Story Kent in the Twenty20 (C2004)

Sussex are going well and look likely to make 150+, eek - do something Kev :p
 
Sussex Innings 11th Over

Stevens conceedes just 4 runs from the over.

Sussex Innings 12th Over

Nash hits Patel for Six! 83/2.

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Sussex Innings 13th Over

Dennington is given the ball and 10 runs come from the over, including a four from Nash.

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Sussex Innings 14th Over

Its looking like Patel will bowl a maiden until a Prior scores a single from the final ball. 94/2.

Sussex Innings 15th Over

Patel opts to bring Tredwell into the bowling attack. 6 runs from the over. the 100 is up for Sussex.

Sussex Innings 16th Over

Just 3 runs from the over. Patel is looking pleased. sussex are failing to take advantage of their good start. 103/2.

Sussex Innings 17th Over

Spin at each end is really frustrating Sussex and they nearly lose the wicket of Prior, but O'Brien cant hold on to it. 105/2

Sussex Innings 18th Over

Patel decides to bring back pace and throws the ball to Hall. Hall gets the wicket of Nash first ball of the over.

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But Prior gets the first boundary since the 13th Over to bring up his 50.

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Its 111/3 at the end of the over. The Sussex fans are looking very unhappy.

Sussex Innings 19th Over

Khan returns to the attack and Sussex only manage 3 runs.

Sussex Innings Final Over

Hall gets Prior and the miserable Sussex innings closes on 115/4

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Kent Innings 1st Innings

Kirtley opens the bowling for Sussex and Dexter is facing. He clips a four off his legs this over and 110 runs are required at the end.

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Kent Innings 2nd Over

Goodwin is bowling at the other end and again Dexter scores a four. Dexter seems to want to get the match over with as fast as possible. 104 runs needed

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Kent Innings 3rd Over

Wicket! Its Dexter he's pushing too hard. Only 1 run scored this over.

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Kent Innings 4th Over

Stevens scores his first four as Kent take the required total below 100 runs.

Kent Innings 5th Over

Hall is taking a much more measured approach than Dexter and seems in no hurry. Kirtly keeps the runs down in this over. 94 required.

Kent Innings 6th Over

Still no real attack from Kent since the fall of Dexter but they dont really need to. It looks like this is going to be a rather boring trott to the finishline. The batsmen are keeping the ball on the ground and the wicket seems to have no life in it at all. 88 required.

Kent Innings 7th Over

Hall scores a four this over and the required runs are now 79.

Kent Innings 8th Over

Hall steps up the pace a bit with 2 fours, bringing up to 50 for Kent.

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Kent Innings 9th Over

Martin-Jenkins replaces Kirtley and Hall hits 3 fours, bringing the required total down to below 50.

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Kent Innings 10th Over

Heather is now bowling for Sussex. 44 runs required.

Kent Innings 11th Over

Hall hits another four. Kent are progressing well above the required rate but its obvious that they have plenty in their back pocket if required. Only 38 runs needed now.

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Kent Innings 12th Over

Heather bowls a wild over, Kent are gifted 4 runs off wides this over as well as a single four from Hall.

Kent Innings 13th Over

Hall brings up this half century with another boundary. Only 20 runs required now. the Sussex fans are leaving.

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Kent Innings 14th Over

Even the Kent fans are asleep now. 3 runs from the over.

Kent Innings 15th Over

There is a polite round of applause as Stevens brings up the 100 with a quick single.

Kent Innings 16th Over

Heather goes for another 3 runs this over but its still above the required rate.

Kent Innings 17th Over

Wright is replacing Martin-Jenkins and at the end of the over the scores are tied.

Kent Innings 18th Over

Yardy comes on to bowl and Hall is facing. He bowls only 1 ball and Hall hits the winning run. Kent win a predictable victory in no real style here at times it looked more like a championship match than a twenty20.

