MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2024

Essex v Kent

Group 1, match 6 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 12 Apr 2024 – 15 Apr 2024

Match drawn

Essex 1st innings530/7d112 overs

Kent 1st innings413135.1 overs

Essex 2nd innings257/4d40 overs

Kent 2nd innings164/767.4 overs

Essex 1st innings 530/7d (112 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c TS Muyeye b MW Parkinson	120	176	18	0	68.2
FIN Khushi	b WA Agar	0	1	0	0	0.0
T Westley	c HZ Finch b GA Garrett	5	10	1	0	50.0
JM Cox	lbw b GA Garrett	67	105	10	1	63.8
MJJ Critchley	not out	151	212	5	4	71.2
PI Walter	c JL Denly b MW Parkinson	33	51	1	2	64.7
MS Pepper	c TS Muyeye b NN Gilchrist	49	42	7	1	116.7
SR Harmer	st HZ Finch b JK Denly	44	73	5	0	60.3
S Snater	not out	26	16	3	1	162.5
Extras		35
Total	7 wickets declared, 112 overs	530

Did not bat: JA Porter, Aaron Beard

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (FIN Khushi, 0.5 ov), 10-2 (T Westley, 3.3 ov), 169-3 (JM Cox, 38.1 ov), 258-4 (D Elgar, 58.4 ov), 316-5 (PI Walter, 76.4 ov), 396-6 (MS Pepper, 88.5 ov), 478-7 (SR Harmer, 107.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
WA Agar	20	1	97	1	4.85	79	0	16
GA Garrett	23	3	80	2	3.48	104	1	0
NN Gilchrist	20	2	122	1	6.10	65	0	8
MW Parkinson	27	1	125	2	4.63	95	0	4
JA Leaning	11	1	48	0	4.36	44	0	0
JK Denly	11	0	52	1	4.73	29	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	5	D Elgar 1, FIN Khushi 0
2	9	16	D Elgar 0, T Westley 5
3	159	208	D Elgar 81, JM Cox 67
4	89	123	D Elgar 38, MJJ Critchley 46
5	58	108	MJJ Critchley 23, PI Walter 33
6	80	73	MJJ Critchley 25, MS Pepper 49
7	82	111	MJJ Critchley 33, SR Harmer 44
Unbroken	52	28	MJJ Critchley 24, S Snater 26

Kent 1st innings 413 (135.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BG Compton	b SR Harmer	165	363	18	0	45.5
TS Muyeye	lbw b S Snater	11	28	1	0	39.3
DJ Bell-Drummond	lbw b JA Porter	135	227	11	2	59.5
JA Leaning	lbw b JA Porter	4	10	1	0	40.0
JL Denly	b S Snater	16	34	2	0	47.1
HZ Finch	c T Westley b MJJ Critchley	6	25	0	0	24.0
JK Denly	c FIN Khushi b MJJ Critchley	0	16	0	0	0.0
WA Agar	lbw b MJJ Critchley	10	17	2	0	58.8
NN Gilchrist	c MS Pepper b MJJ Critchley	41	64	4	2	64.1
MW Parkinson	c SR Harmer b MJJ Critchley	4	9	0	0	44.4
GA Garrett	not out	8	19	1	0	42.1
Extras		13
Total	all out, 135.1 overs	413

Fall of wickets: 27-1 (TS Muyeye, 8.6 ov), 251-2 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 82.3 ov), 257-3 (JA Leaning, 84.5 ov), 283-4 (JL Denly, 94.2 ov), 298-5 (HZ Finch, 103.1 ov), 301-6 (JK Denly, 106.3 ov), 312-7 (WA Agar, 109.6 ov), 380-8 (NN Gilchrist, 127.3 ov), 388-9 (MW Parkinson, 129.5 ov), 413-10 (BG Compton, 135.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	22	4	71	2	3.23	91	2
S Snater	18	3	43	2	2.39	83	0
SR Harmer	45.1	10	117	1	2.59	208	0
Aaron Beard	15	2	53	0	3.53	61	0
MJJ Critchley	29	2	105	5	3.62	120	0
T Westley	6	1	13	0	2.17	26	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	27	54	BG Compton 16, TS Muyeye 11
2	224	441	BG Compton 85, DJ Bell-Drummond 135
3	6	14	BG Compton 2, JA Leaning 4
4	26	57	BG Compton 10, JL Denly 16
5	15	53	BG Compton 9, HZ Finch 6
6	3	20	BG Compton 3, JK Denly 0
7	11	21	BG Compton 1, WA Agar 10
8	68	105	BG Compton 24, NN Gilchrist 41
9	8	14	BG Compton 4, MW Parkinson 4
10	25	32	BG Compton 11, GA Garrett 8

