f43702 cc18977	Kent v Lancashire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th May 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent 5 (Bowling 2); Lancashire 10 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	GI Burgess, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 90/3 (Atherton 42*; 36.5 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 419/8 (Hegg 51*, Martin 2*; 146 overs)
Close of play day 3	Kent (2) 343/3 (Hooper 147*, Wells 13*; 94 overs)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Fulton	c Hegg b Flintoff	25
RWT Key	c Fairbrother b Martin	7
TR Ward	b Wasim Akram	6
CL Hooper	c Watkinson b Martin	4
AP Wells	c Atherton b Austin	20
MA Ealham	c Wasim Akram b Keedy	73
MV Fleming	c Martin b Austin	7
*+SA Marsh	c Fairbrother b Martin	12
BJ Phillips	c Flintoff b Watkinson	7
DW Headley	b Keedy	10
MM Patel	not out	6
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-21, 3-28, 4-61, 5-65, 6-73, 7-103, 8-167, 9-177, 10-186 (73 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wasim Akram	19	5	45	1	-	-
Martin	16	4	37	3	-	-
Austin	15	1	56	2	-	-
Flintoff	7	4	13	1	-	-
Watkinson	6	1	17	1	-	-
Keedy	10	6	13	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NT Wood	c Marsh b Hooper	27
MA Atherton	c Hooper b Fleming	152
JP Crawley	c Marsh b Patel	0
NH Fairbrother	b Hooper	16
A Flintoff	b Hooper	42
M Watkinson	c Fleming b Phillips	87
+WK Hegg	c Fulton b Headley	64
*Wasim Akram	c Fulton b Fleming	7
ID Austin	b Patel	7
PJ Martin	c Marsh b Headley	11
G Keedy	not out	4
Extras	(13 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	28
Total	(all out, 157.3 overs)	445
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-65, 3-90, 4-175, 5-301, 6-386, 7-394, 8-417, 9-440, 10-445 (157.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Headley	33.3	4	105	2	-	-
Phillips	19	6	59	1	-	-
Fleming	19	3	51	2	-	-
Ealham	18	9	36	0	-	-
Hooper	38	9	92	3	-	-
Patel	30	8	80	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Fulton	lbw b Martin	96
RWT Key	c Hegg b Martin	41
TR Ward	c Flintoff b Watkinson	19
CL Hooper	c Fairbrother b Watkinson	203
AP Wells	c Atherton b Martin	35
MA Ealham	b Keedy	22
MV Fleming	b Watkinson	2
*+SA Marsh	not out	50
BJ Phillips	c Wood b Keedy	4
DW Headley	run out	0
MM Patel	b Watkinson	5
Extras	(11 b, 19 lb, 4 nb, 6 w)	40
Total	(all out, 137.5 overs)	517
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-124, 3-257, 4-398, 5-443, 6-450, 7-464, 8-497, 9-505, 10-517 (137.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wasim Akram	14	1	51	0	-	-
Martin	31	5	74	3	-	-
Austin	26	6	104	0	-	-
Keedy	36	7	134	2	-	-
Watkinson	23.5	1	94	4	-	-
Flintoff	7	0	30	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NT Wood	c Hooper b Headley	12
MA Atherton	lbw b Headley	2
JP Crawley	not out	45
NH Fairbrother	not out	52
PJ Martin	did not bat
A Flintoff	did not bat
M Watkinson	did not bat
*Wasim Akram	did not bat
+WK Hegg	did not bat
ID Austin	did not bat
G Keedy	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(2 wickets, 50 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-24

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Headley	8	6	3	2	-	-
Phillips	5	0	16	0	-	-
Fleming	2	0	9	0	-	-
Patel	17	4	40	0	-	-
Hooper	14	6	26	0	-	-
Ealham	3	0	22	0	-	-
Key	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Lancashire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 345-5
--> MA Ealham (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> MM Patel (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> RWT Key (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in first-class matches
--> RWT Key (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> BJ Phillips reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> PJ Martin reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent second innings

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MA Atherton 152 (404 balls 14x4)

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