Leicestershire vs Kent, Day 1 the Division 3 match of the County Championship 2021.
The Division 3 match of the County Championship 2021 started yesterday between Leicestershire and Kent at Grace Road, Leicester, in which Kent scored 232 runs in 1st inning, and Leicestershire playing on 66 runs for losing 5 wickets till the Day 1 stump.
Kent 1st Innings- Kent batted first after winning the toss, scored 232 in the 1st inning, Jack Leaning playing a brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 75 runs with the help of 10 boundaries in 161 balls, Zak Crawley also played a brilliant half-century inning of 50 runs with the help of 9 boundaries in 69 balls, Joe Denly scored 29 runs in 59 balls, Matt Milnes 22 runs in 36 balls, James Logan 21 runs in 43 balls, James Logan 11 runs in 14 balls, apart from this, Oliver Robinson scored 7 runs, Grant Stewart 3 runs, Jordan Cox, Darren Stevens, and Nathan Gilchrist dismissed without scoring. In this way, Kent won the toss and batted first scored 232 runs in the 1st inning.
Leicestershire bowler Callum Parkinson performed very brilliantly took 4 wickets for 68 runs, Chris Wright took 3 wickets just 59 runs, and Ed Barnes got 1 wicket.
Leicestershire 1st innings- Leicestershire playing 66 runs after losing 5 wickets till the Day 1 stump, Leicestershire started the very badly, Hasan Azad and Samuel Evans came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone just in 26 runs, Samuel Evans dismissed just for 10 runs in 20 balls, next batsman Colin Ackermann came to bat, and he dismissed just for 2 runs as the second wicket, followed by Lewis Hill came to bat, and he dismissed without scoring as the third wicket, next batsman Louis Kimber came to bat, the meanwhile fourth wicket has also gone for 33 runs, Hasan Azad dismissed after scoring 18 runs in 49 balls, next batsman Harry Swindells came to bat, and he dismissed just for 4 runs in 13 balls as the fifth wicket, followed by Ben Mike came to bat, and he playing on 14 runs with Louis Kimber, and Louis Kimber playing on 13 runs in 24 balls. In this way, Louis Kimber playing on 66 runs for losing 5 wickets in their 1st inning on the 1st Day of the match.
Kent bowlers performing very brilliantly, Grant Stewart took 2 wickets just for 10 runs, Matt Milnes, Darren Stevens, and James Logan got 1-1 wicket.
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