http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 Vs Kent – County Championship Division 2 – Live Cricket Score and Update – Day 1
Matt Coles, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Charlie-Shreck-c1232 and Darren Stevens claimed three wickets each as Kent bundled out Northamptonshire for 132 before tea on the first day of the ongoing County Championship Division Two fixture at the County Ground, Northampton on April 12, 2012.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Wakely-c988 top scored for the hosts with 33, while the other batsmen fell for scores inside 24.
At stumps on Day one, Kent were quite settled at 127 for 3, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Davies-c74586 unbeaten on 2 at the other end.
Northamptonshire won the toss but not much else, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-James-Boyd-Moss-c86323
Newton edged Mark Davies to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JC-Tredwell-c1676 at first slip. He scored seven runs from 15 balls, including a boundary. Stephen Peters was the next man to go after being pinned leg before wicket by Matt Coles.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KJ-Coetzer-c1798 and skipper David Sales posted 20 runs for the third wicket stand before Charlie Shreck had Coetzer caught by Nash at cover to leave the hosts at 46 for 3 on the board. Coetzer tested as many as 60 balls to score 11 runs.
It became 55 for 4 when the home skipper nicked Shreck to second slip where Tredwell took a superb diving catch low to his right. Sales scored 13 runs off 57 deliveries.
Shreck claimed his third and last wicket of the day trapping Niall O’Brien lbw in the ninth over after lunch. Alex Wakely was the only batsman who resisted the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802 seamers. He shared a 33-run stand with Middlebrook for the sixth wicket, the most productive
stand of the Northamptonshire’s innings, with the bulk coming from Wakely. Middlebrook was caught by Nash at midwicket off Coles.
Sri Lankan pacer Chamida Vass tried for three balls but failed to open his account as Darren http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Willey-c1342 provided some resilience with a 21-ball 24 before being caught by Davies at square-leg
off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Coles-c51379.
Coles, who struck a record century at number nine in the opening game of the season against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 last week, led the Kent attack with figures of 3 for 32.
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