Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tawanda Muyeye	c Jones b Leach	56	64	74	11	0	87.50
Ben Compton	c †Roderick b Finch	20	88	147	1	0	22.72
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	c Brookes b Leach	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Jack Leaning	c †Roderick b Leach	6	8	16	1	0	75.00
Joey Evison	c †Roderick b Finch	7	26	32	1	0	26.92
Harry Finch †	c Libby b Hartshorn	5	12	15	1	0	41.66
Grant Stewart	b Leach	26	34	59	5	0	76.47
Matt Parkinson	c Jones b Taylor	13	21	25	3	0	61.90
Akeem Jordan	not out	20	38	49	3	0	52.63
Alfie Ogborne	c Jones b Leach	0	7	15	0	0	0.00
George Garrett	c Jones b Leach	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 12)	18
Total	49.5 Ov (RR: 3.43)	171
Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Tawanda Muyeye, 17.1 ov), 2-73 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 17.5 ov), 3-79 (Jack Leaning, 21.1 ov), 4-98 (Joey Evison, 28.5 ov), 5-103 (Harry Finch, 31.6 ov), 6-103 (Ben Compton, 32.6 ov), 7-133 (Matt Parkinson, 38.4 ov), 8-157 (Grant Stewart, 45.5 ov), 9-171 (Alfie Ogborne, 49.2 ov), 10-171 (George Garrett, 49.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Joe Leach	11.5	2	52	6	4.39	55	6	0	0	5
17.1 to TS Muyeye, . 73/1 17.5 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 73/2 21.1 to JA Leaning, . 79/3 45.5 to G Stewart, . 157/8 49.2 to ARJ Ogborne, . 171/9 49.5 to GA Garrett, . 171/10
Tom Taylor	15	4	35	1	2.33	75	6	0	0	0
38.4 to MW Parkinson, . 133/7
James Hartshorn	12	6	18	1	1.50	61	2	0	0	0
31.6 to HZ Finch, . 103/5
Adam Finch	7	2	51	2	7.28	27	11	0	0	1
28.5 to JDM Evison, . 98/4 32.6 to BG Compton, . 103/6
Ethan Brookes	4	1	9	0	2.25	19	1	0	0	0

Worcestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Roderick †	c †Finch b Akeem Jordan	63	154	216	8	0	40.90
Jake Libby	c †Finch b Ogborne	30	82	116	3	0	36.58
Kashif Ali	c Muyeye b Akeem Jordan	17	17	25	2	0	100.00
Rob Jones	c Leaning b Evison	49	107	148	6	0	45.79
Adam Hose	c Garrett b Akeem Jordan	39	85	135	5	0	45.88
Brett D'Oliveira (c)	c Ogborne b Parkinson	97	90	129	15	0	107.77
Ethan Brookes	b Parkinson	50	63	78	8	0	79.36
Tom Taylor	lbw b Akeem Jordan	20	28	28	3	0	71.42
Joe Leach	lbw b Ogborne	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
Adam Finch	b Akeem Jordan	43	39	49	5	2	110.25
James Hartshorn	not out	12	29	34	1	0	41.37
Extras	(b 2, lb 10, nb 14)	26
Total	115.1 Ov (RR: 3.88)	447
Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Jake Libby, 26.6 ov), 2-113 (Kashif Ali, 32.5 ov), 3-154 (Gareth Roderick, 50.2 ov), 4-201 (Rob Jones, 66.6 ov), 5-286 (Adam Hose, 82.2 ov), 6-371 (Brett D'Oliveira, 98.1 ov), 7-384 (Ethan Brookes, 100.2 ov), 8-385 (Joe Leach, 101.1 ov), 9-398 (Tom Taylor, 105.3 ov), 10-447 (Adam Finch, 115.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Grant Stewart	20	2	68	0	3.40	89	8	0	0	3
Alfie Ogborne	20	1	87	2	4.35	80	11	0	0	2
26.6 to JD Libby, . 89/1 101.1 to J Leach, . 385/8
Akeem Jordan	26.1	6	97	5	3.70	115	12	2	0	0
32.5 to Kashif Ali, . 113/2 50.2 to GH Roderick, . 154/3 82.2 to AJ Hose, . 286/5 105.3 to TAI Taylor, . 398/9 115.1 to AW Finch, . 447/10
George Garrett	22	4	69	0	3.13	100	7	0	0	2
Joey Evison	12	2	49	1	4.08	53	9	0	0	0
66.6 to RP Jones, . 201/4
Matt Parkinson	15	0	65	2	4.33	56	9	0	0	0
98.1 to BL D'Oliveira, . 371/6 100.2 to EA Brookes, . 384/7

