f50217 cc20402	Kent v Durham
	LV County Championship 2007 (Division 1)
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 19th, 20th, 21st September 2007 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 8 wickets
Points	Kent 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Durham 20 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	JH Evans, G Sharp
Scorers	JC Foley (Kent), B Hunt (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 126/4 (Benkenstein 22*, Mustard 14*; 34.3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 99/3 (van Jaarsveld 14*, Dexter 3*; 29.3 overs)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Denly	b Onions	4	9	6	1	-
*RWT Key	c Di Venuto b Gibson	3	2	12	-	-
M van Jaarsveld	c Di Venuto b Davies	25	48	59	4	-
MJ Walker	c Di Venuto b Davies	7	23	29	1	-
NJ Dexter	c Di Venuto b Gibson	28	52	67	6	-
SA Northeast	c Benkenstein b Gibson	5	13	17	1	-
+GO Jones	b Onions	32	36	46	5	-
JC Tredwell	lbw b Plunkett	18	35	38	3	-
R McLaren	not out	54	55	73	7	2
SJ Cook	c Mustard b Onions	3	10	12	-	-
MJ Saggers	b Davies	16	26	39	3	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 208 minutes, 50.5 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Denly), 2-9 (Key), 3-27 (Walker), 4-46 (van Jaarsveld), 5-57 (Northeast), 6-84 (Dexter), 7-122 (Jones), 8-136 (Tredwell), 9-147 (Cook), 10-212 (Saggers, 50.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibson	13	1	60	3	-	2
Onions	15	2	49	3	-	1
Davies	11.5	4	43	3	-	-
Plunkett	11	2	52	1	1	1

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Di Venuto	c Jones b McLaren	32	39	89	6	-
MD Stoneman	lbw b Saggers	0	2	1	-	-
KJ Coetzer	c Dexter b Tredwell	44	81	81	7	-
S Chanderpaul	c van Jaarsveld b Tredwell	4	7	9	1	-
*DM Benkenstein	c Tredwell b Saggers	117	181	247	13	1
+P Mustard	c Jones b McLaren	22	58	78	3	-
OD Gibson	b Tredwell	40	78	85	5	1
LE Plunkett	lbw b Saggers	6	10	9	-	1
PJ Wiseman	lbw b Saggers	36	58	56	5	-
M Davies	not out	0	10	14	-	-
G Onions	c Walker b McLaren	3	8	6	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 8 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 341 minutes, 88 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Stoneman), 2-86 (Coetzer), 3-86 (Di Venuto), 4-92 (Chanderpaul), 5-156 (Mustard), 6-242 (Gibson), 7-251 (Plunkett), 8-317 (Wiseman), 9-318 (Benkenstein), 10-321 (Onions, 88 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Saggers	28	2	89	4	-	-
McLaren	19	2	86	3	-	4
Cook	13	4	39	0	-	-
Tredwell	26	4	96	3	-	-
Denly	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Denly	lbw b Wiseman	30	54	76	5	-
*RWT Key	c Mustard b Wiseman	33	61	69	4	-
M van Jaarsveld	lbw b Plunkett	15	43	48	2	-
MJ Walker	c Di Venuto b Wiseman	10	12	9	2	-
NJ Dexter	c Mustard b Plunkett	11	33	48	2	-
SA Northeast	c Stoneman b Plunkett	0	4	5	-	-
+GO Jones	not out	25	23	49	5	-
JC Tredwell	c Chanderpaul b Onions	5	8	4	1	-
R McLaren	c Chanderpaul b Gibson	8	18	19	1	-
SJ Cook	b Gibson	0	1	1	-	-
MJ Saggers	b Wiseman	14	11	9	3	-
Extras	(2 lb, 7 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 176 minutes, 44.1 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-67 (Key), 2-68 (Denly), 3-80 (Walker), 4-100 (van Jaarsveld), 5-104 (Northeast), 6-113 (Dexter), 7-118 (Tredwell), 8-137 (McLaren), 9-137 (Cook), 10-160 (Saggers, 44.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Onions	8	2	32	1	-	1
Gibson	12	2	42	2	-	2
Davies	2	0	12	0	-	-
Plunkett	10	1	27	3	-	-
Wiseman	12.1	2	45	4	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Stoneman	c Denly b Walker	6	15	9	1	-
MJ Di Venuto	not out	23	21	34	3	1
KJ Coetzer	c Walker b Denly	1	13	9	-	-
PJ Wiseman	not out	17	13	10	2	1
S Chanderpaul	did not bat
*DM Benkenstein	did not bat
+P Mustard	did not bat
OD Gibson	did not bat
LE Plunkett	did not bat
M Davies	did not bat
G Onions	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 34 minutes, 10.1 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Stoneman), 2-32 (Coetzer)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dexter	2	0	8	0	1	1
Walker	2	0	10	1	-	-
Denly	3.1	2	12	1	-	-
Jones	2	0	14	0	-	-
Key	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> SA Northeast made his debut in County Championship matches
--> SA Northeast made his debut in First-Class matches
--> OD Gibson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> OD Gibson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> R McLaren (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Di Venuto (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> DM Benkenstein (1) 100 in 166 balls, 231 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> JL Denly (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 27
--> M van Jaarsveld (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> M van Jaarsveld (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> LE Plunkett reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed NJ Dexter, his 3rd wicket in the Kent second innings

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MJ Saggers kept wicket in the Durham second innings
Bad light stopped play from 4.32pm to 4.42pm and at 6.27pm on the first day (2.3 overs lost)
Bad light stopped play 4.57pm on the second day (19.3 overs lost)
The match ended at 12.19pm on the third day