England May 7 -- Unwanted Sri Lankan all-rounder Chaminda Vaas came up with yet another champion performance when he shone both with bat and ball in Northamptonshire’s five-wickets win over Kent in their English County Championship game at Canterbury, here today.
Vaas bagged 2 for 70 in Kent’s first innings score of 280 and then came up with knock of 66 with nine fours in 132 balls to help his side to make a massive 493 runs in their first innings.
The former Lankan seamer was among the wickets in the second innings too. In Kent’s second innings Vaas captured 3 for 70 in 19 overs to restrict them to 320 run this time. Northamptonshire chasing 108 for a win achieved their target after losing five wickets.
Kent 280 (Robert Key 50, M van Jaarsveld 67, Chaminda Vaas 2 for 70, J.A. Brooks 2 for 71, L.M. Daggett 2 for 50, JD Middlebrook 3 for 42) and 320 (D.A. Stevens 143, Chaminda Vaas 3 for 70, J.A. Brooks 3 for 56)
Northamptonshire 493 (Andrew Hall 100, NJ O’Brien 62, Chaminda Vaas 66, N.C. Sakar 3 for 111) and 108 for 5 (M.B. Loye 21, R.A. White 40, J.C. Tredwell 3 for 41) |
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