Date-stamped : 05 May97 - 06:15
Cowdrey`s blows good for Kent

By Peter Deeley at Canterbury

Kent (193-8) bt Surrey (181-8) by 12 runs

AN innings of rare power by Graham Cowdrey saw Kent   to  victory
over  Surrey,  the Sunday League champions, in a  contest reduced
by rain to 25 overs a side.

Cowdrey hit 82 off 46 balls,  with  seven  boundaries   and  five
sixes.  Three  of  his   sixes  came  in  Adam  Hollioake`s final
over in the space of five balls and Cowdrey was caught under  the
famous Canterbury tree off the final delivery.

That blistering attack dented Hollioake`s  figures  but he  still
finished with a Sunday best five for 38  off  his  five overs.

With Alec Stewart sporting two  bruised   fingers,   James  Knott
stepped  up  behind  the stumps for his Sunday debut  and, on the
ground where his father, Alan, was  a   revered   figure,  showed
much similar skill and athleticism.

Young   Knott,   21,   shared   in   the   first     two     Kent
dismissals  and then scored a brisk 22 when  Surrey  took  up the
run chase.

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

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