Glamorgan romp to one-sided win over Kent

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11-05-2025

Rothesay County Championship Division Two, The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury (day three)Glamorgan 549-9 dec: Kellaway 181*, Tribe 94, Ingram 70; Kashif Ali 4-92, Parkinson 3-149Kent 212: Benjamin 94*; Van der Gugten 3-23, Harris 3-59& 176: Muyeye 41; Fernando 3-18, van der Gugten 3-33Glamorgan (23 pts) beat Kent (2 pts) by an innings and 161 runsMatch scorecard
Glamorgan raced to a three-day victory by the massive margin of an innings and 161 runs as Asitha Fernando (3-18) and Timm van der Gugten (3-33) tore through Kent's second effort.They were bowled out for 176 after following on 337 runs behind, Tawanda Muyeye's 41 the top score.Glamorgan claimed all 10 wickets in a lengthy afternoon session for their first triumph of 2025 and one of their biggest ever championship wins.Injury-hit Kent were bowled out for 212 first time round despite Chris Benjamin's unbeaten 94 leading some late resistance.It was their second defeat after winning two of their first three matches.
The home side resumed with a mountain to climb at 156-8 in their first innings, and although George Garrett edged Fernando over the slips, the tail-ender dominated the early scoring in a stand of 54.They lasted 52 minutes before Garrett, on 35, edged Zain Ul Hassan behind, and the seamer then bowled Kashif Ali for three leaving former Warwickshire wicketkeeper Benjamin frustratingly stranded six short of a first ton for his new county. Harry Finch and Ben Compton defended quietly until lunch but after the break Finch hit the first three balls from Ul Hassan for four, only to lose partner Compton lbw to Fernando for 17.Kent's top order fell apart for the second time in the game as Daniel Bell-Drummond edged Andy Gorvin to a diving Kiran Carlson at slip and Finch (28) edged Fernando through to Chris Cooke.A bizarre interruption saw most of the players and umpires hit the deck briefly as a bee swarm was sighted, not helping Jack Leaning's concentration as he was caught behind off Fernando next ball. Ekansh Singh, 18, was on a pair but squirted one past short-leg to get off the mark to knowledgeable applause from the Kent faithful, managing one boundary before providing Cooke with another catch off van der Gugten.The Netherlands international then disposed of Benjamin and Grant Stewart before top scorer Muyeye was trapped lbw by James Harris and Matt Parkinson hammered a return catch to Ben Kellaway.As the afternoon session was extended, a slightly farcical end saw the visitors turn to double spin to improve their over-rate and last man Kashif slammed Kiran Carlson for three sixes. He holed out to Gorvin on the mid-wicket boundary for 32 and that was that with four sessions to spare.