Kent Cricket 2026

Geraint89 said:

Addick Addict said:

Northeast LBW 11 (31)

That's all of our top three to miss straight ones

188-4 (47)

This is one of the problems with Kent. Poor batting after a decent session means we are throwing away good positions. It is deeply frustrating how we cannot grasp hold of situations like that and bat teams out of a game. You really should be getting over 300 on yesterdays play. We will really struggle in Division 1 if we get promoted. We need better players.

Therein lies the problem. Money talks. When you hear that Yorkshire, for hosting a Test match, would get between £1.5m and £2m and they have revenue from the Hundred on top, it's easy to see why we simply cannot compete. 
Even then Yorkshire got themselves into deep financial trouble and had to be bailed out by the ECB. Both Middlesex and Sussex have had severe financial sanctions imposed on them. There are rumours of two or three other counties in a similar situation and who's to say we aren't one of those?

Equally, who was the last player we signed that was of the sort of "marquee" signing that a Surrey might? We haven't had one so we are reliant on homegrown talent, relatively up and coming overseas and decent discards from other counties. 

Well that sums everything I've been saying about Ekansh. Hits Chahal for a 4 and a 6 and then tries to slog sweep the next ball and is caught at short midwicket for 19 (22). I'm his biggest fan but also his biggest critic and he has to learn to stop finding different ways of getting out.

239-6 (57.4)

Dudgeon caught at short leg for 3 (12) off Chahal. So 8 wickets lost for 96 runs in little more than 25 overs

256-8 (64.4)

DBD 27* (48)

Geraint89 said:

Addick Addict said:

Harrison, Northants other leggie, cleans up Stewart for 3 (12). Poor shot but the ball did turn and keep low too. As I said yesterday, a worry for us given we only have the one spinner in our side

247-7 (61.3)

We have thrown away a very good position, through inability to play the spinners well today. We will be around 170 short of your target and that has given Northants great impetus.  Apart from the financial situation, we are not getting enough from what we have and there is mentality thing still.  Let's hope we have a lot of rain to save the game, because I believe Northants will get over 350. 

The mental side of things has been the case with so many of our batters in recent seasons - Ekansh is only just 20 and in his infancy but the likes of DBD, Crawley and Northeast (two hundreds from 52 innings between them) have no such excuses for giving their wickets up at times. Too many have had a decent period of time at the wicket and are "in" but failed to turn those scores into hundreds:

Innings / Hundreds

Northeast  19/1
DBD           18/1
Benjamin   17/2
Crawley     15/0 
Muyeye      14/2
Ekansh       12/0
Dawkins     11/1
Compton    10/1
Evison          9/0

309-8 (80)

The new ball is now due

Milnes LBW for an excellent 37 (88). Partnership of 80 with DBD who is 61* (97)

336-9 (87.2)

345 all out (91.3) 

DBD the last to go - caught behind for 70 (109)

Parkinson 0* (13)

Milnes has hit Vasconcelos covering all three stumps, hitting him shin high and not given out

50-0 (15)