Kent won the match against Sussex by an innings and 25 runs. Bob Willis Trophy 2020
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The match between Kent and Sussex of the Bob Willis Trophy started on 8 August at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, in which Kent beat Sussex by an innings and 25 runs. Sussex batting first after winning the toss, scored 322 runs in their 1st inning, In which B Brown played a half-century inning of 98 runs in 175 balls, J Hildreth 32 runs in 70 balls, Tom Clark also played half-century 65 runs in 104 balls, H Finch 37 runs in 48 balls, Tom Haines 21 runs in 64 balls, Rawlins 20 runs in 19 balls, Philip Salt 19 runs in 19 balls, Jack Carson 16 runs in 34 balls, Henry Crocombe 15 runs in 48 balls, M Claydon unbeaten 14 runs in 37 balls, S Meaker 5 runs in 12 balls, and George Garton 4 runs in 11 balls. In this way, Sussex scored 332 runs in their first inning.
In the first inning of Kent. Kent declared the inning after scoring 530 runs losing a single wicket. Jordan Cox and Jack Leaning both scored excellent unbeaten double centuries inning, Jordan Cox scored 238 in 345 balls and Jack Leaning 220 in 308 balls. Apart from this, D Bell-Drummond scored 43 runs in 75 balls. In this way, Kent scored 530 runs after losing 1 wicket and declared the inning. Now Kent had a lead of 198 runs.
After this Sussex came in the field for there 2nd inning and all wicket after scoring only 173 runs and lost the match by an innings and 25 runs. Sussex was a poor start till to the end, Harry Finch played a half-century inning of 66 runs in 98 balls, Stuart Meaker unbeaten 30 runs in 31 balls, Mitchell Claydon 24 runs off 26 balls, Delray Rawlins 19 runs off 19 balls, Tom Haines scored 17 runs in 53 balls, apart from this, no batsmen did anything, one wicket kept falling after one, as a result, the entire team was all out in just 173 runs and the match was lost by an innings and 25 runs.
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