Opting to bat first, the visitors piled up 451/5 before declaring with maximum batting points, as Browne amassed 159 and Westley plundered 148, with the duo putting on 265 for the second wicket. The most recent First-Class edition of the Battle of the Bridge came at Canterbury in April this year, with the match ending in a rain-affected draw despite Tom Westley and Nick Browne both hitting sparkling centuries. The visitors are shorn of the injured Daniel Bell-Drummond, who has hit 490 runs this season, with the onus instead now on Ben Compton (501 at 33.40), Joey Evison (410 at 34.16), and Tawanda Muyeye (409 at 45.44).įurthermore, Kent are also without leading wicket-taker Wes Agar, who has returned to Australia, and the weight on Matt Quinn’s (14 wickets at 28.14) and Evison’s (14 at 42.21) respective shoulders is now somewhat heavier. However, it is their clash with Surrey a month ago that will stick in the memory, the most with the Brown Caps successfully chasing 500 in the fourth innings, the second-highest County Championship run chase in history. Kent’s last match, at the time of Essex’s sterling victory on the Fylde coast, was a humbling home defeat to Warwickshire by an innings and 46 runs.ĭespite that crushing loss, in their previous outing prior to that it was the Canterbury outfit that dished out a thrashing, as they saw off fellow strugglers Northamptonshire at Wantage Road by an innings and 15 runs. Kent squad: Jack Leaning (c), Arafat Bhuiyan, Arshdeep Singh, Ben Compton, Jordan Cox, Joe Denly, Joey Evison, Harry Finch, Hamid Qadri, Tawanda Muyeye, Matt Quinn, Grant Stewart. Squad:Įssex have named a 14-man squad for this fixture, with Adam Rossington returning to be the sole addition to an otherwise unchanged group.ĭan Lawrence will take part in the game from the beginning of Day Two following his commitments with England on the first morning of the fourth Ashes Test in Manchester. McGrath’s side now trail leaders Surrey by just 13 points with five matches remaining, but next opponents Kent are having a far tougher time of it this season, sitting eighth and just 11 points above the drop zone. Needing 430 to win on the final day, Lancashire went close through Rob Jones’ century, but with just ten balls of the day remaining, Jones nicked Doug Bracewell to Lawrence at slip and sent Essex up to second in Division One. That had followed a 196-run home triumph over Somerset a fortnight before, and Anthony McGrath’s men have since made it three on the bounce with a nerve-shredding 46-run win against Lancashire in Blackpool last week. Neighbours Kent, connected across the Thames by the Dartford Bridge, are the visitors for the first dose of home Championship cricket for Essex since a win over Warwickshire all of three weeks ago. WEDNESDAY 19 – SATURDAY 22 JULY | 11:00AM STARTĪfter the manic madness of Vitality Blast Finals Day on Saturday, a more sedate four days beckon at Chelmsford from tomorrow, as the LV= Insurance County Championship makes its return to The Cloud County Ground.
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