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It was Kent v Gloucestershire at Beckenham on Sunday, so I packed up my notepad and a new Sepia pen and made my way there. It was a hot day and a lot longer walk from the station than I anticipated, but they've done the ground up lovely.



Glos set off like a train, and were approaching their record opening wicket stand against Kent when Darren Stevens (who else?) struck. From then it all got a little cagey, as though now stung once, they realised it might not be as easy as thru thought. Still got up to 322, though I'd say Kent did well to keep them so low, Denly and Qayyum chipping in with Stevens to keep the rate down.



I could write for a thousand years and never do justice to some of Daniel Bell-Drummond's shots, and true to form he played some gorgeous strokes for his 40, whereafter Denly and Heino Kuhn took over and, rather preposterously, guided Kent home - 323 looking rather easy in the end for a fifth win in a row. Super Kent indeed.



Debating whether to go to Middlesex v The Australians at Lord's on Saturday. I was planning on Eton v Harrow there in a couple of weeks, but that would be Day 4 of Kent at Tunbridge Wells. I was going to have the Wednesday off work to be sure of seeing them there, but somebody else booked it off
Hmmm.