Post by longstop on Apr 20, 2019 8:37:50 GMT
After making the perfect start with a win over much-fancied Surrey on Good Friday, Sussex travel up the road to face Kent at Beckenham. The three results in this year’s competitive season have progressed, some would argue, from disastrous to decent to outstanding.
Kent have started the Royal London Cup badly. After scoring 504 in the first innings in the County Championship at Edgbaston to beat Warwickshire, they have slipped to two defeats in the RLODC with defeats at home to Hampshire and away to Somerset. The latter of those two defeats was by a whopping 264 run margin as Kent were rattled out for 94 in reply to Somerset’s 358.
However, we all know that these one-day games can turn on a bad half hour or even one incident. David Wiese’s suicidal run would have ended in a run out if Tom Curran’s aim was an inch more accurate and that would probably have led to a Surrey win.
Kent’s bowlers in the two RLODC games that they have played have been expensive. Matthew Milnes has picked up seven wickets, including, five against Hampshire although they have come at a price. In the batting department, Kent’s top half have disappointed in both games as it was left to Stevens, Podmore and Milnes to bring respectability to their defeat against Hampshire.
After three consecutive years of attaining sub-200 scores against Kent and losing heavily, Sussex have won the last two encounters chasing down 331 and 188 with plenty of wickets to spare. At Hove last year, only Daniel Bell-Drummond with 90 provided any resistance as Kent slumped to 188 all out. Ollie Robinson and Danny Briggs shared three wickets each. Sussex reached the target comfortably with 50s from Luke Wells and Ben Brown.
After recent poor performances in the RLODC by Sussex, it might come as a pleasant surprise to see two wins from the first two games. Can Sussex get a second win over the Easter break? We will see.
Kent have started the Royal London Cup badly. After scoring 504 in the first innings in the County Championship at Edgbaston to beat Warwickshire, they have slipped to two defeats in the RLODC with defeats at home to Hampshire and away to Somerset. The latter of those two defeats was by a whopping 264 run margin as Kent were rattled out for 94 in reply to Somerset’s 358.
However, we all know that these one-day games can turn on a bad half hour or even one incident. David Wiese’s suicidal run would have ended in a run out if Tom Curran’s aim was an inch more accurate and that would probably have led to a Surrey win.
Kent’s bowlers in the two RLODC games that they have played have been expensive. Matthew Milnes has picked up seven wickets, including, five against Hampshire although they have come at a price. In the batting department, Kent’s top half have disappointed in both games as it was left to Stevens, Podmore and Milnes to bring respectability to their defeat against Hampshire.
After three consecutive years of attaining sub-200 scores against Kent and losing heavily, Sussex have won the last two encounters chasing down 331 and 188 with plenty of wickets to spare. At Hove last year, only Daniel Bell-Drummond with 90 provided any resistance as Kent slumped to 188 all out. Ollie Robinson and Danny Briggs shared three wickets each. Sussex reached the target comfortably with 50s from Luke Wells and Ben Brown.
After recent poor performances in the RLODC by Sussex, it might come as a pleasant surprise to see two wins from the first two games. Can Sussex get a second win over the Easter break? We will see.
