Date-stamped : 28 Apr97 - 06:19
AXA Life League: Walker in Kent stroll

By Doug Ibbotson at Canterbury

Kent (185-4) bt Derbyshire (184-8) by 6 wkts

KENT, scorching off the grid at six runs  an  over,   made  short
work   of   Derbyshire`s    somewhat    slipshod   challenge   at
Canterbury and coasted home by  six  wickets  with  51  balls  to
spare.

The  two  Matthews,   Fleming   and   Walker,   raised    a    50
partnership  in  the  ninth  over  and Derbyshire`s 184 for eight
began to look indefensible as Walker then  Alan   Wells   reached
half- centuries off 47 and 51 balls respectively.

Walker`s Sunday-best 80 came off 74 balls and  featured 10 fours.

The Derbyshire innings, stricken by four run-outs, owed  much  to
Gul  Khan`s  maiden  half-century  in   the  Sunday  League.  The
former Oxford Blue and Essex batsman compiled  a   polished   and
unbeaten  71 from 93 balls, with five fours and a hooked six  off
Martin McCague.

The self-destruct victims  virtually  lined  up  but   there  was
nothing  sacrificial about the departure of Vince Clarke to a 35-
yard sprint and stunning full-length catch  by   Mark  Ealham  at
long-off.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)

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