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Quite a remarkable application by him, but at close of play on day 3, Kent were 81-6 in their second innings, hoping to stave off an innings defeat.
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Presumably very, very few batsmen (if any??) have carried their bat in both innings of a first class match. And this chap got as close as it’s possible to get
Third century in three innings. 348 runs to date.
Rest were pretty rubbish (Qadri excepted).
It has happened six times, twice centuries in both innings. The 'close' is rarer, four times, all in England, with centuries in both innings once.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070623.../db/STATS/FC/BATTING/BAT_CARRY_BAT_TWICE.html
Someone has been thinking along the same lines as you!
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First batsman in Kent's long and (sometimes) glorious history to score centuries in their first three innings for them.
Even though he was last out in the second innings, he was on the pitch for every moment of the four days' play - is that a record for this country too? i.e. since an extra (fourth) day was added to matches.
Speaking of Kent cricket, isn't it about time Sam Billings stood down from the club captaincy? He obviously puts his bank balance before his county, as many do, but he's hardly a star of the IPL: there are two better batsmen/wicketkeepers from England out there already, and I see no way Billings is going to be more than a bit player in England one day cricket for the foreseeable future. Perhaps that Kentish Man Rob Key in his new role in English men's cricket might have a quiet word in his ear.
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What does everyone think about the appointment of Rob Key as the new ECB Managing Director?
It’s either going to go horrendously bad or terrifically well. I hope that he could use someone like Nasser as a mentor of sorts as I believe they could work really well together.
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Whistler40145
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Just glad that Ashley Giles has gone
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Quite.
Rob Key will be as good as any and better than a few. Wouldn't have thought that any other pundits that we are used to seeing/hearing in the media would have put their name forward.
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The record for an individual score in a county championship follow-on was almost beaten this afternoon when Tom Haines, the Sussex skipper, compiled 243 against Derbyshire. By one of those strange quirks, the only one ahead of him is Keppler Wessels, who scored 254 for Sussex against Middlesex in 1980 before playing test cricket for both South Africa and Australia!
I thought I caught a glimpse in the Daily Mail on Saturday suggesting that Billings should be the next England test caption?
Xenophon PCDGS
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Caption .... Perhaps
Captain .... Never in a month of Sundays
oops - late night typo
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Rob Key is an interesting choice, in punditry he comes across rather sardonically but also has a lot of interesting insights.
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Key is known to be keen on Buttler taking on the captaincy in white ball cricket, though whether in the immediate future is less sure. Even if Billings had the brain of Mike Brearley, which I think is unlikely, I can't begin to see why he could be in the running for the test captaincy. Stuart Broad has said he can't himself be considered as he's not even in the current team, so where that leaves Billings I've no idea. It's got to be Stokes, just don't expect miracles!
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Is there a better T20 player than Jos Buttler right now? Seven games into this year's IPL and he already has three centuries.
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Lancashire, as in their first match against Kent, put together a very good partnership early in the innings against Gloucestershire, when Dane Vilas joined Josh Bohannon at 234-3 and were not parted until the score reached 437-4, with Vilas making a century before being dismissed and Bohannon making his highest first-class score of a double hundred carrying on until finally falling for 231 and Lancashire finally declared at 556-7, with a lead just over 300.
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if only there was better batting up the test order, he would be lighting up the middle order for England, and also be prime candidate for captain.
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It was an excellent display from Bohannan, calm assured and measured. I've never seen one player pad it away as much as he did during the innings. He has a very good shot selection and unlike many modern players doesn't feel forced to need to have a stab at every ball that is played towards him.
I certainly think Buttler is an ideal no.7 or something, let the top 6 get decent scores hopefully at a steady rate, then someone to come in and have short but valuable partnerships with the tail, playing steady for a small time then an attempt to go T20 mode when it looks like the tail won’t hang around for years on end.
Whistler40145
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It looks pretty certain that the ECB will be appointing Graham Ford as England Head Coach.
This doesn't surprise me, he spent five years at Kent
This doesn't surprise me, he spent five years at Kent
What is interesting is the reason he left the Ireland job:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...ch-ahead-of-usa-and-west-indies-tours-1289734
I'm not certain what coaching England would do for his mental health.
Interesting take on it (23/04/22):
https://www.espn.co.uk/cricket/stor...-emerges-key-contender-england-new-test-coach
This might suit all concerned. An experienced, well-respected coach and a part-time job (well, time when he is not in the spotlight), stabilise the team. A downside might be how much say he would have in the selection of the white ball squad (for instance, after a demanding test match tour, would he be able to influence whether senior players, like Root, Stokes would be pressured into playing for the white ball team)?
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I've got to declare an interest, been a Kent supporter since 1957 (would have been 1956, but Jim Laker's 19 wickets in the Old Trafford test against the Aussies that year made me choose his county, Surrey, momentarily.) If all this turns out to be true, expect Zak Crawley to be groomed to become Test captain within the next couple of years.
Whistler40145
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That leads me to who was the last England Captain from Kent?
Probably Chris Cowdrey
I suppose you could argue - Charlotte Edwards (no specification of gender, captained Kent but not born in the county) or James Tredwell (no specification of type. captained England in a Twenty20 international in 2013). Male tests is probably CS Cowdrey. (At one stage I was thinking DI Gower but Cowdrey was after him as captain).
Xenophon PCDGS
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I like an English Test Match captain to have some "Northern Grit in his mindset."
Ray Illingworth captained England in 31 test matches. Won 12, drawn 14, lost 5.
Ray Illingworth captained England in 31 test matches. Won 12, drawn 14, lost 5.
Whistler40145
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Or another gritty northerner, Brian Close
Len Hutton?
(But, in contrast, Mike Brearley. who seemed to know how to get the best out of players. The Aussies, apparently, choose the best XI then choose the best captain from the XI. I think a case can be made for picking the likes of Close, Illingworth - and Brearley because of their captaincy skills. A counter argument can be made for some - see #7046)