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Kent Cricket 2020

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    Sussex go top with a team of kids (plus Claydon)
    Not quite (in addition to Claydon, Brown is 31, Robinson is 26 and Finch is 25) but to win with seven players between 18-23 bodes very well for the future of Sussex cricket. They have some top age group coaches such as Mark Nash (brother of Chris) and Phil Hudson and are clearly reaping the benefit of their youth system.

    That said, Kent have four players under 22 in their side plus Crawley (23) to come back in.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    106-9 and a lead of 195
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Kent effectively 200/9... Even when we bundled you out for 40 we still struggled to catch you! Game still on, and Stevens always kicks our arse
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    112 all out. Lets hope the pitch has deteriorated to make it a tricky run chase

    I see Jamie Porter opened as night watchman to protect Cook
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    Makes me laugh when Jamie goes on as night watchman as he averages about 2.5 in batting. 
  • Stewart
    Stewart Posts: 2,451
    Essex 61-4

    we are still in this. 
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    Lunch: Essex 73-4 ... Cook 32*, Stewart 3-24

    Essex require a further 129 more runs to win, Kent need six wickets.

    Interesting afternoon ahead ... 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    73-4

    A certain former England captain and record run scorer remains the stumbling block!
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,313
    Thriller, this. Ivan Thomas doing his career a power of good right now
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  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    Essex 164-6 ... Essex 38 to win

    I'll be kind, I'll let them have 35
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    Leuth said:
    Thriller, this. Ivan Thomas doing his career a power of good right now
    One can't help thinking that his long term absence and performance in the first innings (7-0-42-0) is the reason for him being the 6th to bowl and after 48 overs of the innings. He is, after all, meant to be a strike bowler.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,313
    And strike he does!
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    Leuth said:
    And strike he does!
    But why did we wait 48 overs to use him?
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,313
    Because Kent knew this would happen? :)
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    172-8 Essex still need 30

    Thomas 4-20
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Said Essex would do their best to screw it up! (Fair play to Kent, bowling well). Quite a few no balls haven't helped you. 
  • Momentum may have gone now with those no balls making the task in hand easier for Essex.

    We should have dug in and scored a few more yesterday.
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    Thomas still not bowling? Using the 2 bowlers who haven't got a wicket this innings!
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    Bugger.

    Essex win by 2 wickets

    :(
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  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    Brave try with 3 batsman away with England 
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Phew. Good game, good game. Funny seeing the elbow and foot taps instead of handshakes at the end, looked like a really half hearted fight
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    edited August 2020
    Leuth said:
    Because Kent knew this would happen? :)
    That we would lose you mean?

    As I said it was a very strange decision to wait 'til the 48th over to use Thomas. If they didn't trust him why was he picked ahead of Podmore?
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    We lost the game through our woeful batting in the second innings - you really shouldn't lose bowling last with a 90 run lead after the first innings
  • As a born and bred essex boy, never in doubt!!!. Although Essex can always snatch defeat from the jaws of victory




  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    As a born and bred essex boy, never in doubt!!!. Although Essex can always snatch defeat from the jaws of victory




    You got lucky. Well "lucky" in the sense that we are better at doing that!  At 171-8 and still needing 32 Kent would have been big favourites to win.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,313
    Derbyshire pulling off something absolutely incredible. Leicestershire giving it a fine go too
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    Two years running our second innings capitulation costs us victory against Essex
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,907
    Stewart said:
    Is the cricket season nearly over yet? Champions!!!
    And Slurrey in their rightful place.
    I'm sure Surrey will sign a few more bowlers to add to Topley and Overton
    Topley has been with England (one of the 9 we have in both England squads) and is now injured. Overton isnt joining until next season. We have 4 injuries and 2 stuck abroad.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,907
    Sussex go top with a team of kids (plus Claydon)
    Not quite (in addition to Claydon, Brown is 31, Robinson is 26 and Finch is 25) but to win with seven players between 18-23 bodes very well for the future of Sussex cricket. They have some top age group coaches such as Mark Nash (brother of Chris) and Phil Hudson and are clearly reaping the benefit of their youth system.

    That said, Kent have four players under 22 in their side plus Crawley (23) to come back in.
    Surrey have 4 under 20.