Northeast: There are no easy games
Friday 1st September 2017
Kent captain Sam Northeast is targetting maximum points as Kent’s promotion push reaching the final furlongs.
With only four matches remaining, the next three of which are on the road, Northeast realises there can be no more wriggle-room when it comes to poor performances.
“It was evenly poised after two days of cricket against Leicestershire so to miss Wednesday through rain was disappointing,” said the Kent skipper.
“We got ourselves into a good place to win the game and the weather came down again, but that happens in cricket.
“There were times in this match when we played good cricket and others when we didn’t so, looking forward to Durham we will have to improve in certain areas.”
Three away games starting on successive Tuesdays await at Chester-le-Street versus Durham followed by trips to play Gloucestershire in Bristol and Derbyshire in Chesterfield.
Kent return to The Spitfire Ground for their final game of the campaign against Glamorgan starting on Monday 25 September.
“We try to go and win every game possible and these are four games where we feel we have a good chance of winning,” said the Kent skipper.
“Every time we’ve played Durham in recent times it has always been a tough game and they’re on a bit of a roll at the moment.
“We haven’t played up there for a long time so we’ll have to see what sort of pitch we get up there. But they’re a good side and it won’t be easy for sure.”
“The teams around us have to play each other as well and who knows there may be some tricky or surprise results. There are no easy games in this division but if we can get back to our early season form that would be ideal.”