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  • Peter_G
    Peter_G Posts: 953
    fenaddick said:
    This is torture 
    The rigours of being an Addick and a Spitfire!
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,905
    Kent win by 2 wickets!!!


    Evison 12* (31)
    Taylor 7* (14)
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,586
    Offer James Taylor whatever he wants 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,905
    The bad news is that it seems that we are destined to be deducted by 3 bonus points following our slow over rate. I know we only bowled 2 overs of spin in the match but, even so, this isn't acceptable.

    All of that said, following my successful predictions that we would beat Derbyshire and Gloucestershire, my sanity has been restored. Just!!!
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 13,523
    All over red rover!!

    Never.

    In.

    Doubt.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,959
    cor blimey that was a bit much... well done lads
  • Peter_G
    Peter_G Posts: 953
    Thank you James Taylor. Look forward to seeing you at Beckenham on Friday. CoyK.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,988
    Won by 2 wickets 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,836
    Christ that was a close finish…..seemed to take for ever to get across the line.🤗
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 13,523
    Back to back wins for the mighty Spitfires.

    Forget Division Three, is it time to look upwards to Division Two mediocrity!

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  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 19,134
    YESSSSSSSS !!! 

    Our brave boys !!!!!

    Never in doubt  <3
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 71,890
    That was tense. I'd never heard of Taylor before this game, as he was a fringe player at Surrey, who had never got a 5fer or 10fer in any format before. Clearly he was inspired this week by being surrounded by better players.
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,612
    Back to back wins. When did that last happen? Was Clive Mendonca playing for us when that last happened.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,988
    Addick Addict said:
    The bad news is that it seems that we are destined to be deducted by 3 bonus points following our slow over rate. I know we only bowled 2 overs of spin in the match but, even so, this isn't acceptable.

    All of that said, following my successful predictions that we would beat Derbyshire and Gloucestershire, my sanity has been restored. Just!!!
    Shame about the bonus points but at least 2 of them are battling points which we normally fail to get 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,905
    Only Durham have won more games than us in the division now. And only Durham have lost less games than us too.

    Small steps but definitely something to build on. We need to stop relying on the likes of Muyeye and Evison to bail us out but the really positive thing is that we have bowled the opposition out for 304, 158, 325 and 262 in the last four innings. Something that we were mostly incapable of doing last season and the beginning of this. 

    I suspect that Dudgeon might be rested for the next game with Milnes returning given he has bowled over 150 overs to date. That would still leave us with Milnes and Taylor plus any three from Cohen, Jas, Stewart, Quinn, Ekansh, Evison and Parkinson depending on fitness and the nature of the track.  
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,903
    edited May 11
    You don't have to be a masochist to be a Charlton and Kent supporter but it helps !

    James Taylor, you've got a friend after taking 10 wickets on debut and then bizarrely Joey Evison was content to let JT have the strike which TBF he got Kent over the line.

    In my negativity I thought Bell and Williams were going to get the win for Gloucestershire and take the last couple of wickets.
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 13,523
    edited May 11
    ken_shabby said:
    Back to back wins. When did that last happen? Was Clive Mendonca playing for us when that last happened.
    Opened the bowling. Right-arm, medium-quick out-swing with a well-disguised in-ducker.

    Batted like a true no 10.
  • Pico
    Pico Posts: 1,059
    Credit to Muyeye, Taylor and Benjamin but also to Singh and Cohen who ensured we had four bowlers that Gloucester didn't have
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,586
    Jake Lintott joins on loan until the end of the blast, also able to play in the county champ

    https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/jake-lintott-joins-kent-on-all-format-loan-until-the-end-of-the-vitality-blast/
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 71,890
    Not even the middle of May, and the second domestic loan signing. He's a T20 specialist, seeing that at the age of 33 he's played THREE first class games, the last back in 2024.

    It does beg the question, who's injured now?

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  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,784
    fenaddick said:
    Jake Lintott joins on loan until the end of the blast, also able to play in the county champ

    https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/jake-lintott-joins-kent-on-all-format-loan-until-the-end-of-the-vitality-blast/
    He's leaving Warwickshire anyway at the end of the season so probably an extended trial to have a look at if you want to make it permanent. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,905
    edited May 12
    killerandflash said:
    Not even the middle of May, and the second domestic loan signing. He's a T20 specialist, seeing that at the age of 33 he's played THREE first class games, the last back in 2024.

    It does beg the question, who's injured now?
    He's different though. He's not a seamer, who are the ones that are injured, but a "chinaman". We only really have Parkinson, Joe Denly and Muthusamy (assuming his signing hasn't fallen through) as none of the other spinners on our books are ready to bowl a lot of overs in any form of the game and none of the existing ones turn the ball away from the left handers as a stock ball. The signing just improves our options. 

    I very much doubt that either Compton or Northeast will be playing in the Blast and we could see us lining up something like this:

    Muyeye
    Crawley
    DBD
    Denly (Joe) / Benjamin
    Billings
    Evison
    Muthusamy

    Plus any four from Stewart, Milnes, Rogers, Dudgeon, Parkinson, Lintott and Klaassen

    Without even considering the aforementioned Compton and Northeast there remains the likes of Finch, Quinn, Cohen, Dawkins, Ekansh, Jas, Jaydn and Curtiss who will figure in the Metro no doubt.  
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,586
    Another new signing. Batting all rounder Dian Forrester joins for the blast. He played with Billings in the PSL recently for the RawalPindi Pindiz

    https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/dian-forrester-joins-kent-spitfires-for-the-2026-vitality-blast/
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,586
    Also buried in there is that Senuran Muthusamy won't play in the blast but will be coming over for the championship after
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,905
    fenaddick said:
    Also buried in there is that Senuran Muthusamy won't play in the blast but will be coming over for the championship after
    Which explains the signing of Lintott.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 71,890
    fenaddick said:
    Also buried in there is that Senuran Muthusamy won't play in the blast but will be coming over for the championship after
    So there was an injury, but not one we can be blamed for. For once  :D
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,905
    Bertie Foreman has now signed on a two-month contract for the Blast and CC. Spinners coming out of our ears!!!
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 41,905
    The squad for the game against Durham starting tomorrow at Beckenham - the XI that played in the last match plus Parkinson, Foreman and Milnes:

  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,988
    Grant Stewart must be injured.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,586
    fenaddick said:
    Another new signing. Batting all rounder Dian Forrester joins for the blast. He played with Billings in the PSL recently for the RawalPindi Pindiz

    https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/dian-forrester-joins-kent-spitfires-for-the-2026-vitality-blast/
    Clearly signing for Kent was the springboard Forrester needed. He’s just been signed by CSK in the IPL as a replacement for Jamie Overton. He’ll still come to Kent after his time carrying drinks is over 

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