Kent Cricket News -----------------------------
www.kent.cricket.org ---------- Sun 06 Sep 1998

SURREY V KENT, SUNDAY LEAGUE, THE OVAL
Surrey won by 41 runs (Surrey 4pts, Kent 0pts)

SURREY 183 for 8 (40 overs)
Batty 38*, A Hollioake 32, Ratcliffe 24
Philips 2-30, McCague 2-35, Fleming 2-43

KENT 142 all out (33.3 overs)
Smith 31, Hooper 26
A Hollioake 4-18, Bell 3-36

A disappointing defeat for Kent in their
penultimate Sunday League game of the season,
losing to a side who had won only one other
game in the 1998 competition and were 
languishing at the bottom of the table.

Surrey scored at a fairly steady rate and
despite losing wickets, a quickfire 50-run
6th wicket between Hollioake and Batty helped
to build their innings of 183 for 8, with three
wickets apiece for Phillips, McCague and
Fleming.

Kent however were unable to build any real
partnerships, the only real entertainment
coming from three sixes, two of them hit by
Hooper and one by McCague.  In the end, with
Kent needing 41 runs from 7 overs, Ben Phillips
was disasterously run out after he and Headley
ended up at the same end.  In the match, 9
batsmen were bowled.

Surrey, as one of the major exponents of
day/night style cricket, play music as each
batsmen comes to the crease (selections 
ranging from "Soul Man" for Carl Hooper,
"Welcome to the House of Fun" for Matthew
Fleming, and most bizarrely, "The Bare
Necessities" for Dean Headley).  In addition
they have named their team The Surrey Lions 
and chosen a man wearing a lion's head as a
mascot.  It is ironic that with all these
marketing strategies Surrey have slumped to
bottom of the Axa League table this year.

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Kent's next home game:

v Somerset, Canterbury, County Championship
Wed 9, Thu 10, Fri 11 and Sat 12 September

Play starts 10.30am with gates opening 9am
Lunch 12.45pm to 1.25 (last day 12.30 to 1.10)
Tea (usually) 3.40 to 4.00 (last day 3.10-3.40)
Close of play 6pm (last day 5.30)

Half hourly reports on BBC Radio Kent.
Tickets £8 adults, £4 concs., £10 per car
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KENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT

It is expected that Kent CCC will announce the
successful candidate amongst the applicants for
the position of "Chief Executive" at the club.

The position will start at the end of the year 
after the current Club Secretary, Stuart
Anderson, retires.  We will bring you news as
soon as we have it.

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