- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras7 (b 2, lb 3, nb 2)TOTAL298 all out (89 Overs, RR: 3.34)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 7.6 ov), 2-76 (Joe Weatherley, 27.2 ov), 3-134 (Joe Denly, 40.1 ov), 4-134 (Sam Northeast, 43.1 ov), 5-154 (Will Gidman, 46.4 ov), 6-205 (Darren Stevens, 62.1 ov), 7-213 (Adam Rouse, 65.5 ov), 8-224 (Matt Coles, 68.3 ov), 9-262 (James Tredwell, 82.5 ov), 10-298 (Mitchell Claydon, 88.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DA Payne 20 2 80 1 4.00 0 0 LC Norwell 18 7 46 3 2.55 0 1 CJ Liddle 14 3 46 2 3.28 0 0 CN Miles 18 7 64 2 3.55 0 0 GL van Buuren 14 3 28 2 2.00 0 0 JMR Taylor 5 0 29 0 5.80 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras2 (lb 2)TOTAL149 all out (59.3 Overs, RR: 2.5)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Cameron Bancroft, 1.5 ov), 2-18 (Liam Norwell, 8.4 ov), 3-89 (Will Tavaré, 35.3 ov), 4-104 (Graeme van Buuren, 38.3 ov), 5-106 (George Hankins, 40.6 ov), 6-115 (Chris Dent, 46.6 ov), 7-115 (Phil Mustard, 47.5 ov), 8-115 (Jack Taylor, 48.4 ov), 9-137 (Craig Miles, 55.6 ov), 10-149 (Chris Liddle, 59.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JAR Harris 16.3 3 42 3 2.54 0 0 DI Stevens 20 6 42 2 2.10 0 0 MT Coles 10 1 28 0 2.80 0 0 ME Claydon 12 4 35 4 2.91 0 0 WRS Gidman 1 1 0 1 0.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras17 (b 11, lb 6)TOTAL246 all out (75.1 Overs, RR: 3.27)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 1.4 ov), 2-67 (Joe Weatherley, 24.3 ov), 3-104 (Sam Northeast, 33.3 ov), 4-109 (Joe Denly, 37.1 ov), 5-130 (James Harris, 44.6 ov), 6-134 (Darren Stevens, 46.2 ov), 7-134 (Adam Rouse, 46.4 ov), 8-194 (Will Gidman, 69.1 ov), 9-194 (Matt Coles, 69.3 ov), 10-246 (Mitchell Claydon, 75.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DA Payne 14 4 27 0 1.92 0 0 LC Norwell 16 3 59 5 3.68 0 0 CJ Liddle 15.1 3 44 1 2.90 0 0 CN Miles 16 5 32 2 2.00 0 0 GL van Buuren 11 1 43 0 3.90 0 0 JMR Taylor 3 1 24 2 8.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras4 (lb 4)TOTAL61 all out (20.4 Overs, RR: 2.95)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Cameron Bancroft, 2.3 ov), 2-14 (Chris Dent, 3.6 ov), 3-14 (Will Tavaré, 4.3 ov), 4-14 (George Hankins, 4.4 ov), 5-17 (Phil Mustard, 5.5 ov), 6-18 (Graeme van Buuren, 7.4 ov), 7-24 (Craig Miles, 9.1 ov), 8-36 (David Payne, 11.5 ov), 9-37 (Jack Taylor, 13.1 ov), 10-61 (Liam Norwell, 20.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JAR Harris 10 3 26 3 2.60 0 0 DI Stevens 9 2 22 6 2.44 0 0 MT Coles 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0 ME Claydon 0.4 0 4 1 6.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Uncontested, Gloucestershire
Season
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
Points
Kent 21, Gloucestershire 3
Close of Play
- Fri, 7 Apr - day 1 - Gloucestershire 1st innings 9/1 (CDJ Dent 2*, LC Norwell 6*, 5 ov)
- Sat, 8 Apr - day 2 - Kent 2nd innings 118/4 (WRS Gidman 7*, JAR Harris 4*, 41 ov)
- Sun, 9 Apr - day 3 - Gloucestershire 2nd innings 61 (20.4 ov) - end of match
Match Coverage
All Match NewsStevens' 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