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Kent Women v Leicestershire LIVE

06.09.26, 09:47 Updated 06.09.26, 17:05

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4:49pm

06.09.26

Kent win by 88 runs.

Booker c Young b James 39. Leics all out for 184. Kent win by 88 runs.

Booker holes out and is snared by Young, that concludes a comprehensive win for Kent here against Leicestershire in their final group game. Although no one made a really big score, Castle hit 60 and Barnfather 52. Hardwick added some impetus with 30 from 24 and the ninth wicket partnership between Young and Gorham was worth 40.

Leicstershire's biggest partnership was 49, which tells the story, they lost wickets too consistently to threaten.

We can confirm that as that's a bonus point win, Kent will be playing Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens next week in the semi-final.

For now, thanks for your company over the last five days - we'll have the promised debrief from the men's game with Worcestershire, including the thoughts of Keith Dudgeon, early tomorrow.

4:48pm

06.09.26

Nine down.

Herathge c James b Belt 3. Leics 170-9. Need 103 more from 13.5 overs.

Belt brings herself back on at the NRE and takes a wicket with her first ball, Herathge mowing her to James at mid-on. One more wicket needed for Kent.

4:38pm

06.09.26

Eight down, the end is neigh - or nigh.

Whitfield st Blinkhorn-Jones b Gorham 4. Leics 157-8.

Whitfield is stumped off Gorham. Strode down the wicket, had a waft and was well out of her ground. Two wickets to go for Kent.

The end is neigh is a weak attempt at a Horses related pun by the way.

4:24pm

06.09.26

150 up.

Leics 155-7 after 32.3. Target 273.

Run rate did climb above seven, but three successive fours for Booker off Young reduce the pressure and bring up the 150. There's very little chance DLS will come into it here, but Kent are ahead by a biblical margin.

If Kent get a bonus point win, they will be at Radlett next week taking on Middlesex. If they don't, it'll be Glamorgan away at a venue tbc

4:12pm

06.09.26

Wicket. Leics 138-7.

Hall c Blinkhorn-Jones b Gorham 6. Leics 137-7 after 30, chasing 273.

The run rate is climbing. Grace Hall chases a wide one for Gorham and seems to ge a top edge to MBJ.

Holly Whitfield is the new batter.

4:02pm

06.09.26

BIG wicket. Chissell-ed out.

Chissell st Blinkhorn-Jones b James 49. Leics 124-6. Need another 149 to win.

That could be the game: Chissell steps out of her ground and MBJ whips off the bails to get her one shy of her half-century.

Evie Booker is the new batter. Run rate is over six for the first time.

3:54pm

06.09.26

Wicket: 122-5

Colquhoun c Gorham b Belt 7. Leics 122-5 after 25. Target 273.

Chissell has couple of lives, is nearly stumped and nearly caught off James, but she survives. Colquhoun has less luck, hitting Belt to Gorham at long on, and she's out for seven.

SpitfireViz is now 60-40 Kent.

3:42pm

06.09.26

Game on: 106-4.

Weston c Streets b Belt 7. Leics 106-4 after 20.1. Target 273.

Game on now. Weston swipes Belt to midwicket where Streets takes a palm-stinging catch. Leics are four down, the run rate is still under six.

Could have been even worse for Leicestershire but Chissell, on 41, is dropped in the same over by Gorham at midwicket.

3:33pm

06.09.26

100 up

Leics 100-3 after 19. Target 273.

Chissell pulls Belt for four to square leg, but only just survives a stumping chance at the end of the over. That would have been worth sending upstairs if there'd been a camera at square leg, her foot might just have flicked up.

A single for Chissell from Belt takes the visitors to three figures.

3:21pm

06.09.26

Wicket. 85-3.

Oliver c&b James 32. Leics 85-3 after 15.4. Target 273.

Oliver is riding her luck a bit, getting away with two loose shots against Young. Megan Belt comes on at the NRE to a chorus of encouragement from a roup of fans on the Old Dover Road side of the ground.

When James comes on the other end she gets Oliver caught and bowled. That one had been coming for a while. Lucy Weston (not to be confused with Lucy Western) is the new batter.

3:08pm

06.09.26

End of the powerplay, Leics 56-2.

Leics 56-2 after 10, target 273.

Hollie Young comes on at the Pavilion End, so we get a bit of spin. Her first over is tidy and goes for just four. By comparison, Kent were 36-1 at this stage.

3:02pm

06.09.26

50 up

Leics 50-2 after 8. Target 273 to win.

Would say it's pretty even here. The run rate is only just over five, so that's unlikely to be an issue, but 272 is still some way off.

Looks like Kent will be off to Northampton next week whatever happens here.

Amy Gordon is on at NRE.

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Fred Atkins

Fred Atkins

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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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