Essex won by 9 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)
Essex won the toss and elected to bowl
Kent vs Essex finished Essex won by 9 wickets (with 38 balls remaining). The match is part of the T20 Blast. It was played at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury. Date: Friday, 29 May 2026. Essex won the toss and elected to bowl
Kent Innings 129/9 (20 ov). Top scorer: Dian Forrester 34 (34). Best bowling: Charlie Bennett 3/25.
Essex Innings 130/1 (13.4 ov). Top scorer: Michael Pepper 64 (40). Best bowling: Thomas Stewart Rogers 1/31.
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Bell-Drummond(RHB) | c Pepper b Mulder | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 93 |
| Tawanda Muyeye(RHB) | c Benkenstein b Bennett | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Zak Crawley(RHB) | c Mulder b Snater | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140 |
| Sam Billings(RHB) | c Bennett b Akhter | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 114 |
| Joe Denly(RHB) | b Mulder | 14 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 74 |
| Dian Forrester(LHB) | c Walter b Bennett | 34 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 100 |
| Jake Lintott(RHB) | c Pepper b Bennett | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Thomas Stewart Rogers(LHB) | c Benkenstein b Mulder | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Matt Milnes(RHB) | not out | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 214 |
| Frederick Klaassen(RHB) | c Walter b Snater | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 200 |
| Matt Parkinson(RHB) | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | (b 1, w 1, nb 1) | 3 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 129 | ||||
1-7 (Tawanda Muyeye, 1.2 ov), 2-14 (Zak Crawley, 2.1 ov), 3-27 (Sam Billings, 3.6 ov), 4-30 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 5.4 ov), 5-46 (Joe Denly, 8.4 ov), 6-94 (Jake Lintott, 15.5 ov), 7-102 (Dian Forrester, 17.1 ov), 8-110 (Thomas Stewart Rogers, 18.3 ov), 9-127 (Frederick Klaassen, 19.4 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Snater | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bennett | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaman Akhter | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Wiaan Mulder | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Harmer | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Critchley(LB) | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Walter(LHB) | not out | 42 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 140 |
| Michael Pepper(RHB) | c Billings b Rogers | 64 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 160 |
| Charlie Allison(RHB) | not out | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 150 |
| Extras | (w 6) | 6 | ||||
| Total | (13.4 ov) | 130 | ||||
1-110 (Michael Pepper, 11.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Klaassen | 1.4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Milnes | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Thomas Stewart Rogers | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 10.33 | 2 | 0 |
| Dian Forrester | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Parkinson(LB) | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Lintott | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | 1 | 0 |
