f37589 cc17327	Kent v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 29th, 30th June, 1st July 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Essex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JH Hampshire, KJ Lyons
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 330 all out
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 221/9 (CS Cowdrey 34*, Davis 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JP Stephenson	c Davis b Ellison	0
BR Hardie	lbw b Penn	4
PJ Prichard	b Davis	45
AR Border	c CS Cowdrey b Davis	168			27	-
AW Lilley	run out	10
DR Pringle	c CS Cowdrey b Ellison	13
*KWR Fletcher	c Marsh b Pienaar	36
G Miller	b Pienaar	16
NA Foster	c Ward b Davis	21
+AD Brown	not out	2
JK Lever	c Tavaré b Pienaar	1
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 109.3 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-81, 4-92, 5-117, 6-251, 7-305, 8-307, 9-328, 10-330 (109.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penn	27	9	69	1	-	-
Ellison	21	6	47	2	-	-
CS Cowdrey	16	6	45	0	-	-
Pienaar	23.3	5	86	3	-	-
Davis	17	4	55	3	-	-
GR Cowdrey	5	1	20	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NR Taylor	c Miller b Foster	77		195
TR Ward	lbw b Pringle	70	106
SG Hinks	c Miller b Pringle	0
CJ Tavaré	c Brown b Pringle	0
RF Pienaar	lbw b Miller	20
GR Cowdrey	st Brown b Miller	13
*CS Cowdrey	not out	43
+SA Marsh	st Brown b Miller	0
RM Ellison	b Miller	0
C Penn	b Lever	1
RP Davis	b Foster	2
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 94.2 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-109, 3-109, 4-152, 5-176, 6-206, 7-208, 8-208, 9-209, 10-231 (94.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	16	3	38	1	-	-
Foster	24.2	8	51	2	-	-
Pringle	15	4	42	3	-	-
Miller	39	12	95	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	not out	35
JP Stephenson	c Marsh b Davis	43
+AD Brown	not out	0
PJ Prichard	did not bat
AR Border	did not bat
AW Lilley	did not bat
DR Pringle	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
G Miller	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 28 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-82 (Stephenson)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pienaar	7	2	23	0	-	-
Davis	10	4	19	1	-	-
GR Cowdrey	5	0	31	0	-	-
Ward	4	1	4	0	-	-
Taylor	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 273-6
--> AR Border (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 55
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 27000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 23
--> TR Ward (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> TR Ward (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> BR Hardie (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2

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