Kent vs Lancashire, Final at Nottingham, RL Cup, Sep 17 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
Final, Nottingham, September 17, 2022, Royal London One-Day Cup
306/6
(48.4/50 ov, T:307) 285

Kent won by 21 runs

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Player Of The Match
97 (111) & 2/34
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6.28pm Back-slaps all round as Kent take the plaudits. They won the toss and chose to back their batters to post a defendable score, and despite losing Ben Compton in the first over, they fulfilled their brief to perfection. Evison's 97, backed up by Denly, Robinson, Blake and the old man Darren Stevens posted a hefty target of 307, and that proved out of Lancashire's reach despite fine fifties from Jennings and Croft. Three wickets apiece for Gilchrist and Stewart, but fittingly, on the day of Stevens' final bow as a Kent player, it's his heir apparent Joey Evison who wraps up the contest with an allround display to remember.

We'll have post-match coverage to come, but for now, thanks for tuning in, catch you later!

48.4
W
Evison to Hurt, OUT

all over! Evison seals the contest with a pinpoint yorker! Hurt swings at thin air, back goes his middle stump, and Kent have won their first List A silverware since 1978!

Liam Hurt b Evison 12 (11b 1x4 0x6 24m) SR: 109.09
48.4
1w
Evison to Hurt, 1 wide

too wide outside off, Evison keeping the ball out of the reach of Hurt's long levers

48.3
1
Evison to Williams, 1 run

tight to the off-stump, shuffles across the stumps to work to deep square. Only the single...

48.2
2
Evison to Williams, 2 runs

sticks in the pitch again, a cramped pull to wide long-on, and they rush back to keep their requirement in sight

48.1
1
Evison to Hurt, 1 run

rolls the fingers, good sticky slower ball outside off, Hurt can't connect on his wind-up

Back comes Evison... the man of the moment

Over48
10 runsNeed 27 runs from 12b
LAN 280/9CRR: 5.83  RRR: 13.50
Liam Hurt 11 (9b 1x4)Will Williams 5 (5b)
Grant Stewart3/42 (7)

Stewart is labouring now, looks like he's popped a calf maybe. But he'll presumably do the needful if required...

47.6
1
Stewart to Hurt, 1 run

slower ball, cracked off the back foot to deep point. Hurt will keep the strike

47.5
2
Stewart to Hurt, 2 runs

very full length, drilled out to deep cover, back for the second, and that's just enough to keep Lancashire in touch

47.4
4
Stewart to Hurt, FOUR runs

excellent pick-up. Just back of a length, Hurt swings for the hills and connects well, through cow corner

47.3
1
Stewart to Williams, 1 run

short, swings into a pull to short backward square. Just the single

47.2
Stewart to Williams, no run

right up to the toes, pressed back at the bowler

47.1
2
Stewart to Williams, 2 runs

tight line on off stump, tucked to the on-side, and they push for the second, because why not. A poor throw seals the deal

Over47
7 runs, 1 wicketNeed 37 runs from 18b
LAN 270/9CRR: 5.74  RRR: 12.33
Will Williams 2 (2b)Liam Hurt 4 (6b)
Nathan Gilchrist3/65 (10)
46.6
1
Gilchrist to Williams, 1 run

tickled off the legs, another single as the rate climbs again. A fine day's work for Gilchrist

It's now two a ball... Lancashire know there's no real hope now

46.5
1
Gilchrist to Hurt, 1 run

driven out of the yorker length, Podmore at short third fields

46.4
Gilchrist to Hurt, no run

slower ball, loops past the off stump on the full. Hurt was utterly baffled by that one

46.3
1
Gilchrist to Williams, 1 run

another yorker, clipped to the on-side

46.2
W
Gilchrist to Bailey, OUT

yorker! That was pinpoint, dipping from a good line, right at the base of middle stump, Bailey jams his bat down to no avail. This time, Kent really are one wicket away!

Tom Bailey b Gilchrist 16 (11b 1x4 0x6 14m) SR: 145.45
46.1
4
Gilchrist to Bailey, FOUR runs

very cheeky stroke, shuffling across the crease to the wide yorker, opening the face and jabbing down to deep third

Over46
5 runsNeed 44 runs from 24b
LAN 263/8CRR: 5.71  RRR: 11.00
Tom Bailey 12 (9b)Liam Hurt 3 (4b)
Grant Stewart3/32 (6)

Tony Torrance: "Difference with the two teams is the catching. Kent must have got an extra 50 runs or so."

45.6
1
Stewart to Bailey, 1 run

big wind-up, reaching outside off, and clubbed to long-on to keep the strike

45.5
1
Stewart to Hurt, 1 run

fenced into the covers

45.4
1
Stewart to Bailey, 1 run

rolls the wrists on a pull to backward square