Bowler Matt Quinn doesn’t reckon Kent Spitfires will change too much ahead of a potentially crucial group stage-ending T20 Blast clash this evening.
Spitfires start the day in fourth, a position which would earn them a Quarter-Final spot, prior to their game against South Group winners Somerset at Taunton.
Kent could yet miss out on qualification for the knockout stages. But with their match beginning last, at 6.30pm due to it being televised, they’ll know where they stand and exactly what’s required of them from the contest - if anything! “I don’t think anything changes from what we have done,” said 30-year-old Quinn, who returned to the team for Friday night’s rain-affected loss at home to Sussex Sharks, their first defeat in the competition since they lost to Essex Eagles last month. “Obviously, I haven’t really been in the squad a huge amount this year, but the lads have been absolutely flying. “I’m sure we’ll just stick to what we have been doing so far in this competition.” Somerset are the only side definitely through in the South Group prior to an exciting finale, although second-placed Surrey are also likely to qualify for the last-eight due to their run rate.
They are joined on 16 points by Hampshire Hawks, Essex – who are away to Surrey - and Kent are locked on 14 points. But Spitfires are expected to face Somerset without in-form batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond, who pulled up with a hamstring injury against Sussex.