f63578 cc22723	Worcestershire v Kent
	Rothesay County Championship 2026 (Division 2)
Venue	Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester on 24th, 25th, 26th April 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 2 runs
Points	Worcestershire 23 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Kent 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	PK Baldwin, S Widdup
Referee	SG Hinks
Scorers	SM Drinkwater (Worcestershire), LAR Hart (Kent)
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 94/1 (Libby 52*, Kashif Ali 15*; 24 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 441/9 (Waite 52*, Hannon-Dalby 0*; 120 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BG Compton	c Brookes b Hannon-Dalby	4	40	45	-	-	36
Z Crawley	c Roderick b Waite	27	42	66	6	-	34
SA Northeast	lbw b Swanepoel	3	11	13	-	-	8
TS Muyeye	c Roderick b Hannon-Dalby	19	58	90	3	-	49
*DJ Bell-Drummond	b Swanepoel	23	73	77	3	-	63
JDM Evison	lbw b Waite	14	25	34	3	-	20
+CG Benjamin	c Roderick b Hannon-Dalby	4	13	16	1	-	12
ME Milnes	not out	50	61	121	7	-	35
KJ Dudgeon	lbw b Swanepoel	38	61	54	6	-	45
MW Parkinson	c Roderick b Taylor	0	9	10	-	-	9
MAR Cohen	c Roderick b Brookes	11	38	42	2	-	33
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 290 minutes, 71.5 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Compton, 11.2 ov), 2-32 (Northeast, 14.3 ov), 3-38 (Crawley, 15.6 ov), 4-75 (Bell-Drummond, 36.5 ov), 5-81 (Muyeye, 37.4 ov), 6-89 (Benjamin, 41.5 ov), 7-99 (Evison, 44.2 ov), 8-149 (Dudgeon, 58.1 ov), 9-155 (Parkinson, 60.3 ov), 10-196 (Cohen, 71.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Taylor	17	5	58	1	-	-	78	10	-
Hannon-Dalby	18	6	27	3	-	-	93	4	-
Swanepoel	15	3	51	3	-	-	69	9	-
Waite	12	1	31	2	-	-	57	4	-
Brookes	8.5	1	25	1	-	-	42	4	-
D'Oliveira	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DH Lategan	c Muyeye b Milnes	25	19	19	6	-	12
JD Libby	b Milnes	52	73	103	8	-	51
Kashif Ali	c Compton b Dudgeon	20	79	103	3	-	68
AJ Hose	b Milnes	75	112	163	11	1	77
*BL D'Oliveira	c Muyeye b Cohen	90	135	196	13	-	88
+GH Roderick	b Evison	40	81	114	3	-	56
EA Brookes	c Muyeye b Milnes	25	40	50	5	-	31
MJ Waite	not out	53	93	125	6	-	63
B Swanepoel	b Cohen	6	20	20	1	-	17
TAI Taylor	b Evison	37	64	72	3	1	42
OJ Hannon-Dalby	b Parkinson	0	13	17	-	-	13
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 6 w)	24
Total	(all out, 497 minutes, 121 overs)	447
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Lategan, 4.4 ov), 2-100 (Libby, 25.1 ov), 3-104 (Kashif Ali, 30.2 ov), 4-245 (Hose, 63.1 ov), 5-296 (D'Oliveira, 75.5 ov), 6-338 (Brookes, 87.4 ov), 7-350 (Roderick, 90.3 ov), 8-361 (Swanepoel, 95.4 ov), 9-435 (Taylor, 115.4 ov), 10-447 (Hannon-Dalby, 120.6 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Milnes	25	4	81	4	-	-	109	13	-
Dudgeon	24	2	104	1	1	1	94	14	-
Cohen	18	2	81	2	-	-	77	15	-
Parkinson	28	3	92	1	1	1	118	7	2
Evison	23	3	68	2	-	-	104	9	-
Muyeye	3	1	7	0	-	-	15	1	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Dawkins	c Brookes b Taylor	3	11	19	-	-	9
Z Crawley	c Roderick b Swanepoel	31	57	77	5	-	46
SA Northeast	c Roderick b Taylor	7	11	17	1	-	8
TS Muyeye	lbw b Taylor	4	3	7	1	-	2
*DJ Bell-Drummond	lbw b Hannon-Dalby	30	46	64	4	-	31
JDM Evison	c Roderick b Taylor	23	33	49	4	-	23
+CG Benjamin	lbw b Brookes	77	105	171	9	1	67
ME Milnes	c Brookes b Waite	4	22	29	1	-	21
KJ Dudgeon	c Roderick b Taylor	41	52	63	6	-	32
MW Parkinson	b Swanepoel	7	24	25	1	-	20
MAR Cohen	not out	7	42	33	1	-	39
BG Compton	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 284 minutes, 67.1 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Dawkins, 4.3 ov), 2-30 (Northeast, 8.4 ov), 3-38 (Muyeye, 10.1 ov), 4-67 (Crawley, 16.5 ov), 5-103 (Bell-Drummond, 25.2 ov), 6-111 (Evison, 28.3 ov), 7-140 (Milnes, 35.4 ov), 8-211 (Dudgeon, 50.5 ov), 9-220 (Parkinson, 57.1 ov), 10-249 (Benjamin, 67.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Taylor	16	4	56	5	-	3	77	8	-
