Match Details

KT vs SUS 107th Match, T20 Blast 2022

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KT
159-418.5
Kent won by 6 wickets 🏆
SUS
20.0158-8
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16th Over:
0
1
2
0
1
1
 
= 5
17th Over:
1
1
2
1
1
1
 
= 7
Last Over:
1
4
1lb
4
4
4
 
= 18
This Over:
4
0
1
0
1
 
= 6

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That's the end of our coverage for this game. Do join us tomorrow for more cricketing action around the globe. This is me, Akshay Bhide, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator AryaSekhar Chakraborty and scorer Ghanendra. Tata. Bye Bye.
Akshay: That's the end of the game. Kent Spitfires beat the Sussex Sharks by six wickets. Sam Billings leads from the front as he remains unbeaten on 43 and a cameo from George Linde in the end guides them across the line in the penultimate over. 

The target of 160 was always going to be difficult to defend on this belter of a track. Delray Rawlins dismissed Tawanda Muyeye on duck in the very first over. Jordan Cox joined hands with Joe Denly and started the recovery work. Denly played some magnificent strokes as he raced to his fifty in no time. Cox departed in the sixth over but Billings walked out to bat and he meant business right from the start of his innings. He took his time to settle in and once settled, he started playing his strokes. George Linde came in to bat on the dismissal of Denly on 58 and hit some lusty blows as the unbeaten partnership of 41 runs between Billings and Linde helped them chase down the total with seven balls to spare.

Earlier, Kent skipper Sam Billings won the toss and opted to bowl first. They bowled brilliantly upfront as they didn't allow the Sussex batters to get going. They kept picking wickets at regular intervals and kept a lid on the scoring rate. George Garton's cameo of 31 off 16 balls helped them post 158 on the board. Grant Stewart was the pick of the bowlers for Kent as he picked up three wickets in his four overs. George Linde also bowled beautifully and finished with figures of 2/14 in his four overs. As a result, they restricted the Sharks to 158 which they chased it down without much fuss to grab a win in front of their home crowd.
18.5 W Beer to G Linde
1 Dropped and Kent Spitfires get home with a single. Tossed up outside off, Linde steps out of the crease and swings hard at it and gets a thick outside edge and the point fielder dives to his right and gets both hands to it but fails to hold onto it. The batters complete a single and with this, Kent beat Sussex by six wickets.
18.4 W Beer to G Linde
0 Flighted leg break on the stumps, Linde defends it straight to short mid wicket. No run.
18.3 W Beer to S Billings
1 Billings steps out and guides the flighted delivery to the left of short third man for a single.
18.2 W Beer to S Billings
0 On a length on leg, Billings steps out and looks to work it into the leg side but misses and wears it high on the pads.
18.1 W Beer to S Billings
4 FOUR!!!! Beer tosses this up on the stumps, Billings steps out of the crease and takes it on full and swats it wide of long on for a cracking boundary.
OVER 18
Kent
153/4
George Linde
23(17)
Sam Billings
38(30)
Steven Finn
0-39(3.0)
17.6 S Finn to G Linde
4 Four More. That should be the game for Kent. Finn bowls a low full toss outside off, Linde drills it past covers and it races away to the fence in a flash.18 runs coming off this over and Kent require only six runs from two overs.
17.5 S Finn to G Linde
4 Back-to-back boundaries for Linde. Finn follows up with a length delivery on the pads, Linde just helps it on its way behind square in the leg side and collects another boundary. Finn continues to leak runs.
17.4 S Finn to G Linde
4 FOUR!!!! Finn from round the wicket bowls it right in the slot outside off, Linde lifts it nicely over extra covers for a boundary. One bounce and into the fence.
17.3 S Finn to S Billings
1lb Angling in on the pads, Billings misses the flick and wears it on the pads. The ball rolls in the leg side and the batters take a leg bye.
17.2 S Finn to S Billings
4 FOUR!!! Poor ball and gets the treatment it deserved. Bowls a slower delivery on the shorter side down leg, Billings swivels and pulls it fine past the short fine leg fielder for a boundary.
17.1 S Finn to G Linde
1 Finn is back into the attack. Bowls it short outside off, Linde cuts it hard to the sweeper in the off side for a run.
OVER 17
Kent
135/4
Sam Billings
34(28)
George Linde
10(13)
Ravi Bopara
1-32(4.0)
16.6 R Bopara to G Linde
1 Short and well outside off, Linde cuts it past point and keeps the strike for the next over with a single.


16.5 R Bopara to S Billings
1 Angling in on the pads, Billings flicks it through square leg for a single.
16.4 R Bopara to G Linde
1 Good length delivery outside off, Linde drives it to the sweeper in the off side for a run.
16.3 R Bopara to G Linde
2 Angling in on the stumps, Linde works it wide of long on and a fumble in the deep from the fielder allows the batters to complete two runs.
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