tt13840 engtt2251	Kent v Essex
	The Vitality Blast 2024 (South Group)
Venue	Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury on 21st June 2024 (20-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Points	Kent 0; Essex 2
Umpires	MJ Saggers, JC Tredwell
Referee	SG Hinks
Scorers	LAR Hart (Kent), P Parkinson (Essex)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Kent innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
Z Crawley	c BMJ Allison b Critchley	20	20	28	3	-	9	100.00
DJ Bell-Drummond	c Pepper b BMJ Allison	10	12	13	2	-	8	83.33
TS Muyeye	b Harmer	18	12	18	1	1	4	150.00
*+SW Billings	c Benkenstein b Critchley	38	20	25	4	1	2	190.00
JDM Evison	c BMJ Allison b Walter	7	11	18	-	-	6	63.64
MK O'Riordan	b Harmer	20	12	11	2	1	3	166.67
HZ Finch	not out	24	22	26	1	-	6	109.09
B Swanepoel	b BMJ Allison	2	4	6	-	-	2	50.00
XC Bartlett	not out	6	8	10	-	-	2	75.00
NN Gilchrist	did not bat
MW Parkinson	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb, 9 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 82 minutes, 20 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Bell-Drummond, 3.3 ov), 2-50 (Crawley, 6.5 ov), 3-60 (Muyeye, 7.5 ov), 4-102 (Evison, 11.6 ov), 5-104 (Billings, 12.3 ov), 6-131 (O'Riordan, 15.5 ov), 7-137 (Swanepoel, 17.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Beard	3	0	26	0	2	1	9	3	-	-	8.67
Harmer	4	0	32	2	-	-	9	3	1	12.00	8.00
BMJ Allison	4	0	33	2	1	-	6	4	-	12.00	8.25
Walter	4	0	26	1	1	-	9	2	-	24.00	6.50
Critchley	4	0	28	2	-	-	7	1	1	12.00	7.00
Benkenstein	1	0	11	0	1	-	1	-	1	-	11.00

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+AM Rossington	c Gilchrist b Bartlett	4	5	9	1	-	4	80.00
D Elgar	c O'Riordan b Gilchrist	7	11	19	1	-	7	63.64
MS Pepper	c Finch b Gilchrist	76	42	56	8	4	13	180.95
JM Cox	c Billings b Gilchrist	26	8	11	3	2	1	325.00
PI Walter	c Bartlett b Parkinson	16	11	12	3	-	4	145.45
MJJ Critchley	not out	16	13	22	2	-	3	123.08
CWJ Allison	not out	1	1	1	-	-	0	100.00
*SR Harmer	did not bat
LM Benkenstein	did not bat
BMJ Allison	did not bat
AP Beard	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb, 9 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 75 minutes, 15 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Rossington, 1.4 ov), 2-28 (Elgar, 3.6 ov), 3-69 (Cox, 6.3 ov), 4-96 (Walter, 9.4 ov), 5-152 (Pepper, 14.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Swanepoel	4	0	43	0	3	1	12	4	2	-	10.75
Bartlett	3	0	31	1	1	-	8	5	-	18.00	10.33
Gilchrist	3	0	46	3	-	-	7	5	4	6.00	15.33
O'Riordan	1	0	8	0	-	-	1	1	-	-	8.00
Parkinson	3	0	21	1	-	-	3	2	-	18.00	7.00
Evison	1	0	8	0	-	-	1	1	-	-	8.00

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Notes
--> Kent powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (46/1)
--> Essex powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (57/2)
--> Kent innings: 50 in 6.4 overs, 27 minutes
--> Kent innings: 100 in 11.3 overs, 50 minutes
--> Kent innings: 150 in 19.1 overs, 79 minutes
--> Essex innings: 50 in 5.3 overs, 33 minutes
--> Essex innings: 100 in 10.2 overs, 56 minutes
--> Essex innings: 150 in 14.3 overs, 72 minutes
--> Z Crawley made his last appearance in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> B Swanepoel made his last appearance in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> XC Bartlett made his last appearance in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> JM Cox made his last appearance in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> MS Pepper 50 in 29 balls, 48 minutes with 5 fours and 3 sixes
--> MS Pepper passed 1500 runs in Twenty20 Blast matches when he reached 33
--> SR Harmer reached 100 wickets in Twenty20 Blast matches when he dismissed MK O'Riordan, his 2nd wicket in the Kent innings
--> MW Parkinson reached 150 wickets in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed PI Walter, his 1st wicket in the Essex innings
--> NN Gilchrist achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed MS Pepper in the Essex innings (previous best was 2-12)
--> NN Gilchrist achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Twenty20 Blast matches when he dismissed MS Pepper in the Essex innings (previous best was 2-12)
--> MS Pepper (36) and MJJ Critchley (12) added 50 in 29 balls for the Essex 5th wicket

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