Kent Spitfires (330-6) beat Surrey (243 all out) by 87 runs at The Kia Oval in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup

Jack Leaning led from the front as Kent Spitfires beat Surrey by 87 runs in a Metro Bank One-Day Cup contest at The Kia Oval which also featured a dream debut cameo on Friday.

Skipper Leaning top scored with 87 from 94 balls in Spitfires’ 50-over total of 330-6 and then bowled the first 10 overs from the Pavilion End with his off-spin (0-37) to set the tone for a Surrey struggle to 243 all out in reply, with leg-spinner Matt Parkinson (4-43) also impressing.

Alex Blake, hitting 62 from only 50 balls, and Daniel Bell-Drummond (65) were other Kent batting stars in their third highest List A total against Surrey.

Only Ryan Patel (68) and Jordan Clark, seventh out for 55 off 48 balls, threatened to break Kent’s hold on the game.

Jaydn Denly, nephew of Joe Denly - who missed the game through injury - marked his debut by taking a wicket with his third ball.

Brought on to bowl his left-arm spin (1-20) when Surrey were 176-4 after 35 overs, he bowled Cameron Steel for 25 through an attempted paddle-sweep and almost cleaned up Ben Geddes with a superb delivery as he recorded a wicket maiden.

Geddes did swing him for a maximum before being bowled by Parkinson for 17 and Clark hit Australian fast bowler James Bazley (0-30) for two big sixes but departed disgruntled after mis-hitting a waist-high full toss from Hamid Qadri to long-on.

Blake later took a brilliant diving catch on the long-off boundary to dismiss Conor McKerr off Parkinson, who then hastened Surrey’s demise by bowling Dan Moriarty, and the match ended when Yousef Majid was bowled for two by Qadri, who finished with 3-50.

The hosts’ chase began badly, with Dom Sibley edging a Grant Stewart (1-28) outswinger behind to go for five and, although Patel and Rory Burns added