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Indian Express
3 days ago
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- Indian Express
Bizarre ‘Sun Stops Play' interruption halts T20 Blast match between Kent Spitfires & Gloucestershire in Canterbury
There have been some bizarre stoppages in cricket's 180-year history. One such incident occurred during Wednesday's T20 Blast match between Kent Spitfires and Gloucestershire in their South Group clash at St. Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, where the players were forced to leave the field due to the sun. Chasing a modest target of 158, Gloucestershire's openers got off to a confident start before 'Sun Stopped Play' at 8:15 PM local time, as the duo of Miles Hammond and D'Arcy Short left the pitch when the light was shining directly into their eyes. The openers returned after an eight-minute delay. Gloucestershire Cricket confirmed the unusual interruption on X, posting: 'Sun stops play. Rather than rain, the sun is in the eyes of the batters. For the safety of the players, the sides have come off the pitch. Score remains 29/0 [3.2].' Gloucestershire successfully chased down the total in 18.2 overs with seven wickets in hand, with skipper Jack Taylor scoring a fine half-century. Taylor made 54 off 36 balls, supported well by Oliver Price, who contributed 41 off 31 deliveries to guide their team to victory. 🚀 As if they never left! ☀️ Hammond hits a 6 just 3 balls after coming off due to light issues. #BecomeGlorious — Gloucestershire Cricket 🏆 (@Gloscricket) June 18, 2025 However, this wasn't the first instance of sunlight interrupting play. A similar stoppage occurred at McLean Park in Napier during the 3rd T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan in 2020, when the sun's angle made it difficult for batters to see the ball. Play was halted until sunset before the home side resumed their innings. Earlier, the same ground had witnessed an identical interruption in January 2019 during an ODI between New Zealand and India. Earlier in the T20 Blast match on Wednesday, Harry Finch and skipper Sam Billing scored 42 and 38 respectively, taking Kent Spitfires to 157/9 in 20 overs after electing to bat.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Beating Somerset a 'big statement' - Bell-Drummond
Kent opener Daniel Bell-Drummond says ending Somerset's 100 percent start to their T20 Blast campaign is "a big statement".The 31-year-old played a starring role, scoring his first century of the competition this season as Kent Spitfires posted 228-5 and won by four runs in smashed 12 fours and four sixes off 49 balls to score exactly 100 as Kent moved within six points of the South Group leaders."It was a brilliant game of cricket, I enjoyed it from start to finish, and I think the crowd enjoyed it as well," he told BBC Radio Kent. 'Really proud day at my second home' Somerset, victors in each of their first five Blast games before Sunday, last won the competition in 2023, but have also been runners-up twice in the past four seasons."It is always a difficult place because they're always at the top or close to winning this competition, so for us to win [there] is a big statement," Bell-Drummond added."I was a bit slow to start but once I got going, everything I was hitting was finding gaps, going for four or six, so it was just one of those days."Bell-Drummond, who has spent his entire county career with Kent, attended Millfield public school in Somerset as a youngster after securing a scholarship to study there."It [Sunday] was a really proud day for me because I went to school down the road and I've got a lot of friends there who are basically my family," he added."It was great having them all down [to watch]. It's almost my second home so I was really proud to win in front of old friends and teachers."Kent next welcome Gloucestershire to the Spitfire Ground on Wednesday evening.
BBC News
6 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
T20 Blast: Kent end Somerset run and Gloucestershire lose again
Daniel Bell-Drummond hammered a 48-ball century as Kent Spitfires ended Somerset's 100% start to their T20 Blast reigning champions Gloucestershire suffered a fifth successive defeat as Glamorgan beat them by 40 runs at Potts inspired Durham to a crushing six-wicket win over Yorkshire, with the England paceman returning Blast-best figures of 5-17 at York's Clifton three-times winners Leicestershire ended a two-game losing streak with a comfortable win over scorecardsThis year's T20 Blast had been missing a centurion before Bell-Drummond made the most of the batter-friendly conditions to help down South Group leaders 31-year-old smashed 12 fours and four sixes and shared an opening stand of 158 with Tawanda Muyeye (70) to give the Spitfires the ideal platform after being asked to effort was his second highest score in the format, but when he was the third man out at 200, Kent added only a further 28 runs from the remaining four home side had successfully chased down a victory target of 230 to beat Middlesex last Thursday and an early onslaught from Tom Banton (68) and Will Smeed (24), in which they put on 91 from the first seven overs, threatened to make this one look even Gilchrist dropped Banton in the deep when he had made only two and that error looked like it could be costly as he thrashed five fours and six sixes from 33 balls only for the Kent man to make up for his fielding misdemeanour by trapping the England batsman Kohler-Cadmore (38), Sean Dickson (31*) and Ben Green (25) kept Somerset's hopes alive but