Kent Spitfires finish Friends Provident t20 campaign on winning note
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Kent Spitfires ended their Friends Provident t20 campaign with
an impressive 59-run victory over Somerset Sabres at Taunton on
Sunday.
However, Essex's defeat against Middlesex means Somerset finish
top of the South Group and meet Northants in the last eight, while
Kent finish a disappointing seventh - with seven wins from their 16
games.
An impressive bowling display saw the Sabres dismissed for just
82 chasing 142 to win. It was the lowest Twenty20 score in their
history.
Opener Joe Denly (pictured) made 65 as Kent were bowled out
for 141, with Darren Stevens (39) the only other man to make double
figures.
After Kent won the toss they were reduced to 61-4 before a
fifth-wicket stand of 63 between Denly and Stevens.
When Stevens fell it sparked a collapse that saw Kent lose their
last six wickets for 17 runs as Alfonso Thomas - the leading
wicket-taker in the FP t20 - picked up 3-21.
Marcus Trescothick (12) hit three fours in the opening over of
the hosts' reply but in clipping Stevens to mid-wicket, he set the
tone for the Sabres' poor reply.
Simon Cook (3-13) and James Tredwell (3-13) ran through the
middle order as Somerset were brushed aside.
Where did Kent's Friends Provident t20 campaign go
wrong? Have your say below.
Monday, July 19 2010
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