Kent miss out on place in the FPT quarter-finals

FRIENDSPROVIDENTTROPHY:Warwickshire Bears tied with Kent Spitfires (D/L method)
20 May at Edgbaston
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field

Kent innings
265 all out, 49.2 overs
Denly (pictured) 115, Hockley 50, Mahmood 25
Piolet 3 for 53, Patel 2 for 42, Carter 1 for 36

Warwickshire innings
241 for 6, 46.5 overs
Troughton 67, Carter 37, Ambrose 36 not out
Cook 4 for 37, Tredwell 2 for 40

KENT tied with Warwickshire under the Duckworth/Lewis method as both sides crashed out of the Friends Provident Trophy at Edgbaston. The Spitfires went into the game with a slim chance of making the quarter-finals, but needed to win and dramatically improve their net run rate to reach the knockout stages.

Put into bat on a damp wicket, Joe Denly’s limited-overs personal best of 115, and 50 from James Hockley, helped the visitors to 265 all out from 49.2 overs.

Needing to win to guarantee their place in the last eight, the Bears reached 241 for six in the 47th over when play was abandoned by rain.

The D/L method declared the match a tie with both sides earning a point each. That was enough for the home side to draw level with Middlesex Panthers, but Shaun Udal“s side went through to the quarter-finals by virtue of having won more games.

The draw for the quarter-finals is as follows:
Gloucestershire Gladiators v Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Hampshire Hawks v Middlesex Panthers
Lancashire Lightning v Essex Eagles
Somerset Sabres v Sussex Sharks

Picture courtesy of Anthony Roberts, ARPictures