27/05Result

Specsavers County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, May 27-30 2019

Essex won by 113 runs

1793dDaniel Norcross at Chelmsford

Simon Harmer takes 11 wickets to seal Essex win over Kent

Daniel Bell-Drummond fifty in vain as off-spinner becomes leading Championship wicket-taker

Match Centre

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford

Series

Specsavers County Championship Division One 2019

Toss

Uncontested, Kent

Season

2019

Hours of play (local time)

11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

27,28,29,30 May 2019 (4-day match)

Umpires

Mike Burns

Tim Robinson

Points

Essex 22, Kent 3

Scorecard Summary

73.5

Harmer to Bell-Drummond, OUT,

DJ Bell-Drummond b Harmer 81 (203m 176b 10x4 0x6) SR: 46.02

73.4

Harmer to Bell-Drummond, no run,

73.3

Harmer to Bell-Drummond, no run,

73.2

Harmer to Imran Qayyum, 1 run,

73.1

Harmer to Milnes, OUT,

ME Milnes c Bopara b Harmer 0 (14m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

END OF OVER:
73 | (maiden) | KENT: 223/8

Daniel Bell-Drummond81 (173b)
Matt Milnes0 (6b)

Peter Siddle13-5-17-1
Simon Harmer32-8-97-6

72.6

Siddle to Bell-Drummond, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Simon Harmer takes 11 wickets to seal Essex win over Kent
Daniel Bell-Drummond fifty in vain as off-spinner becomes leading Championship wicket-taker
Alastair Cook misses out on career first as Essex grind down Kent
Former England opener falls for 90 before arrival of rain gives the visitors a glimmer of hope
Simon Harmer takes Essex back in time to Championship glory days
Essex spinner wheels away with support from three-man seam attack to help dismiss Kent for 182
Alastair Cook century puts Essex in strong position against Kent
Former England captain hits first competitive ton since international retirement

Kent INNINGS		R	B
SR Dickson	caught	19	50
Z Crawley	lbw	18	38
JL Denly	caught	11	23
DJ Bell-Drummond	bowled	81	176
HG Kuhn	lbw	36	62
OG Robinson	caught	9	32
PWA Mulder	caught wk	0	3
DI Stevens	caught	32	34
HW Podmore	caught	8	17
ME Milnes	caught	0	7
Imran Qayyum	not out	1	1
EXTRAS	(b 5, lb 4)
TOTAL	224 (all out; 73.5 ovs)

Essex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	13.0	1	52	0	4.00
SJ Cook	14.0	3	45	1	3.21
SR Harmer	32.5	8	98	8	2.98
PM Siddle	13.0	5	17	1	1.30
T Westley	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

Kent 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	34	Z Crawley	SR Dickson
2nd	16	JL Denly	SR Dickson
3rd	1	DJ Bell-Drummond	SR Dickson
4th	75	HG Kuhn	DJ Bell-Drummond
5th	36	DJ Bell-Drummond	OG Robinson
6th	1	DJ Bell-Drummond	PWA Mulder
7th	47	DI Stevens	DJ Bell-Drummond
8th	10	DJ Bell-Drummond	HW Podmore
9th	3	DJ Bell-Drummond	ME Milnes
10th	1	DJ Bell-Drummond	Imran Qayyum

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	4*	2	0	1	60
SURR	4*	1	0	2	52
SOM	4*	0	0	3	43
DURH	4*	1	0	1	41
WARKS	3	0	0	3	41
WORCS	4*	0	1	2	33
HANTS	4*	0	0	2	30
NOTTS	3	0	1	2	28
KENT	3	0	1	2	26
LANCS	3	0	1	2	24

County Ground, Chelmsford

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Points

ESSEX 313(101.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

KENT 182(88.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 206/7d(63 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

KENT 224(73.5 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:73 | (maiden) | KENT: 223/8

Simon Harmer takes 11 wickets to seal Essex win over Kent

Alastair Cook misses out on career first as Essex grind down Kent

Simon Harmer takes Essex back in time to Championship glory days

Alastair Cook century puts Essex in strong position against Kent

ESSEX 313(101.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

KENT 182(88.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 206/7d(63 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

KENT 224(73.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
73 | (maiden) | KENT: 223/8