Raine and Rain thwart Kent's victory charge in Beckenham
19.05.26, 08:39 Updated 19.05.26, 08:55
Fred Atkins
Diary of a cricket season. Monday May 18th, 2026.
Kent 523 and 1-1 declared drew with Durham 446.
Kent 16 points, Durham 14 points.
Durham’s coach Ryan Campbell is not a shy man and he had an interesting take on the events that led to draw at Beckenham. “You know, some of those things when you're playing out grounds, unfortunately, are out of your control,” he said. “So I actually feel terrible for the ground staff who, you know, let's be honest, they work so hard to produce wickets for us to play cricket on. For water to get under the covers was pretty disappointing, but yeah, hopefully we live and learn.”
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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.