a666	Essex v Kent
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1972 (South Group)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 13th, 15th May 1972 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 3 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Kent 4 (Bonus 1)
Umpires	F Jakeman, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Kent 42/0 (Luckhurst 18*, Nicholls 18*; 17 overs)
Player of the Match	Asif Iqbal

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BEA Edmeades	hit wkt b Shepherd	19
GJ Saville	b Shepherd	47
KWR Fletcher	c Knott b Julien	22
B Ward	b Julien	4
KD Boyce	b Underwood	29
*+B Taylor	c Denness b Graham	13
S Turner	run out	6
RNS Hobbs	c Knott b Shepherd	0
KR Pont	run out	1
JK Lever	not out	5
DL Acfield	c Ealham b Graham	3
Extras	(7 lb, 5 nb, 5 w)	17
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-69, 3-79, 4-133, 5-145, 6-151, 7-152, 8-155, 9-158, 10-166 (53.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Graham	10.4	3	14	2	-	-	32.00	1.31
Asif Iqbal	11	3	30	0	-	-	-	2.73
Shepherd	11	1	38	3	-	-	22.00	3.45
Underwood	11	2	37	1	-	-	66.00	3.36
Julien	10	1	30	2	-	-	30.00	3.00

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Kent innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BW Luckhurst	run out	22
D Nicholls	c Taylor b Lever	51
GW Johnson	lbw b Boyce	1
*MH Denness	b Boyce	0
AGE Ealham	c Saville b Pont	3
Asif Iqbal	run out	43
+APE Knott	run out	15
JN Shepherd	not out	12
BD Julien	not out	9
DL Underwood	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 54.1 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-45, 3-45, 4-59, 5-120, 6-139, 7-146

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	11	4	18	2	-	-	33.00	1.64
Lever	11	2	23	1	-	-	66.00	2.09
Acfield	3	0	11	0	-	-	-	3.67
Turner	11	1	27	0	-	-	-	2.45
Pont	8	0	44	1	-	-	48.00	5.50
Edmeades	10.1	3	33	0	-	-	-	3.25

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> KR Pont made his debut in List A matches
--> Asif Iqbal passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 17

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