The Spitfire · https://thespitfire.news/matchday/kent-v-gloucestershire-day-three-live-147791
26.09.26, 10:07 Updated 26.09.26, 18:47
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10:35am
Yesterday
Gloucs 61-2.
Maiden over to start from Khaled but he should have had a wicket.
Boorman edged him, it went between Benjamin and Crawley. The keeper pulled out and Crawley didn't react in time.
Better news from Lord's where Sanderson is out and Northants are eight down, 102 in front.
Milnes is on from the NRE.
10:30am
Yesterday
Khaled Ahmed is opening from the Pavilion End, Tom Boorman to face. He edges the first ball just short of the slips ...
10:00am
Yesterday
Is this the day? As a born pessimist, even The Spitfire thinks Kent have a better than 50-50 chance of going up today.
If Kent win here, they WILL go up. If Northamptonshire lose at Lord's, Kent will go up.
Gloucestershire are still 63 behind and two wickets down. At Lord's Northamptonshire are seven down and 97 runs in the lead.
If both games are drawn, Kent will go up, although that seems unrealistic - the chances are that both will end one way or the other and there's a good chance it'll be done today.
The sun is out and although it isn't as warm as yesterday, there's virtually no chance of rain.
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.
