Kent still have everything to play for, insists team director Paul Farbrace
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by Andrew Gidley
Paul Farbrace insists there are no "dead" games
remaining in Kent’s season as they prepare to resume their
Clydesdale Bank 40 campaign against Hampshire Royals at Canterbury
on Sunday.
Back-to-back wins against the Scottish Saltires, before Twenty20
took centre stage in early June, boosted Spitfires’ indifferent
start to the new competition after two defeats by leaders
Warwickshire Bears and wash-outs against Durham Dynamos and Notts
Outlaws.
Team director Farbrace (pictured) said: "None of the games we
have left will be easy. They all have something on them and we
still have an awful lot to play for.
"Hampshire are a good side with quality players but it’s an
important stage in the competition and we want to play well against
them.
"We owe them one, after the defeats in the Championship and our
last t20 game at Canterbury."
Spitfires are third behind Warwickshire and Notts, with six
games to play while the Royals are second bottom, after winning
only two of their six games so far.
Farbrace added: "We have a chance of qualifying and it’s still
an open group. We will be looking to take a lot of confidence from
the way we finished the Twenty20 campaign."
Robbie Joseph is unlikely to be involved at the weekend after he
missed the game against Somerset this week.
He returned against Hampshire at the beginning of the month
after being sidelined for more than a year after shoulder surgery
but Farbrace, asked to elaborate on the reasons for his latest
absence, described him "as not quite right or ready to bowl."
He hopes Joseph will be ready to face Essex at Canterbury in the
LV= County Championship Division 1 game, which starts next
Thursday.
The game on Sunday starts at 1.45pm.
Wednesday, July 21 2010
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