Hi, Dudgeon! Keith takes six, Benjamin engages "Beast Mode"
13.06.26, 20:03 Updated 13.06.26, 20:07
Fred Atkins
Diary of a Cricket Season. Saturday 13th June 2026.
Kent 178 and 320-8 lead Lancashire 87, by 411 runs.
When Kent’s coaching staff prepared their best-case scenarios for day two, the idea of a 411-run lead at stumps would have seemed fantastical, but a flawless bowling display, coupled with two huge knocks from Harry Finch and Chris Benjamin now make them overwhelming favourites.
Keith Dudgeon did the bulk of the initial damage, taking 6-32, but the debutant Hasan Mahmud chipped in with 3-32 and Matt Milnes, who took the other wicket, contributed to a pressure-cooked atmosphere that saw Lancashire fall apart.
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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.