They're keepers: Finch and Benjamin see Kent home
25.07.26, 10:07 Updated 25.07.26, 10:28
Fred Atkins
Diary of a cricket season. Friday July 24th, 2026.
Northants, 253, Kent 254-5. Kent win by five wickets.
The Spitfire spent Friday in a different location to usual, one where you can see and hear a lot more than you can from the usual post in the Underwood-Knott. This included, in no particular order, a boy of no more than 11, doing a Count Binface impression for the benefit of his even younger mate; Darren Lehmann telling Yuzvendra Chahal how much he loved the ball that got Daniel Bell-Dummond out; and a random who wanted to have "the batter conversation", right at the pointy end of the game.
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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.