Musings about sports in general, & Cricket in particular. With baseball season coming up, will look into that, too. And lots of good cricket in 2007, including the World Cup.
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20030716
Kent finally called a halt to their run spree by declaring on 602-6 against Lancashire at Blackpool - the highest score in a game at Stanley Park.
Following Ed Smith's 203 on the opening day, Matthew Walker made 150 and Mark Ealham 95 for the visitors, who made an early breakthrough as Lancashire reached tea on 14-1. Tony Cottey hit an unbeaten 103 for second-placed Sussex as they tried to surpass Leicestershire's first innings total of 320 at Grace Road. Cottey shared a second wicket stand of 103 with Richard Montgomerie (52) as they reached 261-5, with Phil DeFreitas taking three wickets for the home side. Ashley Giles narrowly missed a century as Warwickshire, totalled 496 against Middlesex at Southgate. The England spinner was last man out, caught by Abdul Razzaq off Chad Keegan for 96, and Middlesex reached 11-0 from three overs before the second rain interruption of the day.
If Kent can continue to perform like this, even before Muralitharan reports for duty, perhaps they can at last make something of the season. At the very least, avoiding relegation looks promising. This may be Murali's last tour of duty in the county side, so let's all enjoy it while we can.
Speaking of enjoyment, or rather the opposite, not many cricket fans can relish the idea of the Bangladesh-Australia Test coming up, unless they are true sadists. For many of us, a mis-match such as this has not been seen in our lifetime, & we can only hope will never be again, at the Test level. I doubt if many Aussie fans will care to follow this one too closely, as it comes downright close to bullying. Not that that's the Aussie's fault! Perhaps there were reasons for the ICC to grant the former East Pakistan Test status at the time they did, but the one-sidedness of this match should be hard to stomach, even for the cricket bureaucrats. This is no knock their fans, who are absolutely terrific & resolutely support their side against the most daunting circumstances. Of course, Australia could lose & I, for one, would be more than happy to eat crow, as it would be one of the most terrific sporting stories ever. It's just not going to happen, though.
4:34 PM
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