Kent’s losing streak in the T20 Blast continued on Wednesday with a four-wicket loss to Essex Eagles at Canterbury. It’s now five succesive defeats for Spitfires, their decision to bat backfiring when, having put on 32 for the opening wicket, they were rocked by a spell of four runs for four wickets in eight balls.
Joe Denly top scored with 39 in their 150-8, Sam Cook taking a hat-trick for the away side, before Eagles chased down their target in the 19th over.
Kent’s Grant Stewart, who added 37 to give the hosts something to bowl at, said: “It’s always a challenge when you lose wickets in the powerplay but you’ve got to hand it to Cook.
There was a bit of assistance out there and he bowled really well, as we’ve seen him bowl in a lot of championship games as well. “It was a bit frustrating that we managed to get to a bit of a score and the boys who bowled in the powerplay did really well and got us in the game, so it is a little bit disappointing but that’s cricket, isn’t it? [Joe Denly and George Linde] set it up for us to have a little bit of a crack at the end.