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KENT v
SURREY at Canterbury (CC1), 19-22 JULY 2002
As Surrey seek their hundredth championship win against Kent,
higher on the agenda is the apparent falling out between Graham Thorpe and Keith
Medlycott. Thorpe who asked to be rested on Wednesday, but to be included
for tomorrow's game, does not see his name added to the squad. Whilst it
may seem a gamble to play Rikki Clarke ahead of the 32-year-old England
left-hander, Clarke's emergence has been a revelation and his inclusion will
only draw attention to the faith Surrey have in the youngster who could yet
attend the England Academy in Adelaide this winter.
One of last winter's intake, Robert Key, has been Kent's
leading run-maker so far in the championship. But in a summer dominated by
the bat 626 runs at an average of 39.12 falls a little short. Smith,
Nixon, Symonds and Fulton are all averaging more than 36, though. But, in
an attempt to shore up the batting James Hockley has been drafted in to replace
Matthew Walker who has not repeated the encouraging form he showed in 2001.
Kent's bowling will hold more fears for the visitors.
Mark Saggers and Amjad Khan have both claimed three five-fers in this season's
County Championship, plus Min Patel and Mark Ealham have shown admirable
control. 24-year-old David Masters is likely to be preferred to Matthew
Fleming.
Kent can always be relied upon to put up a fight and at Canterbury, where Surrey
have not won since 1989, they will be a far greater threat than earlier this
season when they were beaten inside three days at The Oval. If Saggers and
Khan can be tamed, Surrey could just sneak a win.
The only change to the eleven that lost to Warwickshire is the dropping of
Nadeem Shahid in favour of Mark Butcher, who needs to try out his knee injury
ahead of next week's Lord's Test. Graham Thorpe is reportedly omitted from
the side for Canterbury, despite putting in a request to play. Alec
Stewart and Alex Tudor are being rested on the orders of the England management
and Martin Bicknell is out with a broken wrist.
D Fulton (capt), R Key, E Smith, A Symonds, J Hockley, P Nixon (wk), M Ealham, M
Patel, A Khan, M Saggers and D Masters.
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12-15 Jun 2002 |
Won By 9 Wickets |
The Oval |
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16-19 Aug 2001 |
Match Drawn |
Canterbury |
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20-23 Apr 2001 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
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23-26 May 2000 |
Match Drawn |
Canterbury |
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11-14 May 2000 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
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2-5 Jun 1999 |
Won By An Innings & 28 Runs |
Tunbridge Wells |
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29-31 May 1998 |
Won By An Innings & 30 Runs |
The Oval |
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18-20 Sep 1997 |
Lost By 5 Wickets |
Canterbury |
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9-13 May 1996 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
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3-7 Aug 1995 |
Match Drawn |
Canterbury |
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15-19 Sep 1994 |
Match Drawn |
The Oval |
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5-9 Aug 1993 |
Match Drawn |
Canterbury |
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14-16 Jul 1992 |
Lost By 72 Runs |
Guildford |
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