Tredwell helps Kent to victory

Kent ran through Glamorgan cheaply on the final day in Cardiff to secure victory by an innings and 45 runs. Kent resumed their first innings on 444 for 4. Robert Key went on to a career-best 270, with 24 fours and four sixes, and declared the innings on 557 soon after Justin Kemp was out for 90 off 115 balls, midway through the opening session. Key and Kemp added 113 runs in 14.4 overs to extend the lead to 245 but Glamorgan only needed to bat through the remainder of the day to secure a draw. After five overs of the hosts' second innings, though, Glamorgan had lost three wickets - Wayne Parnell nipped out Gareth Rees and Ben Wright, while Amjad Khan accounted for Herschelle Gibbs. Glamorgan appeared to be recovering through an 82-run stand between Jamie Dalrymple and Mike Powell before Dalrymple edged a wide ball from Khan to second slip. Powell, who reached his 50 off 66 balls, did not last much longer and was caught at short leg by Key off James Tredwell shortly before the tea break, leaving Glamorgan on 135 for 6. Robert Croft and James Harris defended for 17 overs before Ryan McLaren struck twice in the space of five balls to edge Kent closer to victory. The final wicket fell to Tredwell as he finished with 4 for 48 and came with 17.1 overs remaining.

A hit by the rain and a slow pitch at Guildford between Essex and Surrey finished the inevitable draw as Hashim Amla continued his strong start in county cricket. The game ended in poor light when Mark Pettini was struck a painful blow from a bouncer by Tom Linley and the ground was also being affected by a power failure which meant the scoreboards weren't working. Surrey added another 64 runs to their overnight total, before declaring on 352 for 8 to deny Essex a final bowling point with Stewart Walters having taken his maiden hundred to 142. Essex's second innings began poorly, as John Maunders played across the line to Jade Dernbach for a fourth-ball duck. However, a 141-run partnership between Varun Chopra (85) and Amla (81 not out) used up much of the remaining time before the umpires took the players off.

Hampshire missed out on valuable batting points as Sussex enjoyed the better of the final day at Arundel before the game ended as a draw. Hampshire fell away from 228 for 2 to 346 all out with Corey Collymore taking four wickets. Collymore with his first ball when Michael Lumb edged to slip for 46 and later added Sean Ervine and Dimitri Mascarenhas. Dominic Cork (36) and Imran Tahir (25) lifted the total over 300, but Ollie Rayner's third wicket closed the innings four short of an extra point. In the time remaining Sussex's top order enjoyed some gentle time in the middle with captain Michael Yardy hitting an unbeaten 47. The two sides will meet again next Saturday in the Friends Provident Trophy final at Lord's.

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