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Kent CCC 2017
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Somerset 31_0 off 2 overs.0
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What. A. Catch. Neesham with a clutch from mid air. White men can jump.0
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40-30
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141-70
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147-8 off 180
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148-90
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149 all out in 18.51
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Milne 5-110
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Best ever figures for a Kent bowler in 20/20!moutuakilla said:Milne 5-11
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Great bowling by Milne, his injury absence really hurt us0
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FFS. Why did I go to the match the previous night instead?
(answer - because I was in Plymouth today :-( )0 -
Seb played today for Kent against Surrey at the County Ground Beckenham on a lovely day in what was be his last game for Kent - for a while at least as he won't be trialing in September for the U15s. He has been at Kent for four years now but, unfortunately, following his six weeks out with a fractured thumb, he has not developed this season in the way he would have liked. He was left out of the ECB side until today due to the success of the team. The coaches also have very fixed ideas about what roles they see for the players and flexibility in this regard. Today typified things.
Seb is an opening batsman who also happens to be a pretty decent keeper too (though he was a batsman/leg spinner in his first year at Kent). He kept for the full 50 overs, didn't drop any or miss any stumpings and managed to take one of each. The "pay off" for keeping, though, was to bat at 9. He came in with the somewhat hopeless situation of us needing 93 off 8 overs and scored 23 before being caught at mid wicket. His innings included a 6 (remarkably his first ever 6 in any form of cricket was at the Oval as an U12, so he has now hit maximums at two first class County grounds).
I informed the Head last week of our decision and explained that Seb would be better served to open in adult club cricket on Saturdays and in the Development side on Sundays as a batsman rather than just filling a spot at Kent, when selected, for what he considers to be his second discipline i.e. keeping. He says he is very disappointed at our decision (and that he is putting things in place to change some coaches' attitude) but says that he will continue to monitor Seb and hopes that he will trial next year - so the door isn't closed but whether he does will really depend on how he develops as a batsman at his club.
Even if, however, today was Seb's finale he has had some tremendous experiences and played with a fantastic group of players, many of whom will be friends for life. And that is something that can never be taken away.10 -
Worcester sign Ravi Ashwin for the rest of the season, the battle for promotion is getting quite tough
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40925434
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So Middlesex win tonight, Kent drop to bottom but with 6 teams just 1 point above them. Of those 4 have played a game more than Kent and the other 2 are Kent's final opponents. So this means that 2 wins and Kent guaranteed to go through; in fact in 3rd position! Essex at Chelmsford and then Surrey at Canterbury on Friday.4
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Interesting that the only teams who haven't had any "no result" matches are Kent and Durham, who are both bottom of their groups...
Indeed if Kent could have swapped 2 defeats for washouts, we'd be 3rd!
Also a bit weird that Glamorgan top our table, but have a negative net run rate1 -
Yes was looking at this earlier and two wins guarantees us through. Milne was awesome against Somerset on Saturday, and really transforms our bowling line-up which is fairly mediocre without him. Would say DBD/Denly/Northeast/Billings is a pretty strong top 40
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Milne has been a massive loss, as our seam bowling depth has been a bit weak for years.PolzeathNick said:Yes was looking at this earlier and two wins guarantees us through. Milne was awesome against Somerset on Saturday, and really transforms our bowling line-up which is fairly mediocre without him. Would say DBD/Denly/Northeast/Billings is a pretty strong top 4
Possibly our top order batting is a bit orthodox, rather than T20 style specialists, so we tend to be a bit behind the rate when the middle order come in?1 -
I tend to agree. It's almost worth opening with say Coles, Stevens or Blake as a pinch hitter in the power play - being 60-2 off 5 is better than 40-0 especially if you do have DBD, Denly, Northeast, Billings and Neesham in your top 8 too.killerandflash said:
Milne has been a massive loss, as our seam bowling depth has been a bit weak for years.PolzeathNick said:Yes was looking at this earlier and two wins guarantees us through. Milne was awesome against Somerset on Saturday, and really transforms our bowling line-up which is fairly mediocre without him. Would say DBD/Denly/Northeast/Billings is a pretty strong top 4
Possibly our top order batting is a bit orthodox, rather than T20 style specialists, so we tend to be a bit behind the rate when the middle order come in?1 -
That was an exceptional year for the Academy and probably the best of all time - as well as Coles, Billings, DBD, Ball and Cowdrey, James Goodman was offered a contract but chose to pursue an alternative career.1
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Can't believe still in with a chance of qualifying. Only seem to play we'll sporadically.
The OneLung derby tonight Essex v Kent....3 -
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Huge game tonight. Real shame it's not on the box0
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Start may be delayed as there is an air ambulance on the pitch dealing with a medical issue according to Essex on twitter0
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Toss is delayed due to a member of staff suffering a cardiac arrest- Essex Twitter .0
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Thoughts with the member of staff0
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I voted Surrey coz it would be funny if your biggest rivalry was with us when you're irrelevant to us! We have a London derby to care about.killerandflash said:I voted for Surrey!
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First and only game of the year for me, the annual pilgrimage from Norfolk to Essex.
C'mon Spitfires!0 -
live stream on Essex website. Just requires name, email and password
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Kent 54 -0 after 6 overs0
