END OF OVER:20 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | KENT: 167/8 | RR: 8.35
- Darren Stevens47 (28b)
- Matt Milnes0 (0b)
- Tymal Mills4-0-33-3
- Chris Jordan4-0-36-1
4.00 pm Competitive score for Kent. But Sussex has plenty of firepower. Will be an interesting chase. Saurabh will be back in the central commentary position for the start of the reply. Stick with us!
Daniel Bell-Drummond at the break: "It's brilliant. It's been a long wait for us in the Kent dressing room so it was great to get out there. I really loved the crowd and enjoyed batting out there today. The pitch is quite nice to bat. It slid on with the new ball and then started to grip a bit in the middle. So the Powerplay will be key for us and then squeeze them in the middle overs."
19.6
1
Mills to Stevens, 1 run, Stevens is waiting for the slower ball but instead Mills bumps him at 89 mph, Stevens is in no way ready for it and is nailed with the ball caroming off his gloves fending awkwardly to go for a single.
Boundary here for Stevens will do it.
19.5
4
Mills to Stevens, FOUR, Mills misfires on the yorker and it winds up as a knee high full toss on sixth stump, slices this high over backward point for a boundary.
19.4
W
Mills to Stevens, OUT, slower ball full outside leg, Stevens is completely flummoxed. Qais is also flummoxed trying to pinch a bye. Doesn't he know Stevens has a fifty in sight?! They both wind up at the same end as Salt relays to Mills to take off the bails.
Qais Ahmad run out 2 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
19.3
1b
Mills to Qais Ahmad, 1 bye, full and wide, Qais misses a swipe. Cagey Stevo scampers a bye. The half-century may still be on after all!
19.2
2
Mills to Qais Ahmad, 2 runs, length ball swiped to deep midwicket for a pair as they scamper back to keep Stevens off strike. Half-century hopes fading....
Qais arrives.
According to the intrepid Matt Roller, this is Stevens' highest T20 score since 2015, when he was still in his 30s.
19.1
W
Mills to Stewart, OUT, length ball angled across Stewart on fifth stump at 85 mph, clears the front leg for a smear over midwicket and takes himself out of reach to connect properly, toe edge through to Salt behind the stumps.
G Stewart c †Salt b Mills 3 (12m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
END OF OVER:19 | 12 Runs | KENT: 160/6 | RR: 8.42
- Darren Stevens42 (25b)
- Grant Stewart3 (5b)
- Chris Jordan4-0-36-1
- Tymal Mills3-0-26-2
18.6
4
Jordan to Stevens, FOUR, Stevens has been peppering the extra cover rope in this knock and does so again here! Backs away from leg stump to carve a length ball high over the man on the ring, one bounce over the rope.
18.5
0
Jordan to Stevens, no run, back of a length on fourth stump, goes to cut and is beaten.
18.4
2
Jordan to Stevens, 2 runs, full and wide outside off, lofts this high over extra cover, not timed well and it plops in the gap between cover sweeper and long-off dying before the rope for a pair.
18.3
4
Jordan to Stevens, FOUR, like a fine wine! Full on off stump, Stevens shuffles across his stumps to premeditate a scoop over fine leg and flicks it to perfection over the keeper to the rope.
Jordan back over the stumps now to Stevens.
18.2
1
Jordan to Stewart, 1 run, full on middle, shoveled out to mid-off where Wiese dives on the ring to turn four into one.
Jordan switches around the stumps now.
18.1
1
Jordan to Stevens, 1 run, yorker on the legs, flicked out to deep midwicket.
END OF OVER:18 | 5 Runs | KENT: 148/6 | RR: 8.22
- Darren Stevens31 (20b)
- Grant Stewart2 (4b)
- Tymal Mills3-0-26-2
- Chris Jordan3-0-24-1
17.6
1
Mills to Stevens, 1 run, good length ball on off stump at 86 mph, guided to backward point.
17.5
1
Mills to Stewart, 1 run, good length ball on the legs, flicked gently to deep midwicket where Rawlins charges in to keep it to one.
17.4
1
Mills to Stevens, 1 run, yorker on fourth stump, digs this out into the covers for one.
17.3
1
Mills to Stewart, 1 run, slower ball again on fourth stump on a good length at 71 mph, mishits this into the ground back down the pitch for one.
17.2
0
Mills to Stewart, no run, full pace ball on a good length on fifth stump, slapped back to Mills.
17.1
1
Mills to Stevens, 1 run, slower ball to begin back of a length on middle, guided into the off side for one.
Mills to bowl his last two at the death.
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | KENT: 143/6 | RR: 8.41
- Grant Stewart0 (1b)
- Darren Stevens28 (17b)
- Chris Jordan3-0-24-1
- George Garton4-0-24-2
16.6
0
Jordan to Stewart, no run, yorker on the legs at 84 mph, Stewart can't flick this away and it dribbles back to Jordan.
16.5
1
Jordan to Stevens, 1 run, yorker on middle, dug out to long-on for one.
16.4
2
Jordan to Stevens, 2 runs, full on the stumps this time, flicked through wide long-on for a pair.
16.3
4
Jordan to Stevens, FOUR, hello! Stevens with another lovely cover drive for four. Takes a step away from leg stump to crank a half-volley on fourth stump through extra cover whistling to the rope.
16.2
W
Jordan to Bell-Drummond, OUT, length ball on middle and leg, heaves this to cow corner. Doesn't get the distance as Bopara circles around to his left along the rope and takes a simple rib height catch in stride five yards in from the rope.
DJ Bell-Drummond c Bopara b Jordan 82 (71m 51b 7x4 2x6) SR: 160.78
16.2
1w
Jordan to Bell-Drummond, 1 wide, slower ball is misfired too short and too wide outside off, left alone and called a wide.
16.1
1
Jordan to Stevens, 1 run, full on off, driven firmly to long-on.
