Dexter hit an unbeaten 101 for Kent in their FPT quarter-final (Getty)

Essex have moved to bolster their batting line-up by signing Kent's Neil Dexter on a month's loan.

The 23-year-old South African born right-hander will go straight into the Essex squad for their Twenty20 Cup opener with Surrey on Wednesday.

"He's a good player, a guy that I've seen a lot of in second team cricket," said coach Paul Grayson.

"He got a hundred last week for Kent in the quarter-final against Somerset so he's in form."

Grayson added: "He's initially signed for a month, but with a view to maybe extending that."