Date-stamped : 26 Aug97 - 03:08
Ward and Fleming see off threat of Caddick

By David Green at Taunton

Kent (81-6) bt Somerset (89-7) by 4 wkts

KENT   maintained   their   challenge for the Sunday League title
with what was finally a comfortable  win  under   Duckworth-Lewis
calcula-  tions.  But  they   had many anxious moments, not least
from Andrew Caddick, one of England`s heroes on Saturday.

After Somerset had faltered to 89 for seven in  what  started, at
4pm,  as   a  25-over  match,  and  then reduced further, through
two showers, to 18 overs, Kent hit real trouble as  Caddick  took
three  wickets for eight.

Graham  Rose  had  the first victim when Matthew Walker hooked to
square leg. Caddick then clipped Alan Wells`s bails,  had  Graham
Cow- drey caught and then yorked Mark Ealham.

Shortly afterwards rain intervened again with Kent wobbling at 16
for four. Their target was revised to 78 off  13  overs  and with
Caddick  and  Rose   unable  to bowl again, each having bowled 20
per cent of the total overs, Kent`s task was simplified.

Some meaty blows from Trevor Ward  and   some   staunch   support
from Matthew Fleming saw them home with four balls remaining.

Somerset`s  innings  never  got  going.  Put in, they began quite
promisingly with Michael Burns hitting Ben  Phillips  over  long-
off into the churchyard, but he holed out a next ball, Wells mak-
ing the catch on the cover boundary.

Simon  Ecclestone,  awarded  is cap yesterday,  was  soon  caught
behind,  and Piran Holloway front-edged to mid-on. Mark Lathwell,
too, went cheaply, caught at extra cover.

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

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