Leicestershire v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 - Leicestershire struggling
Kent continued to be dominant in a match of the County Championship Division Two against Leicestershire, at Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
The hosts scored 459 runs in their first innings and took six wickets in the home team’s innings until end of second day’s play on Monday, May 30, 2011. Leicestershire will start the third day’s play on 220 for six, still trailing by 239 runs.
Kent had chosen to bat first, as the pitch was perfect for batting. The batsmen made most of the conditions, piling a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 first innings total.
The home team’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Denly-c1703. Both players were in inspiring form, scoring 198 runs for the first wicket partnership.
Key was unable to reach his century, as he fell nine runs short. He played brilliantly though and laid a solid platform for the middle-order batsmen.
Denly didn’t waste any opportunities and completed a magnificent century for his team. His terrific knock finally came to an end after scoring 143 runs with the help of 22 boundaries.
Kent’s first-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 of a ton, but did a fantastic job.
The lower-order of the home team was unable to make most of the start, as the last seven wickets in the Kent innings fell for just 30 runs.
However, the team still managed to collect 459 runs in their first outing, which gave them the upper hand.
The Leicestershire bowlers fought back well after being smashed for plenty of runs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wayne-Andrew-White-c96336 took four wickets, leading the attack for the visitors.
In reply, the visitors got off to an ideal start to their innings. Opening batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Andrew-Golding-Boyce-c75105, batted steadily for a 57-run partnership. However, the latter was unable to carry onto the start he got to his innings and was sent back
to the pavilion after adding 23 runs to the total.
Jefferson played well, but got out after scoring 77 runs from 101 balls. He paced his innings nicely, but would have liked to make a big one for his side. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 lost five wickets in a span of just 37 runs, which put them on the back foot. They were
124 for one at one stage and ended up being 161 for six.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jigar-Kumar-H-Naik-c66985 batted with responsibility, scoring an unbeaten partnership of 59 runs. They will start the next day on 43 and 27 and will look to extend their partnership.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Cullum-Tredwell-c65571 did the damage, picking up four wickets to fall in the visitors’ innings and will be eying a five-for.
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