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Fixture: Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire
Venue: Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury
Date: Sunday, June 13, 2021
Start time: 6.30pm
What’s the lowdown?
Kent have made a terrific start to the new T20 Blast season, and they sit second in the South Group with wins from both of their first two fixtures.
Consistency with bat and ball have seen first-innings totals of 176 for 6 and 178 for 8 prove to be plenty enough for victory against both Hampshire Hawks and Middlesex.
Gloucestershire won their opening fixture at Glamorgan but suffered a home defeat by Sussex Sharks on Friday.
Who’s in form?
Encouragingly for Kent, most of the top order have shown signs of life in the early stages of the campaign. Stand-in captain Daniel Bell-Drummond, keeper-batsman Ollie Robinson, and Joe Denly made the contributions against Hampshire, and when they failed against Middlesex, Jack Leaning and Jordan Cox delivered with a pair of half-centuries.
With the ball, the evergreen Darren Stevens - at 45 years old continuing to improve - has five wickets at 10.8 and a miserly economy of 6.75. Fred Klaassen also has five wickets.
Glenn Phillips - the powerful New Zealander - introduced himself to Nevil Road with a rapid 42 on Friday, having also topscored with 44 in the four-run victory over Glamorgan.
Josh Shaw has five wickets at 9.4 so far this term.
What’s the team news?
Qais Ahmad is in line to make his Kent Spitfires debut after completing quarantine.
Tim Groenewald (knee) and Heino Kuhn (calf) remain unavailable. Sam Billings and Zak Crawley are away with England.
Kent Spitfires squad: Daniel Bell-Drummond, Alex Blake, Jordan Cox, Joe Denly, Fred Klaassen, Nathan Gilchrist, Jack Leaning, James Logan, Matt Milnes, Tawanda Muyeye, Marcus O'Riordan, Qais Ahmad, Ollie Robinson, Darren Stevens, Grant Stewart
Ryan Higgins misses out for Gloucestershire with a broken toe. Dan Worrall is included in the 14-man squad.
Gloucestershire squad: Miles Hammond, Chris Dent, Ian Cockbain, Glenn Phillips, Jack Taylor, Benny Howell, Graeme van Buuren, Tom Smith, David Payne, Matt Taylor, George Hankins, Josh Shaw, George Scott
Last five T20 results (most recent first)
Kent Spitfires: WWLLW
Gloucestershire: LWLWW
Head-to-head T20 record
Total matches: 17
Kent Spitfires wins: 8
Gloucestershire wins: 9
Tied: 0
Abandoned: 2
No result: 0
What’s the weather forecast?
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Going to the game?
Tickets
There is limited availability for this fixture.
Adult tickets are £25, juniors (ages 5-15) are £7. Tickets are limited to six per booking.
Click here to access the Kent box office.
How do I follow the match?
Kent will offer live coverage of the match via their website: Click here
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Prediction?
Kent have made a fabulous start to the season. Unless there are fireworks from Phillips, the Spitfires should have enough. Home win.
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