Kent Spitfires seal four-wicket win over Volcanoes

AN UNBEATEN 84-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Adam Ball and wicketkeeper Adam Rouse sealed a four-wicket win for Kent Spitfires on Tuesday night, after Calum Haggett (4-59) and Imran Qayyum (3-42) had restricted Windward Islands Volcanoes to 241 for 9.Having been put in to bat, Windward Islands Volcanoes were struggling at 91 for 5, with Haggett and Qayyum having taken four of the five wickets at this stage.
Sunil Ambris’ 69-ball 50 – his third fifty-plus score in four matches – pushed the score to 241 with help from the lower order, particularly Windwards captain Liam Sebastien (32), seamer Kyle Mayers (37 not out) and Darren Sammy (23).
Kent captain Sam Northeast’s 49 and his 60-run partnership for the second wicket with opener Sean Dickson (36) stabilised Kent quickly after the fall of Daniel Bell-Drummond.
Volcanoes staged a fightback in the middle overs, claiming three wickets for 18 runs at one stage but Ball and Rouse squashed the opposition’s chances with a rapid partnership that came off 74 balls. Ball was unbeaten on 40 off 46, while Rouse scored 36 off 37 as Kent reached the target with 23 balls to spare.

WINDWARD ISLANDS VOLCANOES
T. Theophile c Thomas b Qayyum 17
J. Charles c & b Haggett 17
D. Smith c wkp. Rouse b Haggett 0
A. Fletcher c Blake b Gidman 33
S. Ambris c Ball b Qayyum 50
K. Hodge c wkp. Rouse b Qayyum 7
L. Sebastien c Qayyum b Stevens 32
D. Sammy c Ball b Haggett 23
K. Mayers not out 37
S. Shillingford c Bell-Drummond b Haggett 6
D. Johnson not out 6
Extras: (b-4, lb-1, w-7, nb-1) 13
Total: (9 wkts, 50 overs) 241
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-28, 3-64, 4-75, 5-91, 6-159, 7-180, 8-194, 9-230.
Bowling: Thomas 10-1-48-0 (w-4), Haggett 10-2-59-4 (nb-1), Stevens 10-0-52-1 (w-3), Gidman 10-1-35-1, Qayyum 10-1-42-3.
KENT SPITFIRES
D. Bell-Drummond lbw b Johnson 7
S. Dickson b Mayers 36
S. Northeast lbw b Shillingford 49
D. Stevens c D Sammy b Hodge 21
W. Gidman b Hodge 19
A. Blake b Shillingford 8
A. Ball not out 40
A. Rouse not out 36
Extras: (b-4, lb-4, w-13, pen. 5) 26
Total: (6 wkts, 46.1 overs) 242
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-74, 3-113, 4-140, 5-151, 6-158.
Bowling: Hodge 10-0-41-2 (w-1), Johnson 6.1-0-33-1 (w-1), Mayers 9-1-51-2 (w-2), Sammy 3-0-18-0 (w-1), Sebastien 8-049-0 (w-3), Shillingford 10-0-36-2 (w-5).
Points: Kent 4, Volcanoes 0.

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