Shepherd Neame Kent Cricket League, week 9 review
Saturday 1st July 2017
Sean Dickson hit a superb century in a rare appearance for Lordswood in the Shepherd Neame Kent Cricket League.
The Kent opener struck eleven fours and four sixes as they defeated Tunbridge Wells at Martin Grove.
His 127 at the top of the order was well supported by Chris Piesley’s 62 in a stand of 141.
Hugh Bernard was the pick of the home attack with 3/39 in 10 overs as they dismissed Tunbridge Wells for 261 to seal a 21-run win.
Wells skipper Alex Williams hit 128 for the visitors.
Adam Ball hit a half-century and took 2/18 as Tenterden won at Sandwich Town.
Rory Smith’s 50 was the mainstay after the hosts won the toss and posted 188-9.
In reply, Matt Hunn and 2nd XI regular Grant Stewart struck twice each before Ball paced his innings well to hit 60 off 94 balls before the tail reached the target with three wickets and seven balls to spare.
Alex Blake hit 31 for league leaders Beckenham who won at Holmesdale.
Academy scholar Oliver Robinson hit 27 off 16 for the visitors as the newcomers fell 20 runs short chasing 252 to win.
Junaid Nadir’s 4/37 was the pick of the Beckenham bowling.
Adam Riley took 3/39 for Bexley who rose to second in the table by defeating 2016 champions Hartley Country Club.
James Hockley hit 91 for Hartley before Bexley chased the target of 247 with 3.4 overs to spare thanks to half-centuries by Chris Laas and Aryan Jain.
Ivan Thomas took 2/33 for Blackheath as they lost at Sevenoaks Vine.
He removed opener Evert Bekker in the first over before dismissing county colleague Zak Crawley for 35 in a total of 225-8.
Vine dismissed Blackheath for 203 with George Wells (76) the top scorer.
In Division One, Imran Qayyum took 3/33 for Bromley at Hayes.