a2958	Somerset v Kent
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1981 (Group C)
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 21st May 1981 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 5 wickets
Points	Somerset 2; Kent 0
Umpires	DJ Halfyard, AGT Whitehead
Player of the Match	IT Botham

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Kent innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RA Woolmer	c and b Breakwell	64
MR Benson	c Lloyds b Breakwell	30
CJ Tavaré	run out	1
CS Cowdrey	run out	5
*Asif Iqbal	c Botham b Dredge	14
JN Shepherd	c Moseley b Dredge	16
+APE Knott	b Botham	8
GW Johnson	run out	19
GR Dilley	run out	8
DL Underwood	b Garner	0
KBS Jarvis	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 54.1 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-79, 3-103, 4-106, 5-131, 6-141, 7-147, 8-171, 9-172, 10-172 (54.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Garner	10.1	2	18	1	-	-	61.00	1.77
Botham	11	1	32	1	-	-	66.00	2.91
Moseley	11	2	36	0	-	-	-	3.27
Dredge	11	0	42	2	-	-	33.00	3.82
Breakwell	11	2	37	2	-	-	33.00	3.36

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*BC Rose	lbw b Johnson	35
PW Denning	c Cowdrey b Jarvis	25
IVA Richards	b Johnson	17
PM Roebuck	run out	10
IT Botham	not out	57
JW Lloyds	c Knott b Shepherd	5
+DJS Taylor	not out	14
D Breakwell	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 48.4 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-67, 3-94, 4-96, 5-108

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Dilley	7.4	0	40	0	-	-	-	5.22
Shepherd	11	0	37	1	-	-	66.00	3.36
Jarvis	9	2	32	1	-	-	54.00	3.56
Johnson	11	2	18	2	-	-	33.00	1.64
Underwood	5	0	25	0	-	-	-	5.00
Woolmer	5	0	11	0	-	-	-	2.20

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