Roman Walker luggage six as Leicestershire thrash Kent
Leicestershire 380 for five (Handscomb 87, Ackermann 78*, Mulder 67, Budinger 67, Patel 50) beat Kent 116 (Walker 6-43) by 264 runs
Roman Walker took 6 for 43 as Leicestershire Foxes thrashed Kent Spitfires by 264 runs within the Metro Bank One Day Cup at Beckenham.
The Foxes skittled Kent for 116, after posting 380 for five. Peter Handscomb hit 87 off 67 balls in an innings which noticed 5 Foxes batters make half-centuries. Colin Ackermann was their next-highest scorer with 78 not out.
Matt Parkinson took 2 for 64 on his house debut, however it was an in any other case dismal efficiency by the hosts, who have been eclipsed by Leicestershire in each division.
Kent repented at leisure after selecting to discipline, as openers Sol Budinger and Rishi Patel placed on 116 for the primary wicket, earlier than Parkinson intervened at the beginning of the 18th. His first supply as a Kent participant on house turf eliminated Budinger, who was caught by Alex Blake for 67. In his subsequent over Parkinson had Lewis Hill caught on the boundary by Grant Stewart and Hamid Qadri then caught and bowled Patel.
This mini-collapse briefly slowed the scoring price and Leicestershire went 10.2 overs and not using a boundary, however after enjoying himself in Handscomb launched an aggressive counter-attack that solely ended when he holed out to James Bazley and was caught by Nathan Gilchrist.
Wiaan Mulder maintained the momentum with 67 earlier than Bazley had him caught by Alex Blake at cow nook within the remaining over and when Louis Kimber got here in with three balls to spare he hit a six and two fours. All of which turned out to be overkill.
Kent’s chase suffered an early blow when Chris Wright had Marcus O’Riordan caught behind for seven within the third over.
Jack Leaning and Ben Compton have been making a sluggish restoration when the previous went for 25 after he was dominated lbw to a Mulder supply that going excessive.
From 45 for 1 the Spitfires began haemorrhaging wickets. Compton had floor out 13 from 31 balls earlier than he miscued Walker and fell to an excellent one-handed catch from Hill.
Harry Finch then went to an equally spectacular seize from Handscomb for two, after gloving Josh Hull down the leg facet and Joey Evison received a duck within the subsequent over, when he toe-ended Walker and was caught behind.
Bazley had made six when he was lbw in Walker’s subsequent over, which means the Foxes had taken 5 wickets for 22 runs in simply 6.1 overs.
It would have been worse for Kent however having earlier taken a shocking catch Hill dropped a dolly off Hull when Grant Stewart was on 12.
That reprieve counted for little. Although Stewart hit Walker for six over cow nook within the subsequent over, he skied the subsequent supply straight to Hull at third, ending the second greatest partnership of the innings.
A crestfallen Beckenham crowd managed some ironic cheers as Kent handed three figures however Hamid Qadri quickly went for 13, caught behind off Mulder.
Walker took his fifth wicket when Gilchrist was caught behind off a backside edge for one and the rout was concluded when Parkinson went for a second-ball duck, caught off Walker within the slips by Ackermann.