Northamptonshire v Kent, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Match, County Championship Division Two, 2025

County Championship Division Two 1st Match: Northamptonshire v Kent at Northampton, April 04, 2025

Northamptonshire

NOR

143/10 (42) & 114/10 (35.4)

Kent

KET

231/10 (62.5) & 171/10 (55.3)

Finished

KET won by 145 runs

Kent 1st InningKET 1st Inning231/10 (62.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ben Compton	b J Broad	12	54	1	0	22.22
b J Broad
Zak Crawley	b L Guthrie	1	7	0	0	14.29
b L Guthrie
Daniel Bell-Drummond(C)	c LD McManus b L Guthrie	16	30	3	0	53.33
c LD McManus b L Guthrie
Tawanda Muyeye	b R Weatherall	72	106	9	0	67.92
b R Weatherall
Jack Leaning	c LD McManus b R Weatherall	40	62	7	0	64.52
c LD McManus b R Weatherall
Joey Evison	runout (J Broad)	2	4	0	0	50.00
runout (J Broad)
Harry Finch(WK)	c Rs Vasconcelos b D Leech	16	29	3	0	55.17
c Rs Vasconcelos b D Leech
Grant Stewart	b R Weatherall	2	4	0	0	50.00
b R Weatherall
Keith Dudgeon	lbw b SA Zaib	26	67	4	0	38.81
lbw b SA Zaib
Jas Singh	Not out	6	19	0	0	31.58
Not out
Nathan Gilchrist	b SA Zaib	0	1	0	0	0.00
b SA Zaib
Extra	38 (b 4, w 12, nb 12, lb 10)
Total	231/10 (62.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Liam Guthrie	15	1	69	2	4.60
Dominic Leech	9	0	48	1	5.33
Luke Procter	15	5	28	0	1.87
Justin Broad	10	2	36	1	3.60
Raphael Weatherall	10	3	32	3	3.20
Saif Zaib	2.5	0	3	2	1.06
George Bartlett	1	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Z Crawley - 2.4 ov), 2-37 (DJ Bell-Drummond - 10.5 ov), 3-60 (B Compton - 18.6 ov), 4-164 (JA Leaning - 41.1 ov), 5-173 (J Evison - 42.2 ov), 6-177 (T Muyeye - 43.3 ov), 7-181 (G Stewart - 45.1 ov), 8-197 (HZ Finch - 50.6 ov), 9-231 (KJ Dudgeon - 62.4 ov), 10-231 (NN Gilchrist - 62.5 ov)

Northamptonshire 1st InningNOR 1st Inning143/10 (42 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	b KJ Dudgeon	1	10	0	0	10.00
b KJ Dudgeon
Luke Procter(C)	b G Stewart	21	34	5	0	61.76
b G Stewart
George Bartlett	c HZ Finch b G Stewart	13	34	1	0	38.24
c HZ Finch b G Stewart
James Sales	c J Evison b J Singh	4	7	1	0	57.14
c J Evison b J Singh
Saif Zaib	b NN Gilchrist	4	17	0	0	23.53
b NN Gilchrist
Rob Keogh	c JA Leaning b J Singh	64	81	10	0	79.01
c JA Leaning b J Singh
Lewis McManus(WK)	c G Stewart b J Evison	12	13	2	0	92.31
c G Stewart b J Evison
Justin Broad	c J Evison b J Singh	0	7	0	0	0.00
c J Evison b J Singh
Dominic Leech	lbw b J Singh	3	37	0	0	8.11
lbw b J Singh
Liam Guthrie	c HZ Finch b G Stewart	9	7	2	0	128.57
c HZ Finch b G Stewart
Raphael Weatherall	Not out	3	7	0	0	42.86
Not out
Extra	9 (b 0, w 1, nb 4, lb 4)
Total	143/10 (42)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Nathan Gilchrist	8	1	50	1	6.25
Keith Dudgeon	13	2	33	1	2.54
Jas Singh	12	2	35	4	2.92
Grant Stewart	6	1	18	3	3.00
Joey Evison	3	0	3	1	1.00

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Rs Vasconcelos - 3.1 ov), 2-34 (LA Procter - 11.1 ov), 3-41 (GA Bartlett - 13.4 ov), 4-41 (J Sales - 14.2 ov), 5-73 (SA Zaib - 21.6 ov), 6-102 (LD McManus - 27.6 ov), 7-113 (J Broad - 30.3 ov), 8-130 (RI Keogh - 38.2 ov), 9-139 (D Leech - 40.2 ov), 10-143 (L Guthrie - 41.6 ov)

