07/04Result

Specsavers County Championship Division Two at Canterbury, Apr 7-9 2017

KentKentKENT
298 & 246
GloucestershireGloucestershireGLOUC
149 & 61 (20.4 ov)

Kent won by 334 runs

County Championship Round-up: Hampshire's Headingley heroes

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Stevens' six routs Gloucestershire for 61

Kent's wily seamer Darren Stevens bagged 6 for 22 to help his side to secure a dramatic three-day victory in Canterbury

Match Centre

Match Details

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

Series

Specsavers County Championship Division Two 2017

Toss

Uncontested, Gloucestershire

Season

2017

Hours of play (local time)

11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

07,08, 09 April 2017 (4-day match)

Umpires

Rob Bailey

Paul Baldwin

Points

Kent 21, Gloucestershire 3

Scorecard Summary

20.4

Claydon to Norwell, OUT,

LC Norwell c †Rouse b Claydon 24 (38m 34b 4x4 0x6) SR: 70.58

20.3

Claydon to Norwell, no run,

20.2

Claydon to Norwell, no run,

20.1

Claydon to Norwell, FOUR,

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs | GLOUC: 57/9

Liam Norwell20 (30b)
Chris Liddle0 (16b)

Matt Coles1-0-5-0
James Harris10-3-26-3

19.6

Coles to Norwell, 1 run,

19.5

Coles to Norwell, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Stevens' six routs Gloucestershire for 61
Kent's wily seamer Darren Stevens bagged 6 for 22 to help his side to secure a dramatic three-day victory in Canterbury
Denly builds on Claydon's success
Joe Denly's second half-century of the game and a four-wicket blast by Mitch Claydon extended Kent's advantage over Gloucestershire
Stevens keeps Kent out of strife after Norwell's inroads
Liam Norwell led a determined Gloucestershire bowling display in Canterbury where Kent were dismissed for 298 on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship season

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Gloucs INNINGS		R	B
CT Bancroft	bowled	2	9
CDJ Dent	bowled	4	12
WA Tavare	caught wk	4	6
GL van Buuren	bowled	3	11
GT Hankins	caught	0	1
P Mustard	caught wk	0	4
JMR Taylor	lbw	14	18
CN Miles	bowled	0	3
DA Payne	caught	6	10
LC Norwell	caught wk	24	34
CJ Liddle	not out	0	16
EXTRAS	(lb 4)
TOTAL	61 (all out; 20.4 ovs)

Kent BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JAR Harris	10.0	3	26	3	2.60
DI Stevens	9.0	2	22	6	2.44
MT Coles	1.0	0	5	0	5.00
ME Claydon	0.4	0	4	1	6.00

Gloucs 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	2	CDJ Dent	CT Bancroft
2nd	12	WA Tavare	CDJ Dent
3rd	0	WA Tavare	GL van Buuren
4th	0	GL van Buuren	GT Hankins
5th	3	P Mustard	GL van Buuren
6th	1	JMR Taylor	GL van Buuren
7th	6	JMR Taylor	CN Miles
8th	12	JMR Taylor	DA Payne
9th	1	JMR Taylor	LC Norwell
10th	24	CJ Liddle	LC Norwell

County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WORCS	14	9	3	2	238
NOTTS	14	7	2	5	222
NHNTS	14	9	3	2	217
SUSS	14	7	5	2	196
KENT	14	4	2	7	175
GLOUC	14	3	4	7	147
GLAM	14	3	7	4	133
DERBS	14	3	7	3	127
DURH	14	3	6	5	98
LEICS	14	0	9	5	75
ESSEX	0	0	0	0	0
LANCS	0	0	0	0	0
SUR	0	0	0	0	0

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Points

KENT 298(89 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 149(59.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

KENT 246(75.1 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 61(20.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:20 | 5 Runs | GLOUC: 57/9