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BBC News
17 hours ago
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Northants respond well after Kent centuries
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Spitfire Ground, Canterbury (day two)Kent 566-8 dec: Bell-Drummond 158, Finch 118, Compton 66; Guthrie 3-92 Northamptonshire 141-1: Vasconcelos 87*, Harrison 41*Kent 3 pts, Northants 1 ptMatch scorecard Daniel Bell-Drummond and Harry Finch both made centuries for Kent on day two of their County Championship match with Northamptonshire at Canterbury but the match looks headed for a visitors had reached 140-1 at stumps, a deficit of 426, with Ricardo Vasconcelos unbeaten on 87 and Calvin Harrison 41 not out. Matt Quinn took the only wicket, getting Luke Procter for Kent declared on 556-8, Bell-Drummond hitting 158 in a stand of 208 with Finch, who made 118. Liam Guthrie took 3-29, but Northants' bowlers laboured throughout with the Kookaburra ball and Kent's attack did not fare much visitors actually started the day with an early wicket when Joey Evison, 29 not out overnight, departed for 37 in the fourth over - after driving Guthrie for a textbook four through mid-off, he was caught behind off the next however, was the high point for the visitors, whose chief tormentor was all too hit an unbeaten triple century at Northampton in 2023 and he reached three figures by scrambling for a single off brought up his half-century in the next over when he went down the wicket to Yuzvendra Chahal and hit him for four over long on, as Kent reached 446-5 at refreshments, Finch reached his sixth first-class hundred when he pulled Saif Zaib to the backward square leg boundary for four and a single off Harrison took Bell-Drummond to 150 before he finally went, caught behind trying to sweep went in the next over, trying to reverse sweep Harrison and falling to a sharp one-handed grab by Justin Broad at first slip, but Kent batted on until Matt Parkinson was lbw for four trying to sweep the same declared, tea was taken and Quinn, having missed all of last season and broken down nine balls into pre-season, marked his return to the first team by getting Procter debatably caught behind in the seventh was an isolated success. Vasconcelos raced to 50 from 51 balls and although Kent followed Northamptonshire's lead in at least managing to slow the scoring rate slightly, it felt like the only way a batter would get out was by chucking their wicket away – neither Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Solid start for Kent on landmark day for Compton
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Spitfire Ground, Canterbury (day one)Kent 325-4: Compton 66, Bell-Drummond 66*, Muyeye 58; Guthrie 2-54 Northamptonshire: Yet to batKent 2 pts, Northants 1 ptMatch scorecard Ben Compton celebrated being handed both his county cap and a new three-year contract by making 66 on day one of Kent's County Championship game with Northants at hosts were 325-4 at stumps, with Tawanda Muyeye hitting 58 and captain Daniel Bell-Drummond unbeaten on Guthrie took 2-54 but it was a gruelling day in the heat for the visitors, who used seven different bowlers after losing the toss and being asked to 173rd Canterbury Festival continued with an immaculate minute's silence for Wayne Larkins before the start of play and both sides wore black armbands in honour of the former Northamptonshire and England opener, who passed away on Sunday at the age of chose to bat in already sweltering heat, with Jaydn Denly driving a regal six through point early on, but his stylish innings came to an end when Guthrie had him caught by Justin Broad at gully for 35 off 36 was 110-1 at lunch, at which point Compton was awarded his county cap by the former England seamer and incoming Kent president Richard Ellison at a ceremony in front of the partner, Ekansh Singh, was playing only his second first-class game, but he had looked as assured as Denly, only to fall a run shy of his 50 when Dom Leech had him caught did pass 50 in Leech's next over, carving a no ball through point for four, but he nicked Broad behind, leaving Kent on 207-3 at then reached 50 with an elegant flick of the wrist for a single off Calvin Harrison but Guthrie got him lbw with the new became the third Kent player to make a half-century when he hit Guthrie for four through cover and he was joined by Joey Evision, who had reached 29 not out by Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
16-06-2025
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- BBC News
Beating Somerset a 'big statement' - Bell-Drummond
Kent opener Daniel Bell-Drummond says ending Somerset's 100 percent start to their T20 Blast campaign is "a big statement".The 31-year-old played a starring role, scoring his first century of the competition this season as Kent Spitfires posted 228-5 and won by four runs in smashed 12 fours and four sixes off 49 balls to score exactly 100 as Kent moved within six points of the South Group leaders."It was a brilliant game of cricket, I enjoyed it from start to finish, and I think the crowd enjoyed it as well," he told BBC Radio Kent. '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.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
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Somerset suffer first defeat in thriller against Kent
