Bell-Drummond leads Kent to victory at Old Trafford

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May 6, 2024

Vitality County Championship, Division 1, Emirates Old Trafford (day four)

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Lancashire 92 and 332: Bell 65, Hurst 58, Balderson 48; Agar 3-65, Parkinson 3-70

Kent 261 & 166-3: Bell-Drummond 79*, Compton 29; Lyon 2-48

Kent (20 pts) beat Lancashire (3 pts) by seven wickets

Match scorecard

Daniel Bell-Drummond made an unbeaten 79 to guide Kent to a deserved seven-wicket victory over Lancashire in the County Championship match at Old Trafford.

The Kent skipper has now passed fifty in four of his eight innings this season, but he and the other Kent batters have had to withstand a try by rotation before reaching their goal. of 164 and completing their county's first victory on the field since 1997.

Nathan Lyon and Tom Hartley both caused a number of false shots during from the first hour of play and referees Paul Pollard and Graham Lloyd rejected a number of loud appeals as Lancashire looked to win a first-class match after going on to win for the first time since 1888.

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"> However, it was notable that the Kent top order managed to keep the scoreboard moving even when the batting was difficult and Lancashire only played no maidens on the final day.

Both wickets to fall were taken by Lyon, who caught and bowled Ben Compton for 29 - thus ending his 86-run stand with Bell-Drummond - before having Jack Leaning caught by Luke Wells for 16.

But these wickets never threatened to cause a collapse and the match ended in a flurry of boundaries as the visitors claimed their first win of season eight...