County Championship Division Two 2026
Gloucestershire vs Kent, 18th Match
Kent won by 2 wkts
Gloucestershire (GLOUCS)
325/10 (91.1 ov)
262/10 (85.1 ov)
Kent (KENT)
327/10 (103.5 ov)
261/8 (70.4 ov)
TEST
Completed
Completed
Match information
- Series
- County Championship Division Two 2026
- Match
- 18th Match · TEST
- Start date and time
- Venue
- County Ground, Bristol, England
- Toss
- Kent opt to bowl
- Umpires
- Chris Watts, Simon Widdup
- Match referee
- Mike Smith
Playing XI
Gloucestershire
- Cameron Bancroft (c) · WK-Batsman
- Ben Charlesworth · Bowling Allrounder
- Oliver Price · Batting Allrounder
- Miles Hammond · Batsman
- James Bracey (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Tommy Boorman · Batsman
- Graeme van Buuren · Batting Allrounder
- Ed Middleton · Bowler
- Matthew Taylor · Bowler
- Will Williams · Bowler
- Gabe Bell · Bowler
Kent
- Ben Dawkins · Batsman
- Zak Crawley · Batsman
- Sam Northeast · Batsman
- Tawanda Muyeye · Batsman
- Daniel Bell-Drummond (c) · Batsman
- Joey Evison · Batsman
- Chris Benjamin (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Ekansh Singh · Batsman
- Keith Dudgeon · Bowler
- James Philip Arthur Taylor · Bowler
- Michael Cohen · Bowler
Gloucestershire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Bancroft | c Zak Crawley b James Taylor | 12 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 41.38 |
| Ben Charlesworth | b Joey Evison | 85 | 148 | 13 | 0 | 57.43 |
| Oliver Price | c Keith Dudgeon b James Taylor | 50 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 50 |
| Miles Hammond | lbw b Keith Dudgeon | 12 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 32.43 |
| James Bracey | lbw b Joey Evison | 57 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 71.25 |
| Tommy Boorman | c Benjamin b Keith Dudgeon | 49 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 49.49 |
| Graeme van Buuren | c T Muyeye b James Taylor | 18 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 75 |
| Ed Middleton | b James Taylor | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 27.27 |
| Matthew Taylor | lbw b James Taylor |
Kent innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Cohen | c Bancroft b Will Williams | 18 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 36.73 |
| Zak Crawley | b Gabe Bell | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Ben Dawkins | b Will Williams | 65 | 130 | 11 | 0 | 50 |
| Sam Northeast | b Will Williams | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Tawanda Muyeye | c James Bracey b Charlesworth | 90 | 141 | 14 | 0 | 63.83 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | c Oliver Price b Will Williams | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.08 |
| Chris Benjamin | c Bancroft b Gabe Bell | 74 | 129 | 8 | 0 | 57.36 |
| Ekansh Singh | run out (Will Williams) | 12 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| Joey Evison | c James Bracey b Charlesworth |
Gloucestershire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Bancroft | lbw b Joey Evison | 83 | 195 | 9 | 0 | 42.56 |
| Ben Charlesworth | c Keith Dudgeon b James Taylor | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 23.08 |
| Oliver Price | c Keith Dudgeon b Michael Cohen | 11 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 34.38 |
| Miles Hammond | c Michael Cohen b Ekansh Singh | 33 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 60 |
| James Bracey | c Zak Crawley b Michael Cohen | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Boorman | c T Muyeye b Ekansh Singh | 19 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 31.67 |
| Graeme van Buuren | b James Taylor | 32 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 103.23 |
| Ed Middleton | c Sam Northeast b James Taylor | 22 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 45.83 |
| Matthew Taylor | c Benjamin b Ekansh Singh |
Kent innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Dawkins | c Charlesworth b Gabe Bell | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 38.89 |
| Zak Crawley | b Will Williams | 17 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 80.95 |
| Sam Northeast | lbw b Will Williams | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11.43 |
| Tawanda Muyeye | c James Bracey b Matthew Taylor | 108 | 129 | 17 | 0 | 83.72 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | b Gabe Bell | 38 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 57.58 |
| Chris Benjamin | b Gabe Bell | 42 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 60 |
| Ekansh Singh | c Oliver Price b Gabe Bell | 18 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 51.43 |
| Joey Evison | not out | 12 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 38.71 |
| Keith Dudgeon | c Gv Buuren b Will Williams | 0 |