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South Wales Argus
07-07-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Glamorgan Cricket Club see off Kent CC in Vitality Blast
On a home return to Sophia Gardens in their T20 campaign, Glamorgan had more than eight overs to spare as they chased 119 in an explosive second innings after a dominant bowling display. Andy Gorvin returned career best figures of four for 17, along with Ned Leonard taking nine wickets in his last two matches. Only Jack Leaning put up some resistance with 45 from 40 balls to recover Kent from 27 for three after six overs. Kiran Carlson top-scored for Glamorgan with a quickfire 34 balls as a series of cameos secured a comfortable six-wicket victory. Glamorgan gave the Spitfires first use of the green-topped surface and instantly reaped the rewards of doing so in economical fashion initially before Imad Wasim began a forthcoming cluster of wickets in the third over. With Daniel Bell-Drummond dismissed early, Kent's top scorer in the Vitality Blast – Tawanda Muyeye – falling in the next over didn't help the visitors' start at nine for two, mistiming a drive to give Leonard a first-ball wicket, caught at deep-third. The struggles in timing and finding the pace of the pitch continued to prove to be the issue throughout the Kent innings, finding themselves three down in the powerplay with Harry Finch unable to continue his form from a half-century last time out, missing an attempted ramp. With no intention of dying wandering, the Kent Spitfires continued to up their sluggish run-rate on a varying paced wicket. Two internationals in the form of Joe Denly and captain Sam Billings attempted to reform the innings until Gorvin dismissed the pair in the same over. From 37 for three to 43 for five after nine overs, Gorvin was exceptionally difficult to get away with a variety of pace at medium pace. Billings bowled first slog-sweeping before Denly played around a nip-backer just balls later. Leaning's blows towards the back end, particularly off Dan Douthwaite for his best knock of the campaign helped Kent to a respectable total when at risk of falling for an unwanted record. The 31-year-old found two sixes in the final over from Jamie McIlroy, after the Glamorgan bowler had dropped him earlier in the innings on 13 in a caught and bowled chance. Leaning ensured he farmed the strike from his number 11 partner Matt Parkinson after the lower-order continued to come and go, unable to support Leaning. Glamorgan came out firing as Carlson so often does, leading from the front along with Will Smale. 12 from the first over quickly had the hosts realising that this chase could be a matter of net run rate importance rather than the risk of a win-lose situation. Smale's ramp for six off overseas Tom Rodgers first ball helped Glamorgan to take 46 from his three overs with a flurry of shots along the way. With Glamorgan having no issue with finding their timing on a pitch Kent found to have demons, the relentless striking continued. A few mistimed shots found fortunate results for the arm-chancing batters. Not all fell safe with Smale first to go, bringing inexperienced Horton to free himself for a quick 20 which included four fearless consecutive boundaries off Rodgers. Carlson's 34 in no time similarly to Smale ended trying one shot too many after a six ending 30 rows back over mid-wicket off Fred Klaassen with the game all-but-done following a 70 for one powerplay. Horton's cameo ended pulling Nathan Gilchrist to deep-square which brought Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram to take the hosts closer, Ingram punishing Matt Parkinson for two sixes in the same over before being dismissed with two to win, the batters enjoying their short stays. Asa Tribe came in to find the winning runs after his return from Netherlands where he played for Jersey just 24 hours prior. The potentially important figure in the successful chase being the 11.4 overs it took to complete the task. Glamorgan bowler Andy Gorvin said: "The conditions were in my favour today and you've got to make the most of that. The ball was nipping around, actually more so the slower I bowled so it's great. "In our talk before the game we spoke about our good win on Friday night but we needed to back it up and we did with bat and ball, brilliant. "The way the guys bowled in the powerplay makes my job, and other middle overs bowlers' job a lot easier. It's great to see Ned [Leonard] come in, young guy, bowling quick and with Immy [Imad Wasim]'s experience, Dan [Douthwaite] and Maccers [Jamie McIlroy] bowling really well." Kent captain Sam Billings said: "The last two results have been really frustrating with them being two important games but you just have to draw a line under it. Really bad day at the office. "We speak about trying to impose ourselves on the opposition, I think we were a little timid and lacked that intent from the start and then trying to force the issue, you have to keep attacking and Jack [Leaning] was the only one who showed a bit of fight with the bat. "Everything went wrong that could've and it's a brutal format this game because it makes you just keep on coming. We have been inconsistent and we've not played anywhere close to the perfect game."