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In other matches

Hampshire 131
Surrey 141-5
Surrey win by 10 runs

Essex 178-7
Middlesex 177-6
Essex Win by 3wkts

So Kent's domination of the group stage is nearly complete and with 2 games to play they are comfortably through to the quarter finals.

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Is it me or do the Cricket 2004 graphics look more fresher than Cricket 2005, maybe it's just Kev's graphics cards but who trusts those things anyway?
 
I would hardly call my graphics card state of the art, or my PC for that matter.

Its an ageing Athlon processor with an ATI 9550 graphics card. I've always thought the graphics on c2004 looked better than c2005. The only place it loses out is the faces.
 
Kent's 7th match finds them travelling to "Fortress Chelmsford"
to face second placed Essex.

The real life score was

Essex 160-5
Kent 157
Essex win by 5wkts

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Stand in captain Min Patel wins the toss and decides to put Essex in to bat.

Essex innings 1st Over

The innings starts well for Essex as Pettini hits Khan for six.

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Irani follows up with a four. 11/0 at the end of the over.

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Essex Innings 2nd Over

Hall bowls well and only a single is scored.

Essex Innings 3rd Over

Khan bowls a maiden over.

Essex Innings 4th Over

2 fours for Irani this over. 21/0.

Essex Innings 5th Over

Henderson replaces Khan. 3 runs from the over.

Essex Innings 6th Over

Cook is given the ball by Patel and another 3 runs are scored.

Essex Innings 7th Over

Its a maiden over from Henderson.

Essex Innings 8th Over

Cook follows up with another maiden. Essex just aren't attacking.

Essex Innings 9th Over

Irani finally moves the score on with a six, but its surely too late for Essex already.

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Essex Innings 10th Over

Irani continues his belated attack with a four

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Followed by another six.

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So at the halfway stage Essex are on 46 for the loss of no wickets. They must attack now surely or will have no chance against unbeaten Kent.

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Essex Innings 11th Over

Pettini finally hits a boundary and its a big six! The 50 is up for Essex.

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54 for no wicket at the end of the over.

Essex Innings 12th Over

Cook is bowling his final over and Irani is runout off Cook's final ball. Essex could have done with it being Pettini, he is really slowing down the scoring.

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57/1 at the end of the over.

Essex Innings 13th Over

Tredwell is replacing Henderson and he doesn't take long to get going! He gets Adams first ball caught and bowled.

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Jefferson walks to the crease and is looking to attack from the off. He hits a four followed by a six, followed by another four!

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The score moves onto 71/2.

Essex Innings 14th Over

Patel decides he'll operate with spin at each end for a couple of overs and decides to bowl himself. Jefferson goes after him and smashes another four.

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But moments later is out, caught on the boundary!

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78/3 now.

[b]Essex Innings 15th Over

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Fours for both ten Doeschate and Pettini as the over ends on 89/3.

Essex Innings 16th Over

Patel has 2 very good LBW's turned down this over. 91/3

Essex Innings 17th Over

Patel brings back his fast bowlers for their final spells. Khan will operate one end and Hall the other. Khan keeps it tight and manages a maiden. At this late stage in the innings Essex will be very dissapointed.

Essex Innings 18th Over

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Hall is less sucessful and Pettini hits 2 good fours this over. 99/3.

Essex Innings 19th Over

Pettini is looking to attack and Khan bowls him!

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Its 101/4 now.

Essex Innings Final Over

Hall is trying to tempt the Essex batsmen into going for big shots. He has some sucess but his first ball goes over the fielders head and away for six!

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He has greater luck later in the over and ten Doeschate is caught.

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The very next ball Middlebrook is dispatched in a similar fashion.

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So its the final ball of the innings and Hall is on a hat-trick! He nearly gets it but O'Brien cant quite reach it and Essex finish on 108/6. This should be no problem for Kent.

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Kent Innings 1st Over

Darren Gough opens the bowling and Kent start slowly, only 3 runs from the over.

