Cricket

[BigMick]

I watched the closing stages of that ridiculous game at Taunton where Essex won by 1 wicket. They only needed 84 to win but slumped to 24-6, scraping home thanks to 29no from tubby Adam Rossington, on loan from Northants after he fell out with the new coach there. Craig Overton took 13 wickets in the match, which probably sums up the state of the pitch. Somerset would likely have won if they'd had a 3rd seamer after him and Siddle, but a half-fit Lewis Gregory was all they had.

Surely Somerset should be docked points for producing a sub-standard pitch.

 

[summerisle]

Kent 228-7, Ali with his second wicket. I wonder if Lancashire would enforce the follow on ?

 

[Connor]

260 all out, cracking spell from Balderson

 

[summerisle]

260 all out, cracking spell from Balderson

He was relentless in his line and length, in fact all the bowlers were very niggardly.

 

[Connor]

He was relentless in his line and length, in fact all the bowlers were very niggardly.

Still got Jimmy and Mahmood to come back into this attack, it's ridiculous

 

[summerisle]

Still got Jimmy and Mahmood to come back into this attack, it's ridiculous

Thought as well that Ali was quite nippy at times today.

 

[summerisle]

Kent following on.

 

[summerisle]

Kent 18-1 (Balderson)

 

[summerisle]

Kent 25-2 (Lamb)

 

[summerisle]

Tea : Kent 28-2.

 

[summerisle]

Kent 53-4 (Bailey and Parkinson.)

 

[Connor]

Parky spinning it a fair way, a magic man

 

[summerisle]

Parky spinning it a fair way, a magic man

Tbf, it was a terrible hoik when you're 200 behind and three down.

 

[summerisle]

Kent 72-6 (Ali again and Parkinson), 5 overs left today, unless they get two or three more wickets.

Forthright interview with Matt Parkinson.

 

[summerisle]

Close of play : Kent 81-6, still trailing by 165. Another excellent day, and if it wasn't for Compton, who carried his bat in Kent's first innings, and is 20 not out in the second, the match might have been over.