Kent v Worcestershire: Clydesdale Bank 40
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on Sunday, July 31, 2011.
Batting first, the visitors collected a massive total of 291 runs for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted 40 overs. The highlight of the innings was a sensational performance by the team’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-van-Jaarsveld-c74944.
The South African batsman ended up being the top scorer of the innings and the match with 124 runs.
Worcestershire failed to post a threat to the opposition, as the team was bowled out for 205 runs in just 34.3 overs. Opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moeen-Ali-c1990 was the top scorer for the side with 55 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 Jaarsveld had opted to bat first after winning the toss for Kent. The conditions were perfect for the batsmen, which allowed the visitors to get away with a massive total.
Kent’s opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sam-W-Billings-c88204 came out in an aggressive mood and scored a quick fire 26 runs off 16 balls with the help of five boundaries. He failed to make most of the start to his innings and was the first man to be dismissed in the innings.
Daniel Bell-Drummond also played attacking cricket, collecting 42 runs from 30 balls with the help of five fours and a couple of sixes. He got out on the last ball of the 10th over, leaving Kent at 83/2.
The middle-order players took maximum advantage of the start given by the openers and hurt the opposition badly. Darren http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stevens-c91368 and van Jaarsveld put together 59 runs for the third wicket partnership before the former got out after adding 37 runs to the total.
Kent were put under firm control of the match, courtesy a century partnership between van Jaarsveld and Sam Northeast. Both batsmen played with effortless ease and ended up with 107 runs for the fourth wicket stand.
Northeast got out after scoring 33 runs whereas van Jaarsveld ended up with a fabulous 124 runs off 97 deliveries. He clobbered 12 fours and a couple of towering sixes in his impressive outing.
Jack Shantry bowled well for Worcestershire, picking up three wickets. However, it was not enough to restrict the opposition from getting a massive total.
In reply, the Worcestershire batsmen kept on losing wickets at regular intervals, losing the match by 81 runs at the end. Only opening batsman Ali was able to make an impression, collecting 55 runs at the top of the order.
The rest of the batsmen were below par, as none other batsman even managed to reach forties.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Balcombe-c1327, who captured four wickets for Kent.
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