Next up we are away to Surrey. Stevens comes back in for Klaassen. Whilst I feel Klaassen has bowled ok in patches, he doesn't quite have the numbers to show for it (4 wickets @ 63.00 in 3 matches). Haggett keeps his place after an impressive performance.
Kent
Crawley, Renshaw, Denly, Kuhn, Bell-Drummond, Billings (c), Robinson, Stevens, Haggett, Podmore, Milnes
Weather looks good throughout the match. We lost the toss and were asked to bowl.
An entertaining first session saw Surrey reach lunch 121-3. A great first spell from Podmore & Stevens saw Surrey reduced to 22-2, but Pope and Elgar recovered their position. A potential pivotal moment in the match when Foakes was dropped in the slips straight after lunch. We removed Elgar for 73 and Surrey were 167-4. This was a similar position to the reverse leg, where Surrey's middle order piled on the runs to take them over 500. Could we fare better this time? Didn't look like it as the 2 Clark's once again shared a 100 partnership in quick time. Surrey were 286-5 at tea. We finally broke the partnership with Milnes having J.Clark caught behind, before also bowling R.Clarke the following over. However, the pair had done the damage, striking at nearly a run a ball. We had Surrey 339-8 but some late resistance from Curran and Mckerr saw them eventually make 395 all out. Not too bad considering the conditions, but a bit more than we were hoping at 167-4, then 339-8. Milnes was the pick of the bowlers with 4. Stevens also picked up another 3 wickets, making that 16 wickets across his last 4 innings.
Crawley's run of awful form continued when he edged behind before the close of play, making that 8 single digit scores from his last 12 innings - not good enough. Getting really ticked off with our pathetic batting line up. In sunny conditions and a good pitch we made 86 all out?? Renshaw the only man to make double digits, he was the last man out after making 50. I'm starting the aggression bar cautiously but it doesn't seem to prevent these collapses so not sure what else I can do. I guess it just comes down to the ability of our batsmen.
After a string of low scores Crawley found a bit of form in the 2nd innings, hitting a fine century off 144 balls. The problem was nobody was up for sticking with his. We were 160-4 when he brought up the ton. Crawley eventually fell for 161, making the score 292-8, we were still 17 runs away from making Surrey bat again. We ended 302 all out.
Surrey - 395 all out (Clarke 96, Elgar 73, Clark 58; Milnes 4-102, Stevens 3-78)
Kent - 86 all out (Renshaw 50; Curran 4-15, Clarke 3-28)
Kent - 302 all out (Crawley 161; Morkel 4-40, Clarke 3-89)
Surrey win by an innings and 7 runs
Points: Surrey 23, Kent 3
MOTM - Rikki Clarke
A really poor performance from the batsmen once again. Yorkshire & Somerset both lost too which is the only saving grace - with 5 FC games to go it is looking a 3-horse race for relegation.
Kent
Crawley, Renshaw, Denly, Kuhn, Bell-Drummond, Billings (c), Robinson, Stevens, Haggett, Podmore, Milnes
Weather looks good throughout the match. We lost the toss and were asked to bowl.
An entertaining first session saw Surrey reach lunch 121-3. A great first spell from Podmore & Stevens saw Surrey reduced to 22-2, but Pope and Elgar recovered their position. A potential pivotal moment in the match when Foakes was dropped in the slips straight after lunch. We removed Elgar for 73 and Surrey were 167-4. This was a similar position to the reverse leg, where Surrey's middle order piled on the runs to take them over 500. Could we fare better this time? Didn't look like it as the 2 Clark's once again shared a 100 partnership in quick time. Surrey were 286-5 at tea. We finally broke the partnership with Milnes having J.Clark caught behind, before also bowling R.Clarke the following over. However, the pair had done the damage, striking at nearly a run a ball. We had Surrey 339-8 but some late resistance from Curran and Mckerr saw them eventually make 395 all out. Not too bad considering the conditions, but a bit more than we were hoping at 167-4, then 339-8. Milnes was the pick of the bowlers with 4. Stevens also picked up another 3 wickets, making that 16 wickets across his last 4 innings.
Crawley's run of awful form continued when he edged behind before the close of play, making that 8 single digit scores from his last 12 innings - not good enough. Getting really ticked off with our pathetic batting line up. In sunny conditions and a good pitch we made 86 all out?? Renshaw the only man to make double digits, he was the last man out after making 50. I'm starting the aggression bar cautiously but it doesn't seem to prevent these collapses so not sure what else I can do. I guess it just comes down to the ability of our batsmen.
After a string of low scores Crawley found a bit of form in the 2nd innings, hitting a fine century off 144 balls. The problem was nobody was up for sticking with his. We were 160-4 when he brought up the ton. Crawley eventually fell for 161, making the score 292-8, we were still 17 runs away from making Surrey bat again. We ended 302 all out.
Surrey - 395 all out (Clarke 96, Elgar 73, Clark 58; Milnes 4-102, Stevens 3-78)
Kent - 86 all out (Renshaw 50; Curran 4-15, Clarke 3-28)
Kent - 302 all out (Crawley 161; Morkel 4-40, Clarke 3-89)
Surrey win by an innings and 7 runs
Points: Surrey 23, Kent 3
MOTM - Rikki Clarke
A really poor performance from the batsmen once again. Yorkshire & Somerset both lost too which is the only saving grace - with 5 FC games to go it is looking a 3-horse race for relegation.
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