Buzz Feed
21-06-2025
- Buzz Feed
30 Must-Have Walmart Travel Items For Your Trip
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Hamilton Spectator
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Hamilton Spectator
Four-term US Sen. Christopher ‘Kit' Bond remembered for training a generation of Missouri leaders
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Christopher 'Kit' Bond, a Republican who was Missouri's youngest governor before serving four terms in the U.S. Senate, was remembered Tuesday as a beloved statesman who helped train a generation of leaders. The Missouri State Highway Patrol escorted his body from St. Louis, where he died last week at the age of 86, to the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, where hundreds of people gathered for a memorial service. Bond is to lie in state through Wednesday so members of the public can pay their respects. 'Over and over again, Kit launched the careers of young people, talented, committed, dedicated people who later, after appointment, found opportunity beckoning them to achievement levels they hadn't anticipated,' said John Ashcroft, who was a governor, senator and attorney general under President George W. Bush. 'Kit was a person of both individual and governmental integrity. I have no recollection of anytime where Kit failed to live up to his commitments.' As a member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, Bond secured federal money for big and small projects in Missouri, scoffing at government watchdog groups that considered him a master of pork-barrel spending. Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver recalled that while he was serving as mayor of Kansas City, a monument to honor World War I veterans known as Liberty Memorial had fallen into disrepair. He likened the 217-foot (66-meter) tall structure that was built after a burst of postwar patriotism to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He said Bond stepped in with federal dollars to help restore it. 'Working together as friends was the propellant that allowed us, with others, to alter the landscape of Kansas City,' Cleaver said. Early in his career, Bond was considered a political wunderkind. When he took office at age 33 as Missouri's youngest governor, he was also the state's first Republican chief executive in about three decades and garnered consideration as a vice presidential candidate. His early success stalled when he lost a reelection bid, but he later rebounded to win another term as governor before being elected to the Senate in 1986 and eventually becoming the patriarch of the Missouri Republican Party. Testaments to Bond's longevity in the public arena are stamped across Missouri. A federal courthouse in Jefferson City and a life sciences center at the University of Missouri-Columbia are named after him. A highway bridge crossing the Missouri River in Hermann and one in Kansas City also carry his name. 'Kit Bond was an exceptional person who was blessed with many talents,' said former U.S. Sen. John Danforth. 'He was very smart. He was highly educated. He had boundless energy. He wanted for nothing. He could have clung on to what was his and lived comfortably only for himself. But that was not what he did. He invested his talents, put them at risk, and he produced such a great return to the state.' ___ Hollingsworth reported from Kansas City, Missouri.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Four-term US Sen. Christopher 'Kit' Bond remembered for training a generation of Missouri leaders
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Christopher 'Kit' Bond, a Republican who was Missouri's youngest governor before serving four terms in the U.S. Senate, was remembered Tuesday as a beloved statesman who helped train a generation of leaders. The Missouri State Highway Patrol escorted his body from St. Louis, where he died last week at the age of 86, to the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, where hundreds of people gathered for a memorial service. Bond is to lie in state through Wednesday so members of the public can pay their respects. 'Over and over again, Kit launched the careers of young people, talented, committed, dedicated people who later, after appointment, found opportunity beckoning them to achievement levels they hadn't anticipated,' said John Ashcroft, who was a governor, senator and attorney general under President George W. Bush. 'Kit was a person of both individual and governmental integrity. I have no recollection of anytime where Kit failed to live up to his commitments.' As a member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, Bond secured federal money for big and small projects in Missouri, scoffing at government watchdog groups that considered him a master of pork-barrel spending. Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver recalled that while he was serving as mayor of Kansas City, a monument to honor World War I veterans known as Liberty Memorial had fallen into disrepair. He likened the 217-foot (66-meter) tall structure that was built after a burst of postwar patriotism to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He said Bond stepped in with federal dollars to help restore it. 'Working together as friends was the propellant that allowed us, with others, to alter the landscape of Kansas City,' Cleaver said. Early in his career, Bond was considered a political wunderkind. When he took office at age 33 as Missouri's youngest governor, he was also the state's first Republican chief executive in about three decades and garnered consideration as a vice presidential candidate. His early success stalled when he lost a reelection bid, but he later rebounded to win another term as governor before being elected to the Senate in 1986 and eventually becoming the patriarch of the Missouri Republican Party. Testaments to Bond's longevity in the public arena are stamped across Missouri. A federal courthouse in Jefferson City and a life sciences center at the University of Missouri-Columbia are named after him. A highway bridge crossing the Missouri River in Hermann and one in Kansas City also carry his name. 'Kit Bond was an exceptional person who was blessed with many talents," said former U.S. Sen. John Danforth. 'He was very smart. He was highly educated. He had boundless energy. He wanted for nothing. He could have clung on to what was his and lived comfortably only for himself. But that was not what he did. He invested his talents, put them at risk, and he produced such a great return to the state.' ___ Hollingsworth reported from Kansas City, Missouri.
Winnipeg Free Press
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Four-term US Sen. Christopher 'Kit' Bond remembered for training a generation of Missouri leaders
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Christopher 'Kit' Bond, a Republican who was Missouri's youngest governor before serving four terms in the U.S. Senate, was remembered Tuesday as a beloved statesman who helped train a generation of leaders. The Missouri State Highway Patrol escorted his body from St. Louis, where he died last week at the age of 86, to the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, where hundreds of people gathered for a memorial service. Bond is to lie in state through Wednesday so members of the public can pay their respects. 'Over and over again, Kit launched the careers of young people, talented, committed, dedicated people who later, after appointment, found opportunity beckoning them to achievement levels they hadn't anticipated,' said John Ashcroft, who was a governor, senator and attorney general under President George W. Bush. 'Kit was a person of both individual and governmental integrity. I have no recollection of anytime where Kit failed to live up to his commitments.' As a member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, Bond secured federal money for big and small projects in Missouri, scoffing at government watchdog groups that considered him a master of pork-barrel spending. Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver recalled that while he was serving as mayor of Kansas City, a monument to honor World War I veterans known as Liberty Memorial had fallen into disrepair. He likened the 217-foot (66-meter) tall structure that was built after a burst of postwar patriotism to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He said Bond stepped in with federal dollars to help restore it. 'Working together as friends was the propellant that allowed us, with others, to alter the landscape of Kansas City,' Cleaver said. Early in his career, Bond was considered a political wunderkind. When he took office at age 33 as Missouri's youngest governor, he was also the state's first Republican chief executive in about three decades and garnered consideration as a vice presidential candidate. His early success stalled when he lost a reelection bid, but he later rebounded to win another term as governor before being elected to the Senate in 1986 and eventually becoming the patriarch of the Missouri Republican Party. Testaments to Bond's longevity in the public arena are stamped across Missouri. A federal courthouse in Jefferson City and a life sciences center at the University of Missouri-Columbia are named after him. A highway bridge crossing the Missouri River in Hermann and one in Kansas City also carry his name. 'Kit Bond was an exceptional person who was blessed with many talents,' said former U.S. Sen. John Danforth. 'He was very smart. He was highly educated. He had boundless energy. He wanted for nothing. He could have clung on to what was his and lived comfortably only for himself. But that was not what he did. He invested his talents, put them at risk, and he produced such a great return to the state.' ___ Hollingsworth reported from Kansas City, Missouri.
