da brwin： Seamer Andre Adams helped Nottinghamshire get their Championshipchallenge off to a perfect start as they completed a comprehensive victory overKent with more than a day to spare
da bet7： 17-Apr-2010
ScorecardAndre Adams finished with seven wickets in the game as Nottinghamshire completed a crushing victory over Kent•PA Photos
Seamer Andre Adams helped Nottinghamshire get their Championshipchallenge off to a perfect start as they completed a comprehensive victory overKent with more than a day to spare.The Kiwi followed his four-wicket haul from Kent’s first innings with 3 for78 as the visitors were bowled out for 224, handing Nottinghamshire a win by an inningsand 32 runs.Adams was ably assisted by Luke Fletcher (3 for 43), who took the keywickets of Geraint Jones and Martin van Jaarsveld early on as Kent collapsed to72 for 5. England one-day opener Joe Denly made 37 before he was lbw to Adams with thefirst ball after lunch, and Samit Patel wrapped up the win before tea with thewicket of Amjad Khan.Kent began the day requiring another 205 runs to make Nottinghamshire bat again, anunlikely prospect given the way their line-up had collapsed during their firstinnings. It proved to be a similar story the second time around as Fletcher combinedwith Ryan Sidebottom in a tight opening hour, before Fletcher struck twice inconsecutive overs.First Jones drove at a ball that bounced on him to edge to Adams at third slipfor a sharp catch, and then key Kent batsman van Jaarsveld was lbw to a ballthat kept a fraction low.Sidebottom followed up by removing nightwatchman Philip Edwards in the nextover as the batsman, set up with a succession of short deliveries, pulledanother straight to Mark Wagh at mid-on. Denly and Sam Northeast held out for an hour before wicketkeeper Chris Read brilliantly stumped Northeast off the bowling of Patel from the last ball of the morning session.Once Adams saw off Denly at the start of the second session, the writing was onthe wall for the visitors, and while tail-enders Azhar Mahmood, Matthew Colesand Khan swung merrily with the bat to hit a few boundaries, the result wasnever in doubt. Khan was last to go, bowled by Patel, with Stevens left unbeaten on 42 notout.
