Essex v Kent
Andy Flower's unbeaten 46 was the cornerstone of a 29-run victory for Essex over Kent in the rain-affected Twenty-20 Cup clash at Chelmsford.
Flower hit eight fours and a six in his 29-ball innings, and Ravinder Bopara added three fours and a six in 30 from 18 as Essex made 132-6 from 12 overs.
In reply, paceman Tony Palladino removed Martin van Jaarsveld and Darren Stevens for ducks in his first over.
Rob Key hit a four and a six in 15 from seven balls but Kent were well short.
Flower hit a series of punishing drives, combined with some audacious reverse sweeps, to dig Essex out of trouble after both openers fell within the first five balls of the innings.
Ronnie Irani gave a straightforward catch to mid-on and James Middlebrook was run out attempting a single, but with Flower and Bopara in command, 103 came from the final seven overs.
Twenty20 Cup, 2005, South Division
Essex v Kent
County Ground, Chelmsford (day/night)
24 June 2005 (20-over match)
Result: Essex won by 29 runs
Points: Essex 2, Kent 0
Toss: Essex
Umpires: NL Bainton and R Palmer
Essex innings R M B 4 6
JD Middlebrook run out 5 3 3 1 0
*RC Irani c Dennington b Hall 0 2 1 0 0
A Flower not out 46 47 29 8 1
RS Bopara c Ferley b Kemp 30 20 18 3 1
RN ten Doeschate c Hall b Dennington 1 6 2 0 0
ML Pettini c Stevens b Cook 18 9 11 1 0
AR Adams c Carberry b Stevens 5 4 3 1 0
+JS Foster not out 10 2 5 1 0
Extras (b 3, lb 4, w 10) 17
Total (6 wickets, 12 overs) 132
DNB: GW Flower, AP Palladino, Danish Kaneria.
FoW: 1-5 (Irani), 2-5 (Middlebrook), 3-53 (Bopara),
4-68 (ten Doeschate), 5-108 (Pettini), 6-120 (Adams).
Bowling O M R W
Hall 3 1 16 1
Cook 3 0 17 1 (1w)
Dennington 2 0 28 1 (1w)
Kemp 1 0 24 1 (2w)
Stevens 2 0 22 1
Ferley 1 0 18 0
Kent innings (target: 133 runs) R M B 4 6
*MJ Walker st Foster b Bopara 36 32 26 7 0
M van Jaarsveld lbw b Palladino 0 3 2 0 0
DI Stevens c Foster b Palladino 0 0 1 0 0
JM Kemp st Foster b Middlebrook 31 29 28 5 0
RWT Key not out 15 8 7 1 1
AJ Hall not out 12 6 8 0 1
Extras (lb 6, w 3) 9
Total (4 wickets, 12 overs) 103
To Bat: +NJ O'Brien, MJ Dennington, SJ Cook, RS Ferley,
MA Carberry.
FoW: 1-8 (van Jaarsveld), 2-8 (Stevens), 3-70 (Walker),
4-76 (Kemp).
Bowling O M R W
Adams 3 0 28 0
Palladino 2 0 11 2
Bopara 3 0 19 1 (2w)
Danish Kaneria 2 0 27 0
Middlebrook 2 0 12 1 (1w)
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