| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| SA Northeast | c Foster b Chambers | 32 | 61 | 80 | 2 | - | |
| *RWT Key | c and b Chambers | 5 | 9 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Blake | b Napier | 19 | 48 | 66 | 2 | - | |
| BP Nash | c Harbhajan Singh b Masters | 11 | 41 | 44 | 1 | - | |
| MJ Powell | c Harbhajan Singh b Chambers | 62 | 128 | 178 | 6 | - | |
| DI Stevens | b Napier | 20 | 41 | 54 | 3 | - | |
| +GO Jones | lbw b Masters | 5 | 29 | 34 | - | - | |
| Azhar Mahmood | b Napier | 49 | 76 | 134 | 5 | - | |
| MT Coles | c Masters b Harbhajan Singh | 4 | 16 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| AEN Riley | c Foster b Masters | 5 | 50 | 48 | - | - | |
| CE Shreck | not out | 2 | 10 | 19 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 lb, 4 nb) | 12 |
| Total | (all out, 84.3 overs) | 226 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-12 (Key, 3.4 ov), 2-58 (Northeast, 18.6 ov), 3-58 (Blake, 19.3 ov), 4-82 (Nash, 30.2 ov), 5-120 (Stevens, 42.6 ov), 6-143 (Jones, 51.5 ov), 7-184 (Powell, 63.3 ov), 8-193 (Coles, 68.1 ov), 9-211 (Riley, 80.1 ov), 10-226 (Azhar Mahmood, 84.3 ov) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| T Westley | c Key b Coles | 10 | 54 | 63 | 1 | - | |
| JC Mickleburgh | c Jones b Shreck | 5 | 30 | 36 | - | - | |
| OA Shah | lbw b Coles | 7 | 8 | 9 | - | 1 | |
| ML Pettini | b Shreck | 1 | 15 | 21 | - | - | |
| RN ten Doeschate | c Jones b Stevens | 33 | 48 | 79 | 5 | - | |
| *+JS Foster | c Key b Stevens | 76 | 226 | 284 | 5 | - | |
| AJA Wheater | lbw b Riley | 82 | 109 | 131 | 12 | - | |
| GR Napier | c Jones b Shreck | 43 | 61 | 90 | 4 | - | |
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 5 | 11 | 24 | - | - | |
| DD Masters | c Azhar Mahmood b Shreck | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| MA Chambers | c Key b Shreck | 0 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 11 |
| Total | (all out, 94.4 overs) | 273 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-15 (Mickleburgh, 10.5 ov), 2-22 (Shah, 13.1 ov), 3-23 (Westley, 17.3 ov), 4-23 (Pettini, 18.2 ov), 5-76 (ten Doeschate, 36.6 ov), 6-202 (Wheater, 70.2 ov), 7-253 (Foster, 89.5 ov), 8-269 (Napier, 92.4 ov), 9-269 (Masters, 92.5 ov), 10-273 (Chambers, 94.4 ov) |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| SA Northeast | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 22 | 30 | - | - | |
| *RWT Key | c Foster b Napier | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| AEN Riley | b Chambers | 1 | 11 | 11 | - | - | |
| AJ Blake | c Chambers b Harbhajan Singh | 18 | 53 | 78 | 2 | - | |
| BP Nash | lbw b Chambers | 1 | 8 | 13 | - | - | |
| MJ Powell | c Foster b Chambers | 5 | 12 | 16 | - | - | |
| DI Stevens | lbw b Napier | 22 | 32 | 38 | 3 | - | |
| +GO Jones | c ten Doeschate b Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 18 | 29 | 1 | - | |
| Azhar Mahmood | c Mickleburgh b Napier | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| MT Coles | c Harbhajan Singh b Chambers | 17 | 47 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| CE Shreck | not out | 4 | 8 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 4 nb) | 13 |
| Total | (all out, 37 overs) | 101 |
| Fall of wickets: | |
| 1-4 (Key, 3.6 ov), 2-9 (Riley, 6.6 ov), 3-9 (Northeast, 7.3 ov), 4-12 (Nash, 10.5 ov), 5-26 (Powell, 14.4 ov), 6-58 (Stevens, 24.1 ov), 7-64 (Blake, 25.6 ov), 8-65 (Azhar Mahmood, 26.2 ov), 9-83 (Jones, 31.1 ov), 10-101 (Coles, 37 ov) |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Kent first innings: 100 in 36.5 overs
--> Kent first innings: 150 in 54.1 overs
--> Kent first innings: 200 in 72.2 overs
--> Essex first innings: 50 in 27.2 overs
--> Essex first innings: 100 in 46.5 overs
--> Essex first innings: 150 in 60.5 overs
--> Essex first innings: 200 in 69.2 overs
--> Essex first innings: 250 in 88.1 overs
--> Kent second innings: 50 in 20.1 overs
--> Kent second innings: 100 in 36.1 overs
--> Essex second innings: 50 in 18.1 overs
-->
MJ Powell (1) 50 in 98 balls with 4 fours
-->
MJ Powell (1) passed 13000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 54
-->
JS Foster (1) 50 in 150 balls with 5 fours
-->
AJA Wheater (1) 50 in 81 balls with 8 fours
-->
AJA Wheater (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
-->
MT Coles (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
-->
CE Shreck reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed
MA Chambers, his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
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MA Chambers reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed
AEN Riley, his 1st wicket in the Kent second innings