Kent Cricket News   -------------------------------------------------
http://www.kent.cricket.org   ----------------------- Sun 07 Feb 1999

Mark Ealham with England in Australia

England and Australia will contest the final of the Carlton and 
United Series in Sydney this Wednesday (10 February). The final is 
actually decided by the best of three matches (though only the first two
may be necessary); Wednesday's match plus two games in Melbourne on Friday
12th and Sunday 14th. CricInfo will have full live coverage of the final
and you can follow the progress of the England team and Kent's Mark Ealham
from our tournament homepage.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

New Lime Tree Planted

Kent County Cricket Club have planted a new lime tree on the St
Lawrence Ground at Canterbury. This new tree may eventually replace
the famous old lime that has graced the boundary at the ground for
around 180 years - but there are no plans to chop down the old lime at
present. 

The new tree, a Tilia Platyphyllos, was planted about 25 yards back
from the boundary on Tuesday 2nd February. It is about 18 foot high
and is `rootballed'. This means the tree has its roots partly
encased and then can be pruned two years before any possible
transplantation. The ceremony took place at 10am, led by Mr A Levick, the
President, who was joined by one of the Club's oldest members, E W Swanton
and one of it's youngest, six year old Nathan Perry from Chartham. 

Nearly a hundred members of the Club and the public attended the
occasion and there was considerable media interest.