One-Day Cup: Tom Westley and Shane Snater star for Essex in victory over Kent
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| Royal London One-Day Cup, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford: |
| Essex 331 (49.2 overs): Westley 109, Roelofsen 77; Evison 3-62 |
| Kent 149 (33.2 overs): Compton 52; Snater 5-29 |
| Essex won by 182 runs |
| Scorecard.Table. |
Skipper Tom Westley and Shane Snater were the stars as Essex claimed their first One-Day Cup win of the season against Kent at Chelmsford.
Westley scored 109, sharing a stand of 184 with Grant Roelofsen (77) as Essex set the visitors a target of 332.
Kent opener Ben Compton hit 52 as he anchored the reply but found little help as his side fell to 149 all out.
Essex bowler Snater was Kent's chief tormentor as he took 5-29 - his career-best figures in List A cricket.
Snater enjoyed a fine all-round performance, having also made 41 before following that up with a run-out. as well as a fine one-handed, rolling catch off Jamie Porter at deep extra cover to remove Ollie Robinson.
"It was tough game for me in our previous game (he went for 1-73 off his 10 overs as Northants chased 344 to win at Wantage Road)," Snater told BBC Radio Essex.
".But you have to put those bad experiences behind you and just move on,
"Tom Westley and Grant Roelofsen set a good platform for us and, although I did drop one, I had a good game all-round but the most pleasing thing was that we got a win on the board.
"Hopefully we can come back on Sunday when we play Glamorgan and put in another good performance. They beat us in the semi-final last year so hopefully we can get revenge."
Kent coach Simon Cook added: "The toss was actually the difference.
"You come here on a pitch that had been used earlier on in the year for a four-day game. We knew it was going to deteriorate and get worse. We were planning to bat first as well. They definitely got the best of the batting conditions."
