Kent Spitfires play Surrey Lions at Beckenham today. Picture by Ady Kerry.
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
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Kent Spitfires to take on Surrey Lions in first t20 encounter
Kent will be looking to put a miserable fortnight behind them when they take on Surrey in their first t20 match.
The Spitfires entertain Surrey Lions at Beckenham tomorrow in a 3pm start, weather permitting.
And it’s the weather that has dominated Kent’s preparations for this game, which would have been their second in the competition had Tuesday’s match against Sussex Sharks not been rained off.
The match was originally set to take place at Tunbridge Wells’ Nevill Ground in the final fixture of the cricket festival, but flooding forced a venue change to Canterbury, but it was again rained off.
Surrey however have managed two matches this week in the t20, first on Wednesday they beat Essex by 17 runs, while on Thursday they beat Middlesex by 28 runs on the Duckworth Lewis method.
There have been sixteen matches between the two sides with Surrey having won ten of the encounters. However, after a run of seven victories from the first seven games in the competition, Kent have fared much better, winning six of the last nine.
Last year Kent achieved the double with a six wicket victory at Beckenham with Martin van Jaarsveld and Azhar Mahmood scoring 112 in twelve overs.
At the Oval three weeks later in front of 15,000 Kent won by 15 runs after Mahmood and Darren Stevens clubbed 67 off 33 balls. The crowd that day had been dwarfed three years earlier with a sell-out 23,000 witnessing another fine Kent victory by 13 runs.
The highest aggregate of runs between the two sides in T20 was recorded in 2004 with 367 for 16 wickets on Surrey’s home ground.
Source: www.kentnews.co.uk
Hot and Humid Weather to Invade Windsor-Essex, Tuesday to Thursday - windsorite.ca
We’re in for a lot of heat in the coming days in Windsor-Essex.
Environment Canada says a very warm air mass is projected to arrive on Monday over southwestern Ontario and make its way across the rest of Southern Ontario through the week.
The heat is expected to intensify and spread over much of Southern Ontario on Tuesday building into a three-day heat episode. Monday’s high temperatures are expected to reach the 30°C or 86°F mark in Windsor. The mercury is anticipated to soar past 35°C or 95°F Tuesday and likely persist through Thursday, affecting Windsor, Essex County and much of Southwestern Ontario to the greater Toronto area.
Elevated humidity levels will combine with the high temperatures to give humidex values of 40°C or 104°F and higher. Night-time temperatures will also remain very warm and are not expected to drop below 22°C or 72°F.
This is expected to make for very uncomfortable conditions and moderate to high readings in the air quality health index.
Source: windsorite.ca
Only Way Is (out of) Essex for Sam and Joey - The Sun
The pair began dating when they met on the second series of Towie last year.
Now they see themselves as the next Katie Price and Peter Andre — whose fly-on-the-wall ITV2 series was a huge hit until the couple divorced.
Last week Sam and Joey were spotted discussing plans for a new reality show in central London’s swanky W Hotel.
Insiders revealed: “Sam and Joey were talking about how they were going to do their own spin-off show and how they’d love it to be on ITV2.
“Joey said he thought Sam would be perfect starring in her own show and that people would finally get to see her funny side.”
The move comes after Sam admitted last month that she thought it could be time to leave Towie behind. The blonde beauty has written a book, launched her boutique — called Minnies — and won numerous modelling jobs thanks to the show.
She said: “I’ve done five series so there will come a time when I leave.
“I don’t want to be there with no new storylines because I’ve already done everything I can do.”
However, Sam has warned Joey that she won’t act the fool in a new telly series.
Our insider continued: “Sam was insistent she didn’t want to come across as stupid in the show — that was her main focus.
“They both seemed very excited by the new venture.”
Sam has appeared in ITV’s Essex hit since it was launched in October 2010, while Joey joined in March 2011.
Last night Joey’s manager said: “There is nothing official being discussed yet and there are no plans for Joey to go anywhere at the minute.
“But the guys may chat about ideas they have.”
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Cabbie accused of causing man's death in crash walks free after claiming he had 'sneezing fit' at the wheel - Daily Mail
- Taxi driver said he sneezed seven or eight times which prevented him seeing car in front
By Amy Oliver
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A taxi driver accused of causing a man's death following a car crash has walked free after claiming he was having a 'sneezing fit'.
Phillip Parker, 38, smashed into Malkit Khatkar's Vauxhall Vectra as he was driving home from work in the early hours of New Year's Day last year.
Mr Khatkar, 70, suffered serious spinal injuries in the accident on the A2 at Wilmington, Kent, before dying two weeks later.
Let off: Phillip Parker, 38, of Chatham, Kent, was left in floods of tears as he was acquitted for causing death by careless driving at Maidstone Crown Court
Mr Parker denied causing death by careless driving, claiming he only hit Mr Khatkar because he sneezed seven or eight times in a row, which prevented him from seeing the car in front.
The taxi driver, of Chatham, Kent, was left in floods of tears as he was acquitted for causing death by careless driving by a jury at Maidstone Crown Court on Friday.
Before the verdict, Anthony Prosser, prosecuting, told the court that Parker was at fault and not driving to the 'standard of a careful and competent driver'.
He said: 'The Crown say if he did have a sneezing fit there was at least 30 seconds of visibility of the car in front and plenty of time to brake and do anything to avoid the rear-end collision.
Tragic: Malkit Khatkar, 70, was initially taken to Darent Valley Hospital in Kent suffering spinal injuries but died two weeks later
'The Vectra was there to be seen on a straight stretch of road. The reality is he drove into the back of the car, causing the collision.'
Mr Prosser added if sneezing did not explain the cause, it could have been lack of concentration or tiredness.
There were no independent witnesses to the crash, which happened at about 5.20am on a long straight stretch of the coast-bound carriageway.
Off-duty PC William Parish arrived on the scene just after the collision on the inside lane.
The Vectra had been struck from the rear and spun around. Mr Khatkar had to be cut out.
He was taken to Darent Valley Hospital, in Dartford, Kent and then transferred to Stoke Mandeville in Aylesbury, Bucks, on January 16.
Parker, who denied the charge, said in a police interview of his sneezing: 'It didn't well up, it just - bang - happened.'
He said in evidence: 'It was just one after another.'
Asked by Mr Prosser how he missed an object in the road directly ahead of him, he replied: 'All I can tell you is I had a sneezing fit and the car was there.
'It looked like it was stationary and I went into the back of it. I did brake.'
Mr Prosser said it was not possible to say how fast Mr Khatkar was travelling and it was possible his car was stationary at the time of the collision.
Mr Parker, who suffered a broken collarbone, said his speed was about 50-60mph. He denied being tired.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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