Gloucestershire v Kent, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 18, County Championship Division Two, 2026

County Championship Division Two Match 18: Gloucestershire v Kent at Bristol, May 08, 2026

Gloucestershire

GLO

325/10 (91.1) & 262/10 (85.1)

Kent

KEN

327/10 (103.5) & 261/8 (70.4)

Finished

KEN won by 2 wickets

Gloucestershire 1st InningGLO 1st Inning325/10 (91.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Cameron Bancroft(C)	c Z Crawley b JWA Taylor	12	29	2	0	41.38
c Z Crawley b JWA Taylor
Ben Charlesworth	b J Evison	85	148	13	0	57.43
b J Evison
Ollie Price	c KJ Dudgeon b JWA Taylor	50	100	9	0	50.00
c KJ Dudgeon b JWA Taylor
Miles Hammond	lbw b KJ Dudgeon	12	37	2	0	32.43
lbw b KJ Dudgeon
James Bracey(WK)	lbw b J Evison	57	80	9	0	71.25
lbw b J Evison
Tommy Boorman	c C Benjamin b KJ Dudgeon	49	99	8	0	49.49
c C Benjamin b KJ Dudgeon
Graeme van Buuren	c T Muyeye b JWA Taylor	18	24	3	0	75.00
c T Muyeye b JWA Taylor
Edward Middleton	b JWA Taylor	6	22	1	0	27.27
b JWA Taylor
Matt Taylor	lbw b JWA Taylor	0	5	0	0	0.00
lbw b JWA Taylor
Will Williams	c & b JWA Taylor	0	1	0	0	0.00
c & b JWA Taylor
Gabe Bell	Not out	5	4	0	0	125.00
Not out
Extra	31 (b 14, w 2, nb 4, lb 11)
Total	325/10 (91.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Keith Dudgeon	22	7	63	2	2.86
James Taylor	23.1	9	51	6	2.20
Ekansh Singh	14	1	61	0	4.36
Michael Cohen	16	3	59	0	3.69
Joey Evison	14	3	62	2	4.43
Tawanda Muyeye	2	1	2	0	1.00

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (CT Bancroft - 9.2 ov), 2-144 (O Price - 41.6 ov), 3-172 (MAH Hammond - 51.6 ov), 4-172 (BG Charlesworth - 52.1 ov), 5-287 (JR Bracey - 77.4 ov), 6-309 (GL Buuren - 85.1 ov), 7-313 (Tommy Boorman - 86.4 ov), 8-318 (MD Taylor - 89.3 ov), 9-318 (WSA Williams - 89.4 ov), 10-325 (Ed Middleton - 91.1 ov)

Kent 1st InningKEN 1st Inning327/10 (103.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Michael Cohen	c CT Bancroft b WSA Williams	18	49	3	0	36.73
c CT Bancroft b WSA Williams
Zak Crawley	b G Bell	1	12	0	0	8.33
b G Bell
Ben Dawkins	b WSA Williams	65	130	11	0	50.00
b WSA Williams
Sam Northeast	b WSA Williams	2	3	0	0	66.67
b WSA Williams
Tawanda Muyeye	c JR Bracey b BG Charlesworth	90	142	14	0	63.38
c JR Bracey b BG Charlesworth
Daniel Bell-Drummond(C)	c O Price b WSA Williams	3	13	0	0	23.08
c O Price b WSA Williams
Chris Benjamin(WK)	c CT Bancroft b G Bell	78	131	8	0	59.54
c CT Bancroft b G Bell
Ekansh Singh	runout (WSA Williams)	12	30	0	1	40.00
runout (WSA Williams)
Joey Evison	c JR Bracey b BG Charlesworth	2	14	0	0	14.29
c JR Bracey b BG Charlesworth
Keith Dudgeon	c WSA Williams b G Bell	35	86	2	0	40.70
c WSA Williams b G Bell
James Taylor	Not out	10	14	1	0	71.43
Not out
Extra	11 (b 4, w 1, nb 2, lb 4)
Total	327/10 (103.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Gabe Bell	25.5	7	76	3	2.94
Will Williams	24	5	48	4	2.00
Matt Taylor	19	2	64	0	3.37
Ben Charlesworth	12	2	43	2	3.58
Edward Middleton	5	0	31	0	6.20
Graeme van Buuren	18	1	56	0	3.11

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Z Crawley - 4.5 ov), 2-37 (MA Cohen - 14.3 ov), 3-39 (SA Northeast - 14.6 ov), 4-141 (B Dawkins - 47.3 ov), 5-151 (DJ Bell-Drummond - 51.3 ov), 6-206 (T Muyeye - 65.3 ov), 7-226 (E Singh - 72.4 ov), 8-245 (J Evison - 79.6 ov), 9-310 (C Benjamin - 99.4 ov), 10-327 (KJ Dudgeon - 103.5 ov)

Gloucestershire 2nd InningGLO 2nd Inning262/10 (85.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Cameron Bancroft(C)	lbw b J Evison	83	195	9	0	42.56
lbw b J Evison
Ben Charlesworth	c KJ Dudgeon b JWA Taylor	6	26	1	0	23.08
c KJ Dudgeon b JWA Taylor
Ollie Price	c KJ Dudgeon b MA Cohen	11	32	2	0	34.38
c KJ Dudgeon b MA Cohen
Miles Hammond	c MA Cohen b E Singh	33	55	6	0	60.00
c MA Cohen b E Singh
James Bracey(WK)	c Z Crawley b MA Cohen	0	12	0	0	0.00
c Z Crawley b MA Cohen
Tommy Boorman	c T Muyeye b E Singh	19	60	2	0	31.67
c T Muyeye b E Singh
Graeme van Buuren	b JWA Taylor	32	31	7	0	103.23
b JWA Taylor
Edward Middleton	c SA Northeast b JWA Taylor	22	48	4	0	45.83
c SA Northeast b JWA Taylor
Matt Taylor	c C Benjamin b E Singh	10	24	2	0	41.67
c C Benjamin b E Singh
Will Williams	b JWA Taylor	14	14	3	0	100.00
b JWA Taylor
Gabe Bell	Not out	9	14	2	0	64.29
Not out
Extra	23 (b 8, w 2, nb 0, lb 13)
Total	262/10 (85.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Keith Dudgeon	17	3	50	0	2.94
James Taylor	20.1	6	54	4	2.68
Michael Cohen	18	5	45	2	2.50
Joey Evison	17	5	46	1	2.71
Ekansh Singh	13	1	46	3	3.54

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (BG Charlesworth - 9.1 ov), 2-39 (O Price - 20.1 ov), 3-109 (MAH Hammond - 38.5 ov), 4-112 (JR Bracey - 41.5 ov), 5-151 (Tommy Boorman - 58.6 ov), 6-200 (GL Buuren - 67.4 ov), 7-211 (CT Bancroft - 71.1 ov), 8-227 (MD Taylor - 77.3 ov), 9-251 (WSA Williams - 81.6 ov), 10-262 (Ed Middleton - 85.1 ov)

Kent 2nd InningKEN 2nd Inning261/8 (70.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ben Dawkins	c BG Charlesworth b G Bell	7	18	0	0	38.89
c BG Charlesworth b G Bell
Zak Crawley	b WSA Williams	17	21	3	0	80.95
b WSA Williams
Sam Northeast	lbw b WSA Williams	4	35	0	0	11.43
lbw b WSA Williams
Tawanda Muyeye	c JR Bracey b MD Taylor	108	129	17	0	83.72
c JR Bracey b MD Taylor
Daniel Bell-Drummond(C)	b G Bell	38	66	6	0	57.58
b G Bell
Chris Benjamin(WK)	b G Bell	42	70	4	0	60.00
b G Bell
Ekansh Singh	c O Price b G Bell	18	35	2	0	51.43
c O Price b G Bell
Joey Evison	Not out	12	31	2	0	38.71
Not out
Keith Dudgeon	c GL Buuren b WSA Williams	0	5	0	0	0.00
c GL Buuren b WSA Williams
James Taylor	Not out	7	14	1	0	50.00
Not out
Extra	8 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 8)
Total	261/8 (70.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Gabe Bell	22	3	87	4	3.95
Will Williams	21.4	3	67	3	3.09
Matt Taylor	15	4	44	1	2.93
Ben Charlesworth	2	0	25	0	12.50
Graeme van Buuren	4	0	13	0	3.25
Edward Middleton	6	0	17	0	2.83

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (B Dawkins - 4.4 ov), 2-24 (Z Crawley - 7.4 ov), 3-64 (SA Northeast - 18.2 ov), 4-146 (DJ Bell-Drummond - 38.3 ov), 5-204 (T Muyeye - 51.3 ov), 6-231 (C Benjamin - 59.4 ov), 7-248 (E Singh - 63.6 ov), 8-253 (KJ Dudgeon - 66.4 ov)

Date

2026-05-08 15:30 PM

Venue

County Ground, Bristol, Bristol

Toss

Kent elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee