Australians vs Kent, Tour Match at Canterbury, , Jun 25 2015 - Match Result

RESULT

Tour Match, Canterbury, June 25 - 28, 2015, Australia tour of England and Ireland

Australians

507/8d & 322/4d

Kent

(T:550) 280 & 294

Australians won by 255 runs

Australia tick boxes but Bell-Drummond's ton reinforces Test future

Victory soon after tea, runs and wickets for pretty much everyone and an ahead-of-schedule bus departure for Essex made this a more or less perfect warm-up fixture for the Australians

28-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Match centre

Scorecard summary

Australians • 507/8(124.4 overs)

1st INNINGS

114 (196)

5/99 (27)

111 (153)

1/96 (26)

Kent • 280/10(80.2 overs)

1st INNINGS

87 (108)

4/56 (18)

45 (70)

2/51 (16)

Australians • 322/4(62 overs)

2nd INNINGS

101 (94)

3/114 (19)

81 (76)

0/25 (8)

Kent • 294/10(58.4 overs)

2nd INNINGS

127 (112)

3/54 (5.4)

53 (27)

2/59 (14)

58.4

Smith to Thomas, OUT

Ivan Thomas c SE Marsh b Smith 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 0

58.3

•

Smith to Thomas, no run

58.2

Smith to Hunn, 1 run

58.1

Smith to Hunn, SIX runs

end of over 589 runs • 1 wicket

KENT: 287/9CRR: 4.94

Matt Hunn8 (21b)

Ivan Thomas0 (0b)

Fawad Ahmed 9-0-74-2

Steven Smith 5-0-47-2

57.6

Fawad to Hunn, 3 runs

57.5

•

Fawad to Hunn, no run

57.4

Fawad to Claydon, OUT

Mitchell Claydon c Rogers b Fawad Ahmed 53 (27b 8x4 2x6 37m) SR: 196.29

57.3

Fawad to Hunn, 1 run

57.2

Fawad to Claydon, 1 run

57.1

Fawad to Claydon, FOUR runs

end of over 5721 runs

KENT: 278/8CRR: 4.87

Matt Hunn4 (18b)

Mitchell Claydon48 (24b 7x4 2x6)

Steven Smith 5-0-47-2

Fawad Ahmed 8-0-65-1

56.6

•

Smith to Hunn, no run

56.5

Smith to Claydon, 1 run

56.4

Smith to Claydon, SIX runs

56.3

Smith to Claydon, SIX runs

56.2

Smith to Claydon, FOUR runs

56.1

Smith to Claydon, FOUR runs

end of over 566 runs

KENT: 257/8CRR: 4.58

Mitchell Claydon27 (19b 5x4)

Matt Hunn4 (17b)

Fawad Ahmed 8-0-65-1

Steven Smith 4-0-26-2

55.6

Fawad to Claydon, 1 run

55.5

Fawad to Claydon, FOUR runs

55.4

•

Fawad to Claydon, no run

55.3

•

Fawad to Claydon, no run

Read full commentary

Match details

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Toss	Kent, elected to field first
Series	Australia tour of England and Ireland
Season	2015
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	25,26,27,28 June 2015 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ben Debenham Nigel Llong

Match Coverage

All Match News

Australians v Kent

Wisden's review of Australians v Kent

Australia tick boxes but Bell-Drummond's ton reinforces Test future

Victory soon after tea, runs and wickets for pretty much everyone and an ahead-of-schedule bus departure for Essex made this a more or less perfect warm-up fixture for the Australians

Mitchell Marsh edges ahead in Test battle after ton

Mitchell Marsh has done everything within his power to press for a spot in Australia's first Test XI, leaving Shane Watson to prove his fitness as a bowler next week or risk being dropped from the side

Confident Smith limbers up for Ashes

No matter what the bowlers do, right now the only man in the world who can get Steven Smith out is, well, Steven Smith

Johnson fires up but Watson, Marsh miss out

Where Mitchell Johnson signalled his intent to again dent England neither Shane Watson nor Mitchell Marsh were able to push ahead as the allrounder most likely to take a pivotal place in Australia's first Test X

Instant answers to T20 questions

Ask a question

Videos

All Match Videos

1:03

'Can't believe what just happened' - Bell-Drummond

1:55

'We're not worried about what England are doing' - Lehmann

1:15

Bell-Drummond steals the limelight for a day

Kent Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
DJ Bell-Drummond	lbw	127	112
JL Denly	bowled	22	31
RWT Key	caught	14	27
SA Northeast	caught	11	7
BW Harmison	caught	31	95
SW Billings	caught	3	16
AJ Ball	caught	1	11
ME Claydon	caught	53	27
AEN Riley	caught	0	2
MD Hunn	not out	15	23
IAA Thomas	caught	0	2
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, nb 1)
Total	294(10 wkts; 58.4 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	14	4	59	2	4.21
MG Johnson	12	4	29	1	2.41
PM Siddle	12	4	34	1	2.83
Fawad Ahmed	9	0	74	2	8.22
MR Marsh	6	1	28	1	4.66 (1 nb)
SPD Smith	5.4	0	54	3	9.52

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	55	Joe Denly	Daniel Bell-Drummond
2nd	29	Rob Key	Daniel Bell-Drummond
3rd	16	Sam Northeast	Daniel Bell-Drummond
4th	93	Ben Harmison	Daniel Bell-Drummond
5th	10	Ben Harmison	Sam Billings
6th	17	Ben Harmison	Adam Ball
7th	12	Ben Harmison	Mitchell Claydon
8th	1	Mitchell Claydon	Adam Riley
9th	51	Mitchell Claydon	Matt Hunn
10th	10	Ivan Thomas	Matt Hunn

<1 / 3>