T20 Blast quarter-final: How Lancashire beat Kent in tied game

Summary

Lancashire win after scores tied
Lightning through to Finals after losing fewer wickets
Kent earlier bowled out for just 142
Semi-final draw: Northants v Birmingham; Hampshire v Lancashire

Live Reporting

Gary Smee

Postpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Matt Cole on BBC Radio Kent:
"It's the batsmen that have got Kent in to this position, making it very hard for them to defend this target.
"Kent need wickets, they need them desperately and quickly."
Lancashire 57-2 (Prince 39, Livingstone 4)published at 16:37 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Darren Stevens is so difficult to get away.
He's not the quickest but bowls a nagging line and length which makes scoring off him tough.
Just four off the over.
Postpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Graham Hardcastle on BBC Radio Lancashire:
"As soon as that ball left the bat, the fielder at deep mid-wicket probably said, 'I'll go'.
"It was six as soon as he connected with it."
LIAM LIVINGSTONE SMASHES SIXpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
James Tredwell ruins an accurate over by bowling a long-hop which Liam Livingstone dispatches over mid-wicket for six.
Just what Lancashire needed after a slow few overs.
Postpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
BBC Sport's Kalika Mehta at Canterbury:
"The crowd have burst into life as fans' favourite Darren Stevens returns to the boundary edge after taking a wicket.
"A few jumpers are being pulled on as the wind picks up and the supporters' nerves grow."
Lancashire 44-2 (Prince 35, Livingstone 3)published at 16:31 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Lancashire are suddenly struggling to get the ball away to the boundary and the run-rate is starting to climb.
Fabian Cowdrey bowls another tight over, conceding seven runs.
The visitors need 99 runs from 78 balls.
Postpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Scott Read on BBC Radio Lancashire:
"Good battle this between Stevens and Prince. He's a wily old fox Darren Stevens and he's doing a good job for his skipper.
"It's about even after the Powerplay overs and Kent will feel they're still right in this."
Lancashire 37-2 (Prince 30, Livingstone 1)published at 16:27 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
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Darren Stevens does what Darren Stevens has been doing for the best part of 15 years and keeps things really tight.
He concedes just five runs from his first over and picks up the big wicket of Karl Brown.
Ashwell Prince is still looking dangerous though.
Postpublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Charles Dagnall
BBC 5 live Sports Extra
"That's a real old-fashioned 'you miss, I hit'.
"Darren Stevens points his finger in the air as if to say, 'easy young'un, I've still got plenty of cricket left in me'."
WICKET Brown (b Stevens 1)published at 16:22 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
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Darren Stevens has done the job for Kent once again.
Karl Brown plays a horrible swipe across the line and the ball clatters into his stumps.
Kent are right in this, but you feel they'll have to get Ashwell Prince out soon.
Postpublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC 5 live Sports Extra
"What's clear is how good Ashwell Prince is at anything off his legs. If you bowl too straight to him, he just gets himself nicely in line to get it away.
"Maybe you have to bowl a bit wider of off stump to him."
Lancashire 32-1 (Prince 26, Brown 1)published at 16:21 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
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Ashwell Prince is eyeing up the short leg side boundary time after time.
He plays another clip for four off Matt Coles and looks in great touch.
Saying that, when dose he ever look out of nick? Not too bad from Coles apart from that boundary though as he concedes just six from it.
Lancashire 26-1 (Prince 21, Brown 1)published at 16:17 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
A much better over for Lancashire helped by a six and four from Ashwell Prince off Mitch Claydon.
14 came from it.
Postpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Charles Dagnall
BBC 5 live Sports Extra
"That release of pressure has come and it's all Ashwell Prince for Lancashire responding to the situation."
ASHWELL PRINCE SMASHES A SIXpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
That is a spectacular pick up from Ashwell Prince.
The South African swats a length ball from Mitch Claydon over the mid-wicket boundary for a max.
Sweet timing.
Lancashire 12-1 (Prince 9, Brown 0)published at 16:13 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Matt Coles finishes off a fine over with three dot balls to the new man Karl Brown.
Big, big wicket for Kent, but from a spectators point of view it looked very comical from Alex Davies.
Postpublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Peter Guise on BBC Radio Kent:
"He tried to go for the ramp shot and has fallen over while doing so.
"He's plumb in front lbw and I don't think I've ever seen a dismissal like it in my life!"
WICKET Davies (lbw Coles 2)published at 16:09 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Erm, you don't see that every day!
Alex Davies steps across his stumps and tries to scoop Matt Coles over the wicketkeeper's head.
But he completely misses the ball, falls over and the ball strikes his pad right in front of middle stump.
Plumb as they come and a rather sheepish looking Davies is on his way.
Postpublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
Matt Cole on BBC Radio Kent:
"We didn't see any medium pace during the Kent innings, so it will be interesting to see if this wicket is to Darren Stevens' liking if he comes on to bowl.
"If it is, it could be game on."
Lancashire 9-0 (Prince 8, Davies 0)published at 16:07 British Summer Time 15 August 2015
That's a fine first over from Mitch Claydon.
The Kent seamer finds a nice line and length and concedes just one one from it.
Just what the hosts needed.