Northamptonshire v Kent, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 38, County Championship Division Two, 2026

County Championship Division Two Match 38: Northamptonshire v Kent, August 27, 2026

Northamptonshire

NOR

450/6d (97.1)

Kent

KEN

345/10 (91.3)

Finished

Match Drawn

Kent 1st InningKEN 1st Inning345/10 (91.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ben Compton	lbw b L Guthrie	53	125	8	0	42.40
lbw b L Guthrie
Zak Crawley	lbw b BW Sanderson	89	120	13	1	74.16
lbw b BW Sanderson
Sam Northeast	lbw b BW Sanderson	11	31	2	0	35.48
lbw b BW Sanderson
Tawanda Muyeye	c Y Chahal b L Guthrie	8	5	2	0	160.00
c Y Chahal b L Guthrie
Daniel Bell-Drummond(C)	c LD McManus b LA Procter	70	109	8	0	64.22
c LD McManus b LA Procter
Chris Benjamin(WK)	c LD McManus b J Sales	15	21	3	0	71.42
c LD McManus b J Sales
Ekansh Singh	c J Sales b Y Chahal	19	22	2	1	86.36
c J Sales b Y Chahal
Grant Stewart	b Calvin Harrison	3	12	0	0	25.00
b Calvin Harrison
Keith Dudgeon	c GA Bartlett b Y Chahal	3	12	0	0	25.00
c GA Bartlett b Y Chahal
Matt Milnes	lbw b LA Procter	37	88	5	0	42.02
lbw b LA Procter
Matt Parkinson	Not out	0	13	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	37 (b 2, w 2, nb 18, lb 15)
Total	345/10 (91.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Ben Sanderson	23	5	71	2	3.00
Liam Guthrie	15	1	62	2	4.13
Luke Procter	10.3	1	42	2	4.00
Yuzvendra Chahal	19	1	58	2	3.05
James Sales	10	2	56	1	5.60
Calvin Harrison	14	1	39	1	2.78

Fall of wickets: 1-162 (Z Crawley - 38.5 ov), 2-174 (B Compton - 43.1 ov), 3-182 (T Muyeye - 43.6 ov), 4-188 (SA Northeast - 46.5 ov), 5-209 (C Benjamin - 51.4 ov), 6-239 (E Singh - 57.4 ov), 7-247 (G Stewart - 61.3 ov), 8-256 (KJ Dudgeon - 64.4 ov), 9-336 (M Milnes - 87.2 ov), 10-345 (DJ Bell-Drummond - 91.3 ov)

Northamptonshire 1st InningNOR 1st Inning450/6 (97.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	lbw b E Singh	119	164	15	2	72.56
lbw b E Singh
Luke Procter(C)	c C Benjamin b G Stewart	28	70	5	0	40.00
c C Benjamin b G Stewart
Calvin Harrison	lbw b MW Parkinson	21	32	3	0	65.62
lbw b MW Parkinson
Nathan McSweeney	lbw b KJ Dudgeon	109	150	8	1	72.66
lbw b KJ Dudgeon
Saif Zaib	lbw b MW Parkinson	72	74	9	0	97.29
lbw b MW Parkinson
James Sales	Not out	48	69	4	0	69.56
Not out
George Bartlett	c B Compton b G Stewart	24	30	2	1	80.00
c B Compton b G Stewart
Lewis McManus(WK)	Not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	29 (b 4, w 2, nb 14, lb 9)
Total	450/6 (97.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Matt Milnes	7	0	19	0	2.71
Keith Dudgeon	20	1	71	1	3.55
Matt Parkinson	27.1	0	158	2	5.81
Grant Stewart	19	2	57	2	3.00
Ekansh Singh	17	1	77	1	4.52
Tawanda Muyeye	7	0	55	0	7.85

Fall of wickets: 1-81 (Rs Vasconcelos - 24.3 ov), 2-144 (LA Procter - 35.1 ov), 3-227 (Calvin Harrison - 51.2 ov), 4-351 (SA Zaib - 75.5 ov), 5-403 (NA McSweeney - 86.3 ov), 6-449 (GA Bartlett - 96.5 ov)

Date

2026-08-27 15:30 PM

Venue

County Ground, Northampton

Toss

Northamptonshire elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee