Post by longstop on Aug 1, 2019 19:46:46 GMT
In the preview for the Somerset game, I recall my comment that 6 points from 4 games look a lot better than 4 points from 4 games. I realise now that this is always true as 8 points from 5 games look a lot better than 6 points from 5 games. And so we welcome our high-flying neighbours from Kent. Many said that they would struggle without Matt Henry this season, but they seem to be doing pretty well in the County Championship Division One and now the T20 Blast.
The Kent Spitfires have managed four wins out of four so far in the T20 Blast. You could argue that they have all been fairly narrow wins. The first was the most comfortable by 41 runs over Somerset, who never recovered from a bad start chasing 166. The next two were by 2 wickets over Hampshire and by 22 runs over Essex. In the game at The Oval this week, they were involved in a rain-affected game that was won as Mohammad Nabi scored 43 not out in 12 balls in a silly 7-over game – but, as they say, they all count. As I type this, Kent have knocked a more than decent total against Middlesex to give them a chance of coming to Hove with 5 out of 5.
With no batsmen in the top 30 averages before the Middlesex game, Kent have succeeded by sharing the runs around. Heino Kuhn scored a valuable 50 to see Kent home against Essex and Alex Blake scored 57 not out after the top order failed against Hampshire to bring two points. In the bowling department, Hardus Viljeon and Imran Qayyam have taken wickets and at a rate of just over a run per ball.
The two matches against Kent in the T20 Blast failed to produce a result last year. Can Kent preserve their 100% record or will Sussex lose their undefeated record? We will see.
The Kent Spitfires have managed four wins out of four so far in the T20 Blast. You could argue that they have all been fairly narrow wins. The first was the most comfortable by 41 runs over Somerset, who never recovered from a bad start chasing 166. The next two were by 2 wickets over Hampshire and by 22 runs over Essex. In the game at The Oval this week, they were involved in a rain-affected game that was won as Mohammad Nabi scored 43 not out in 12 balls in a silly 7-over game – but, as they say, they all count. As I type this, Kent have knocked a more than decent total against Middlesex to give them a chance of coming to Hove with 5 out of 5.
With no batsmen in the top 30 averages before the Middlesex game, Kent have succeeded by sharing the runs around. Heino Kuhn scored a valuable 50 to see Kent home against Essex and Alex Blake scored 57 not out after the top order failed against Hampshire to bring two points. In the bowling department, Hardus Viljeon and Imran Qayyam have taken wickets and at a rate of just over a run per ball.
The two matches against Kent in the T20 Blast failed to produce a result last year. Can Kent preserve their 100% record or will Sussex lose their undefeated record? We will see.