Hannon-Dalby	14	2	42	1	-	-	66	6	-
Waite	10	2	35	1	-	-	43	5	-
Swanepoel	15	0	73	2	-	-	60	12	-
Brookes	6.1	0	21	1	-	-	22	2	-
D'Oliveira	5	0	12	0	-	-	24	-	1
Libby	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Kent full substitute: BJ Dawkins for BG Compton (after 87.4 overs of the Worcestershire first innings) (injury)
--> Day 1 Lunch: Kent (1) 65/3 (Muyeye 15*, Bell-Drummond 16*; 31 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Kent (1) 196/10 (Milnes 50*; 71.5 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Worcestershire (1) 192/3 (Hose 47*, D'Oliveira 38*; 52 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Worcestershire (1) 338/6 (Roderick 35*; 87.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Kent (2) 103/4 (Bell-Drummond 30*, Evison 22*; 25 overs)
--> Kent first innings: 50 in 23.3 overs
--> Kent first innings: 100 in 45.3 overs
--> Kent first innings: 150 in 59.3 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 50 in 10.6 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 100 in 24 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 150 in 43.1 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 200 in 55.3 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 250 in 65.3 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 300 in 76.4 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 350 in 90.2 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 400 in 105.1 overs
--> Worcestershire score at 110 overs in the first innings was 425-8
--> Kent second innings: 50 in 13.1 overs
--> Kent second innings: 100 in 24.6 overs
--> Kent second innings: 150 in 37.6 overs
--> Kent second innings: 200 in 47.2 overs
--> ME Milnes (1) 50 in 56 balls with 7 fours
--> ME Milnes (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> KJ Dudgeon (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> MAR Cohen (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> JD Libby (1) 50 in 67 balls with 8 fours
--> AJ Hose (1) 50 in 88 balls with 8 fours
--> BL D'Oliveira (1) 50 in 84 balls with 6 fours
--> MJ Waite (1) 50 in 83 balls with 6 fours
--> DJ Bell-Drummond (2) passed 8500 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> CG Benjamin (2) 50 in 56 balls with 8 fours
--> CG Benjamin (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> CG Benjamin (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 65
--> KJ Dudgeon (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> OJ Hannon-Dalby reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed BG Compton, his 1st wicket in the first innings
--> TAI Taylor reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed MW Parkinson, his 1st wicket in the first innings
--> B Swanepoel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed KJ Dudgeon in the Kent first innings (previous best was 2-61)
--> ME Milnes (11) and KJ Dudgeon (38) added 50 in 80 balls for the Kent 8th wicket in the first innings
--> JD Libby (35) and Kashif Ali (15) added 50 in 96 balls for the Worcestershire 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> AJ Hose (18) and BL D'Oliveira (31) added 50 in 84 balls for the Worcestershire 4th wicket in the first innings
--> AJ Hose (55) and BL D'Oliveira (43) added 100 in 155 balls for the Worcestershire 4th wicket in the first innings
--> BL D'Oliveira (27) and GH Roderick (18) added 50 in 74 balls for the Worcestershire 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MJ Waite (29) and TAI Taylor (24) added 50 in 62 balls for the Worcestershire 9th wicket in the first innings
--> CG Benjamin (24) and KJ Dudgeon (27) added 50 in 58 balls for the Kent 8th wicket in the second innings

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