Colin Ingram, Chris Cooke safe victory for Glamorgan – once more
Glamorgan 191 for 3 (Ingram 63*, Cooke 46*, Byrom 43) beat Kent 189 for six (Muyeye 62) by seven wickets
For the second successive match it was Glamorgan’s main run-scorers in T20 cricket, Colin Ingram and Chris Cooke, who secured a powerful victory, this time over Kent, within the Vitality Blast.
The Glamorgan stalwarts shared a stand value 109 after Eddie Byrom had set a powerful platform as the house aspect chased down a goal of 190 to win by seven wickets with 18 balls remaining.
Kent’s innings had a powerful begin because of a career-best rating from Tawanda Muyeye and a strong end because of their decrease order however a stutter within the center overs prevented them from setting a very aggressive complete.
This win was Glamorgan’s third from 4 matches whereas Kent now have two wins and two losses.
Kent had been put in to bat and it regarded as if Glamorgan had made the mistaken name as Daniel Bell-Drummond and Muyeye raced alongside contained in the powerplay. It was Muyeye who was the primary aggressor as 63 runs had been scored off the primary six overs with Jamie McIlroy and Zain-ul-Hassan struggling to maintain the Kent openers below management.
It was the introduction of Australian leg-spinner Peter Hatzoglou that introduced Glamorgan again into the sport. Hatzoglou made the primary breakthrough together with his sixth ball of the sport when he bowled Bell-Drummond for 19 because the Kent opener tried a slog sweep.
Joe Denly tried to maintain the momentum going as he smoked a large six over the midwicket boundary to get himself off the mark. That try and inject some impetus did not final lengthy with Denly’s dismissal the primary of three within the area of simply 10 runs as Hatzoglou and Prem Sisodiya did an excellent job of pinning down the Kent center order to carry themselves again into the sport. When Muyeye was dismissed for 62 his workforce had been 103 for 4 after 11 overs with two new batters on the crease.
Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning and George Linde did a implausible job of overlaying up the cracks brought on by that cluster of wickets as all of them made significant contributions and Kent reached 189 for six off their 20 overs. The Cox innings was essentially the most eventful, particularly when he supplied two catching probabilities to Kiran Carlson off two successive deliveries, neither of which had been claimed by the Glamorgan captain.
Glamorgan had a equally fast begin to their innings, with Byrom scoring 43 out of a 51 opening stand with Sam Northeast. Byrom smashed 20 runs from Wes Agar’s first over, and regardless of the bowler hitting his helmet he managed to information the ball instantly after the blow over third man for six.
Grant Stewart was given equally brutal therapy and had conceded 19 runs from his first 5 balls earlier than he had Byrom caught by Cox at mid-on.
The one Kent bowler who stored issues below management within the powerplay was Michael Hogan who was again in Cardiff for the primary time since his departure from Glamorgan over the winter. Welsh cricket supporters got a reminder of what they misplaced when Hogan made the choice to complete his profession at Kent when his two powerplay overs introduced simply seven runs and the wicket of Northeast.
A very exceptional catch by Agar at effective leg ended Carlson’s innings however that introduced collectively Cooke and Ingram who acquired themselves set earlier than taking the sport away from Kent in a stand that was professionally managed, with each batters joyful to take boundaries after they had been supplied and singles when the ball was not there to be hit.
It was a no-ball from Agar that took Glamorgan to their victory goal as Kent failed to search out any solutions to the Cooke-Ingram partnership.