Story Kent - A Cricket07 Story - Season Finished

[Jaztheman]

top of the table in a good position

 

[Kev]

Essex v Kent - Twenty20 Cup - Chelmsford
1st Innings

Kent enter fortress Chelmsford on an overcast but warm day and upon winning the toss decide to set a total rather than chase one.

1st Over

There's drama with the 3rd ball of the match. Key edges to the lone slip fielder, Middlebrook. But he cant hold onto the ball.

5th Over

Key goes on to punish Essex and races to fifty.

8th Over

Middlebrook hangs on to his next chance and Fulton goes for 24.

13th Over

Gough is dancing for joy in the 13th over, when he clean bowls Key for 61. Rob Key can't believe it! The ball went past the stumps so fast it sucked them out of the ground!

14th Over

Kent's twenty20 diamond Jones reaches his fifty in the 14th over.

15th Over

Young Neil Dexter continues his hot and cold form and edges to Foster to give Gough another reason to dance around.

18th Over

Once again Jones makes a big score but fails to be around at the death.

20th Over

Henderson becomes Bichel's second victim in the final over.

Denly then falls without scoring.

Bravo is runout last ball of the innings as Kent push for a second run. Kent finish on 195/7.

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[Kev]

Essex v Kent - Twenty20 Cup - Chelmsford
2nd Innings

1st Over

Amjad Khan strikes first ball of the innings to remove Jefferson.

Andy Flower then hits Khan for four sixes and Key immediatley removes him from the attack.

5th Over

The Kent bowling attack is taking a bit of a beating allround but Joseph refuses to be beaten. First he picks up the wicket of Chopra.

The Cook goes the same way.

7th Over

Patel chips in with the wicket of Andy Flower as Kent claw their way back into the match.

15th Over

Irani reaches his half century in the 15th over.

But he's out the very next ball.

16th Over

It wouldn't be a Kent twenty20 innings if Stevens did't bag a couple of wickets and in the 16th over he gets a brace.

17th Over

Darren Gough is out to Henderson when Dexter takes a diving catch.

But Adams smashes Essex to victory.

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[Highlander999]

OMG. You actually lost a game Kev. I thought you were unbeatable, the so called God of '07 :hpraise

 

[Jaztheman]

he has already lost a game nice performance though in bat, still canc win but definetly through

 

[Highlander999]

Aye, but him losing a game is not very common

 

[plympilgrim]

unlukcy kev, but hey you are still looking like going through

 

[Kev]

Kent v Surrey - Twenty20 Cup - Canterbury
1st Innings

Its an overcast day and the pitch has a lot of grass on it so when Kent again win the toss they decide to make Surrey bat.

2nd Over

Surrey get off to a slow start and lose Newman in the second with just 6 runs on the board.

9th Over

After a small partnership Clinton is the next casualty.

10th Over

The other half of the partnership falls in the next over when Butch is out for 24.

11th Over

Wickets continue to fall at a steady pace when Ramprakash goes for a duck to give Bravo wicket number 2.

13th Over

The score is almost doubled by the time Kent take their next wicket, just 2 overs later. Brown becomes Tredwell's first wicket.

14th Over

Surrey fail to add to their score before Dexter gets Kent's next wicket. Joseph takes the catch to remove Clarke for 7 runs.

15th Over

Mahmood is next to go, for 18 runs, again Joseph takes the catch but this time the wicket is Tredwell's.

16th Over

Henderson returns to the attack and gets the wicket of Batty.

Ormond walks into bat and Hits Henderson for 4 sixes in 4 balls.

17th Over

Tredwell gets his third wicket when Fulton takes a catch to dismiss Kumble for a duck.

18th Over

Joseph replaces Henderson and deals with Ormond. Ormond managed to blast to 30 runs before Tredwell took the catch to take Essex to an all out total of 155.

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[Kev]

Kent v Surrey - Twenty20 Cup - Canterbury
2nd Innings

1st Over

Ormond strikes with the third ball of the innings to dismiss Kent captain Key for a duck.

8th Over

Fulton and Jones put together a decent partnership before Fulton falls for 24.

9th Over

Once again Jones reaches fifty. He has been the lynchpin of Kent's batting for this entire tournament and is in great form.

10th Over

Jones doesnt get much further and is out for 56. With both the form batsmen out now, Kent will require a decent performance from the middle order.

11th Over

Unfortunatley for Kent it looks like the middle order is as fragile as ever.
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Walker is bowled for 1.

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13th Over

Dexter repeats Walker's feat.

14th Over

Then Denly goes cheaply.

15th Over

Swiftly followed by Bravo who has shown no form at all with the bat for Kent so far.

18th Over

Stevens and Henderson steady the sinking ship but both fall in the 18th over as Kent's lower order struggles to make the big shots needed to keep up with the required run rate.

20th Over

Kent need 19 runs in the final over. Tredwell is at the crease and Joseph is at the other end. Tredwell hits the first ball for six. But he is caught trying to repeat the shot next ball and Kent are all out for 143.

So the final Southern table see's Kent slip to third place.

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[PhilD123]

Poor batting from the middle over there really cost you.

Did you get through as one of the top 3rd placed teams?

 

[Kev]

Poor batting from the middle over there really cost you.

Basically on 5* I can only hit big shots with 1 or 2 players. As much as I try with others I just cant get the timing right as the window is so small. So basically if Key or Jones get out early I'm buggered

Did you get through as one of the top 3rd placed teams?

Yes I did, the Tie I managed turned out to be really important.

Here's the Quater final Draw in full.

 

[Kev]

Sussex v Kent - Twenty20 Cup QF Match - Hove
1st Innings

Kent return to Hove for their quarter final match in the twenty20 cup. It's a typical English summer day, the sun is out but its not too warm. Kent win the toss and decide to bat first on a dusty pitch. Kent open with their two big hitters Key and Jones.

7th Over

Last time Kent batted here they struggled to make 100 runs in their 20 overs. Thats not the case today. Key reaches his half century in the 7th over.

Key hits 6 sixes in the over to take the score to 134/0.

8th Over

Jones reaches his fifty in the next over.

But he's out later in the over.

12th Over

Key reaches his hundred in the 12th over as the score races to 192/1.

17th Over

Sussex manage to slow the scoring down and Mushtaq Ahmed is bowling very well, but its Martin-Jenkins who gets the next wicket. Fulton is out for 28.

19th Over

Key eventually falls just three runs shy of his 150. All 3 Kent wickets have been carbon copies of each other.

20th Over

Bravo is facing for the final over, he reverse sweeps twice for four and Kent close out their innings on 261/3.

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[Leicester Fox]

Leicestershire should beat middlesex in the 2020's. Kent i'm not too fussed on

262 is a lot though

 

[plympilgrim]

flippin heck a massive total by kent, should see them through to the semi's

 

[Leicester Fox]

yep amazing innings by key