Kent 2nd InningKET 2nd Inning171/10 (55.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Zak Crawley	c SA Zaib b J Broad	31	58	4	0	53.45
c SA Zaib b J Broad
Ben Compton	b R Weatherall	36	68	5	0	52.94
b R Weatherall
Daniel Bell-Drummond(C)	c SA Zaib b R Weatherall	0	3	0	0	0.00
c SA Zaib b R Weatherall
Tawanda Muyeye	lbw b R Weatherall	0	1	0	0	0.00
lbw b R Weatherall
Jack Leaning	c SA Zaib b L Guthrie	9	27	0	0	33.33
c SA Zaib b L Guthrie
Joey Evison	c SA Zaib b D Leech	52	96	6	0	54.17
c SA Zaib b D Leech
Harry Finch(WK)	lbw b D Leech	4	10	0	0	40.00
lbw b D Leech
Grant Stewart	c J Broad b LA Procter	3	8	0	0	37.50
c J Broad b LA Procter
Keith Dudgeon	c LD McManus b SA Zaib	14	38	2	0	36.84
c LD McManus b SA Zaib
Jas Singh	lbw b SA Zaib	10	23	2	0	43.48
lbw b SA Zaib
Nathan Gilchrist	Not out	0	3	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	12 (b 0, w 1, nb 4, lb 7)
Total	171/10 (55.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Liam Guthrie	10	2	36	1	3.60
Luke Procter	8	2	25	1	3.13
Dominic Leech	11.3	2	27	2	2.35
Raphael Weatherall	10	1	38	3	3.80
Justin Broad	9	2	31	1	3.44
Saif Zaib	6	1	6	2	1.00
George Bartlett	1	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Z Crawley - 18.6 ov), 2-69 (DJ Bell-Drummond - 19.4 ov), 3-69 (T Muyeye - 19.5 ov), 4-76 (B Compton - 23.1 ov), 5-97 (JA Leaning - 29.1 ov), 6-106 (HZ Finch - 32.2 ov), 7-115 (G Stewart - 35.1 ov), 8-151 (KJ Dudgeon - 46.5 ov), 9-167 (J Singh - 52.6 ov), 10-171 (J Evison - 55.3 ov)

Northamptonshire 2nd InningNOR 2nd Inning114/10 (35.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	b KJ Dudgeon	5	11	1	0	45.45
b KJ Dudgeon
Luke Procter(C)	c HZ Finch b G Stewart	14	39	2	0	35.90
c HZ Finch b G Stewart
George Bartlett	Not out	60	79	7	1	75.95
Not out
James Sales	b G Stewart	8	10	1	0	80.00
b G Stewart
Saif Zaib	c JA Leaning b KJ Dudgeon	16	25	4	0	64.00
c JA Leaning b KJ Dudgeon
Rob Keogh	c JA Leaning b KJ Dudgeon	0	3	0	0	0.00
c JA Leaning b KJ Dudgeon
Lewis McManus(WK)	c JA Leaning b KJ Dudgeon	4	9	1	0	44.44
c JA Leaning b KJ Dudgeon
Justin Broad	lbw b NN Gilchrist	1	10	0	0	10.00
lbw b NN Gilchrist
Dominic Leech	c HZ Finch b KJ Dudgeon	0	24	0	0	0.00
c HZ Finch b KJ Dudgeon
Liam Guthrie	b KJ Dudgeon	0	4	0	0	0.00
b KJ Dudgeon
Raphael Weatherall	b KJ Dudgeon	0	2	0	0	0.00
b KJ Dudgeon
Extra	6 (b 0, w 0, nb 4, lb 2)
Total	114/10 (35.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Nathan Gilchrist	13	2	30	1	2.31
Keith Dudgeon	10.4	0	36	7	3.38
Grant Stewart	5	1	21	2	4.20
Jas Singh	5	1	20	0	4.00
Joey Evison	2	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Rs Vasconcelos - 1.6 ov), 2-44 (LA Procter - 13.3 ov), 3-54 (J Sales - 15.5 ov), 4-92 (SA Zaib - 23.2 ov), 5-92 (RI Keogh - 23.5 ov), 6-100 (LD McManus - 25.4 ov), 7-107 (J Broad - 28.4 ov), 8-112 (D Leech - 33.6 ov), 9-114 (L Guthrie - 35.2 ov), 10-114 (R Weatherall - 35.4 ov)

Date

2025-04-04 15:30 PM

Venue

County Ground, Northampton

Toss

Northamptonshire elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee