Horrible dismissal for Daniel Bell-Drummond, who has been strangled down the leg side by Matt Dunn.

Sam Northeast is the next one in.

Daniel Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly have strolled out to bat for Kent, and Bell-Drummond has celebrated the rain stopping by clipping Azhar Mahmood's first ball for four.

Mahmood corrects his line and gets one straight through Denly, but the opener is watchful and drives the Surrey man for another boundary.

Ah, just as I said Leicestershire are slightly on top, Ben Raine skies Brett D'Oliveira's first ball to deep mid-wicket and Ross Whiteley holds onto the catch.

The Foxes are scoring well, but wickets are falling regularly which could hinder things.

The runs are continuing to flow despite the wicket of Kevin O'Brien in the previous over.

Ben Raine smashes Jack Shantry for six and then two balls later hits him for a boundary.

It's the end of the powerplay and you'd have to say the Foxes have a slight advantage with the scoring rate at more than nine an over.

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Kevin O'Brien has gone and it's Worcestershire's promising young all-rounder Ed Barnard who has got the wicket.

O'Brien was trapped on the back foot and the umpire raised his finger - but 17 runs still came off the over.

Ben Raine is the new batsman.

Colin Munro spills a difficult chance at deep mid-wicket and it's the captain Mark Cosgrove.

Munro seemed to get himself into a good position but it dropped through his hands.

As usually happens, the drop is followed by a couple of boundaries from the Australian.

Wow, Kevin O'Brien opens his arms and pulls Joe Leach for a huge six.

I'm not even sure if the Irishman middled that one.

The maximum followed a four as 11 runs came off the over.

Nothing better than a big six........it's what T20 cricket is all about!

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Provided the rain stays away, Kent will begin their innings at 5.55pm, with no overs lost.

No further dramas in the third over after that wicket, but you'd have to say the Rapids will be pleased with their start.

Leicestershire have a lot of firepower to come though.

Worcestershire have picked up the first wicket of the evening as Ned Eckersley middles the first ball of Jack Shantry's second over, but hits it straight to Tom Kohler-Cadmore at mid-wicket.

Shantry looked mightily pleased with that.

The new batsman is the dangerous Kevin O'Brien.

Worcestershire's surprise package of the season so far, Joe Leach, bowls a much better over and concedes just a single.

That restores a bit of the damage done in the first over from Mark Cosgrove.

Leicestershire captain Mark Cosgrove has set the tone for his side with a couple of glorious boundaries off consecutive balls in Jack Shantry's first over.

Shantry looked a bit wayward, which is a rare sight from the left-armer.

The outfield appears to be quite slow after all the rain there has been in Worcester this afternoon.

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Bad news from Beckenham...

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The news from New Road is that firstly and thankfully it is not raining and Worcestershire have won the toss and put Leicestershire into bat.

The Rapids have only made one change from last week's defeat at Birmingham Bears as they bring in New Zealander Colin Munro to replace Alex Gidman.

Leicestershire Foxes are unchanged from Thursday's win over Durham.

Worcestershire: Mitchell (capt), Oliver, Kohler-Cadmore, Munro, Whiteley, Barnard, Cox, D'Oliveira, Leach, Senanayake, Shantry

Leicestershire: Eckersley, Cosgrove (capt), K O'Brien, Elliott, N O'Brien, Pinner, Wells, Raine, McKay, Taylor, Naik

The rain stopped in Beckenham long enough for the toss, where Kent have won the toss and opted to bat first. However, the heavens have since opened again.

The home side are looking to bounce back from their chastening defeat to Middlesex, but the Spitfires are still without James Tredwell due to injury. Azhar Mahmood and Australian Moises Henriques are set to appear for Surrey. All-rounder Henriques took 11 wickets and made 286 runs in nine appearances for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the recent IPL.

Kent: Bell-Drummond, Denly, Northeast (capt), Billings, Stevens, Blake, Cowdrey, Coles, Haggett, Claydon, Riley

Surrey: Roy, Davies, Sangakkara, Wilson (capt), Ansari, Henriques, Mahmood, Batty, Curran, Burke, Dunn

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Other new faces in the T20 Blast this evening are Australia all-rounders James Faulkner and Moises Henriques, who are making their debuts for Lancashire Lightning and Surrey respectively after completing their IPL commitments.

Both have had a brief taste of Test cricket and for Faulkner, in particular, he is hoping to be johnny-on-the-spot if there are injuries in Australia's squad during the Ashes series. He told the Lancashire website:, external "I'm ready to get stuck in in the T20 and then in the Championship on Sunday. I'm just looking forward to playing in whites again."

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At Old Trafford, Lancashire lost five wickets in eight balls as Durham pulled off a remarkable victory.

There was another batting collapse at Taunton from Somerset as they fell five runs short of their victory target against Sussex.

Finally, Leicestershire cruised to a seven-wicket over East Midlands rivals Derbyshire thanks to Niall O'Brien's unbeaten 47 off 27 balls.