Kent go into Canterbury Festival Week boosted by victory
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By Andrew Gidley
Kent officials will be keeping one eye firmly on the weather as
Canterbury Festival Week gets under way on Tuesday with the visit
of LV= County Championship Division 1 title-chasers Somerset.
Rain is forecast for both Wednesday – Ladies' Day – and
Friday.
Kent go into the match boosted by their 99-run win over Essex on
Sunday, which lifted them two places up the table, while Somerset’s
innings victory against Nottinghamshire, their fifth in six games,
moved them into third place - 13 points behind leaders
Yorkshire.
Skipper Rob Key (pictured), who returned quicker than expected
from a broken finger to lead the side against Essex, will start the
match against Somerset just 95 away from reaching the 15,000-run
milestone in first class cricket.
Match-winner on Sunday Azhar Mahmood could be pressed into
service again following his five-wicket haul in the second innings
against Essex.
Plans to display a replica Spitfire on Tuesday, on loan from the
Imperial War Museum, have been temporarily grounded due to
technical reasons. The county hope it will arrive later this
week.
Tuesday, August 03 2010
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