Kent Innings 2nd Over

Another good over for Essex as Bichel conceedes just 2 runs. Maybe Essex's total wasn't so bad afterall.

Kent Innings 3rd Over

Stevens hits the first boundary of the innings.

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The score moves on to 12 without loss at the end of the over.

Kent Innings 4th Over

Bichel bags the wicket of Dexter!

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Its 15/1 at the end of the over Kent require 5.88 runs per over.

Kent Innings 5th Over

Gough gets Hall LBW and Kent seem to be struggling. Its 17/2 now.

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Kent Innings 6th Over

Stevens steps up the pace a bit Hitting Bichel for six but the run rate is still rising slowly. Its 5.93 runs per over now.

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Kent Innings 7th Over

Kent are still scoring too slowly and only score 2 runs from Gough's bowling this over. Its now 28/2

Kent Innings 8th Over

Bichel's final over. But he will wish he stopped on his third over though.
Martin van Jaarsveld hits 2 fours in two balls.

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The Stevens makes it more bad news for Bichel with a six and a four.

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Good over for Kent. 20 runs from it, leaving a further 61 runs required at a rate of 5.08 per over.

Kent Innings 9th Over

Napier replaces Gough and just 3 runs are scored. Looks like the last over was a one off.

Kent Innings 10th Over

Flower is bowling and gets van Jaarsveld straight away, stumped!

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Kent are 56/3. 53 runs required.

Kent Innings 11th Over

Walker and Stevens both score sixes this over to move the score along to 72/3

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Kent Innings 12th Over

Walker moves the score along to 79/3 with a four. Just 30 runs required now.

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Kent Innings 13th Over

Stevens scores a boundary this over helping the score along to 86/3.

Kent Innings 14th Over

Its a huge mix-up and stevens is runout! He will be kicking himself, he was on 46!

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More bad news for Kent as Flower gets Walker too.

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Kent Innings 15th Over

Big hitters Henderson and Tredwell are at the crease and Napier suffers at the hands of Henderson. He hits a four followed by a huge six as the score moves along to 99/5.

Kent Innings 16th Over

Flower bowls his final over and Kent need just 10 runs for another victory.

Kent Innings 17th Over

Adams bowls his first over and its Essex's last as Kent win by 5 wickets.

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In other matches:

Surrey 116-3
Middlesex 115
Surrey win by 7wkts

Hampshire 112-5
Sussex 97-9
Hampshire win by 15 runs

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The final matches of the group stage see Surrey travel to Kent, Hampshire visit Middlesex and Essex are entertained by Sussex.
 
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Real life Score:

Kent 157
Surrey 217-4
Surrey win by 60runs

For the second time this competition Kent are beaten by Surrey but both teams qualified for the quarter finals.

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There is a brief rainstorm before the match and Surrey take advantage of the toss to put Kent into bat.

Kent Innings 1st Over

Murtagh opens for the Brown Caps and predictably runs are hard to come by this over, only 2 runs being scored.

Kent Innings 2nd Over

Mahmood bowls and Kent manage to add another 5 runs.

Kent Innings 3rd Over

Stevens grabs 2 fours this over as the score moves along to 17/0

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Kent Innings 4th Over

Another four for Stevens but its the only scoring ball of the over.

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Kent Innings 5th Over

2 runs from the over as Kent continue to struggle in the damp conditions. 23/0.

Kent Innings 6th Over

Another four for Stevens. Kent would have been expecting Hall to lead the attack after promoting him up the order but will take the runs whoever they come. 32/0

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Kent Innings 7th Over

Expensive over for Murtagh. He bowls a wide ball down the leg side and it runs away for four. Stevens manages another boundary and Hall finally wakes up and hits a six. Its 49/0 now.

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Kent Innings 8th Over

Another six from Hall this over as the score moves on to 58 without loss.

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Kent Innings 9th Over

Doshi is bowling and 5 runs are added.

