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Denly guides Kent to comfortable win
- Updated: July 31, 2016
Kent 203 for 3 (Denly 82*) beat Gloucestershire 200 (Gidman 3-28) by seven wicketsScorecard
Joe Denly’s unbeaten 82 helped Kent to kick off their 165th Canterbury Week fixtures with a comfortable seven-wicket Royal London Cup win over Gloucestershire. Denly hit nine fours and a six to anchor the successful Spitfires run-chase to secure a fourth South Group win with 52 balls to spare and maintain Kent’s hopes of securing a quarter-final berth.
In pursuit of Gloucestershire’s modest total of 200 all out, Kent were given a sound start by in-form openers Denly and Daniel Bell-Drummond, who both went into the game boasting a 60-plus average in this season’s 50-over competition.
On a tricky pitch on which boundaries came at a premium, the pair equalled Kent’s record List A first-wicket stand against Gloucestershire – drawing level with the 92 set by Brian Luckhurst and Graham Jonson here in 1972 – when Bell-Drummond fell for 42. Playing back to one from Benny Howell that just held its line against the St Lawrence slope, the ball clipped off stump to end Bell-Drummond’s 59-ball stay.
Denly, who posted centuries in Kent’s Royal London games against Glamorgan in June and at the Ageas Bowl against Hampshire recently, maintained his form by marching to a 71-ball 50 with seven fours.
Kent skipper Sam Northeast contributed 26 to the chase …
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