f43095 cc18842	Nottinghamshire v Kent
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 29th, 30th, 31st May 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by an innings and 105 runs
Points	Nottinghamshire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Kent 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Clarkson, DR Shepherd
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 39/1 (Fulton 25*, Phillips 2*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 376/8 (Ealham 100*, Strang 51*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Metcalfe	c Marsh b Phillips	7	16	25	1	-
MP Dowman	c Marsh b Fleming	21	88	108	2	-
GF Archer	c Marsh b McCague	49	100	157	6	-
NA Gie	lbw b Ealham	9	42	43	-	-
*P Johnson	c Ward b Ealham	0	4	7	-	-
U Afzaal	c Marsh b Fleming	54	154	186	5	-
+WM Noon	c Fulton b Fleming	14	29	43	1	-
KP Evans	c Marsh b McCague	26	57	71	4	-
PJ Franks	not out	21	43	57	4	-
RT Bates	c Marsh b Fleming	0	5	8	-	-
MN Bowen	b Fleming	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 89.5 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Metcalfe), 2-57 (Dowman), 3-86 (Gie), 4-86 (Johnson), 5-98 (Archer), 6-122 (Noon), 7-180 (Evans), 8-214 (Afzaal), 9-216 (Bates), 10-216 (Bowen, 89.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCague	16	3	46	2	-	-
Phillips	11	6	21	1	-	-
Fleming	28.5	9	51	5	-	-
Ealham	20	6	54	2	-	-
Strang	14	4	33	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Fulton	c Archer b Bowen	94	161	214	15	-
MJ Walker	c Dowman b Bowen	8	18	33	1	-
BJ Phillips	lbw b Evans	7	27	29	1	-
TR Ward	c Bates b Bowen	7	24	22	1	-
AP Wells	c Franks b Evans	35	78	97	6	-
GR Cowdrey	c Evans b Bates	28	46	66	5	-
MA Ealham	c Johnson b Franks	122	251	283	16	1
MV Fleming	c Noon b Bates	11	45	53	1	-
*+SA Marsh	c Archer b Bates	6	16	22	-	-
PA Strang	c Johnson b Evans	73	114	149	10	-
MJ McCague	not out	14	17	19	3	-
Extras	(14 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 8 w)	35
Total	(all out, 132.4 overs)	440
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Walker), 2-52 (Phillips), 3-63 (Ward), 4-156 (Wells), 5-172 (Fulton), 6-215 (Cowdrey), 7-240 (Fleming), 8-250 (Marsh), 9-421 (Strang), 10-440 (Ealham, 132.4 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Evans	35	4	115	3	-	-
Franks	29.4	4	94	1	-	-
Bowen	35	9	103	3	-	-
Bates	30	8	89	3	-	-
Dowman	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Metcalfe	c Ealham b McCague	8	10	11	2	-
MP Dowman	lbw b McCague	7	16	29	1	-
GF Archer	c Cowdrey b McCague	0	2	1	-	-
NA Gie	c Ward b Strang	7	99	122	1	-
*P Johnson	c Marsh b Ealham	2	11	21	-	-
U Afzaal	c Fulton b Fleming	36	67	97	5	-
+WM Noon	c Ealham b Phillips	30	97	128	3	-
KP Evans	c Ealham b McCague	5	26	27	-	-
PJ Franks	b Strang	6	22	18	1	-
RT Bates	lbw b Phillips	8	55	54	1	-
MN Bowen	not out	4	14	13	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 69.5 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Metcalfe), 2-12 (Archer), 3-17 (Dowman), 4-20 (Johnson), 5-62 (Gie), 6-72 (Afzaal), 7-78 (Evans), 8-87 (Franks), 9-112 (Bates), 10-119 (Noon, 69.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCague	17	7	33	4	-	-
Phillips	6.5	1	9	2	-	-
Ealham	15	6	23	1	-	-
Fleming	10	4	29	1	-	-
Strang	21	11	21	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Kent score at 120 overs in the first innings was 382-8
--> DP Fulton (1) passed his previous highest score of 88 in County Championship matches
--> MA Ealham (1) passed his previous highest score of 121 in First-Class matches
--> MA Ealham (1) passed his previous highest score of 121 in County Championship matches
--> PA Strang (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in County Championship matches
--> WM Noon (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> MV Fleming achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Nottinghamshire first innings (previous best was 4-28)
--> MV Fleming achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> MV Fleming achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Nottinghamshire first innings (previous best was 4-28)
--> MV Fleming achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> MA Ealham reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings

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