Instant Analysis
Northamptonshire's players gather for a pep-talk after taking a Kent wicket - leaving the hosts 60-3 - on the fourth and final day of a 2023 season-opening County Championship Division One fixture at the St Lawrence (or Spitfire) Ground, Canterbury. Regrouping, Kent went on to win by seven wickets.
Cricket has been played at the St Lawrence Ground since 1847. Previously, a Tudor manor house, latterly called St Lawrence and demolished in 1839, occupied the site.
Match statistics
Kent versus Northamptonshire @ St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
LV= Insurance County Championship, Division One (fourth and final day, 85.2 overs, 11am start)
Admission: £10. Scorecard: £1. Attendance: 295 (h/c). Kent won the toss and elected to bowl). Northamptonshire 117 & 331 off 20.3 overs 3pts [resumed day four at 300-7] (Rob Keogh 116no, Gareth Berg 56, Hassan Azad 51, Joey Evison 4-62) lost by seven wickets to Kent 222 & 227-3 off 64.5 overs 19pts (Ben Compton 114no, Jack Leaning 67no, Daniel Bell-Drummond 32, Chris Tremain 2-40). Umpires: P.J. Hartley and I.D. Blackwell
Instant Analysis
Northamptonshire's players gather for a pep-talk after taking a Kent wicket - leaving the hosts 60-3 - on the fourth and final day of a 2023 season-opening County Championship Division One fixture at the St Lawrence (or Spitfire) Ground, Canterbury. Regrouping, Kent went on to win by seven wickets.
Cricket has been played at the St Lawrence Ground since 1847. Previously, a Tudor manor house, latterly called St Lawrence and demolished in 1839, occupied the site.
Match statistics
Kent versus Northamptonshire @ St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
LV= Insurance County Championship, Division One (fourth and final day, 85.2 overs, 11am start)
Admission: £10. Scorecard: £1. Attendance: 295 (h/c). Kent won the toss and elected to bowl). Northamptonshire 117 & 331 off 20.3 overs 3pts [resumed day four at 300-7] (Rob Keogh 116no, Gareth Berg 56, Hassan Azad 51, Joey Evison 4-62) lost by seven wickets to Kent 222 & 227-3 off 64.5 overs 19pts (Ben Compton 114no, Jack Leaning 67no, Daniel Bell-Drummond 32, Chris Tremain 2-40). Umpires: P.J. Hartley and I.D. Blackwell