Geraint Jones staked his claim for a recall to the Kent side with a blistering 92 as the combined 2nd XI lost on Thursday.
Durham gained a measure of revenge for their defeat in the original fixture, in this match arranged to fill the fourth day at Billericay.
Once again, it was the experienced players for Essex & Kent who look most at ease on a new pitch, with Mark Pettini (55) and Geraint Jones (92) responsible for the target of 220.
Having chosen to bat, Essex & Kent lost Fabian Cowdrey to the first ball of the match, followed by Alex Blake two overs later, as tight Durham bowling restricted the home side to 22-2 from the first powerplay.
Kishen Velani (20) helped take the score up to 57 before Pettini and Jones added 71 at better than a run-a-ball. But, just as Essex & Kent were looking to accelerate, the loss of 6 wickets in 13 overs meant that Jones was unable to maintain the momentum. However, the Kent wicketkeeper hit 30 from his final 11 deliveries, including 4 immense sixes to take the score up to 220.
This target appeared to be beyond Durham’s reach at 105-6, but this was achieved in the first 22 overs. Charlie Hartley led the way with 3-29 as Durham were reduced to 47-4 by the end of the 7th over, then debutant Husnan Kazmi and Adam Ball took one further wicket apiece.
Paul Coughlin, who had earlier taken 2-22, and Andy Ireland, who was on the end of Jones’ heroics, conceding 23 from his final over, then came together, with a little help from the fielders. The two Durham batsmen were given at least 5 lives due to dropped catches as they built momentum, adding an unbeaten 116 from 108 balls. Coughlin ended with a run-a-ball 72, while Ireland just missed the landmark, taking 55 balls for his 54, as they steered Durham home with 8 balls to spare.
| 40ov Friendly Essex & Kent Combined XI v Durham 2nd XI | |
| Thursday, April 24 2014 (10:30) at Billericay | |
| Essex & Kent Combined XI won toss and decided to bat | |
| Durham 2nd XI Won By 4 wickets | |
| Essex & Kent Combined XI | Durham 2nd XI |
| 220 all out (39.2 overs) | 221 for 6 (38.4 overs) |
| 2 Hours, 47 Minutes. | 2 Hours, 31 Minutes. |
| Essex & Kent Combined XI | ||||||||||
| Batsman |
Runs |
Balls |
Mins |
4s |
6s |
Dots |
S/r |
|||
| FK Cowdrey | c R Singh | b MA Wood |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.00 |
|
| ML Pettini | lbw | b G Clark |
55 |
68 |
95 |
5 |
0 |
32 |
80.88 |
|
| AJ Blake | run out (CS MacLeod) |
2 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
22.22 |
||
| KS Velani | lbw | b CS MacLeod |
20 |
28 |
43 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
71.43 |
|
| GO Jones*+ | c G Clark | b P Coughlin |
92 |
75 |
113 |
3 |
6 |
30 |
122.67 |
|
| JC Tredwell | b MA Wood |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
33.33 |
||
| DW Lawrence | c CS MacLeod | b G Clark |
8 |
16 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
50.00 |
|
| AJ Ball | lbw | b P Coughlin |
16 |
27 |
25 |
2 |
0 |
19 |
59.26 |
|
| CF Hartley | c SW Poynter | b AW Ireland |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.00 |
|
| TR Craddock | lbw | b AW Ireland |
2 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
33.33 |
|
| J Nadir | not out |
0 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.00 |
||
| H Kazmi | ||||||||||
| Extras | 0b 3lb 19w 2nb 0pen |
24 |
||||||||
| Provisional Score For Innings |
220 |
|||||||||
| Penalties awarded following Innings |
0 |
|||||||||
| Total |
220 |
all out | ||||||||
