Benson & Hedges Cup, 2001, South Division
Essex v Kent
County Ground, Chelmsford
4 May 2001 (50-over match)

Result: Kent won by 3 wickets
Points: Kent 2, Essex 0

Toss: Kent
Umpires: JW Lloyds and JF Steele
Man of the Match: MJ Walker

Essex innings (50 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
N Hussain             lbw                b Fleming             58 120 118  3 0
DDJ Robinson                         c & b Ealham              69 103  75  8 0
SG Law                run out                                  31  40  32  3 0
*RC Irani             run out                                  33  50  37  2 0
SD Peters             lbw                b Golding             16  18  17  1 0
AP Grayson            run out                                  10  10   7  1 0
GR Napier             not out                                  22  12  11  3 0
AP Cowan              not out                                   4   4   3  0 0
Extras                (lb 8, w 4)                              12
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs)                   255

DNB: +BJ Hyam, AC McGarry, RSG Anderson.

FoW: 1-129 (Robinson), 2-145 (Hussain), 3-187 (Law),
     4-217 (Peters), 5-219 (Irani), 6-243 (Grayson).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Masters                     10      0     54      0
Ealham                      10      1     28      1
McCague                      4      0     25      0
Golding                      9      0     54      1 (2w)
Patel                        8      0     45      0
Fleming                      9      0     41      1

Kent innings (target: 256 runs from 50 overs)                   R   M   B  4 6
*MV Fleming                              b Cowan               16  41  26  2 0
RWT Key               lbw                b Irani                0   7   9  0 0
DJ Cullinan           lbw                b Irani               20  22  25  3 0
MJ Walker             not out                                 106 148 121  6 0
MA Ealham             c Hussain          b McGarry             19  42  33  2 0
+PA Nixon             c Hussain          b Anderson             5  10  10  0 0
JB Hockley                               b Grayson             27  26  31  3 0
MJ McCague            c Anderson         b Irani               11  10  11  0 1
JM Golding            not out                                  33  40  31  3 0
Extras                (lb 11, w 5, nb 4)                       20
Total                 (7 wickets, 49.1 overs)                 257

DNB: DD Masters, MM Patel.

FoW: 1-5 (Key), 2-38 (Cullinan), 3-41 (Fleming), 4-91 (Ealham),
     5-102 (Nixon), 6-151 (Hockley), 7-179 (McCague).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Irani                       10      1     48      3
Cowan                        9.1    0     44      1 (2w)
McGarry                      8      0     35      1
Anderson                    10      1     63      1 (2nb, 1w)
Grayson                     10      0     41      1 (2w)
Napier                       2      0     15      0

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Team Pages: Essex, Kent.

Ground Page: County Ground, Chelmsford

Essex Player Pages: N Hussain, DDJ Robinson, SG Law, RC Irani, SD Peters, AP Grayson, GR Napier, AP Cowan, BJ Hyam, AC McGarry, RSG Anderson.

Kent Player Pages: MV Fleming, RWT Key, DJ Cullinan, MJ Walker, MA Ealham, PA Nixon, JB Hockley, MJ McCague, JM Golding, DD Masters, MM Patel.

Match Officials' Pages: JW Lloyds, JF Steele.