Kent v Worcestershire, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 42, County Championship Division Two, 2026

County Championship Division Two Match 42: Kent v Worcestershire at Canterbury, September 02, 2026

Kent

KEN

238/10 (64.2) & 358/10 (108.2)

Worcestershire

WOR

217/10 (59) & 295/10 (84.2)

Finished

KEN won by 84 runs

Kent 1st InningKEN 1st Inning238/10 (64.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ben Compton	c H Cullen b TAI Taylor	8	15	1	0	53.33
c H Cullen b TAI Taylor
Zak Crawley	c AJ Hose b B Allison	6	8	1	0	75.00
c AJ Hose b B Allison
Sam Northeast	c H Cullen b AW Finch	43	92	7	0	46.74
c H Cullen b AW Finch
Tawanda Muyeye	c MJ Waite b AW Finch	37	64	4	0	57.81
c MJ Waite b AW Finch
Daniel Bell-Drummond(C)	lbw b MJ Waite	52	87	8	0	59.77
lbw b MJ Waite
Chris Benjamin(WK)	c H Cullen b B Swanepoel	40	40	7	0	100.00
c H Cullen b B Swanepoel
Grant Stewart	c H Cullen b MJ Waite	19	26	2	0	73.08
c H Cullen b MJ Waite
Keith Dudgeon	c H Cullen b B Allison	8	22	0	0	36.36
c H Cullen b B Allison
Matt Milnes	c B Allison b TAI Taylor	7	23	0	0	30.43
c B Allison b TAI Taylor
Hasan Mahmud	Not out	4	6	1	0	66.67
Not out
Matthew Quinn	c B Swanepoel b TAI Taylor	1	3	0	0	33.33
c B Swanepoel b TAI Taylor
Extra	13 (b 8, w 0, nb 0, lb 5)
Total	238/10 (64.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Tom Taylor	14.2	1	55	3	3.84
Ben Allison	15	4	45	2	3.00
Matthew Waite	14	2	42	2	3.00
Beyers Swanepoel	12	0	42	1	3.50
Adam Finch	9	0	41	2	4.56

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Z Crawley - 3.2 ov), 2-18 (B Compton - 4.3 ov), 3-100 (T Muyeye - 26.6 ov), 4-103 (SA Northeast - 30.4 ov), 5-182 (C Benjamin - 45.6 ov), 6-213 (DJ Bell-Drummond - 53.6 ov), 7-220 (G Stewart - 55.5 ov), 8-233 (M Milnes - 62.3 ov), 9-237 (KJ Dudgeon - 63.2 ov), 10-238 (MR Quinn - 64.2 ov)

Worcestershire 1st InningWOR 1st Inning217/10 (59 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Daniel Lategan	b M Milnes	59	119	8	0	49.58
b M Milnes
Jake Libby	b H Mahmud	18	15	4	0	120.00
b H Mahmud
Rehaan Edavalath	lbw b H Mahmud	0	1	0	0	0.00
lbw b H Mahmud
Adam Hose	c C Benjamin b KJ Dudgeon	50	88	7	0	56.82
c C Benjamin b KJ Dudgeon
Brett D'Oliveira(C)	c T Muyeye b G Stewart	7	15	1	0	46.67
c T Muyeye b G Stewart
Henry Cullen(WK)	lbw b KJ Dudgeon	9	18	1	0	50.00
lbw b KJ Dudgeon
Matthew Waite	b H Mahmud	15	29	3	0	51.72
b H Mahmud
Tom Taylor	c C Benjamin b M Milnes	17	22	4	0	77.27
c C Benjamin b M Milnes
Beyers Swanepoel	c KJ Dudgeon b M Milnes	6	6	1	0	100.00
c KJ Dudgeon b M Milnes
Ben Allison	Not out	17	23	2	1	73.91
Not out
Adam Finch	lbw b H Mahmud	7	18	1	0	38.89
lbw b H Mahmud
Extra	12 (b 4, w 0, nb 0, lb 8)
Total	217/10 (59)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Matt Milnes	17	3	52	3	3.06
Hasan Mahmud	18	5	68	4	3.78
Matthew Quinn	10	4	28	0	2.80
Keith Dudgeon	9	1	43	2	4.78
Grant Stewart	5	0	14	1	2.80

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (JD Libby - 5.5 ov), 2-26 (RM Edavalath - 5.6 ov), 3-125 (D Lategan - 35.3 ov), 4-139 (BL D'Oliveira - 39.1 ov), 5-145 (AJ Hose - 40.4 ov), 6-152 (H Cullen - 42.6 ov), 7-185 (MJ Waite - 50.5 ov), 8-185 (TAI Taylor - 51.2 ov), 9-208 (B Swanepoel - 55.1 ov), 10-217 (AW Finch - 58.6 ov)

