Kent subdue Sussex in an amazing run chase: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 Bank 40 – Cricket News
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After choosing to field first, Kent got manhandled by Sussex openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LJ-Wright-c1841. The two batsmen launched an early onslaught right from the get go, putting enormous pressure on their opponents. This partnership
yielded 194 runs, before Wright became the first casualty of the day, losing his wicket after jabbing 115 runs.
Nash was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rory-Hamilton-Brown-c2366 and the two batsmen tried to continue the good work with the bat. However, this partnership was short-lived and met its end on the wicket of Nash, who departed after scoring 83 runs.
At the time of this wicket, Sussex had piled 210 runs on the scoreboard.
Hamilton-Brown and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368 for 11.
Hamilton-Brown and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MH-Yardy-c1946 then took their side towards 258, before this partnership also met its end on the departure of Hamilton-Brown for 31. Yardy’s 46 and Matt Machan’s 41 helped the side pile a massive score of 336
on the board.
Chasing such a huge score in 40 overs was always going to be a tough task for any team but Kent made it seem so easy as they reached the target in 38.3 overs for the loss of seven wickets.
Openers Sam Northeast and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-Key-c2349 gave their side a brilliant start of 109 runs, before Key was dismissed for 52.
Northeast and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alexander-James-Blake-c43208 then continued the onslaught as the two batsmen led the side towards 132, before Blake became the second batsman from Kent to hit the showers after he scored 14 off 16 deliveries.
Northeast and Darren Stevens then forged an intimidating partnership, as the two batsmen hammered their side towards 291 runs, before the latter was dismissed for 118. After the loss of Northeast for 115, Geraint http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jones-c69217 played a
mighty innings of 14 runs to see his side cross the finish line with wickets falling from the other end.
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