Vitality Blast, South Group: Somerset 224-6 lost to Kent 228-5 by four runs Daniel Bell-Drummond scored a brilliant hundred as Kent won by four runs at the Cooper Associates Ground to end Somerset's five-match winning start to the Vitality Blast T20 South Group campaign, writes Andrew Stockhausen, ECB Reporter's Network. Advertisement The 31-year-old registered a high-octane innings of 100 from 49 balls, smashed 12 fours and 4 sixes and dominated a record-breaking opening stand of 158 with Tawanda Muyeye as the visitors posted a formidable 228-5 after losing the toss and being put in. It was a chastening experience for the Somerset bowlers, Riley Meredith having the best of it with a return of 3-44 from four overs. Tom Banton smashed 68 off 33 balls and dominated an opening stand of 91 with Will Smeed to give the Somerset reply the perfect start. But they were unable to maintain the onslaught and Nathan Gilchrist and Joey Evison claimed two wickets apiece as Kent held their nerve to inflict a first defeat of the tournament upon last season's runners-up. Muyeye and Bell-Drummond showed no signs of being intimidated by Somerset's 100 per cent winning start to the campaign, striking the ball cleanly in a progressive opening partnership of 158 in 13.2 overs. Leading by example, Bell-Drummond was first to 50, reaching that landmark via 29 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes, while Muyeye faced two deliveries more to attain his half century. Read more: Especially severe on Matt Henry, Bell-Drummond took the New Zealander for a six and a four off successive balls in the tenth as Spitfires raced to 118 without loss at the halfway stage to dampen the spirits of a sell-out crowd of 7.000. Bell-Drummond took centre stage thereafter, the former Millfield Schoolboy facing a mere 19 deliveries more to go to a magnificent hundred amid a blaze of boundaries. Advertisement When the veteran batsman drove Lewis Goldsworthy to the cover boundary in the thirteenth to advance the score to 151, he and Muyeye had established a new highest opening partnership for Kent in matches against Somerset, eclipsing the 150 amassed by Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly in a game at Canterbury in 2016. No sooner had Bell-Drummond raised his third century in domestic T20 cricket, than he got out, flashing at a ball from Meredith and offering a catch behind, much to the relief of the Somerset camp. Green then had the dangerous Sam Billings held in the deep before he could inflict damage, while Lewis Gregory bowled Muyeye in the seventeenth to further check Kent progress. But big-hitting Finch and Jack Leaning ensured there was to be little respite for the home side, staging a fourth wicket stand of 25 at the death. Somerset chased 230 to defeat Middlesex in their last appearance at Taunton three days earlier, and Tom Banton and Will Smeed opened up. Dropped by Gilchrist in the deep off the bowling of Fred Klaassen when he had scored two, Banton clubbed three sixes and a four in one Stewart over to rub salt into the wound and state West Country intentions. Advertisement Making the most of his escape, Banton went to 50 from 22 balls and Somerset's opening pair put Kent's seamers under the pump to raise 81 from the powerplay. Kent earned themselves temporary respite, Gilchrist pinning Banton lbw for 68 with the score 91-1 in the seventh. Smeed then departed for 24, top-edging a short-pitched Klaassen delivery to third man as the reply faltered. Kohler-Cadmore hit Wes Agar for an effortless straight six, followed up with a pull shot for four and then admired an Abell swish that went to the fine leg boundary as the stand realised 50 from 24 balls. Kent breathed a sigh of relief when Kohler-Cadmore, having plundered 38 from 20 balls, tried to hit Evison over the top and holed out on the long-off boundary. Gilchrist removed Abell for 22 in the next over, at which point Somerset needed a further 70 to win from 34 balls. Evison then accounted for Gregory, caught at long-on, as he visitors regained the upper hand. Somerset needed 50 off three overs and Sean Dickson and Ben Green gave it their best shot, trading in sixes to heap pressure back onto the bowlers. Green cleared the rope on three occasions at the expense of Gilchrist in the eighteenth and Dickson helped himself to another six off Klaassen to leave Somerset to chase 19 off the final over, bowled by Tom Rogers. Green holed out in the deep off the first ball, departing for a 12-ball 25, while Dickson finished unbeaten on 31 as Somerset fell just short in a tense finale.
The Independent
15-06-2025
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- The Independent
Daniel Bell-Drummond hits hundred as Kent clinch thrilling Blast win at Somerset
Daniel Bell-Drummond's century put Kent on course for a thrilling four-run victory over South Group leaders Somerset in the Vitality Blast. The opener smashed 100 off 49 balls, including 12 fours and four sixes, during a first-wicket stand of 158 alongside Tawanda Muyeye (70) as the visitors posted 228 for five at Taunton. In response, Tom Banton hit six sixes during a knock of 68 off 33 deliveries but Somerset's chase fell agonisingly short as their 100 per cent start ended in their sixth fixture of the season. Pointless Gloucestershire remain bottom following a 40-run defeat at Glamorgan. Asa Tribe's unbeaten 63 and 53 from Ben Kellaway spearheaded the Welsh side's total of 189 for six at Bristol. Gloucestershire opener Cameron Bancroft also registered a half-century (52) but the hosts could not prevent a fifth consecutive loss. England seamer Matthew Potts posted career-best T20 figures of five for 17 as Durham eased to a six-wicket win over Yorkshire to climb to second in the North Group. The 26-year-old, who made his T20 international debut against the West Indies earlier this month, helped dismiss the second-bottom hosts for 128 in 19 overs in York. Durham captain Alex Lees hit 62 off 46 balls, including four fours and a six, en route to his side wrapping up a fourth win from six games with 12 balls to spare. Leicestershire bounced back from successive defeats to record a comfortable six-wicket win over Worcestershire. Chasing a modest target of 151, the home side were victorious with 17 balls to spare after captain Louis Kimber hit the winning runs during a knock of 26 off just 12 balls. In the women's competition, Surrey moved back to the top of League One thanks to a five-wicket success against Essex at Chelmsford. Surrey bowlers Tash Farrant and Grace Harris took three wickets apiece before Kira Chathli top scored with 40 from 34 deliveries as the visitors chased down a target of 149 with nine balls remaining. Meg Austin's 51 off 38 balls set third-placed Birmingham Bears on their way to a 13-run victory over Hampshire. The Bears posted 178 for seven from their 20 overs at Edgbaston before restricting the Hawks to 165 for seven in response. Bottom side Somerset suffered a fifth defeat of the season after 49 from opener Suzi Bates helped second-bottom Durham to a four-wicket win with 11 balls left in Taunton.
