Beating Somerset a 'big statement' - Bell-Drummond
'Really proud day at my second home'
Somerset, victors in each of their first five Blast games before Sunday, last won the competition in 2023, but have also been runners-up twice in the past four seasons."It is always a difficult place because they're always at the top or close to winning this competition, so for us to win [there] is a big statement," Bell-Drummond added."I was a bit slow to start but once I got going, everything I was hitting was finding gaps, going for four or six, so it was just one of those days."Bell-Drummond, who has spent his entire county career with Kent, attended Millfield public school in Somerset as a youngster after securing a scholarship to study there."It [Sunday] was a really proud day for me because I went to school down the road and I've got a lot of friends there who are basically my family," he added."It was great having them all down [to watch]. It's almost my second home so I was really proud to win in front of old friends and teachers."Kent next welcome Gloucestershire to the Spitfire Ground on Wednesday evening.
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