Gloucestershire vs Kent – County Championship Division 2 – Live Cricket Score and Update
Another rain-interrupted County Championship game saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lawrence-c72288 Ground, Canterbury, on April 19, 2012.
The weather kept swinging moods, from dark clouds to rain-filled intervals, giving the batting side a considerably hard time after the home team opted to bowl first. Gloucestershire’s batters was also at fault, playing relatively loose shots to give their wickets away – with Matt http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Benny-Howell-c1147 (44).
Pitches around the country have been criticized for their lack of preparation however, despite the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canterbury-c775 track on the sluggish side (owing to the indifferent climate and the early start to the season); the strip was nothing of an unusual sort as the score line depicts.
Nonetheless, Kent made full use of the seamer friendly conditions to make the advantage count – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Davies-c74586.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 at the end of last season, was in good touch, scoring six crisp boundaries to top score with 44.
However, Gloucestershire never looked assured at the crease and wickets continued to fall – Coles' introduction paved way for Gidman (13) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-Marshall-c1525’s departures before resumption from a rain-delay saw the bowling side take out the prized wicket of Howell – reducing the batting team to 73 for 5.
A much needed partnership followed between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Will-Gidman-c2793, taking the score to 131. Their 58-run stand proved that the pitch was a playable surface but Cockbain’s departure typified the difficulty the batters faced all day – bad light, rain, heavy showers and sunlight all interrupted the proceedings and when play resumed for just three overs in the evening session, Cockbain was the final wicket to fall – caught at gully for 32 as the visitors closed day 1 on 131 for 6, with 42 overs being lost.
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