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| Venue | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th August 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Kent won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Kent won by an innings and 8 runs |
| Points | Kent 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 2 (Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | JC Balderstone, P Willey |
| Close of play day 1 | Kent (1) 203/4 (Wells 102*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 80/5 (Irani 26*, Grayson 2*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Essex (2) 277/5 (Prichard 171*, DR Law 4*) |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TR Ward | lbw b Andrew | 35 | 56 | 4 | - | ||
| ET Smith | c Robinson b Williams | 5 | 8 | - | - | ||
| AP Wells | c SG Law b Irani | 109 | 209 | 13 | 3 | ||
| GR Cowdrey | lbw b Irani | 53 | 144 | 6 | - | ||
| WJ House | c and b Such | 2 | 5 | - | - | ||
| MA Ealham | lbw b Such | 58 | 138 | 8 | - | ||
| MV Fleming | c Irani b DR Law | 138 | 195 | 13 | 4 | ||
| *+SA Marsh | c Robinson b Grayson | 47 | 56 | 7 | - | ||
| PA Strang | c Rollins b DR Law | 55 | 40 | 6 | 1 | ||
| MJ McCague | not out | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | ||
| JBD Thompson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 6 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 142.2 overs) | 525 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Smith), 2-52 (Ward), 3-190 (Cowdrey), 4-203 (House), 5-211 (Wells), 6-349 (Ealham), 7-424 (Marsh), 8-516 (Strang), 9-525 (Fleming, 142.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Williams | 13 | 0 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| Irani | 28 | 6 | 80 | 2 | - | - | |
| Andrew | 23 | 7 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| SG Law | 18 | 7 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| DR Law | 25.2 | 6 | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Such | 26 | 5 | 117 | 2 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 9 | 1 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PJ Prichard | b McCague | 3 | 4 | - | - | ||
| DDJ Robinson | lbw b McCague | 20 | 57 | 1 | - | ||
| TP Hodgson | c Ward b Ealham | 8 | 33 | - | - | ||
| SG Law | c Wells b McCague | 2 | 6 | - | - | ||
| RC Irani | c Ward b Thompson | 50 | 91 | 7 | - | ||
| NF Williams | c Thompson b McCague | 10 | 5 | 2 | - | ||
| AP Grayson | c Strang b Thompson | 48 | 61 | 8 | - | ||
| DR Law | c Marsh b Ealham | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| +RJ Rollins | c Marsh b Thompson | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| SJW Andrew | c Marsh b Ealham | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| PM Such | not out | 2 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 2 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 45.3 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Prichard), 2-39 (Hodgson), 3-42 (SG Law), 4-59 (Robinson), 5-73 (Williams), 6-153 (Grayson), 7-154 (Irani), 8-154 (DR Law), 9-154 (Rollins), 10-156 (Andrew, 45.3 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCague | 17 | 0 | 81 | 4 | - | - | |
| Thompson | 9 | 0 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ealham | 8.3 | 2 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| Strang | 11 | 2 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PJ Prichard | c Ealham b McCague | 224 | 295 | 35 | - | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c and b Thompson | 23 | 72 | 5 | - | ||
| TP Hodgson | c Ward b Strang | 15 | 44 | 1 | - | ||
| SG Law | b Fleming | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||
| RC Irani | c Strang b McCague | 9 | 23 | 2 | - | ||
| AP Grayson | lbw b Ealham | 38 | 74 | 4 | - | ||
| DR Law | c Ward b Strang | 8 | 62 | - | - | ||
| +RJ Rollins | c Ward b Strang | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | ||
| NF Williams | c Ward b Strang | 10 | 18 | 2 | - | ||
| SJW Andrew | c Thompson b Strang | 3 | 11 | - | - | ||
| PM Such | not out | 5 | 10 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (9 lb, 8 nb, 4 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 102.5 overs) | 361 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-73 (Robinson), 2-116 (Hodgson), 3-121 (SG Law), 4-157 (Irani), 5-250 (Grayson), 6-290 (DR Law), 7-302 (Rollins), 8-340 (Williams), 9-352 (Andrew), 10-361 (Prichard, 102.5 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCague | 13.5 | 2 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ealham | 18 | 4 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thompson | 25 | 3 | 105 | 1 | - | - | |
| Strang | 36 | 13 | 119 | 5 | - | - | |
| Fleming | 10 | 6 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Kent score at 120 overs in the first innings was 368-6
--> WJ House made his debut in County Championship matches
--> TP Hodgson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> TP Hodgson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SJW Andrew made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SJW Andrew made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MV Fleming (1) passed his previous highest score of 116 in First-Class matches
--> MV Fleming (1) passed his previous highest score of 116 in County Championship matches
--> SA Marsh (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> PJ Prichard scored a hundred batting with a runner in the Essex second innings
--> PJ Prichard (2) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 47
--> PJ Prichard (2) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 147
--> WJ House made his debut for Kent in First-Class matches
--> MV Fleming reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
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