Date-stamped : 03 May97 - 06:14
Kent v Sussex

Kent (154-4) bt Sussex (153) by 6 wkts

THERE are landslides and landslides. In  the  light  of overnight
events,  Kent`s  untroubled   victory  at  Canterbury was perhaps
but a ripple yet,  reducing  Sussex  to  60  for  six,  they  had
effectively  won  a  tame contest  inside  the  first  two hours,
writes Neville Scott.

On a quick pitch with a   little   uneven   tufted   grass,  Kent
seamers,  gold  award  winner  Dean  Headley  the  best  of them,
repeatedly peppered batsmen`s thighs with  off-   cutters  before
Paul Strang, aided by  superb  catching,  claimed  four wickets.

Only the keen-hitting Paul Jarvis, last out, who passed a  maiden
one-day  fifty on his way to 63  from  61  balls, even threatened
a defendable total though few  counties,  in  truth,  would  have
prospered  against such  a  formidably  tight all round attack in
the conditions.

With Sussex`s early bowling inaccurate, a Kent collapse was never
remotely   likely   and  Matthew  Walker,  opening, stayed to hit
the winning runs. His  astute  69  from  113  balls  brought  the
in-form  left-hander  his fourth one-day fifty in as many innings
this season.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)

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