County Championship: 15 wickets fall on day one of Sussex against Kent
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Kent skipper Sam Northeast, who made 44, is averaging 84.07 with the bat this season
Specsavers County Championship Division Two, 1st Central County Ground, day one |
Sussex 180: Brown 54; Viljoen 3-70 |
Kent 211-5: Billings 64, Denly 48; Magoffin 3-57 |
Sussex 1 pt, Kent 4 pts |
Sussex were skittled for 180 as wickets tumbled on a frantic opening day of the County Championship match against Kent.
The hosts slumped to 70-6 at Hove before Ben Brown's 54 and lower-order runs from Ollie Robinson (32) and Ajmal Shahzad (26) aided a slight recovery.
South African paceman Hardus Viljoen was the pick of the bowlers with 3-70.
Kent closed 31 ahead on 211-5, Joe Denly making 48 and Sam Billings an attacking 64, while Australian seamer Steve Magoffin took three wickets.
- Published15 May 2018
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