f43786 cc19036	Essex v Kent
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th July 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 2 wickets
Points	Essex 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Kent 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	GI Burgess, RA White
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 8/0 (Fulton 5*, Key 3*; 7 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 313/7 (Fleming 35*, Headley 0*; 111 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 223 all out

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	lbw b McCague	15	28		3	-
AP Grayson	lbw b Ealham	6	46		-	-
N Hussain	c Hooper b Fleming	48	116		7	-
SG Law	c Marsh b Fleming	47	75		7	-
RC Irani	c Hooper b Patel	47	74		6	-
SD Peters	c Ward b Hooper	9	25		1	-
DR Law	c Hooper b Ealham	18	10		3	1
+BJ Hyam	not out	47	94		6	-
MC Ilott	c Fulton b McCague	15	55		1	-
NF Williams	c Marsh b Patel	2	7		-	-
PM Such	c Key b McCague	25	38		4	-
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 94.1 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Prichard), 2-27 (Grayson), 3-113 (SG Law), 4-134 (Hussain), 5-163 (Peters), 6-196 (DR Law), 7-206 (Irani), 8-231 (Ilott), 9-248 (Williams), 10-295 (Such, 94.1 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Headley	17	2	53	0	-	-
McCague	18.1	8	78	3	-	-
Ealham	15	4	42	2	-	-
Patel	20	5	42	2	-	-
Fleming	14	5	30	2	-	-
Hooper	10	2	40	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Fulton	c Hyam b Williams	50	152		4	-
RWT Key	c Hyam b Ilott	6	37		-	-
TR Ward	c SG Law b Such	32	69		4	-
CL Hooper	c Peters b Grayson	100	117		6	3
AP Wells	c Irani b Such	30	61		2	1
MA Ealham	b Williams	28	116		-	-
MV Fleming	c Prichard b Ilott	44	109		6	-
*+SA Marsh	b Ilott	9	24		1	-
DW Headley	b Such	24	50		3	-
MM Patel	lbw b Ilott	0	11		-	-
MJ McCague	not out	16	23		2	-
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 12 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 127.1 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Key), 2-80 (Ward), 3-125 (Fulton), 4-201 (Wells), 5-241 (Hooper), 6-288 (Ealham), 7-311 (Marsh), 8-329 (Fleming), 9-344 (Patel), 10-364 (Headley, 127.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	35	9	91	4	-	-
Williams	27	4	67	2	-	-
Irani	15	6	30	0	-	-
Such	29.1	10	101	3	-	-
DR Law	7	0	38	0	-	-
Grayson	14	6	24	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	c Key b McCague	7	13		-	-
AP Grayson	c Fleming b Ealham	6	24		1	-
N Hussain	lbw b Ealham	12	51		1	-
SG Law	lbw b Fleming	38	75		3	-
RC Irani	c Hooper b Ealham	2	4		-	-
SD Peters	b Fleming	19	59		3	-
DR Law	lbw b Ealham	52	107		5	2
+BJ Hyam	b Ealham	25	90		2	-
MC Ilott	b McCague	3	8		-	-
NF Williams	c Key b Fleming	36	50		5	1
PM Such	not out	9	26		1	-
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Prichard), 2-21 (Grayson), 3-34 (Hussain), 4-38 (Irani), 5-82 (Peters), 6-87 (SG Law), 7-159 (Hyam), 8-168 (Ilott), 9-188 (DR Law), 10-223 (Williams, 84.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Headley	16	3	36	0	-	-
McCague	13	1	33	2	-	-
Ealham	24	9	45	5	-	-
Patel	17	4	56	0	-	-
Fleming	10.3	2	28	3	-	-
Hooper	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Fulton	st Hyam b Such	59	158		4	-
RWT Key	lbw b Ilott	5	13		-	-
TR Ward	c SG Law b Irani	7	27		1	-
CL Hooper	c Prichard b Such	9	19		2	-
MA Ealham	c Hussain b Irani	8	10		1	-
MV Fleming	b Such	15	28		2	-
*+SA Marsh	c Grayson b Ilott	16	32		1	-
AP Wells	lbw b Grayson	20	41		-	1
DW Headley	not out	2	10		-	-
MJ McCague	not out	6	3		-	1
MM Patel	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, 56.4 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Key), 2-25 (Ward), 3-50 (Hooper), 4-65 (Ealham), 5-88 (Fleming), 6-113 (Marsh), 7-145 (Fulton), 8-147 (Wells)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	13	4	28	2	-	-
Williams	2	0	6	0	-	-
Such	26	8	67	3	-	-
Irani	7	0	24	2	-	-
Grayson	8.4	2	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Kent score at 120 overs in the first innings was 335-8
--> N Hussain (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> BJ Hyam (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> MC Ilott (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> MV Fleming (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> SG Law (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> MC Ilott reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> PM Such reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Kent first innings
--> MV Fleming reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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