Essex Innings 1st Over
Robbie Joseph opens the bowling for Kent and Pettini scores from just one ball making the score at the end of the over 4/0.
Essex Inings 2nd Over
Simon Cook bowls the second over and Ronnie Irani is not in a generous mood, hitting 2 balls to the boundary as the score rolls along to 13/0.
Essex Innings 3rd Over
Irani builds on an impressive start with 3 fours from the over. Essex move to 26 without loss.
Essex Innings 4th Over
Irani is really looking to demoralise Kent and he hits another boundary.
But his attack stops short and he is out for 28 off the bowling of Simon Cook.
Alistair Cook walks out to face Simon Cook and fails to add any further runs in the over. Its now 32/1.
Essex Innings 5th Over
Pettini smashes a huge six first ball of the over.
But Joseph completely fools him with a slower ball and its an easy catch. Pettini has gone for just 10 runs.
Darren Gough walks out, shows he's no ballroom prancer and hits his first ball for six!
Followed by a four. Its 49/2 now.
Essex Innings 6th Over
Cook facing Cook. Cook (Alistair) scores 2 fours from the over as the score moves to 57/2.
Essex Innings 7th Over
Dwayne Bravo replaces Joseph and he bowls a tight over, only singles scored from the over and its now 62/2.
Essex Innings 8th Over
James Tredwell is thrown the ball and Gough promptly dispatches his first effort for six runs.
Darren Gough is lucky not to be out next ball, he skies the ball but it drops just short of Dexter. He rides his luck with another six later in the over to take the score to 74/2
Essex Innings 9th Over
Wicket! Cook is out for 12.
Bopara replaces him at the crease and at the end of the over its 80/3. Bravo is certainly making things happen for Kent here.
Essex Innings 10th Over
Bopara hits a four from the first ball.
Tredwell's next ball is very wide and Geraint Jones cant get to it and it rolls to the boundary. Tredwell's bad fortune continues as Gough smashes a huge six and Bopara adds another four. At the end of the over its 101/3.