A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon / evening of cricket in convivial company and I also got to meet Paul Downton.
I must say I never thought I'd witness live 'sun stopped play' and the sad thing was from my vantage point high in the Cowdrey stand plenty left the ground at that point and missed Kent's demolition of Middlesex as a result. Until the Middlesex batsmen walked off in a strop because the sun was shining in June they'd not looked in any trouble whatsoever against the Kent bowling.
The Kent players conspicuously remained on the field and eventually after 10-15 minutes the Middlesex batsmen emerged somewhat sheepishly from the pavillion. At that point the Kent bowlers got to work. Podmore from the Nackington Road end and Stewart from the Pavillion End. Haggett relieved Podmore and Thomas relieved Stewart. My view is that the shenanigans of the Middlesex batsmen served as motivation for the Kent bowlers and backfired big time.
The fielding by both sides was top notch. I can only think of one (and that was difficult) chance missed all day which contributed majorly to the low scoring.
Delighted to have been there and if the beer is talking a little my apologies.
A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon / evening of cricket in convivial company and I also got to meet Paul Downton.
I must say I never thought I'd witness live 'sun stopped play' and the sad thing was from my vantage point high in the Cowdrey stand plenty left the ground at that point and missed Kent's demolition of Middlesex as a result. Until the Middlesex batsmen walked off in a strop because the sun was shining in June they'd not looked in any trouble whatsoever against the Kent bowling.
The Kent players conspicuously remained on the field and eventually after 10-15 minutes the Middlesex batsmen emerged somewhat sheepishly from the pavillion. At that point the Kent bowlers got to work. Podmore from the Nackington Road end and Stewart from the Pavillion End. Haggett relieved Podmore and Thomas relieved Stewart. My view is that the shenanigans of the Middlesex batsmen served as motivation for the Kent bowlers and backfired big time.
The fielding by both sides was top notch. I can only think of one (and that was difficult) chance missed all day which contributed majorly to the low scoring.
Delighted to have been there and if the beer is talking a little my apologies.
The beer these days at SLG is so awful though @LenGlover unless CAMRA are there and they are not until 22nd July.
Seven of us have got tickets for the oval 6th July. Me and my six Kent supporting buddies. A nice glass of wine waiting for you if you can make it Jean. X
A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon / evening of cricket in convivial company and I also got to meet Paul Downton.
I must say I never thought I'd witness live 'sun stopped play' and the sad thing was from my vantage point high in the Cowdrey stand plenty left the ground at that point and missed Kent's demolition of Middlesex as a result. Until the Middlesex batsmen walked off in a strop because the sun was shining in June they'd not looked in any trouble whatsoever against the Kent bowling.
The Kent players conspicuously remained on the field and eventually after 10-15 minutes the Middlesex batsmen emerged somewhat sheepishly from the pavillion. At that point the Kent bowlers got to work. Podmore from the Nackington Road end and Stewart from the Pavillion End. Haggett relieved Podmore and Thomas relieved Stewart. My view is that the shenanigans of the Middlesex batsmen served as motivation for the Kent bowlers and backfired big time.
The fielding by both sides was top notch. I can only think of one (and that was difficult) chance missed all day which contributed majorly to the low scoring.
Delighted to have been there and if the beer is talking a little my apologies.
This is key for me. They hasn't looked in any trouble. They went inside into an artificially lighted area then had to readjust when they came out.
Batsmen always say that when light is failing it's fine if you are the set batsman as you've been out there and adjusted. But if a wicket falls it can be really difficult as the new man in hasn't had time to let his eyes adjust.
A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon / evening of cricket in convivial company and I also got to meet Paul Downton.
I must say I never thought I'd witness live 'sun stopped play' and the sad thing was from my vantage point high in the Cowdrey stand plenty left the ground at that point and missed Kent's demolition of Middlesex as a result. Until the Middlesex batsmen walked off in a strop because the sun was shining in June they'd not looked in any trouble whatsoever against the Kent bowling.
The Kent players conspicuously remained on the field and eventually after 10-15 minutes the Middlesex batsmen emerged somewhat sheepishly from the pavillion. At that point the Kent bowlers got to work. Podmore from the Nackington Road end and Stewart from the Pavillion End. Haggett relieved Podmore and Thomas relieved Stewart. My view is that the shenanigans of the Middlesex batsmen served as motivation for the Kent bowlers and backfired big time.
The fielding by both sides was top notch. I can only think of one (and that was difficult) chance missed all day which contributed majorly to the low scoring.
Delighted to have been there and if the beer is talking a little my apologies.
The beer these days at SLG is so awful though @LenGlover unless CAMRA are there and they are not until 22nd July.
Agreed the beer could be better but a few pints of Master Brew slipped down nicely all the same.
More about catching up with old friends yesterday for me.
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Man up and grow a pair. Acknowledge the superiority of the mighty Spitfires.
Commentators saying it's a trial & teams will have to suck it & see.
Must admit I feel a tad sorry for the Middx batsmen.
Just wish we were playing Slurrey....
Only joking @blackpool72 !
Clearly we bowled well, but conditions must also have been really tough at Canterbury for some reason
Only just seen their score as been busy. Wow and double wow!
A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon / evening of cricket in convivial company and I also got to meet Paul Downton.
I must say I never thought I'd witness live 'sun stopped play' and the sad thing was from my vantage point high in the Cowdrey stand plenty left the ground at that point and missed Kent's demolition of Middlesex as a result. Until the Middlesex batsmen walked off in a strop because the sun was shining in June they'd not looked in any trouble whatsoever against the Kent bowling.
The Kent players conspicuously remained on the field and eventually after 10-15 minutes the Middlesex batsmen emerged somewhat sheepishly from the pavillion. At that point the Kent bowlers got to work. Podmore from the Nackington Road end and Stewart from the Pavillion End. Haggett relieved Podmore and Thomas relieved Stewart. My view is that the shenanigans of the Middlesex batsmen served as motivation for the Kent bowlers and backfired big time.
The fielding by both sides was top notch. I can only think of one (and that was difficult) chance missed all day which contributed majorly to the low scoring.
Delighted to have been there and if the beer is talking a little my apologies.
Kent v Gloucs - Kent 64 & 153 Gloucs 110 & 108-5 Lost by 5 wickets
Durham v Kent - Durham 91 & 170 Kent 169 & 95-1 Won by 9 wickets
Glamorgan v Kent - Glam 94 & 274 Kent 174 & 195-4 Won by 6 wickets
Kent v Sussex - Kent 215 & 235 Sussex 181 & 211 Won by 58 runs
Gloucs v Kent - Kent 582-9d Gloucs 240 & 322-7(f/o) Drawn
Kent v Warks - Kent 197 & 446-8d Warks 125 & 445 Won by 73 runs
The only outlier was the away game at Gloucestershire when we rattled up almost 600 runs ... and then failed to win the game!
The game plan this years seems to be 'score low first innings, bowl out oppo even lower, win game'.
Working so far ...
Me and my six Kent supporting buddies.
A nice glass of wine waiting for you if you can make it Jean. X
Batsmen always say that when light is failing it's fine if you are the set batsman as you've been out there and adjusted. But if a wicket falls it can be really difficult as the new man in hasn't had time to let his eyes adjust.
Don't blame it on the moonlight.
Don't blame it on a bad pitch.
Blame it on the quality of the bowling.
EDIT: Should have included the third line earlier ...
More about catching up with old friends yesterday for me.
Get the feeling we are being used in order for the kid to get a better deal. Looks like Notts don't want to let him go.
Stewart grabbing his 6 wicket.
He’s bloody good is that Stewart.