Tuesday 15th September 2026
Kent Men faced Lancashire in the penultimate match of the 2026 Rothesay County Championship at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury.
The curtain comes down on the 2026 season at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, as Kent Men take on Gloucestershire in the Rothesay County Championship. Tickets are available now to save on on-the-day prices, and entry is included in all Kent Memberships and Youth and Junior Season Tickets.
Match reports were supplied by the ECB Reporters Network, supported by Rothesay.
It was a day to forget for the batters on both sides, with 17 wickets falling.
Kent bowled Lancashire out for 161, with Khaled Ahmed taking five for 42 and Matt Milnes four for 28. The visitors' opening stand of 81 was by far the biggest partnership of the match. Michael Jones was their top scorer with 44 and Keaton Jennings made 30, but Lancashire suffered a catastrophic afternoon session, losing all ten wickets for 88 runs.
Kent then had an almost equally difficult evening, reaching 151 for seven at stumps. James Anderson took three for 25, but Zak Crawley's unbeaten 68 kept Kent close to parity.
Kent put Lancashire in but initially struggled to break through. Jennings edged Matt Milnes when he was on three, but Benjamin, standing behind the stumps, could not react in time.
The track was so close to the Old Dover Road side of the ground that a higher than usual number of sixes was expected, and Jones hit the first, bludgeoning Keith Dudgeon over midwicket.
It was 73 without loss at lunch, but Lancashire then lost four wickets for one run. Jennings gave his wicket away, hitting Khaled Ahmed straight to Dudgeon at backward point for 30. In the next over Jones was lbw to Milnes, before Marcus Harris was caught behind for a second ball duck.
Rocky Flintoff was lucky not to get a first-baller to Milnes, but he was out lbw to Khaled in the next over anyway.
Josh Bohannon edged Matt Quinn behind for 20 and Matty Hurst went off shaking his head after he nicked Khaled to Tawanda Muyeye for 37, the umpires conferring for several seconds before giving him out.
Arav Shetty was put down by Zak Crawley when he edged Khaled to first, but he had only made seven when Milnes had him caught behind. Tom Bailey went for six, slashing Milnes to Muyeye at third, and Khaled bowled Mitch Stanley middle stump for a second ball duck.
Khaled concluded the innings when he got James Anderson caught by Sam Northeast at second with the next ball, leaving George Balderson not out on five
Source: www.kentcricket.co.uk — Read the original article
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