AJ Blake c MT Coles b S Snater 19(14) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 182/4 (18.2 ov)
18.12
S Snater to AJ Blake, 2 runs
End of over 1811 runsKEN 180/341041Lb1
AJ Blake 17(12)DJ Bell-Drummond 75(48)MT Coles 3-0-25-0
17.61
MT Coles to AJ Blake, 1 run
17.51Lb
MT Coles to DJ Bell-Drummond, 1 leg bye
17.44
MT Coles to DJ Bell-Drummond, FOUR
17.30
MT Coles to DJ Bell-Drummond, no run
17.21
MT Coles to AJ Blake, 1 run
17.14
MT Coles to AJ Blake, FOUR
End of over 177 runsKEN 169/320201Lb2
DJ Bell-Drummond 71(45)AJ Blake 11(9)S Snater 2-0-29-0
16.62
S Snater to DJ Bell-Drummond, 2 runs
16.51Lb
S Snater to AJ Blake, 1 leg bye
16.40
S Snater to AJ Blake, no run
16.32
S Snater to AJ Blake, 2 runs
16.20
S Snater to AJ Blake, no run
16.12
S Snater to AJ Blake, 2 runs
End of over 166 runsKEN 162/3111111
AJ Blake 7(4)DJ Bell-Drummond 69(44)RS Bopara 4-0-22-1
15.61
RS Bopara to AJ Blake, 1 run
15.51
RS Bopara to DJ Bell-Drummond, 1 run
15.41
RS Bopara to AJ Blake, 1 run
15.31
RS Bopara to DJ Bell-Drummond, 1 run
15.21
RS Bopara to AJ Blake, 1 run
15.11
RS Bopara to DJ Bell-Drummond, 1 run
End of over 1519 runs, 1 wktKEN 156/3464W14
AJ Blake 4(1)DJ Bell-Drummond 66(41)SR Harmer 2-0-23-1
14.64
SR Harmer to AJ Blake, FOUR
14.51
SR Harmer to DJ Bell-Drummond, 1 run
14.4W
SR Harmer to SW Billings, OUT
SW Billings c DW Lawrence b SR Harmer 33(19) [4s-4 6s-2] · FoW 151/3 (14.4 ov)
14.34
SR Harmer to SW Billings, FOUR
14.26
SR Harmer to SW Billings, SIX
14.14
SR Harmer to SW Billings, FOUR
End of over 147 runsKEN 137/201Wd0401
SW Billings 19(15)DJ Bell-Drummond 65(40)RS Bopara 3-0-16-1
13.61
RS Bopara to SW Billings, 1 run
13.50
RS Bopara to SW Billings, no run
13.44
RS Bopara to SW Billings, FOUR
13.30
RS Bopara to SW Billings, no run
13.3Wd
RS Bopara to SW Billings, wide
13.21
RS Bopara to DJ Bell-Drummond, 1 run
13.10
RS Bopara to DJ Bell-Drummond, no run
End of over 1318 runsKEN 130/2641Lb601
DJ Bell-Drummond 64(38)SW Billings 14(11)ASS Nijjar 3-0-30-1
12.61
ASS Nijjar to DJ Bell-Drummond, 1 run
12.50
ASS Nijjar to DJ Bell-Drummond, no run
12.46
ASS Nijjar to DJ Bell-Drummond, SIX
12.31Lb
ASS Nijjar to SW Billings, 1 leg bye
12.24
ASS Nijjar to SW Billings, FOUR
12.16
ASS Nijjar to SW Billings, SIX
End of over 123 runsKEN 112/2000111
SW Billings 4(8)DJ Bell-Drummond 57(35)RS Bopara 2-0-9-1
11.61
RS Bopara to SW Billings, 1 run
11.51
RS Bopara to DJ Bell-Drummond, 1 run