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Emilio Gay at The Roverside. Picture by Thomas Ridley.

Diary of a Cricket Season: Day 1

The Spitfire Diary: a series of occasional entries from the front lines of the County Championship

03.04.26, 19:31 Updated 03.04.26, 19:40

Fred Atkins

Fred Atkins

Day 1: Good Friday April 3rd

Durham- 335 all out (77.4)  Kent-  50/2 (14.3) Bonus points- Durham- 2  Kent- 3

NOT YOU AGAIN ...

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Emilio Gay scored the first red-ball century of 2026, against his favourite opponents. Gay scored his maiden first class century, for Northants,when he made 101 in a draw at Canterbury in 2021 and he carried his bat to make an unbeaten 119, from 110 balls, at Beckenham last year, when Durham beat Kent by seven wickets in the Metro Bank Cup.

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Fred Atkins

Fred Atkins Fred Atkins is a former Kent Messenger sports editor and has written several books, including The Spitfire Diaries, an account of Kent's 2021 season and Monty Panesar's "The Full Monty". He has followed KCCC since 1993 and has covered them for the ECB and Wisden since 2021.

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