Alex Blake: The best I’ve ever played
Kent batsman Alex Blake made an early claim for the Walter Lawrence Trophy by blasting his maiden one-day hundred off just 46 balls at Taunton.
The left-hander hit ten fours and seven sixes in the fastest century of the summer so far in a Royal London One-Day Cup defeat against Somerset.
The Kent Cricket Academy graduate said: “It was probably the best I have ever played, certainly in a one-day format. It’s my first List A hundred and to get it in 46 balls, even on a belting wicket, was very pleasing.
“Unfortunately, it didn’t prove enough to get us a win. When he came off our captain Sam Northeast said he thought we would need a minimum 300 so I had licence to go out and be positive.
“With Daniel Bell-Drummond playing so well at the other end, I was able to play my natural game and once I hit a couple out of the middle it seemed to keep happening. I’ll take confidence from my innings and at the age of 28 I now need to produce more consistently.”
Now in its 83rd year, the Walter Lawrence Trophy, awarded for the fastest hundred of the season, is open to all domestic county competitions as well as One-Day Internationals, T20 Internationals and Test Matches in England.
Next in the One-Day Cup, Kent welcome Sussex and Middlesex to The Spitfire Ground this Friday and Sunday (5 & 7 May).