Gilchrist four-for maintains hosts below target, regardless of battling fifties from Weatherley, Vince and also Fuller
Kent 165 (Compton 63, Abbott 4-46) and 269 (Leaning 112, Abbas 4-68) beat Hampshire 57 (Quinn 6-23) and 300 (Richer 78 *, Vince 73, Weatherley 56, Gilchrist 4-60) by 77 runs
Hampshire’s imagine winning the LV= Insurance coverage Region Champion title for the very first time in 49 years was ended by a 77-run loss to Kent.
Joe Weatherley, James Vince and also James Richer – 56, 73 as well as 78 not out specifically – had given the south coast county a sniff of efficiently going after an unlikely 378 runs.
However Hampshire’s hopes of replicating the 1961 and 1973 champions were dashed to offer Surrey the pennant for the second time in five periods – with Nathan Gilchrist taking 4 for 60, including the winning wicket as Hampshire just got to 300.
It was Hampshire’s 3rd loss of the season, and also Kent’s 3rd triumph.
For Kent, their fight for survival in Division One was offered a significant increase. To choose the 19 points they took from this win, closest opponents Warwickshire suffered a shock loss to rock-bottom Gloucestershire, giving Kent a 14-point barrier in advance of the last round – where they deal with Somerset at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence.
Hampshire’s hopes of winning the video game had been trounced after they had been bowled out for 57 – in doing so quiting a 108-run first-innings shortage – and were better diminished when they had actually lost four gates in their pursuit of 378 on the second evening.
Weatherley had been the beaming light of that period with his very first rating over 25 given that April. He had actually ended the day on 54, having left and also safeguarded well, while additionally discovering means to rating.
The morning only brought two runs in a six-over remain before a full Gilchrist shipment thudded right into his shin. Gilchrist’s adhering to over saw completion of the unbalanced Ben Brown, that clipped a similarly full sphere to square leg.
Conor McKerr had actually been sent out on funding from Surrey for this fixture, yet hadn’t personally aided his parent county with one and also a duck with the bat, as well as no opportunity to bowl in the very first innings. His celebration was probably the loudest of the day when he pinned Aneurin Donald in front.
Vince wasn’t permitting Kent to reduce to victory however, as he showed his hallmark mix of dogged determinism to win the ready his group as well as stunning shot-making. His very first 3 scoring shots were variations on a cover drive, consisting of the initial round of the day.
He relocated to his 6th half-century of the period off 81 rounds with a swabbed three down to 3rd, to take the required diminish to 169 runs at lunch.
But just 27 even more runs were knocked off before a turning half-tracker from Jack Leaning illuminated Vince’s eyes, and also his pull shot dropped right into Tawanda Muyeye’s understanding on the deep midwicket boundary. It ended a 90-run stand with Fuller which had nearly made Hampshire shock favourites.
Kyle Abbott was reversed by bounce out of the footings by Leaning to loophole to initial slip. As well as in spite of Fuller racing past a 74-ball fifty and biffing some late runs, Mohammad Abbas had his off stump overturned by Gilchrist.
The defeat is Hampshire’s first in your home in the Championship since losing to Somerset last May – a run of 10 triumphes – as well as simply their 2nd since the start of the 2019 period.
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