Essex v Kent - Friends Life T20 - South Group - Essex win by 3 runs - Live Score and Update
Essex 158/6 (20/20 ov) v Kent 155 (20.0/20 ov) - Essex won by 3 runs
Friends Life T20 this year could not have had a better start to the season than this as all teams are fighting right down to the wire, brining intense competition to the tournament.
Wednesday was no different, as fans exhibited a splendid match between Essex and Kent, which Essex eventually won only by three runs, as Kent gave them a run for their money, at County Ground, Chelmsford.
After being jabbed for 158 runs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783, Kent started their run chase with SW Billings and skipper, RWT Key, but before the duo could pose a serious threat, the partnership faltered after belting 23 runs on the wicket of Key, who could muster only five runs.
On the very next delivery of the same over by DD Masters, Kent batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116 lost his standing without scoring a run.
Suddenly with the departure of two batsmen on 23 runs, panic had almost crept in the ranks of Kent; however, DI Stevens accompanied by Billings prevented a disastrous batting collapse.
The duo took the score to 64 runs before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368 became the third wicket to fall, after he smashed an innings of 21 runs.
Billings was then joined by, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BP-Nash-c1183, and without much depth in the batting line-up, the two knew that they would have to steer their side home instead of depending on anyone else.
Both batsmen played fast in order to take the bowlers by surprise, which increased the flow of runs, and before Essex could grab hold of the situation, Kent had amassed 118 runs, but that was the end of the road for Billings as he was picked up by GM Smith on an innings of 59 runs.
On the next delivery, Smith struck again by nabbing Nash, who perished after scoring 26 runs, and then on the last delivery of the same over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 had posted a total of 120 runs on the board.
Nonetheless, the game was far from being over as the lower-order kept the pace in the innings and almost reached the target before the side faltered for 155 runs in 20 overs, ending a close run chase on a losing note.
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