Kent Innings 10th Over

Dernbach is bowling and claims the prize wicket of Stevens. At the halfway stage Kent are 67/1.

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The dreaded "wont continue after a save" bug strikes again, so the rest of Kent's Innings is autoplayed

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Surrey Innings 1st Over

Khan opens for Kent and Surrey fail to score.

Surrey Innings 2nd Over

Hall bowls and Brown socres 2 boundaries from the over.

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Surrey Innings 3rd Over

Brown manages another boundary and the score moves onto 15/0.

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Surrey Innings 4th Over

Benning gets his first boundary from Hall's bowling and the score moves onto 20 without loss.

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Surrey Innings 5th Over

Henderson replaces Khan and Benning grabs his second four.

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Its 24/0 at the end of the over. Surrey will need to step up the pace they require 8.8 runs per over now.

Surrey Innings 6th Over

Just a single run scored as Stevens replaces Hall.

Surrey Innings 7th Over

Just 2 runs scored as Henderson frustrates Surrey.

Surrey Innings 8th Over

Its a maiden over for Stevens. surrey now need close to 11 runs per over.

Surrey Innings 9th Over

Tredwell is bowling and there is a decent shout for LBW this over but it is predictable dull Benning only manages 1 run. 28/0

Surrey Innings 10th Over

Just another single off of Stevens bowling. At the half way stage Surrey look dead and buried.

Surrey Innings 11th Over

Tredwell bowls a maiden. Surrey now need 14.11 runs per over and just dont look like getting anywhere near. Amazingly they aren't even playing attacking shots.

Surrey Innings 12th Over

A Maiden over for Stevens as Surrey are stuck on 29/0.

Surrey Innings 13th Over

Brown finally reaches the boundary. Its the first four since the fifth over!

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But he is out the next ball, attempting the reverse sweep he skies it!

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Ramprakash comes to the crease with the score on 36/1. It looks to be all over already.

Surrey Innings 14th Over

Key gives the ball to Martin van Jaarsveld and only 3 runs are scored.

Surrey Innings 15th Over

Dexter bowls this over and only 1 run is scored. its a miserable total so far for Surrey. 40/1.

Surrey Innings 16th Over

Key is sharing the bowling out now and gives the ball to Walker. Ramps hits 2 fours from 2 balls.

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Surrey now require 108 runs from 27 balls. Ramprakash pushes the total past 50 with a six. Its 54/1 at the over end.

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Surrey Innings 17th Over

Key decides he'll bowl himself this over! Mark Ramprakash cant make him pay though and only manages the 1 boundary, bringing the total up to 60/1 at the end of the over. 96 runs required now.

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Surrey Innings 18th Over

Patel is given the ball this over. now all the Kent players have had a bowl with the exception of O'Brien!

First ball - Ramprakash is out!

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Second Ball - Mahmood is out!

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Third ball - Clarke is facing. Will Patel bag a hat-trick? No. Clarke smashes the ball for six!

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Finally some excitement, even though Surrey face an impossible task. 67/3.

Surrey Innings 19th Over

Henderson is given the ball and bags the wicket of Benning.

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The score is now 68/4. Surrey need 88 runs from the final over!

Surrey Innings Final Over

Patel bowls the final over and bowls Newman, he completely misjudged the bounce of the ball.

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Second to last ball of the over and Patel blots the extra's total with the first extra of the innings - a no ball.

Surrey end on a frankly embarassing 72/5.

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Other scores:

Middlesex 116-1
Hampshire 111
Middlesex win by 9wkts

Sussex 173-5
Essex 177-6
Essex win by 4wkts

So the final Group table looks like

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In real life the same 3 teams qualified but not in the same order. But to keep this round simple I will use the same matches as in reality.

So the draw for the Quarter finals looks like this

Essex v Yorkshire
Gloucestershire v Surrey
Leicestershire v Kent
Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire
 

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