MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2024

Essex v Kent

Group 1, match 33 · St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury · 24 May 2024 – 27 May 2024

Essex won by an innings and 96 runs

Essex 1st innings591/7d142.4 overs

Kent 1st innings394143.1 overs

Kent 2nd innings101/957.2 overs

Essex 1st innings 591/7d (142.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	b JDM Evison	65	159	4	0	40.9
D Elgar	st HZ Finch b MW Parkinson	77	140	10	0	55.0
T Westley	c Z Crawley b Arafat Bhuiyan	21	77	2	0	27.3
JM Cox	b MK O'Riordan	207	255	21	5	81.2
MJJ Critchley	lbw b JDM Evison	13	39	2	0	33.3
MS Pepper	c sub b Arafat Bhuiyan	82	101	8	1	81.2
SR Harmer	c JL Denly b MW Parkinson	6	7	0	1	85.7
S Snater	not out	83	84	1	6	98.8
Extras		37
Total	7 wickets declared, 142.4 overs	591

Did not bat: JA Porter, SJ Cook, Aaron Beard

Fall of wickets: 146-1 (D Elgar, 45.5 ov), 170-2 (NLJ Browne, 56.1 ov), 194-3 (T Westley, 67.3 ov), 225-4 (MJJ Critchley, 80.2 ov), 391-5 (MS Pepper, 115.2 ov), 398-6 (SR Harmer, 116.5 ov), 591-7 (JM Cox, 142.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
WA Agar	7	1	21	0	3.00	35	0	6
G Stewart	26	2	91	0	3.50	109	1	2
Arafat Bhuiyan	26	5	114	2	4.38	100	2	2
JDM Evison	29	5	93	2	3.21	121	2	2
MK O'Riordan	11.4	3	36	1	3.09	43	0	0
MW Parkinson	32	0	151	2	4.72	112	0	0
JL Denly	11	0	65	0	5.91	22	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	146	275	NLJ Browne 53, D Elgar 77
2	24	62	NLJ Browne 12, T Westley 12
3	24	68	T Westley 9, JM Cox 11
4	31	77	JM Cox 13, MJJ Critchley 13
5	166	210	JM Cox 83, MS Pepper 82
6	7	9	JM Cox 1, SR Harmer 6
7	193	155	JM Cox 99, S Snater 83

Kent 1st innings 394 (143.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BG Compton	lbw b MJJ Critchley	41	126	7	0	32.5
Z Crawley	c D Elgar b SJ Cook	16	12	3	0	133.3
DJ Bell-Drummond	c MS Pepper b Aaron Beard	16	38	3	0	42.1
MK O'Riordan	lbw b MJJ Critchley	30	67	5	0	44.8
JL Denly	c Aaron Beard b MJJ Critchley	87	179	6	2	48.6
MW Parkinson	lbw b JA Porter	48	158	5	0	30.4
HZ Finch	lbw b T Westley	85	124	12	0	68.5
JDM Evison	b T Westley	29	86	3	0	33.7
G Stewart	not out	27	59	1	2	45.8
Arafat Bhuiyan	b MJJ Critchley	1	5	0	0	20.0
WA Agar	lbw b MJJ Critchley	0	6	0	0	0.0
Extras		14
Total	all out, 143.1 overs	394

Fall of wickets: 24-1 (Z Crawley, 3.3 ov), 48-2 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 13.6 ov), 96-3 (MK O'Riordan, 37.4 ov), 105-4 (BG Compton, 41.4 ov), 217-5 (MW Parkinson, 86.1 ov), 285-6 (JL Denly, 105.5 ov), 358-7 (JDM Evison, 126.5 ov), 373-8 (HZ Finch, 136.2 ov), 384-9 (Arafat Bhuiyan, 141.1 ov), 394-10 (WA Agar, 143.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JA Porter	19	5	41	1	2.16	92	0	0
SJ Cook	6	1	19	1	3.17	27	0	0
S Snater	12	3	35	0	2.92	57	0	2
Aaron Beard	24	4	68	1	2.83	103	0	0
SR Harmer	31	5	111	0	3.58	139	0	0
MJJ Critchley	40.1	6	88	5	2.19	186	5	0
T Westley	11	1	25	2	2.27	50	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	24	21	BG Compton 8, Z Crawley 16
2	24	63	BG Compton 7, DJ Bell-Drummond 16
3	48	142	BG Compton 18, MK O'Riordan 30
4	9	24	BG Compton 8, JL Denly 1
5	112	267	JL Denly 53, MW Parkinson 48
6	68	118	JL Denly 33, HZ Finch 35
7	73	126	HZ Finch 42, JDM Evison 29
8	15	57	HZ Finch 8, G Stewart 7
9	11	29	G Stewart 10, Arafat Bhuiyan 1
10	10	12	G Stewart 10, WA Agar 0

Kent 2nd innings 101/9 (57.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	lbw b S Snater	1	4	0	0	25.0
BG Compton	lbw b SR Harmer	12	40	1	0	30.0
DJ Bell-Drummond	lbw b MJJ Critchley	20	48	4	0	41.7
MK O'Riordan	c NLJ Browne b SR Harmer	9	25	0	0	36.0
JL Denly	c Aaron Beard b SR Harmer	23	73	2	0	31.5
HZ Finch	lbw b SR Harmer	4	24	0	0	16.7
JDM Evison	lbw b S Snater	16	79	2	0	20.3
G Stewart	b S Snater	1	10	0	0	10.0
MW Parkinson	lbw b MJJ Critchley	10	37	0	0	27.0
Arafat Bhuiyan	not out	0	6	0	0	0.0
Extras		5
Total	9 wickets, 57.2 overs	101

Did not bat: WA Agar

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Z Crawley, 1.3 ov), 29-2 (BG Compton, 12.3 ov), 45-3 (MK O'Riordan, 18.5 ov), 45-4 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 19.3 ov), 58-5 (HZ Finch, 24.6 ov), 83-6 (JDM Evison, 45.3 ov), 85-7 (G Stewart, 47.5 ov), 101-8 (JL Denly, 54.6 ov), 101-9 (MW Parkinson, 57.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	6	1	24	0	4.00	25	0
S Snater	9	4	15	3	1.67	47	4
Aaron Beard	3	0	6	0	2.00	15	0
SR Harmer	23	10	32	4	1.39	118	0
MJJ Critchley	16.2	4	23	2	1.41	81	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	9	Z Crawley 1, BG Compton 0
2	28	66	BG Compton 12, DJ Bell-Drummond 13
3	16	38	DJ Bell-Drummond 7, MK O'Riordan 9
4	0	4	DJ Bell-Drummond 0, JL Denly 0
5	13	33	JL Denly 9, HZ Finch 4
6	25	123	JL Denly 9, JDM Evison 16
7	2	14	JL Denly 1, G Stewart 1
8	16	43	JL Denly 4, MW Parkinson 10
9	0	14	MW Parkinson 0, Arafat Bhuiyan 0

Match details

Toss: Essex, chose to bat
Ground: St Lawrence Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2024
Umpires: Mark Newell, Tom Lungley
Match referee: JJ Swift
Source: Cricsheet match 1410225