Kent v Leicestershire: County Championship Division Two – Kent’s Second Innings Recap
Kent had to chase down 328 runs for victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Friday, August 5, 2011.
The target was not easy to chase, as the visitors did not have much time left in the day’s play. They had two sessions of play and the primary objective would have been to save the match.
There was not much drama in the innings, as Kent ended the day with 255/6. The team’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-Key-c2349 saved the day for his side, top scoring the innings with 98 runs.
The pitch had eased out for batting on the final two days of play. There was some pace and bounce for the bowlers on the first couple of days, but things were entirely different until the fourth innings of the match.
Kent’s openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Denly-c1703 and Key were required to give a solid start to the team. However, the former was unable to make most of the start he got to his innings, getting out for 24 runs with the help of four boundaries.
This would have put some pressure on the visitors, but they had the batting strength to cope up with the situation.
Key and Sam Northeast put together 81 runs for the second wicket partnership, gaining very good momentum in the match. The latter was unable to make a big impression, getting out for 32 runs with the help of four boundaries.
The fall of wicket did not bother the visitors by much, as they gained control with another solid half-century stand between Key and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-van-Jaarsveld-c74944. Both batsmen played steadily, collecting 71 runs for the third wicket stand.
It seemed that the match would end in a draw, but there was a little drama in the Kent innings, which charged the home team’s fans. The visitors lost three quick wickets in a span of two runs, falling in deep trouble.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 Jaarsveld got out after contributing 24 runs to the total with the help of a couple of fours.
Next to go was the well set skipper of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802, who missed out on a century by just a couple of runs. He ended up with 98 runs with the help of 12 fours and one towering six.
Wicketkeeper Geraint http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jones-c69217 failed to make an impression and was dismissed for a first-ball duck, leaving the team at 186/5.
However, Darren http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116 guided the team to safety with a 42-run stand for the sixth wicket. The former was the last wicket to fall in the innings after contributing 12 runs to the total.
Mahmood remained unbeaten on 46 runs off 53 balls, smashing nine boundaries in the innings.
Leicestershire’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jigar-Naik-c1694 picked up a couple of wickets in the innings, but failed to guide his side to victory.
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