Kent victory dents Worcestershire promotion hopes

Kent 451 (Stevens 81, Gidman 75*) and 14 for 0 beat Worcestershire 211 and 251 (Rhodes 55, Stevens 3-31) by 10 wicketsScorecard

Kent dented Worcestershire’s promotion tilt by mopping up the visitors last four wickets in barely an hour and knocking off the 12 runs required to clinch a 10-wicket win in their Specsavers County Championship match.

The marquees – bursting and busy for the first three days of the 165th Canterbury Cricket Week encounter – stood empty and silent, all bar the CAMRA real ale tent where a gaggle of happy and hardy Kentish supporters applauded their side’s deserved victory, wrapped up with more than two sessions to spare.

Having dismissed Daryl Mitchell’s side for 251 second-time around, Kent openers Sean Dickson and Daniel Bell-Drummond needed only six minutes to knock off the runs to inflict a second defeat of the summer upon Worcestershire.

Resuming on their parlous overnight score of 213 for 6 – an overall match deficit of 27 runs – the Midlanders were soon even deeper in trouble.

Kent started making inroads as early as the 15th ball of the day when Matt Coles, having just taken the second new ball, struck with his fifth ball of the day.

Pushing defensively at one just outside off stump, Ben Cox (39) found a thick outside edge for James Tredwell to claim a comfortable catch at …

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