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LONDON, May 16: England discard Robert Key scored his second century of the match on Sunday as Kent comprehensively defeated New Zealand by nine wickets at Canterbury.
Key, who scored 114 in Kent's first innings, added an unbeaten 117 on the fourth day of the tourists' final match before the first Test starts at Lord's on Thursday. New Zealand opener Mark Richardson, who started his career as a left-arm spinner, took the only wicket to fall, dismissing David Fulton for 67.
Scoreboard
NEW ZEALAND (1st Innings):
M.H. Richardson b Stiff 92
M.H.W. Papps lbw b Stiff 126
N.J. Astle c Fulton b Patel 48
S.B. Styris c Walker b Khan 32
C.D. McMillan c Jones b Khan 0
B.B. McCullum lbw b Patel 4
C.L. Cairns c Smith b Patel 54
D.L. Vettori c Jones b Patel 9
D.R. Tuffey b Patel 5
S.E. Bond c Jones b Stiff 0
C.S. Martin not out 1
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-9, W-1, NB-20) 38
TOTAL (all out, 114.3 overs) 409
FALL OF WKTS: 1-244, 2-253, 3-330, 4-334, 5-339, 6-342, 7-386, 8-405, 9-405.
BOWLING: Sheriyar 28-8-94-0 (1w); Khan 28-7-106-2; Stiff 20-2-88-0 (20nb); Ferley 16-3-48-0; Patel 22.3-3-56-5.
KENT (1st Innings):
D.P. Fulton c Tuffey b Martin 9
R.W.T. Key c McCullum b Vettori 114
E.T. Smith c Tuffey b Cairns 7
M.J. Walker c McCullum b Tuffey 32
M.A. Carberry c McCullum b Martin 75
G.O. Jones c Bond b Martin 101
M.M. Patel st McCullum b Vettori 44
R.S. Ferley lbw b Bond 1
A. Khan c Bond b Martin 16
D.A. Stiff not out 3
A. Sheriyar not out 4
EXTRAS (LB-12, W-1, NB-13) 26
TOTAL (for nine wkts decl, 91 overs) 432
BOWLING: Tuffey 23-2-76-1 (1nb); Martin 21-3-92-4 (1nb, 1w); Bond 16-0-77-1 (6nb); Cairns 11-2-44-1 (4nb); Vettori 15-1-100-2; Styris 4-0-26-0; McMillan 1-0-5-0.
NEW ZEALAND (2nd Innings):
M.H. Richardson c Carberry b Khan 15
M.H.W. Papps lbw b Khan 2
N.J. Astle b Khan 0
S.B. Styris lbw b Khan 12
C.D. McMillan lbw b Ferley 12
B.B. McCullum b Stiff 25
C.L. Cairns st Jones b Ferley 73
D.L. Vettori b Patel 40
D.R. Tuffey c Jones b Sheriyar 9
S.E. Bond c Carberry b Sheriyar 7
C.S. Martin not out 0
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-4, W-4, NB-6) 16
TOTAL (all out, 52.4 overs) 211
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-8, 3-24, 4-41, 5-41, 6-81, 7-130, 8-158, 9-178.
BOWLING: Sheriyar 15-2-45-2 (1nb, 2w); Khan 11-2-50-4; Ferley 7.4-1-23-2 (1w); Stiff 6-1-32-1 (5nb, 1w); Patel 13-1-55-1.
KENT (2nd Innings):
D.P. Fulton st McCullum b Richardson 67
R.W.T. Key not out 117
E.T. Smith not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-4) 4
TOTAL (for one wkt, 51 overs) 189
FALL OF WKT: 1-174.
BOWLING: Tuffey 10-4-24-0; Martin 10-1-28-0; Cairns 5-1-11-0; Styris 7-0-35-0; Vettori 8-0-43-0; McMillan 6-2-20-0; Richardson 5-0-24-1.
RESULT: Kent won by nine wickets.
UMPIRES: R.T. Robinson and G. Sharp. -Reuters
