MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Kent v Worcestershire

Group 2, match 42 · St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury · 2 Sept 2026 – 5 Sept 2026

Kent won by 84 runs

Kent 1st innings23864.2 overs

Worcestershire 1st innings21759 overs

Kent 2nd innings358108.3 overs

Worcestershire 2nd innings29584.2 overs

Kent 1st innings 238 (64.2 ov)

Batter		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		13
Total	all out, 64.2 overs	238

Fall of wickets: 14-1 (Z Crawley, 3.2 ov), 18-2 (BG Compton, 4.3 ov), 100-3 (TS Muyeye, 26.6 ov), 103-4 (SA Northeast, 30.4 ov), 182-5 (CG Benjamin, 45.6 ov), 213-6 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 53.6 ov), 220-7 (G Stewart, 55.5 ov), 233-8 (ME Milnes, 62.3 ov), 237-9 (KJ Dudgeon, 63.2 ov), 238-10 (MR Quinn, 64.2 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	14	20	BG Compton 8, Z Crawley 6
2	4	7	BG Compton 0, SA Northeast 4
3	82	135	SA Northeast 38, TS Muyeye 37
4	3	22	SA Northeast 1, DJ Bell-Drummond 2
5	79	92	DJ Bell-Drummond 37, CG Benjamin 40
6	31	48	DJ Bell-Drummond 13, G Stewart 14
7	7	11	G Stewart 5, KJ Dudgeon 2
8	13	40	KJ Dudgeon 6, ME Milnes 7
9	4	5	KJ Dudgeon 0, Hasan Mahmud 4
10	1	6	Hasan Mahmud 0, MR Quinn 1

Worcestershire 1st innings 217 (59 ov)

Batter		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		12
Total	all out, 59 overs	217

Fall of wickets: 26-1 (JD Libby, 5.5 ov), 26-2 (RM Edavalath, 5.6 ov), 125-3 (DH Lategan, 35.3 ov), 139-4 (BL D'Oliveira, 39.1 ov), 145-5 (AJ Hose, 40.4 ov), 152-6 (HJ Cullen, 42.6 ov), 185-7 (MJ Waite, 50.5 ov), 185-8 (TAI Taylor, 51.2 ov), 208-9 (B Swanepoel, 55.1 ov), 217-10 (AW Finch, 58.6 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	26	35	DH Lategan 8, JD Libby 18
2	0	1	DH Lategan 0, RM Edavalath 0
3	99	177	DH Lategan 51, AJ Hose 40
4	14	22	AJ Hose 6, BL D'Oliveira 7
5	6	9	AJ Hose 4, HJ Cullen 2
6	7	14	HJ Cullen 7, MJ Waite 0
7	33	47	MJ Waite 15, TAI Taylor 17
8	0	3	TAI Taylor 0, B Swanepoel 0
9	23	23	B Swanepoel 6, BMJ Allison 16
10	9	23	BMJ Allison 1, AW Finch 7

Kent 2nd innings 358 (108.3 ov)

Batter		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		27
Total	all out, 108.3 overs	358

Fall of wickets: 11-1 (BG Compton, 4.3 ov), 99-2 (Z Crawley, 32.2 ov), 144-3 (TS Muyeye, 44.1 ov), 271-4 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 81.4 ov), 271-5 (SA Northeast, 82.1 ov), 291-6 (G Stewart, 86.2 ov), 295-7 (KJ Dudgeon, 88.4 ov), 339-8 (ME Milnes, 102.1 ov), 344-9 (MR Quinn, 105.3 ov), 358-10 (Hasan Mahmud, 108.2 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	11	27	Z Crawley 11, BG Compton 0
2	88	167	Z Crawley 43, SA Northeast 40
3	45	72	SA Northeast 21, TS Muyeye 23
4	127	225	SA Northeast 71, DJ Bell-Drummond 44
5	0	3	SA Northeast 0, CG Benjamin 0
6	20	25	CG Benjamin 4, G Stewart 15
7	4	14	CG Benjamin 4, KJ Dudgeon 0
8	44	81	CG Benjamin 22, ME Milnes 20
9	5	20	CG Benjamin 0, MR Quinn 1
10	14	17	CG Benjamin 6, Hasan Mahmud 6

Worcestershire 2nd innings 295 (84.2 ov)

Batter		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		23
Total	all out, 84.2 overs	295

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (DH Lategan, 2.4 ov), 31-2 (RM Edavalath, 7.2 ov), 39-3 (JD Libby, 8.6 ov), 115-4 (AJ Hose, 31.6 ov), 201-5 (HJ Cullen, 52.4 ov), 265-6 (MJ Waite, 72.2 ov), 283-7 (TAI Taylor, 78.4 ov), 283-8 (B Swanepoel, 78.5 ov), 288-9 (BMJ Allison, 81.3 ov), 295-10 (AW Finch, 84.2 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	6	16	DH Lategan 5, JD Libby 1
2	25	28	JD Libby 13, RM Edavalath 8
3	8	10	JD Libby 4, AJ Hose 4
4	76	138	AJ Hose 34, BL D'Oliveira 36
5	86	124	BL D'Oliveira 32, HJ Cullen 45
6	64	118	BL D'Oliveira 25, MJ Waite 37
7	18	38	BL D'Oliveira 8, TAI Taylor 10
8	0	1	BL D'Oliveira 0, B Swanepoel 0
9	5	16	BL D'Oliveira 2, BMJ Allison 1
10	7	17	BL D'Oliveira 0, AW Finch 7

Match details

Toss: Worcestershire, chose to field
Ground: St Lawrence Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: Hassan Adnan, S Redfern
Match referee: DA Cosker
Source: Cricsheet match 1513437