Summary

  • Opening night of 2022 T20 Blast competition

  • Yorkshire Vikings beat Worcestershire Rapids by seven wickets

  • Harry Brook's 60 not out takes Yorkshire to target of 173

  • Somerset ease to eight-wicket win at 2021 champions Kent Spitfires

  • Kent make 162-6, Rilee Rossouw's 81 not out sees Somerset home

Live Reporting

Josef Rindl and Gary Smee

  1. Kent 64-4 v Somerset (11 overs)

    Not a great over, 12 from it. Go back to seam I reckon.

  2. Kent 63-4 v Somerset (10.5 overs)

    Ball found.

  3. 6 runs

    Kent 63-4 v Somerset (10.5 overs)

    Here we go. Jack Leaning has his second six of the match, launching Roelof van der Merwe over deep-midwicket.

    He moves to 22 off 16. And the ball is lost in the crowd.

  4. Yorkshire set 173 to win

    Yorks v Worcs 172-9

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    Pat Brown is run out of the last ball, sprinting back for a non-existant two, and that's the Rapids innings done on 172-9.

    They'll feel disappointed from 123-2, but it's still a decent total.

  5. Kent 52-4 v Somerset (10 overs)

    Time for spin. Roelof van der Merwe enters the attack.

  6. Kent 52-4 v Somerset (10 overs)

    Another tidy over from Ben Green as we hit the halfway mark.

    What will Kent be targeting? 120? 140?

    A few wickets and things could be over very quickly.

  7. Kent 50-4 v Somerset (9.2 overs)

    The 50 comes up after 9.2 overs.

    It's been a battle.

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    William Jennings: First collapse of the season? Have you not been following Leicestershire since April?

    Talking of collapses... Worcestershire are now 167-7 with seven balls to go at Headingley.

  9. Kent 48-4 v Somerset (9 overs)

    Ten from the over. Exactly what Kent need.

  10. 6 runs

    Kent 46-4 v Somerset (8.5 overs)

    And just like that, Gregory bowls a short one which Jack Leaning pulls off the back foot for six.

  11. Kent 40-4 v Somerset (8.3 overs)

    RE: 19:23, that's when Kent last found the boundary.

    A long 17 minutes since.

  12. Yorkshire bowlers on top

    Yorks v Worcs 157-6 (18 overs)

    Since Jack Haynes went at the end of the 12th over, Worcestershire have only scored 34 runs in six overs.

    Just one boundary in that time too.

    Yorkshire have fought back superbly with the ball.

  13. Kent 38-4 v Somerset (8 overs)

    A couple of wides from Ben Green finish off the eighth over.

  14. Steve L, I reckon it's a combination of variable bounce, and shocking batting.

    The one silver-lining is that the conditions will only worsen as we play on.

  15. Kent 34-4 v Somerset (7.3 overs)

    So nearly 34-5.

    New batter Jordan Cox edges one just beyond a diving backward-point.

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    Steve L: Wow, not seen a pitch this bad at Canterbury for a good while.

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    WICKET

    Denly b Green 5 (Kent 33-4 v Somerset)

    The first collapse of the season!

    Joe Denly is put out of his misery, he falls for five off 16.

    And it was cracking ball that did it, the moustached Ben Green gets one to roll along the floor. No chance for the batter.

    Middle stump goes flying.

  18. Kent 33-3 v Somerset (7 overs)

    Another tight, tight over from Lewis Gregory.

    Kent are in all sorts of trouble.

  19. Kent 33-3 v Somerset (6.3 overs)

    Slip in for Jack Leaning. That says it all.

    The new batter gets off the mark with a tight single.

  20. wicket

    WICKET

    Billings c †Banton b Gregory 5 (Kent 31-3 v Somerset)

    Disaster for Kent as Sam Billings charges down the pitch, but can only edge the ball behind to the gloves of Tom Banton.

    Excellent from Lewis Gregory. He has 2-3.

    Jack Leaning comes in.