Kent Cricket News -----------------------------
www.kent.cricket.org ---------- Wed 19 Aug 1998

Kent v Worcestershire, County Championship
Day 1 of 4, St.Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

Worcestershire 281 for 6 at close of play
(Rhodes 33*, Lampitt 22*) from 104 overs

Worcestershire won the toss and elected to
bat on a sunny morning in Canterbury - 
adding forty runs in ten overs before losing
their first wicket, Eliot Wilson caught
by Fulton.  There then followed a 64 run
parternship between Weston and Moody; 
terminated by a superb run out of the latter
for 41 by Matthew Fleming.  It was a crucial
wicket shortly before lunch for Kent, as 
Moody had looked settled and already hit seven
boundaries.

Solanki survived until thirty minutes after
the interval before he played on to a ball
from Dean Headley and was bowled middle-stump.

Weston, top scorer of the innings so far, put
together a very patient 60; it took him the
best part of four hours to accumulate the runs,
from 151 balls including nine boundaries.
Ed Smith took an excellent catch at mid-on to
dismiss him.

Leatherdale and Hafeez put up the main 
resistance during the afternoon adding
55 for the fifth.  Both of them departed, 
caught behind, midway through the evening 
session.

It was left to Rhodes and Lampitt to bat out
the rest of the day as Worcestershire ended
in a promising position on 281 for 6 - Kent
will want to see the back of the tail end
batsmen early tomorrow morning.

Scorecard plus a full report from "The Daily 
Telegraph" will be available on CricInfo soon.

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Information for Spectators (Day 2 - 20th Aug)

Play from 11am to 6.30pm (gates open 9am)
Entrance: £8 adults, £4 concs, £10 car-park
104 overs per day, Lunch 1.15pm Tea 4.10 
Weather Forecast: Dry, some sunshine, 
                  light W breeze

Reports on BBC Radio Kent at these times (BST)
(96.7 and 104.2FM, 774 and 1602 AM)

1104, 1125, 1204, 1225, 1304*, 1404, 1428,
1504, 1525, 1604, 1625, 1655, 1725*, 1755*,
1825*, 1904 (* indicates a full sports desk)

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