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| Venue | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th September 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Kent won by 272 runs |
| Points | Kent 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | VA Holder, AA Jones |
| Scorers | JC Foley (Kent), KT Gerrish (Gloucestershire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Gloucestershire (1) 12/0 (Hewson 6*, Windows 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Kent (2) 21/0 (Fulton 8*, Smith 8*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Gloucestershire (2) 59/4 (Windows 42*, Lawrence 0*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DP Fulton | b Smith | 7 | 34 | 46 | - | - | |
| ET Smith | lbw b Smith | 11 | 22 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| TR Ward | c Young b Alleyne | 14 | 28 | 41 | 3 | - | |
| AP Wells | c Russell b Alleyne | 77 | 114 | 144 | 17 | - | |
| MJ Walker | c Russell b Ball | 38 | 74 | 98 | 5 | - | |
| MA Ealham | c Hewson b Davis | 31 | 118 | 126 | 4 | - | |
| MV Fleming | c Hancock b Young | 46 | 61 | 58 | 7 | 1 | |
| *+SA Marsh | c Hewson b Smith | 28 | 67 | 74 | 3 | - | |
| PA Strang | c Alleyne b Ball | 14 | 51 | 65 | 2 | - | |
| BJ Phillips | c and b Ball | 7 | 34 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| DW Headley | not out | 1 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 10 lb, 18 nb, 2 w) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 99.5 overs) | 305 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Smith), 2-28 (Fulton), 3-51 (Ward), 4-168 (Walker), 5-174 (Wells), 6-240 (Fleming), 7-271 (Ealham), 8-289 (Marsh), 9-304 (Phillips), 10-305 (Strang, 99.5 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 20 | 7 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lawrence | 15 | 2 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Young | 21 | 8 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alleyne | 12 | 2 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hancock | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ball | 10.5 | 0 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Davis | 18 | 8 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DR Hewson | c Marsh b Phillips | 8 | 24 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| MGN Windows | c Wells b Phillips | 8 | 13 | 18 | 2 | - | |
| THC Hancock | c Marsh b Phillips | 8 | 34 | 54 | - | - | |
| RI Dawson | c Headley b Strang | 100 | 247 | 320 | 12 | - | |
| S Young | b Phillips | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| *MW Alleyne | b Ealham | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| +RC Russell | lbw b Ealham | 55 | 154 | 168 | 5 | - | |
| MCJ Ball | c Walker b Headley | 34 | 58 | 66 | 5 | - | |
| RP Davis | c Fulton b Strang | 5 | 30 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| AM Smith | run out | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| DV Lawrence | not out | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 20 nb, 2 w) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.2 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Windows), 2-20 (Hewson), 3-58 (Hancock), 4-60 (Young), 5-61 (Alleyne), 6-177 (Russell), 7-226 (Ball), 8-242 (Dawson), 9-251 (Smith), 10-256 (Davis, 95.2 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Headley | 25 | 3 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |
| Strang | 25.2 | 6 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 14 | 5 | 44 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ealham | 18 | 4 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Fleming | 13 | 3 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DP Fulton | c Alleyne b Ball | 44 | 91 | 106 | 5 | - | |
| ET Smith | c Windows b Ball | 29 | 46 | 54 | 5 | - | |
| TR Ward | not out | 161 | 216 | 272 | 21 | 1 | |
| AP Wells | c Alleyne b Hancock | 94 | 125 | 160 | 13 | 1 | |
| MJ Walker | c Lawrence b Ball | 51 | 38 | 40 | 8 | 1 | |
| MA Ealham | not out | 16 | 10 | 18 | - | 1 | |
| MV Fleming | did not bat | ||||||
| *+SA Marsh | did not bat | ||||||
| PA Strang | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Headley | did not bat | ||||||
| BJ Phillips | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 5 lb, 21 nb) | 37 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 86 overs) | 432 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66 (Smith), 2-111 (Fulton), 3-304 (Wells), 4-380 (Walker) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 9 | 2 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lawrence | 6 | 0 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ball | 27 | 2 | 126 | 3 | - | - | |
| Young | 8 | 3 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Davis | 26 | 9 | 86 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alleyne | 6 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hancock | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DR Hewson | c Marsh b Headley | 1 | 15 | 20 | - | - | |
| MGN Windows | lbw b Phillips | 84 | 195 | 214 | 16 | - | |
| THC Hancock | c Strang b Headley | 8 | 18 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| RI Dawson | c Ward b Strang | 0 | 4 | 8 | - | - | |
| RP Davis | c Fulton b Strang | 0 | 12 | 14 | - | - | |
| DV Lawrence | c Marsh b Headley | 8 | 23 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| S Young | lbw b Ealham | 22 | 38 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| *MW Alleyne | lbw b Headley | 42 | 113 | 125 | 6 | - | |
| +RC Russell | b Strang | 12 | 28 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| MCJ Ball | c Marsh b Headley | 5 | 10 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| AM Smith | not out | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 18 nb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 74.4 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18 (Hewson), 2-40 (Hancock), 3-49 (Dawson), 4-55 (Davis), 5-80 (Lawrence), 6-113 (Young), 7-165 (Windows), 8-193 (Russell), 9-208 (Ball), 10-209 (Alleyne, 74.4 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Headley | 23.4 | 4 | 92 | 5 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 12 | 3 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Strang | 28 | 14 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ealham | 11 | 5 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |