Date-stamped : 08 Jul94 - 18:27
CC: Kent v Yorkshire, Maidstone, 30 Jun - 4 Jul 94 

====> Day 4, 4 Jul 94
PATEL SPINS INTO TEST CONTENTION

Raymond Illingworth's assertion on Radio 5 last  night  that  the
England  team  are  as  yet  only  on the fringes of spin bowling
should give Min Patel great heart today.   The  24-year-old  slow
left-armer  did his England prospects no end of good by producing
a devastating spell of three for 14 in 12 balls  to  finish  with
five  for  68 in Kent's 175-run win over Yorkshire at Maidstone -
their first win of the season in the  Britannic  Assurance  Cham-
pionship.   The visitors' slump followed the exit of skipper Mar-
tyn Moxon for 122, his first  championship  ton  of  the  season.
Moxon gained good support from Richie Richardson as they shared a
third wicket stand of 94 in 18 overs.  But having  reached  lunch
at 194 for three, Patel snapped up five wickets in an innings for
the fifth time this season to take his total of  wickets  to  56.
If  Illingworth  is serious about fielding an England side with a
balanced attack, and finding spinners who can win matches in  the
same  way  Australia's  Shane  Warne  and Tim May can, then Patel
should soon find himself in the Test reckoning sooner rather than
later.

(Extracted from a Press Association Report)
<END> Contributed by Vicky (VIGNESWA@*umass.edu)