By Martin Smith

April 12-15, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Essex 530-7d (Critchley 151*, Elgar 120, Garrett 2-80, Parkinson 2-125) Kent 229-1 (Bell-Drummond 127*, Compton 91*, Snater 1-23) Toss: Essex, who elected to bat. Officials: Ian Blackwell, Graham Lloyd, Phil Whitticase “It’s a nice wicket. The Kookaburra does a little bit early on then seems to flatten out and not do as much. We did really well to keep them in check and had to come up with some funk plans to try and get them out.”KENT’S JAYDN DENLY, PLAYING WITH HIS UNCLE JOE DEAN ELGAR p…