Kent 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Compton	run out (Taylor)	0	9	10	0	0	0.00
Tawanda Muyeye	c †Roderick b Hartshorn	211	279	369	23	3	75.62
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	b Finch	5	26	44	1	0	19.23
Jack Leaning	lbw b Hartshorn	27	50	60	6	0	54.00
Joey Evison	c †Roderick b Finch	16	27	40	2	0	59.25
Harry Finch †	lbw b Taylor	31	95	106	5	0	32.63
Grant Stewart	lbw b Taylor	41	41	66	4	2	100.00
Matt Parkinson	c †Roderick b Taylor	10	13	18	2	0	76.92
Akeem Jordan	b Taylor	7	30	49	1	0	23.33
Alfie Ogborne	not out	8	37	44	1	0	21.62
George Garrett	c †Roderick b Leach	6	10	16	1	0	60.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 12)	14
Total	101.5 Ov (RR: 3.69)	376
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Ben Compton, 2.4 ov), 2-64 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 13.2 ov), 3-119 (Jack Leaning, 28.4 ov), 4-168 (Joey Evison, 37.6 ov), 5-249 (Harry Finch, 66.2 ov), 6-333 (Grant Stewart, 82.5 ov), 7-349 (Matt Parkinson, 86.4 ov), 8-353 (Tawanda Muyeye, 91.4 ov), 9-367 (Akeem Jordan, 98.3 ov), 10-376 (George Garrett, 101.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Joe Leach	22.5	2	74	1	3.24	103	8	1	0	4
101.5 to GA Garrett, . 376/10
Tom Taylor	27	2	99	4	3.66	116	13	1	0	1
66.2 to HZ Finch, . 249/5 82.5 to G Stewart, . 333/6 86.4 to MW Parkinson, . 349/7 98.3 to Akeem Jordan, . 367/9
James Hartshorn	18	3	71	2	3.94	78	9	1	0	0
28.4 to JA Leaning, . 119/3 91.4 to TS Muyeye, . 353/8
Adam Finch	13	1	71	2	5.46	50	13	0	0	0
13.2 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 64/2 37.6 to JDM Evison, . 168/4
Ethan Brookes	14	2	38	0	2.71	67	3	1	0	1
Brett D'Oliveira	5	0	17	0	3.40	19	0	1	0	0
Jake Libby	2	0	4	0	2.00	8	0	0	0	0

Worcestershire 2nd Innings (T: 101 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Roderick †	c & b Akeem Jordan	9	20	15	1	0	45.00
Jake Libby	b Garrett	12	25	36	1	0	48.00
Kashif Ali	not out	52	67	86	10	0	77.61
Rob Jones	not out	23	37	64	2	0	62.16
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4)	6
Total	24.3 Ov (RR: 4.16)	102/2
Did not bat: Adam Hose, Brett D'Oliveira (c), Ethan Brookes, Tom Taylor, Joe Leach, Adam Finch, James Hartshorn
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Gareth Roderick, 3.6 ov), 2-33 (Jake Libby, 8.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Grant Stewart	6	1	15	0	2.50	26	0	0	0	1
Akeem Jordan	6	1	28	1	4.66	24	4	0	0	0
3.6 to GH Roderick, . 13/1
George Garrett	7	0	15	1	2.14	34	2	0	0	0
8.6 to JD Libby, . 33/2
Alfie Ogborne	3.3	0	33	0	9.42	9	6	0	0	1
Joey Evison	2	0	9	0	4.50	9	2	0	0	0

Close of Play

Thu, 22 Aug - day 1 - Worcs 1st innings 137/2 (Gareth Roderick 53*, Rob Jones 17*, 46 ov)

Fri, 23 Aug - day 2 - Kent 2nd innings 104/2 (Tawanda Muyeye 80*, Jack Leaning 15*, 26 ov)

Sat, 24 Aug - day 3 - Kent 2nd innings 353/8 (Akeem Jordan 0*, 91.4 ov)

Sun, 25 Aug - day 4 - Worcs 2nd innings 102/2 (24.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Toss	Worcestershire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2024
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	22,23,24,25 August 2024 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mark Newell Paul Pollard
Match Referee	Peter Such
Points	Worcestershire 23, Kent 3

Match Coverage

Kashif Ali puts seal on key victory as Worcestershire boost hopes

Tawanda Muyeye doubles up but Worcestershire near vital win

Instant answers to T20 questions

Worcs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
G Stewart	6	1	15	0	2.5 (1 nb)
Akeem Jordan	6	1	28	1	4.66
GA Garrett	7	0	15	1	2.14
ARJ Ogborne	3.3	0	33	0	9.42 (1 nb)
JDM Evison	2	0	9	0	4.5

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