Kent skipper Sam Northeast hit the winning boundary and finished with an unbeaten 54 as Kent secured a seven-wicket win under the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern method over Somerset in a rain-affected NatWest T20 Blast clash at Canterbury.
Gloucestershire moved level on points with south group leaders Hampshire after beating NatWest T20 Blast rivals Kent Spitfires by eight runs in a low-scoring thriller in front of the Sky Sports cameras in Canterbury.
Kent opening batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond believes that the key word ‘momentum’ will prove to be crucial if Spitfires are to mount a successful attack on winning this year’s NatWest T20 Blast competition.
Kent took three wickets in the opening session on day two of their LV= County Championship clash with Northamptonshire.
Kent suffered a disastrous first morning to their 164th Canterbury Week fixture, stumbling into lunch on 66-4 against LV= County Championship visitors Northamptonshire.
Momentum and continuity will be the bywords for south group leaders Kent when they welcome Glamorgan to Tunbridge Wells for this evening’s NatWest T20 Blast clash.
South group leaders Kent Spitfires will be looking to place one foot into the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals by completing a 2015 double over Somerset in Canterbury tomorrow night.
Skipper Sam Northeast continued his rich vein of NatWest T20 Blast form by scoring a stunning 90 as Kent overcame neighbours Essex by six-wickets to move up to second spot in the south group.
Deposed south group leaders Kent will have their bouncebackability tested to the full tomorrow night (6.30pm start) when they welcome Essex to the Spitfire Ground in the NatWest T20 Blast.
Spitfires fans will be longing for a return to batting form for their ever-popular all-rounder Darren Stevens when Kent do battle with Hampshire in their seventh NatWest T20 Blast south group tomorrow.
