Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Dickson signs long-term deal
ROYAL LONDON ONE-DAY CUP Quarter-final KENT v YORKSHIRE
Yorkshire A Lyth c Billings b Coles ....................88 AZ Lees c Blake b Claydon ..................7 JE Root c Blake b Hartley ..................45 JM Bairstow c Bell-drummond b Hartley.. 9 GS Ballance run out ..........................37 TT Bresnan c Northeast b Gidman .....10 DJ Willey c Billings b Gidman ..............0 LE Plunkett c Northeast b Coles ........16 AU Rashid not out .............................24 Azeem Rafiq b Coles ...........................1 SA Patterson not out ...........................3 Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 8, nb 2) ...............16
Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 256
Fall: 1-27, 2-117, 3-140, 4-167, 5-191, 6-192, 7-219, 8-237, 9-241. Bowling: ME Claydon 10-0-65-1, MT Coles 10-1-39-3, DI Stevens 3-0-16-0, WRS Gidman 7-0-36-2, JC Tredwell Sean Dickson has pledged his future to Kent by signing a long-term contract extension with the club.
The 24-year-old batsman achieved his career best score this season – 207 not out in the Specsavers County Championship win at Derbyshire – and averages 49.75 this campaign in red-ball cricket.
Dickson said: “I’ve enjoyed my time at Kent so far and I had no hesitation in extending my contract. The club gave me a great opportunity and I’d like to think there’s more to come from me.
“There’s a good bunch of guys in the dressing room and I’m confident we can win trophies together.”
Academy graduate Zak Crawley, 18, has
Kent DJ Bell-drummond lbw b Willey..........2 JL Denly c Willey b Plunkett ..............31 SA Northeast c Ballance b Plunkett ...23 SW Billings lbw b Patterson ................1 DI Stevens c&b Plunkett....................54 AJ Blake c Bairstow b Willey .............50 WRS Gidman c&b Plunkett ................19 MT Coles st Bairstow b Rashid ..........22 JC Tredwell lbw b Willey ...................17 CF Hartley lbw b Rashid ....................15 ME Claydon not out .............................2 Extras (b 2, lb 3, w 2, nb 2) .................9
Total (all out, 47.5 overs) 245
Fall: 1-3, 2-53, 3-54, 4-66, 5-152, 6-180, 7-191, 8-212, 9-241, 10-245. Bowling: TT Bresnan 10-1-45-0, DJ Willey 8.5-1-34-3, LE Plunkett 10-0-524, SA Patterson 6-0-25-1, AU Rashid 8-0-43-2, Azeem Rafiq 5-0-41-0. Yorkshire won by 11 runs Umpires: NA Mallender and AG Wharf. also earned a contract extension.
promotion chase in Specsavers County Championship Division 2 was finely poised ahead of this week’s round of games.
Third-placed Kent are up against Gloucestershire at Bristol (Tuesday start) seeking to close a 24-point gap to leaders Essex in their final four fixtures – the last of which is against Essex at Canterbury.
Essex are in action against second-placed Leicestershire, who began the week just a point ahead of Kent.
On Wednesday (August 31) Kent face Sussex at Hove in their final four-day away game, with Northants visiting Beckenham next month (September 6) before Essex head to Canterbury on September 20.