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- BBC News
Open road crashes lead to Manx Grand Prix qualifying delay
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Geddes and Hollman lead Middlesex to win over Kent
Metro Bank One-Day Cup, Brunton Memorial Ground, RadlettKent 279-6 (50 overs): Leaning 63*, Benjamin 50; Brookes 3-47, Morgan 3-63Middlesex 283-4 (45 overs): Geddes 141*, Hollman 77*Middlesex won by six wicketsMatch scorecard Ben Geddes and Luke Hollman hit career-bests as Middlesex raced to a six-wicket win over strugglers Kent at Radlett to keep alive their hopes of a place in the knockout stages of the One-Day led the way with an unbeaten 141 - his first century in List-A cricket - while Hollman (77 not out) made his maiden half-century in the format, the pair sharing a record unbroken stand of 195 for the fifth wicket as the hosts chased down a target of 280 with five overs to 279-6 was built around an unbeaten 63 for Jack Leaning and 50 for Chris Benjamin, the former sharing a stand of 81 in nine overs with debutant Corey Flintoff, son of former England all-rounder Andrew, who impressed with an unbeaten 29. Henry Brookes and Middlesex List-A debutant Sebastian Morgan took three wickets Under-19 international Ben Dawkins took three fours from one Noah Cornwell over and ramped Toby Roland-Jones over wicketkeeper Joe Cracknell's head to dominate an opening stand of 52 with Jaydn Denly. The latter struggled for any fluency, his torturous effort ending when he cut Brookes to backward point. Dawkins took his boundary count to eight only to fall two short of 50 when caught by Cracknell, giving Morgan his first and Joey Evison upped the tempo in a stand of 47 before Morgan pegged back the latter's off stump and a chance for a fourth wicket was spurned when Brookes dropped Benjamin on profited from the life, flaying Morgan over third and crunching a seventh four through the covers to reach 50, but he fell immediately afterwards to Brookes, ending a stand of 58 with Harry Finch. Brookes struck again two balls later to remove Ekansh Singh, superbly caught by Sam Robson, and when Finch became Morgan's third victim Kent were 198-6. However, Leaning and Flintoff launched their late charge, Flintoff evoking memories of his father's batting heroics with two huge sixes, while Leaning's beautifully paced effort was capped by clearing the ropes twice in the final over as Kent posted a daunting hosts' chase got off to the worst possible start when Cracknell was caught down the legside without scoring. Robson was then dropped at short fine leg by Michael Cohen, but later in the same Fred Klaassen over, Josh De Caires attempted an injudicious hook to sky a simple catch to Flintoff at response was to unleash a flurry of boundaries, the former England opener cutting and pulling with authority and with Geddes launching a huge six into the trees a 50-stand came up in 40 balls. Evison though wrestled back control by having Robson caught behind and though Davies planted a six over square leg, he didn't stay continued to carry the fight, reaching his 50 with his second was similarly dispatched into the trees and Hollman swept Matt Parkinson to the fence as the partnership batters were dropped before Geddes moved to his hundred and Hollman to 50 with the help of a towering reached, the two cut loose to scamper home with time to spare. Report supplied by ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