a fine final over from Tom Rogers, with 19 runs required, earned Kent a vital win to push them into fifth glory of winning the title in 2024 must seem an age ago after a fifth defeat from five games as they lost six wickets for 25 runs to lose to Tribe continued to enhance his growing reputation as the Jersey batsman struck five fours and five sixes in an unbeaten 63 from just 28 balls to top score for the visitors in their 189-6 at home side seemed to have their target of 190 within reach at 103-3, but spinners Mason Crane (4-20) and Imad Wasim (3-23) put the squeeze on and despite Cameron Bancroft's 52 they subsided to 149-9 and are the only team in the competition yet to register a point. Potts leads Durham raid on Vikings Playing in only his second Blast match of the summer, after making his England T20 debut against the West Indies earlier this month, Matthew Potts fired out Yorkshire's middle order as Durham ran out easy winners to move into second place in the North the York venue staging its first Vikings T20 match, the home side never recovered from losing Dawid Malan lbw to Zak Foulkes for a first-ball duck - ending his run of four successive half centuries in the competitionPotts then took centre stage by diving forward at mid-off to remove the returning Jonny Bairstow for four, before displaying all his skills with the dismissed Will Luxton and Will Sutherland in his first over and went on to add James Wharton, Dom Bess and Jordan Thompson to record a career-best 5-17 in the short final two Yorkshire wickets added 52 runs for some semblance of respectability, but Durham cantered to a third straight win with skipper Alex Lees' 62 underpinning the innings as they chased down 129 with two overs to spare."That's pretty special, coming back into the Durham team, trying to get a few wins for the boys, it's nice to do well and contribute to that," said Potts."It was a really exciting thing (debuting for England) and it was a pleasure to be able to do it at Durham with my family and friends around."Ben Mike returned from a hamstring injury to help Leicestershire to a much-needed win over Worcestershire at Grace seam bowler took 3-14, including the only maiden of the match, as the home side restricted the Rapids to 150-8 despite 49 from Gareth Roderick and a handy 25 by stand-in captain Adam Foxes were always in control of their run chase from the moment Rishi Patel (26) and Sol Budinger (30) galloped to 48 without loss inside six overs, and skipper Louis Kimber's unbeaten 26 got them over the line. Tuesday fixture Utilita Bowl: Hampshire Hawks v SurreyPlay starts 19:00 BST
Yahoo
6 days ago
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- Yahoo
Follow our live blog as Vitality Blast double header comes to Taunton
Tickets are sold out for today's Vitality Blast double header at the Cooper Associates County Ground, but for those without a ticket, we will be running a live blog on our website so you can follow along with the action. Somerset Women are hoping to secure their first win of the Vitality Blast season as they welcome Durham Women to Taunton. The match will begin at noon. So far, Somerset have lost four of their five matches, with one games – ironically away at Durham – being a no result. Depending on the nature of the win, a victory could take Somerset above their opponents in the table. After that it is the turn of the men's side who have been blowing their opponents away so far this season. Winning all of their matches so far. County Ground regulars will still have the dramatic victory over Middlesex on Thursday (June 12) when Somerset chased down 230 to win. This was followed by a satisfying win over Gloucestershire on Friday night. They will be facing Kent Spitfires later tofay. Our live blog will be posted on our website and on Facebook and Twitter shortly before the Women's match gets underway. If you are going to the game, share your pictures with us and we'll show them in our live blog!
Yahoo
25-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Kent sign Pakistan's Ali and South African Dudgeon
Kent have signed Pakistan Test bowler Kashif Ali and South African paceman Keith Dudgeon for the start of the 2025 season. But Australian fast bowler Wes Agar will not rejoin the club until the end of May as his workload is managed at the end of the Australian season. Ali and Dudgeon will be available for the County Championship opener at Northampton on Friday, 4 April until the conclusion of Kent's trip to Derbyshire on Monday, 26 May. Dudgeon, 29, has 224 career first-class wickets at an average of 25.79, while Ali has 110 first-class wickets at 28.01. Ali, 30, made his Pakistan Test debut against West Indies in January, taking two wickets. Australian seamer Tom Rogers will also play for Kent Spitfires in the group stage of the Vitality Blast. "Playing county cricket is such a big deal for South Africans and I'm looking to take this opportunity with both hands," Dudgeon told the Kent website. "I'm excited to play for this great team and I will always do my best every time I wear a Kent shirt," Ali said. Kent will play in County Championship Division Two following their relegation from the top tier last season. It will be the first experience in English cricket for both Dudgeon and Ali. "They are both good bowlers, and both will, we feel, complement our existing bowling unit well during their time here," Kent director of cricket Simon Cook added. "We acted quickly to identify and secure their signatures as soon as it became clear that Wes Agar would only be available for June and July."