Kent 2nd InningKEN 2nd Inning358/10 (108.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Zak Crawley	c H Cullen b AW Finch	54	104	8	0	51.92
c H Cullen b AW Finch
Ben Compton	c D Lategan b TAI Taylor	0	10	0	0	0.00
c D Lategan b TAI Taylor
Sam Northeast	b TAI Taylor	132	240	15	0	55.23
b TAI Taylor
Tawanda Muyeye	c B Allison b B Swanepoel	23	36	4	0	63.89
c B Allison b B Swanepoel
Daniel Bell-Drummond(C)	c & b B Allison	44	101	3	0	43.14
c & b B Allison
Chris Benjamin(WK)	Not out	36	62	1	0	58.06
Not out
Grant Stewart	b TAI Taylor	15	17	2	1	88.24
b TAI Taylor
Keith Dudgeon	c B Allison b TAI Taylor	0	10	0	0	0.00
c B Allison b TAI Taylor
Matt Milnes	lbw b AW Finch	20	48	2	0	41.67
lbw b AW Finch
Matthew Quinn	b B Swanepoel	1	10	0	0	10.00
b B Swanepoel
Hasan Mahmud	runout (H Cullen / B Swanepoel)	6	13	1	0	46.15
runout (H Cullen / B Swanepoel)
Extra	27 (b 4, w 7, nb 2, lb 14)
Total	358/10 (108.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Tom Taylor	22	4	68	4	3.09
Ben Allison	22	5	58	1	2.64
Matthew Waite	18	2	52	0	2.89
Beyers Swanepoel	20	5	66	2	3.30
Adam Finch	16.2	4	51	2	3.12
Brett D'Oliveira	8	0	39	0	4.88
Jake Libby	2	0	6	0	3.00

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (B Compton - 4.3 ov), 2-99 (Z Crawley - 32.2 ov), 3-144 (T Muyeye - 44.1 ov), 4-271 (DJ Bell-Drummond - 81.4 ov), 5-271 (SA Northeast - 82.1 ov), 6-291 (G Stewart - 86.2 ov), 7-295 (KJ Dudgeon - 88.4 ov), 8-339 (M Milnes - 102.1 ov), 9-344 (MR Quinn - 105.3 ov), 10-358 (H Mahmud - 108.2 ov)

Worcestershire 2nd InningWOR 2nd Inning295/10 (84.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Daniel Lategan	lbw b M Milnes	5	8	1	0	62.50
lbw b M Milnes
Jake Libby	c C Benjamin b M Milnes	18	28	3	0	64.29
c C Benjamin b M Milnes
Rehaan Edavalath	lbw b MR Quinn	8	14	2	0	57.14
lbw b MR Quinn
Adam Hose	lbw b H Mahmud	38	74	7	0	51.35
lbw b H Mahmud
Brett D'Oliveira(C)	Not out	103	221	12	0	46.61
Not out
Henry Cullen(WK)	b H Mahmud	45	69	5	0	65.22
b H Mahmud
Matthew Waite	b KJ Dudgeon	37	48	5	0	77.08
b KJ Dudgeon
Tom Taylor	lbw b KJ Dudgeon	10	21	2	0	47.62
lbw b KJ Dudgeon
Beyers Swanepoel	b KJ Dudgeon	0	1	0	0	0.00
b KJ Dudgeon
Ben Allison	lbw b H Mahmud	1	8	0	0	12.50
lbw b H Mahmud
Adam Finch	c T Muyeye b M Milnes	7	14	1	0	50.00
c T Muyeye b M Milnes
Extra	23 (b 10, w 1, nb 0, lb 12)
Total	295/10 (84.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Matt Milnes	16.2	3	51	3	3.12
Hasan Mahmud	20	3	51	3	2.55
Matthew Quinn	13	2	46	1	3.54
Grant Stewart	22	5	62	0	2.82
Keith Dudgeon	13	1	63	3	4.85

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (D Lategan - 2.4 ov), 2-31 (RM Edavalath - 7.2 ov), 3-39 (JD Libby - 8.6 ov), 4-115 (AJ Hose - 31.6 ov), 5-201 (H Cullen - 52.4 ov), 6-265 (MJ Waite - 72.2 ov), 7-283 (TAI Taylor - 78.4 ov), 8-283 (B Swanepoel - 78.5 ov), 9-288 (B Allison - 81.3 ov), 10-295 (AW Finch - 84.2 ov)

Date

2026-09-02 15:00 PM

Venue

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

Toss

Worcestershire elected to bowl

Umpires

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