Well whatever the talk about if S.Waugh should or should not be here, he opened his Kent account with a sparkling 56* and took a fine catch at square on the off side and supported the Kent team throughout the entier innings almost after Kent were in major trouble at 40ish for 2. S.Waugh made his entrance to a rousing ovation lastting nearly 5 mins; from the 7,500 strong support. Along with all the fireworks that Kent put on. He started slowly taking a while to get off the mark after a long time in the lower figures he started to come into his own and control the game and run quick singles whenever possible, then the highlight of the evening came when he took a few steps down the wicket and hit a monster of a shot over the famous lime tree (clearing it by 20+ foot!) for 6. He then fittingly hit the winning runs to take Kent to a tense win, which was a much needed win to keep in the title hunt and lets hope his super start will continue, when he takes on the same opposition tommorow.
Stevie..Stevie....Stevie Waugh
Well that's enough about Waugh now for a match report
A crowd approaching 8000 got the evening they hoped for as an unbeaten 59 from Steven Waugh helped the Kent Spitfires to a five wicket win on a slow pitch at The St Lawrence Ground.
Having won the toss, the Foxes had no hesitation in taking first knock.
Despite contributions from most of their batsmen, Leicestershire struggled to 168-7 off their 45 overs. As usual, pick of the Kent bowlers was the ever reliable Martin Saggers with 3-22 off his 9 overs. He was well supported by Min Patel with 2-34.
At 52-4, the task of scoring 169 seemed beyond the Spitfires.
However, Waugh and Ealham added 48 for the 5th wicket, and then Waugh and Nixon put together an unbeaten stand of 72, with the Australian captain winning the match with a four off the fourth ball of the last over.
[Edited on 8/21/02 by Rich2001]