KENT v SOM, Canterbury. The South Group matches begin with Kent taking on Somerset at the St Lawrence Ground. These two teams appeared in the final of Vitality T20 Blast 2021. KENT beat SOM by 25 points. SOM will be looking to make up for the loss to KENT today. A high score match is expected today.
Kent has Darren Stevens, a versatile veteran, who is a top 5 scorer in head-to-head and site stats. On the other hand, SOM has Lewis Gregory, who plays a similar role.
The similarities continue with Tom Banton – Sam Billings, Daniel Drummond – Tom Abell and Merchant de Lange – Fred Klaassen.
Swing bowlers will be important in the initial phase of the inning. Fred Klaassen has good stats at venues but was unimpressive against SOM. Qais Ahmad has been in good form and has decent stats.
In Leeds:
| matches | Won | Lost | |
| KENT | 78 | 37 | 34 |
| SMO | 7 | 1 | 6 |
KENT v SOM at Headingly:
Matches – 7
KENT won – 6
SOM won – 1
H2H Team Stats:
| Beaten 1st won | Flying 2nd won | |
| KENT | 9 | 4 |
| SMO | 3 | 3 |
H2H Player Stats:
| M | I | R | 100 | 50 | 30 | Avg. | RS | |
| D Drummond | 14 | 14 | 507 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 39.00 | 155.52 |
| J Hildreth | 16 | 15 | 398 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33.17 | 126.35 |
| J Denly | 14 | 14 | 397 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28.36 | 133.67 |
| D.Stevens | 15 | 13 | 343 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28.58 | 155.91 |
| S Billing | 12 | 12 | 249 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35.57 | 149.10 |
| T Banton | 5 | 5 | 244 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61.00 | 179.41 |
| T Abell | 6 | 6 | 224 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 44.80 | 164.71 |
| Z Crawley | 5 | 5 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33.40 | 145.22 |
| A Blake | 15 | 12 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.67 | 137.61 |
| R Merwe | ten | 9 | 146 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36.50 | 153.68 |
| David Davies | 4 | 4 | 126 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31.50 | 172.60 |
| J Cox | 4 | 4 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57.00 | 148.05 |
| L Gregory | 11 | 9 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.88 | 171.67 |
| C Overton | 9 | 7 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.50 | 113.89 |
| R Rossouw | 5 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:40 p.m. | 141.18 |
| L Goldsworthy | 3 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.50 | 141.67 |
| W.Smeed | 3 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.00 | 121.95 |
| J leaning | 3 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:33 p.m. | 97.73 |
| M | I | O | Emergency room | |
| D.Stevens | 15 | 14 | 16 | 8.32 |
| L Gregory | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9.00 |
| Mr Waller | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8.93 |
| R Merwe | ten | ten | 9 | 7.75 |
| J Denly | 14 | 6 | 7 | 8.19 |
| C Overton | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9.73 |
| G Stewart | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9.77 |
| M de Lange | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8.89 |
| J.Davey | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11.00 |
| Q Ahmad | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7.45 |
| Mr Milnes | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9.91 |
| F Klaassen | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9.13 |
| J. Brooks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.50 |
Location stats:
(T20 Global Statistics)
| M | I | R | 100 | 50 | 30 | Avg. | RS | |
| J Denly | 53 | 51 | 1385 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 28.85 | 125.68 |
| D Drummond | 44 | 43 | 1214 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 29.61 | 136.10 |
| S Billing | 40 | 39 | 908 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 30.27 | 137.37 |
| D.Stevens | 54 | 45 | 789 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9:32 p.m. | 129.34 |
| A Blake | 59 | 53 | 635 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15.12 | 129.86 |
| J leaning | 12 | 11 | 343 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 42.88 | 142.32 |
| Z Crawley | 14 | 14 | 340 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 26.15 | 152.47 |
| J Cox | 13 | 11 | 250 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31.25 | 142.05 |
| David Davies | 4 | 4 | 222 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 74.00 | 158.57 |
| T Banton | 2 | 2 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 135.00 | 180.00 |
| J Hildreth | 6 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:40 p.m. | 117.54 |
| L Gregory | 4 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.50 | 233.33 |
| G Stewart | ten | 7 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.67 | 114.63 |
| C Overton | 4 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 77.14 |
| M | I | O | Avg. | Emergency room | RS | |
| D.Stevens | 54 | 43 | 38 | 26.03 | 8.36 | 18.68 |
| F Klaassen | 16 | 16 | 20 | 26.20 | 8.93 | 5:60 p.m. |
| Mr Milnes | 12 | 12 | 12 | 29.42 | 8.90 | 19.83 |
| J Denly | 53 | 18 | 11 | 33.82 | 8.09 | 25.09 |
| L Gregory | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15.17 | 9.10 | 10.00 |
| J leaning | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1:33 p.m. | 6.67 | 12:00 p.m. |
| Mr Waller | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25.33 | 8.29 | 6:33 p.m. |
| G Stewart | ten | ten | 6 | 48.00 | 8.82 | 32.67 |
| Q Ahmad | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24:40 | 6.10 | 24h00 |
| Mr Quinn | 4 | 4 | 3 | 44.67 | 8.93 | 30.00 |
| M de Lange | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32.50 | 8.13 | 24h00 |
| C Overton | 4 | 4 | 2 | 69.50 | 11.12 | 37.50 |
| J. Brooks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30.00 | 7.50 | 24h00 |
Probable Game 11:
Ken: Z Crawley, D Drummond, J Denly, S Billings (C&WK), J Leaning, J Cox, D Stevens, G Stewart, Q Ahmad, M Milnes, F Klaassen
SOM: T Banton (WK), W Smeed, T Abell (C), R Rossouw/S Davies, L Gregory, L Lammonby/K Aldridge, B Green, R Merwe, J Brooks/M Waller, M de Lange, J Davey
Fantastic choices:
W.K. –S Billings, T Banton, S Davies
Drummers –W Smeed, D Drummond, T Abell
AR – J Denly, L Gregory
Bowlers – F Klaassen, M de Lange, M Milnes
Choice of clearance – S Davies, D Stevens, Z Crawley, J Leaning
Common C/VC – T Banton, Z Crawley, J Denly, S Billings
Punt C/VC – S Davies, D Drummond, F Klaassen, T Abell
Field and venue information:
St Lawrence Ground is generally easy to beat. Spinners and bowlers with variations were well executed here. No rain forecast during the game.
Interesting statistics:
- SOM only managed to win one game out of seven at this venue.
- Qais Ahmad has the lowest save rate of just 6.10 at this venue, among bowlers from both teams.
Critical comments:
- Tom Banton scored two centuries playing against KENT, one of which came at this location.
- Darren Stevens is the highest wicket taker on this site and in the head-to-head stats.
- Steve Davies is averaging 74.00 over four runs there. Important batsman if included in game 11.
- Daniel Drummond has been very consistent with the bat, both in head-to-head stats and on-site stats.
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