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
Dots |
S/r |
Econ |
| MA Wood |
8.0 |
2 |
17 |
2 |
3 (3) |
1 (2) |
39 |
26.00 |
2.13 |
| P Coughlin |
6.2 |
0 |
22 |
2 |
1 (1) |
0 (0) |
26 |
19.50 |
3.47 |
| AW Ireland |
8.0 |
0 |
72 |
2 |
5 (10) |
0 (0) |
24 |
26.50 |
9.00 |
| CS MacLeod |
5.0 |
0 |
25 |
1 |
3 (3) |
0 (0) |
12 |
33.00 |
5.00 |
| RS Buckley |
5.0 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
12 |
0.00 |
6.60 |
| G Clark |
5.0 |
0 |
29 |
2 |
1 (2) |
0 (0) |
14 |
15.50 |
5.80 |
| S Singh |
2.0 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
3 |
0.00 |
9.50 |
| Batsman | Fall of Wicket | Partnership | Batsmen | Over |
| FK Cowdrey |
1-0 |
0 |
FK Cowdrey (0) ML Pettini (0) |
0.1 |
| AJ Blake |
2-3 |
3 |
AJ Blake (2) ML Pettini (1) |
2.3 |
| KS Velani |
3-57 |
54 |
KS Velani (20) ML Pettini (22) |
12.2 |
| ML Pettini |
4-128 |
71 |
ML Pettini (32) GO Jones (36) |
23.2 |
| JC Tredwell |
5-129 |
1 |
JC Tredwell (1) GO Jones (0) |
24.1 |
| DW Lawrence |
6-141 |
12 |
DW Lawrence (8) GO Jones (2) |
27.3 |
| AJ Ball |
7-173 |
32 |
AJ Ball (16) GO Jones (13) |
33.5 |
| CF Hartley |
8-178 |
5 |
CF Hartley (0) GO Jones (5) |
34.5 |
| TR Craddock |
9-190 |
12 |
TR Craddock (2) GO Jones (6) |
36.6 |
| GO Jones |
10-220 |
30 |
GO Jones (30) J Nadir (0) |
39.2 |
| Durham 2nd XI | ||||||||||
| Batsman |
Runs |
Balls |
Mins |
4s |
6s |
Dots |
S/r |
|||
| R Singh | c GO Jones | b J Nadir |
4 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
66.67 |
|
| CS MacLeod | c JC Tredwell | b CF Hartley |
24 |
21 |
30 |
5 |
0 |
13 |
114.29 |
|
| G Clark | b CF Hartley |
0 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.00 |
||
| SW Poynter*+ | b H Kazmi |
37 |
45 |
75 |
4 |
0 |
23 |
82.22 |
||
| MA Wood | c GO Jones | b CF Hartley |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.00 |
|
| JA Thompson | c J Nadir | b AJ Ball |
14 |
27 |
31 |
2 |
0 |
20 |
51.85 |
|
| P Coughlin | not out |
72 |
72 |
86 |
6 |
2 |
33 |
100.00 |
||
| AW Ireland | not out |
54 |
55 |
63 |
5 |
1 |
25 |
98.18 |
||
| RS Buckley | dnb | |||||||||
| GT Main | dnb | |||||||||
| S Singh | dnb | |||||||||
| Extras | 0b 2lb 14w 0nb 0pen |
16 |
||||||||
| Provisional Score For Innings |
221 |
|||||||||
| Penalties awarded following Innings |
0 |
|||||||||
| Total |
221 |
for 6 | ||||||||
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
Dots |
S/r |
Econ |
| CF Hartley |
5.0 |
0 |
29 |
3 |
3 (3) |
0 (0) |
20 |
11.00 |
5.80 |
| J Nadir |
6.4 |
0 |
32 |
1 |
2 (2) |
0 (0) |
26 |
42.00 |
4.80 |
| TR Craddock |
8.0 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
1 (1) |
0 (0) |
29 |
0.00 |
3.88 |
| AJ Ball |
6.0 |
0 |
45 |
1 |
4 (5) |
0 (0) |
18 |
40.00 |
7.50 |
| H Kazmi |
6.0 |
0 |
42 |
1 |
3 (3) |
0 (0) |
14 |
39.00 |
7.00 |
| JC Tredwell |
5.0 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
13 |
0.00 |
5.20 |
| FK Cowdrey |
2.0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
5 |
0.00 |
7.00 |
| Batsman | Fall of Wicket | Partnership | Batsmen | Over |
| R Singh |
1-8 |
8 |
R Singh (4) CS MacLeod (2) |
1.5 |
| G Clark |
2-10 |
2 |
G Clark (0) CS MacLeod (1) |
2.4 |
| CS MacLeod |
3-47 |
37 |
CS MacLeod (21) SW Poynter (14) |
6.3 |
| MA Wood |
4-47 |
0 |
MA Wood (0) SW Poynter (0) |
6.6 |
| JA Thompson |
5-77 |
30 |
JA Thompson (14) SW Poynter (15) |
15.2 |
| SW Poynter |
6-105 |
28 |
SW Poynter (8) P Coughlin (17) |
21.3 |
| Umpires: PK Baldwin & RP Smith |
| Scorers: P Parkinson & RW Hilton |
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