Essex 2nd innings 257/4d (40 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b GA Garrett	34	48	3	0	70.8
FIN Khushi	c JK Denly b WA Agar	8	14	2	0	57.1
T Westley	lbw b WA Agar	22	50	4	0	44.0
JM Cox	not out	116	89	7	6	130.3
MJJ Critchley	b MW Parkinson	25	23	2	0	108.7
MS Pepper	not out	34	23	2	2	147.8
Extras		18
Total	4 wickets declared, 40 overs	257

Did not bat: SR Harmer, PI Walter, JA Porter, S Snater, Aaron Beard

Fall of wickets: 31-1 (FIN Khushi, 6.2 ov), 56-2 (D Elgar, 14.2 ov), 79-3 (T Westley, 20.5 ov), 166-4 (MJJ Critchley, 31.5 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
WA Agar	9	47	2	5.22	34	0	10
NN Gilchrist	10	69	0	6.90	26	0	0
MW Parkinson	15	108	1	7.20	41	1	4
GA Garrett	5	19	1	3.80	21	0	0
JK Denly	1	11	0	11.00	1	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	31	38	D Elgar 19, FIN Khushi 8
2	25	48	D Elgar 15, T Westley 8
3	23	39	T Westley 14, JM Cox 7
4	87	66	JM Cox 53, MJJ Critchley 25
Unbroken	91	49	JM Cox 56, MS Pepper 34

Kent 2nd innings 164/7 (67.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TS Muyeye	c MS Pepper b JA Porter	0	12	0	0	0.0
BG Compton	lbw b JA Porter	6	22	1	0	27.3
DJ Bell-Drummond	lbw b SR Harmer	18	53	2	0	34.0
JA Leaning	b S Snater	8	23	0	0	34.8
JL Denly	c FIN Khushi b JA Porter	39	64	1	2	60.9
HZ Finch	lbw b MJJ Critchley	14	38	1	0	36.8
JK Denly	not out	41	128	4	0	32.0
WA Agar	c S Snater b JA Porter	6	11	0	0	54.5
NN Gilchrist	not out	19	55	3	0	34.5
Extras		13
Total	7 wickets, 67.4 overs	164

Did not bat: MW Parkinson, GA Garrett

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (TS Muyeye, 2.6 ov), 19-2 (BG Compton, 8.4 ov), 37-3 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 17.5 ov), 37-4 (JA Leaning, 18.3 ov), 65-5 (HZ Finch, 28.1 ov), 116-6 (JL Denly, 44.1 ov), 130-7 (WA Agar, 48.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
JA Porter	11	4	20	4	1.82	51
S Snater	7	2	14	1	2.00	35
SR Harmer	28.4	9	59	1	2.06	138
Aaron Beard	3	0	13	0	4.33	12
MJJ Critchley	18	6	45	1	2.50	83

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	18	TS Muyeye 0, BG Compton 0
2	15	34	BG Compton 6, DJ Bell-Drummond 8
3	18	55	DJ Bell-Drummond 10, JA Leaning 8
4	0	4	JA Leaning 0, JL Denly 0
5	28	58	JL Denly 14, HZ Finch 14
6	51	96	JL Denly 25, JK Denly 24
7	14	25	JK Denly 7, WA Agar 6
Unbroken	34	116	JK Denly 10, NN Gilchrist 19

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2024
Umpires: GD Lloyd, ID Blackwell
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Source: Cricsheet match 1410198