Rob Key and Robbie Joseph face fitness tests ahead of Kent's LV= County Championship game against Essex
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by Andrew Gidley
Kent are waiting on fitness tests on skipper Rob Key and Robbie
Joseph before naming their side to face Essex in the LV= County
Championship Division 1, which starts at Canterbury
on Thursday.
It’s the first of back-to-back home championship matches at St
Lawrence, with Somerset the visitors in Festival Week which begins
on Tuesday.
They are two vital games in a run of matches which will
determine whether Kent survive or fall after one season back in the
top flight.
They are seven points behind seventh-placed Hampshire, who have
a game in hand, and bottom club Warwickshire still have to visit St
Lawrence.
Head coach Paul Farbrace said: "I think the championship will go
right to the wire and it’s vital we have our best players playing
in every game.
"We haven’t played much championship cricket at Canterbury so we
must make being on home soil count."
Key’s broken finger is progressing well, while Joseph was also
due to have a net on Wednesday after missing the Somerset game
at Taunton last week for more treatment on his shoulder.
Farbrace said: "Rob is making a good recovery but he only did it
20 days ago, so it is still sore."
If Key and Joseph don’t return, then Kent’s depleted resources
mean they are likely to name the same side that held on for a draw
against Somerset.
Thursday, July 29 2010
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