Sussex v Kent
Kent and Sussex went into the match with a faint glimmer of hope of qualification, however Kent throw the chance away without the help of any of the other sides they were relying on as the batting that has been the strong suit so far crumbled to a disciplined Sussex attack that saw each bowler take a wicket and Mushtaq Ahmed being a particular standout ending with figures of 2/12 from his 4 overs.
Kent lost wickets regularly and never really got going with the best partnership of the innings being an abysmal 27 between Mark Ealham 22 (18) and Ed Smith 9 (12). Kent completed a bad day at the office by completing the cardinal sin of failing to bat their full allotment of overs as they were bowled out for just 114.
Sussex in reply required just 115 to win at a 5.75 an over. However the Kent bowlers put up a bit more fight as they reduced the home side to 2/6 inside the first two overs of the reply. However that's where any chances of a win were destroyed as Baz Zuiderent and Chris Adams shared in a fine 80 run partnership that all but saw the Sharks home under the floodlights at Hove. However the home side had a slight anxious feeling as Baz Zuiderent and Robert Martin-Jenkins both departed in quick succession and then the linchpin of the innings Chris Adams fell just a few runs from victory, however no more wickets fell as Sussex wrapped up an regulation victory.
Twenty20 Cup, 2003, South Division
Sussex v Kent
County Ground, Hove (day/night)
24 June 2003 (20-over match)
Result: Sussex won by 5 wickets
Points: Sussex 2, Kent 0
Toss: Kent
Umpires: TE Jesty and JF Steele
Man of the Match: B Zuiderent
Kent innings (20 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
A Symonds b Lewry 14 10 10 3 0
JC Tredwell b Kirtley 0 5 4 0 0
MA Ealham c Goodwin b Martin-Jenkins 22 28 18 3 0
MJ Walker c Ambrose b Lewry 15 8 11 1 1
ET Smith run out 9 20 12 0 0
+GO Jones b Mushtaq Ahmed 0 1 1 0 0
MA Carberry c Kirtley b Davis 3 6 8 0 0
*DP Fulton c Ambrose b Lewry 15 27 22 1 0
MJ Dennington c Ambrose b Mushtaq Ahmed 4 6 9 0 0
Mohammad Sami lbw b Martin-Jenkins 8 11 12 0 0
A Sheriyar not out 9 5 6 1 0
Extras (lb 4, w 11) 15
Total (all out, 18.5 overs) 114
FoW: 1-13 (Tredwell), 2-22 (Symonds), 3-40 (Walker),
4-67 (Ealham), 5-67 (Jones), 6-71 (Smith), 7-76 (Carberry),
8-83 (Dennington), 9-102 (Mohammad Sami), 10-114 (Fulton).
Bowling O M R W
Lewry 3.5 0 34 3 (1w)
Kirtley 3 0 22 1 (3w)
Martin-Jenkins 4 0 21 2 (2w)
Mushtaq Ahmed 4 0 12 2 (2w)
Davis 4 0 21 1 (1w)
Sussex innings (target: 115 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4 6
MJ Prior c Walker b Sheriyar 3 1 4 0 0
B Zuiderent run out 42 39 32 4 1
MW Goodwin lbw b Dennington 1 1 4 0 0
*CJ Adams c Carberry b Mohammad Sami 34 46 33 3 2
RSC Martin-Jenkins c Symonds b Ealham 3 6 7 0 0
+TR Ambrose not out 6 11 10 0 0
KJ Innes not out 5 7 7 1 0
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 12, nb 4) 21
Total (5 wickets, 15.5 overs) 115
DNB: MJG Davis, Mushtaq Ahmed, RJ Kirtley, JD Lewry.
FoW: 1-4 (Prior), 2-6 (Goodwin), 3-86 (Zuiderent),
4-101 (Martin-Jenkins), 5-107 (Adams).
Bowling O M R W
Sheriyar 3 0 18 1 (3w)
Dennington 4 0 22 1 (1w)
Symonds 1 0 18 0 (4w)
Tredwell 1 0 12 0
Mohammad Sami 3.5 0 23 1 (2nb, 1w)
Ealham 3 0 17 1
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