Geraint Jones bats for three hours on final day to save Kent from defeat against Somerset at Taunton
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Geraint Jones batted for nearly
three hours on the final day to help Kent to a rain-affected draw
at Somerset on Friday.
Jones (pictured) scored 47 from
150 balls before he was dismissed nine balls before the scheduled
close at Taunton in the LV= County Championship Division 1.
A result looked unlikely after rain
wiped out the third day’s play but Kent collapsed from 67-0 to
134-5 to give the hosts hope of claiming victory with more than 20
overs left in the day.
Kent held the upper hand after the
opening day as Darren Stevens (4-38) checked a bright Somerset
start and helped reduce them to 118-7. But 44 from Zander de Bruyn
helped Somerset recover to 205 on day two.
Kent’s reply showed similar early
promise but Joe Denly’s 34 proved to be the top score and they
collapsed from 76-1 to 172.
Somerset had fewer problems second
time around, racing to 301-7 in 54 overs before declaring.
Marcus Trescothick scored 80 from 101
balls while all of the Kent attack came in for some punishment with
Matt Coles the most successful bowler, taking 3-73 in 13 overs.
Makeshift opener Sam Northeast (40)
posted his second decent score of the game as Kent looked to be
cruising to a draw in reply but a flurry of wickets meant James
Tredwell and then Coles had to occupy the crease with Jones to help
save them from defeat as they reached 191-7.
Sunday, July 25 2010
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