Hampshire prove too strong for Kent with batting masterclass

The duo put on 101 for the second wicket, notching 63 and 61 respectively, before Tristan Stubbs boosted the Hawks to 190. Tawanda Muyeye's fifty put Kent Spitfires on track but Sonny Baker's 4 for 25 and Scott Currie's 3 for 30, tied with their sensational death bowling gave Hampshire an eight-point lead at the top of the table.

Mahmud strikes early

Hasan Mahmud carried form from the County Championship where he took 12 wickets in 2 games. He started his Blast with a searing yorker to bowl Toby Albert and finished with excellent figures of 3 for 25.Kent hit by injury
Things got worse for Kent when Joe Denly went off the field after taking a blow to the leg.Vince + Weatherley partnership wins it.

James Vince played a classic Vince knock - elegant drives mixed with power. It was his 93rd T20 fifty and his second half-century vs Kent this week. Fletch Weatherley was more measured: 61 off 47 balls, only 5 boundaries but 3 of those were sixes. He kept the strike rotating with 31 singles.

The pair put on 101, but Vince's departure and five overs in which only a single boundary was scored - with one tiny square boundary and a lengthy one making it easy for bowlers to direct where they wanted the ball to go.

A big finale was required, and Tristan Stubbs provided it. The reliable South African bludgeoner crashed 41 runs from 24 balls to fire Hampshire to a par 190.

Baker sent Daniel Bell-Drummond's middle stump for a walk, but the tone of the chase was set by Muyeye and Zak Crawley's free-flowing scoring - pairing singles to the long side with big sixes into the short.

Andrew Neal pinned Crawley lbw to end the 66-run stand, and after his first fifty of the campaign, Muyeye pulled to deep square, while Sam Billings was caught two overs later. Kent continued to tick off the runs but Harry Finch and Grant Stewart swung one time too many. It left 23 required from the last two overs.

Result: With Mahmud choking Kent with the ball and Vince/Weatherley controlling the chase/batting, Hampshire proved too strong and ran out comfortable winners.

But Currie produced a magical penultimate over that only conceded three runs, while also dismissing Jake Lintott and Tom Rogers. And then Baker ended things by having Matt Milnes well-caught and then the limping Denly yorked to complete a 19-run win.