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Kent v Worcestershire

Kent won by 84 runs

County Championship, Match 422 September 2026 to 5 September 2026St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

KEN

Kentbatted first

238 & 358108.3 ov

WOR

Worcestershire

217 & 29584.2 ov

Worcestershire won the toss and chose to field

KENKent innings

23864.2 ov

Kent batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BG Compton	c HJ Cullen b TAI Taylor	8	15	1	0	53.3
Z Crawley	c AJ Hose b BMJ Allison	6	8	1	0	75.0
SA Northeast	c HJ Cullen b AW Finch	43	86	7	0	50.0
TS Muyeye	c MJ Waite b AW Finch	37	64	4	0	57.8
DJ Bell-Drummond	lbw b MJ Waite	52	93	8	0	55.9
CG Benjamin	c HJ Cullen b B Swanepoel	40	40	7	0	100.0
G Stewart	c HJ Cullen b MJ Waite	19	26	2	0	73.1
KJ Dudgeon	c HJ Cullen b BMJ Allison	8	22	0	0	36.4
ME Milnes	c BMJ Allison b TAI Taylor	7	23	0	0	30.4
Hasan Mahmud	not out	4*	6	1	0	66.7
MR Quinn	c B Swanepoel b TAI Taylor	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 8, lb 5	13
Total	all out, 64.2 overs, run rate 3.70	238

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-14 Z Crawley2-18 BG Compton3-100 TS Muyeye4-103 SA Northeast5-182 CG Benjamin6-213 DJ Bell-Drummond7-220 G Stewart8-233 ME Milnes9-237 KJ Dudgeon10-238 MR Quinn

Bowling to Kent
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
TAI Taylor	14.2	1	55	3	3.84	63	8
BMJ Allison	15	4	45	2	3.00	67	8
MJ Waite	14	2	42	2	3.00	59	4
B Swanepoel	12	0	42	1	3.50	52	5
AW Finch	9	0	41	2	4.56	32	6

WORWorcestershire innings

21759 ov

Worcestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	b ME Milnes	59	119	8	0	49.6
JD Libby	b Hasan Mahmud	18	15	4	0	120.0
RM Edavalath	lbw b Hasan Mahmud	0	1	0	0	0.0
AJ Hose	c CG Benjamin b KJ Dudgeon	50	88	7	0	56.8
BL D'Oliveira	c TS Muyeye b G Stewart	7	15	1	0	46.7
HJ Cullen	lbw b KJ Dudgeon	9	18	1	0	50.0
MJ Waite	b Hasan Mahmud	15	29	3	0	51.7
TAI Taylor	c CG Benjamin b ME Milnes	17	22	4	0	77.3
B Swanepoel	c KJ Dudgeon b ME Milnes	6	6	1	0	100.0
BMJ Allison	not out	17*	23	2	1	73.9
AW Finch	lbw b Hasan Mahmud	7	18	1	0	38.9
Extras	b 4, lb 8	12
Total	all out, 59 overs, run rate 3.68	217

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-26 JD Libby2-26 RM Edavalath3-125 DH Lategan4-139 BL D'Oliveira5-145 AJ Hose6-152 HJ Cullen7-185 MJ Waite8-185 TAI Taylor9-208 B Swanepoel10-217 AW Finch

Bowling to Worcestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
ME Milnes	17	3	52	3	3.06	77	7	1
Hasan Mahmud	18	5	68	4	3.78	76	12	0
MR Quinn	10	4	28	0	2.80	43	3	0
KJ Dudgeon	9	1	43	2	4.78	38	8	0
G Stewart	5	0	14	1	2.80	23	2	0

KENKent innings

358108.3 ov

Kent batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c HJ Cullen b AW Finch	54	104	8	0	51.9
BG Compton	c DH Lategan b TAI Taylor	0	10	0	0	0.0
SA Northeast	b TAI Taylor	132	241	15	0	54.8
TS Muyeye	c BMJ Allison b B Swanepoel	23	36	4	0	63.9
DJ Bell-Drummond	c & b BMJ Allison	44	101	3	0	43.6
CG Benjamin	not out	36*	62	1	0	58.1
G Stewart	b TAI Taylor	15	17	2	1	88.2
KJ Dudgeon	c BMJ Allison b TAI Taylor	0	10	0	0	0.0
ME Milnes	lbw b AW Finch	20	48	2	0	41.7
MR Quinn	b B Swanepoel	1	10	0	0	10.0
Hasan Mahmud	run out (B Swanepoel, HJ Cullen)	6	13	1	0	46.2
Extras	b 4, lb 14, w 7, nb 2	27
Total	all out, 108.3 overs, run rate 3.30	358

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-11 BG Compton2-99 Z Crawley3-144 TS Muyeye4-271 DJ Bell-Drummond5-271 SA Northeast6-291 G Stewart7-295 KJ Dudgeon8-339 ME Milnes9-344 MR Quinn10-358 Hasan Mahmud

Bowling to Kent
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
TAI Taylor	22	4	68	4	3.09	92	8	0	0	0
BMJ Allison	22	5	58	1	2.64	103	7	1	0	0
MJ Waite	18	2	52	0	2.89	80	5	0	0	0
B Swanepoel	20.1	5	66	2	3.27	87	8	0	0	0
AW Finch	16.2	4	51	2	3.12	73	4	0	3	1
BL D'Oliveira	8	0	39	0	4.88	22	4	0	0	0
JD Libby	2	0	6	0	3.00	6	0	0	0	0

WORWorcestershire innings

29584.2 ov

Worcestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	lbw b ME Milnes	5	8	1	0	62.5
JD Libby	c CG Benjamin b ME Milnes	18	28	3	0	64.3
RM Edavalath	lbw b MR Quinn	8	14	2	0	57.1
AJ Hose	lbw b Hasan Mahmud	38	74	7	0	51.4
BL D'Oliveira	not out	103*	221	12	0	46.6
HJ Cullen	b Hasan Mahmud	45	69	5	0	65.2
MJ Waite	b KJ Dudgeon	37	48	5	0	77.1
TAI Taylor	lbw b KJ Dudgeon	10	21	2	0	47.6
B Swanepoel	b KJ Dudgeon	0	1	0	0	0.0
BMJ Allison	lbw b Hasan Mahmud	1	8	0	0	12.5
AW Finch	c TS Muyeye b ME Milnes	7	14	1	0	50.0
Extras	b 10, lb 12, w 1	23
Total	all out, 84.2 overs, run rate 3.50	295

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-6 DH Lategan2-31 RM Edavalath3-39 JD Libby4-115 AJ Hose5-201 HJ Cullen6-265 MJ Waite7-283 TAI Taylor8-283 B Swanepoel9-288 BMJ Allison10-295 AW Finch

Bowling to Worcestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
ME Milnes	16.2	3	51	3	3.12	78	9	0
Hasan Mahmud	20	3	51	3	2.55	84	7	0
MR Quinn	13	2	46	1	3.54	56	7	0
G Stewart	22	5	62	0	2.82	101	6	0
KJ Dudgeon	13	1	63	3	4.85	48	9	1

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Worcestershire, chose to field
Umpires: Hassan Adnan and S Redfern
Match referee: DA Cosker
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 21 / 17°C, 0.5 mm rain
Day 2: 23 / 19°C, 0.5 mm rain
Day 3: 21 / 17°C, 0.5 mm rain
Day 4: 21 / 15°C, dry

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