Kent Spitfires v Somerset (Thu, 7pm)

Thursday 16th August 2018

Men’s First Team

Vitality Blast

Kent Spitfires v Somerset (Thu, 7pm)

Kent will be looking to complete the double over Somerset and secure a place in the Vitality Blast quarter-finals when the two sides go head-to-head at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence tonight.

When the two sides met in Taunton last month, Kent, who will secure qualification if they beat the table-topping visitors, won by eight wickets after restricting Somerset to 159-6 as Carlos Braithwaite finished with four for 21.

In reply, Daniel Bell-Drummond (58) and Heino Kuhn (67) led the successful run-chase as Kent made 162 for three in 16.3 overs.

In Kent team news, Australian all-rounder Marcus Stonis is back in a 15-man squad after recovering from a hamstring injury.

Kent squad:  7 Sam Billings (c/wk), 6 Joe Denly, 23 Daniel Bell-Drummond, 4 Heino Kuhn, 17 Marcus Stonis, 10 Alex Blake, 58 Sean Dickson, 25 Calum Haggett, 20 Adam Milne, 11 Imran Qayyum, 8 Mitch Claydon, 5 Ivan Thomas, 1 Harry Podmore, 9 Grant Stewart, 16 Zak Crawley

Somerset squad: 24 Lewis Gregory (c), 28 Tom Abell, 78 Corey Anderson, 38 Josh Davey, 11 Steve Davies, 25 James Hildreth, 9 Johann Myburgh,  12 Craig Overton, 8 Jamie Overton, 74 Jerome Taylor, 7 Peter Trego, 52 Roelof van der Merwe , 10 Max Waller

Gates open at 5pm and parking is available at the nearby Simon Langton Girls Grammar (CT1 3EW) for £10 or at the New Dover Road Park and Ride for £3.50 per day with a low-floor bus dropping outside the main pedestrian entrance to the ground.

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