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Kent 211 for 5 (Billings 64) lead Sussex 180 (Brown 54, Viljoen 3-70) by 31 runsScorecardIn a normal year, Essex and Kent would be entering the final stage of the season sitting prettily for promotion. MLB Jerseys Outlet . Both are showing signs of a rebirth and both have batsmen who deserve a Division One stage: Nick Browne, Tom Westley and Dan Lawrence at Essex; Daniel Bell-Drummond, Sam Northeast and Sam Billings at Kent. But this is no ordinary year.Only the champions will be promoted this summer to enable the reduction of Division One to eight clubs to ease a congested fixture list. Kent, 24 points behind Essex with three matches remaining, need to close that gap before the sides meet in the final match of the season at Canterbury. The battle is far from over, but they remain the county most likely to suffer.That situation demands not only winning, but winning well. Kent are neatly placed to achieve the first after bundling out Sussex for 180, but achieving 400 for maximum batting points will be far from straightforward after closing on 211 for 5, especially as they are fielding an extra bowler. From the moment that Steve Magoffin removed their top three with the new ball, continuing a recent burst of form, they were under pressure. They will have been grateful to see Darren Stevens dropped at slip late on.Sam Billings partnership with Sam Northeast was an interesting, as well as a classy, retort on a glorious summers evening: Billings full of pent-up life; Northeast languidly looking on. They threatened to steal the game in a gorgeous sunlit spell, but Ajmal Shahzad had Northeast caught at second slip and Billings was lbw to David Wiese, hunting out the leg side. Some of those observing Billings from a Hove deckchair must have reflected at times that he has more energy than a man can safely accommodate. He hit a career-best 171 against Gloucestershire last week, an achievement matched only by the arrival of a replica Manchester United shirt with Paul Pogbas name on the back. He has been wearing it with pride, although he stopped short from batting in it.There is always the chance that his appetite will run away with him. In an otherwise restrained innings, Shahzad was despatched for four boundaries in an over, the last of them a swat which flew past the stumps at the bowlers end and rattled into the sightscreen. On such an evening, he might briefly have been the Sussex-born essayist, Hilaire Belloc, working the chest-high grass on the South Downs, sweeping my scythe until the air was full of odours.Sussex, in theory, were also still in the promotion shake-up - a further 19 points behind with a game in hand - but they are severely depleted. Nine were absent here: Ed Joyce and Chris Jordan on international duty, Luke Wright and George Garton among six players injured and Jofra Archer away at a funeral in the Caribbean. They responded by giving a first-class debut to Tom Haines, a 17-year-old opener, while Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Craig Cachopa made their first Championship appearances of the summer.Given their vulnerability, for them to produce such a lively first-session pitch, upon which Kent had little hesitation in choosing to bowl, was something of a turn-up. Sussex collapsed to 70 for 6 by the 25th over and, even though Kent would have been frustrated by their escape, courtesy of a spirited counter-attack by Ben Brown and Ollie Robinson, at least the pitch was slowly easing in the process. Billings suggests it isnt - and he has batted on it. We shall see.Hardus Viljoen, the South Africa quick brought in to bolster Kent in late season, had time to reflect on the oddities of Division Two county cricket as he awaited his turn to cause havoc down the Hove slope. By the time he got the ball in his hand, Sussex were four down, the ageless Stevens dispatching Haines - caught off a glove for a fifth-ball duck - and Luke Wells in an 11-over spell, and Matt Coles having Hudson-Prentice lbw.Chris Nash, the batting mainstay, was run out taking a third to deep square leg and outdone by an excellent sprint and retrieve from short leg by Sean Dickson. If one moment encapsulated Kents energetic approach to county cricket this season that was surely it.When Viljoen was set loose, he handled the slope with great deliberation, determinedly going down the gears like a heavy vehicle on a 25% hill. He was not the runaway that might have been anticipated, which was a relief as nobody had thought to dig him an escape route piled deep with sand.Two wickets came quickly, but he took a pounding after lunch, Brown starting the session with four boundaries in an over, his last five overs disappearing for 49. But Brown departed to a mis-pull and Kents batsmen were tasked with reasserting their superiority. Cheap MLB Jerseys From China . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges. Discount MLB Jerseys . It might not have mattered. While the Dodgers are preparing for the playoffs, the Padres showed their future has promise behind two rookies. https://www.mlbjerseyschina.us/ . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. LANDOVER, Md. -- Maybe this time, the Dallas Cowboys really are ready to win without Tony Romo. Certainly a turnover-free Dak Prescott helps in that regard.From the last game of the 2013 season through the end of last season, Dallas went 1-13 when Romo was unavailable. With fourth-round draft pick Prescott suddenly elevated to the starting QB spot when Romo hurt his back late in the preseason, the Cowboys will take a 1-1 record into next weeks game against the Chicago Bears.Prescott was 22 for 30 for 292 yards plus a 6-yard scamper for a touchdown in a 27-23 victory at the Washington Redskins on Sunday. That followed a one-point loss to the New York Giants in Week One.You see him do the right thing -- and good things -- when hes under pressure, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. Hes like a sponge. ... He has an overachiever attitude about soaking it up.The best sign for the future, according to teammates, was the way Prescott was calm during the 10-play, 80-yard drive in the fourth quarter that led to the go-ahead points on former Redskins running back Alfred Morris 4-yard TD run.He treated it like it was the first play of the game, receiver Dez Bryant said. It says a lot about him as a person. He was ready for this game. He is built for this kind of stuff.What else we learned from Cowboys-Redskins:FIXES NEEDED: Washingtons game at the New York Giants next Sunday becomes quite significant. Coach Jay Grudens Redskins are 0-2 ; the Giants are 2-0. We can hang our heads and cry all we want to, Gruden said, but the fact of the matter is, we got a game at 1 oclock next Sunday. Asked in what ways his team regressed after winning the NFC East last season, Gruden replied: I cant put my finger on them right now. I think its a combination of a lot of things. Weve got to fix them, quick. Among the problems: QB Kirk Cousins now has three interceptions and one TD this season.RECEIVING LINE: Not only is Bryant going to become more and more involved in Dallas offense -- after one catch for 8 yards in Week One, he had seven for 102 yards against Washington -- but it looks as if Cole Beasley could be Prescotts No. 2 target going forward , rather than Terrance Williams. Cheap Nike MLB Jerseys. Through two games, Beasley has 13 receptions for 140 yards; Williams has three catches for 34 yards, with zero targets Sunday.NO ADJUSTMENTS: Redskins DL Ricky Jean Francois wants to see his defensive coaches make more adjustments to counter what opposing offenses do. He sees a trend going back to last season. Every team that adjusts to us, we dont adjust to them, Jean Francois said. Every team we play against, it just feels like they see something and they pounce on it and they keep doing it -- and it feels like were just not responding. Dallas ran for 102 yards on 30 carries, and Jean Francois said it looked to him as if the Redskins were stuffing inside runs, so the Cowboys started taking rushing plays outside -- and Washington never accounted for that.ZEKES BALL SECURITY: Seems a safe bet that Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott, the No. 4 overall draft pick, is going to put in extra time working on protecting the football: He fumbled twice against Washington. Morris said he told Elliott: You have to have short-term memory. At the same time, youve got to be able to take care of the ball. If you dont take care of the ball, then you cant be on the field. Thats just the way it goes.DURANT STEPS UP: For a Dallas defense missing DeMarcus Lawrence, Randy Gregory and Rolando McClain because of suspensions, a familiar face could wind up with a bigger role than expected. 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