Going into the second half of the Kent League Premier Division cricket season, Tunbridge Wells strengthened their grip at the top of the table with a convincing victory, while all the other teams in the top half of the table lost.
The Kent Spitfires are still in with a shout a Vitality Blast quarter-final place, after they coasted to a seven-wicket win over Middlesex at Canterbury, with 11 balls to spare.
Kent’s hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast have been left hanging by a thread after defeat against Somerset on Friday evening.
Kent Cricket this afternoon announced that wicketkeeper-batter Ben Dawkins has signed his first contract with the Club, which will run until at least the end of the 2027 season.
Kent have two players in the England Men U19s squad for the youth test matches against India.
Joey Evison was Kent’s hero with a thumping 48 off 24 balls as the Spitfires kept their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Vitality Blast alive with a two-wicket win with three balls to spare over Sussex Sharks in a low-scoring thriller at Hove.
Kent Cricket have announced the signing of South African paceman Keith Dudgeon for the entire 2026 season, subject to regulatory approval.
At the half way stage of the Kent League Premier Division cricket season, Tunbridge Wells extended their lead at the top of the table to sixteen points.
Glamorgan completed a comprehensive victory over Kent to keep pressure on the qualification spots in the South Group of the Vitality Blast.
The Sussex Sharks comprehensively beat the Kent Spitfires by 34 runs in the Vitality Blast at Canterbury.
In the midst of the UK heatwave, it was decided by the powers that be to use Kookaburra cricket balls in the latest round of Rothesay County Championship matches.
Kent clung on to deny Northamptonshire a sensational, record-breaking win in the Rothesay County Championship, closing on 160 for eight at stumps, after a stomach-churningly tense final hour.
Bat continued to dominate ball on day three of the Rothesay County Championship match between Kent and Northamptonshire at Canterbury, with Saif Zaib, Calvin Harrison, Justin Broad and Ricardo Vasconcelos all making centuries as the visitors closed on 624 for six, a lead of 58.
When my father was alive, we used to attend a day of Canterbury Cricket week together every year.
Week eight of the Kent League Premier Division cricket season enabled Tunbridge Wells to extend their lead at the top of the table to twelve points.