Having been inserted to bat, Kent found the going difficult and at 75/5, they were in deep trouble.
It was mainly due to a 101 run partnership for the seventh wicket between Adam Rouse and Alex Blake that they were able to achieve some respectability, eventually being all out for 248.
Rouse and Blake scored half centuries, while Ferisco Adams and Oliver Robinson were the most successful of our bowlers.
Miles Hammond had starred for us last season with five first class centuries, and here he scored his first of the new season to set the platform for a strong reply.
Tom Hellawell and Gareth Roderick chimed in with 50s, before we decided to declare at 342/7 to try and make use of the very cloudy conditions while they lasted.
However, despite the early loss of Matt Renshaw, Heino Kuhn and Daniel Bell-Drummond resisted through to 104/1 until their partnership was broken.
Our pacemen had been toiling hard with little reward, and so Graeme van Buuren was brought on to give them a break.
Remarkably, this was the turning point of the match, as he triggered a disastrous collapse that led to the home side dismissed for only 181!
Whilst all of our bowlers picked up at least one scalp, van Buuren was the hero with 4/37.
We would only need 89 for victory, and Miles Hammond again led the way as we achieved victory by 8 wickets.
Kent - 248 (A.Blake-75, A.Rouse-60, F.Adams-4/63, O.Robinson-3/46)
Gloucestershire - 342/7 declared (M.Hammond-113, T.Hellawell-57no, G.Roderick-51)
Kent - 181 (H.Kuhn-56, D.Bell-Drummond-55, G.van Buuren-4/37)
Gloucestershire - 89/2
Win to Gloucestershire by 8 wickets.
It was mainly due to a 101 run partnership for the seventh wicket between Adam Rouse and Alex Blake that they were able to achieve some respectability, eventually being all out for 248.
Rouse and Blake scored half centuries, while Ferisco Adams and Oliver Robinson were the most successful of our bowlers.
Miles Hammond had starred for us last season with five first class centuries, and here he scored his first of the new season to set the platform for a strong reply.
Tom Hellawell and Gareth Roderick chimed in with 50s, before we decided to declare at 342/7 to try and make use of the very cloudy conditions while they lasted.
However, despite the early loss of Matt Renshaw, Heino Kuhn and Daniel Bell-Drummond resisted through to 104/1 until their partnership was broken.
Our pacemen had been toiling hard with little reward, and so Graeme van Buuren was brought on to give them a break.
Remarkably, this was the turning point of the match, as he triggered a disastrous collapse that led to the home side dismissed for only 181!
Whilst all of our bowlers picked up at least one scalp, van Buuren was the hero with 4/37.
We would only need 89 for victory, and Miles Hammond again led the way as we achieved victory by 8 wickets.
Kent - 248 (A.Blake-75, A.Rouse-60, F.Adams-4/63, O.Robinson-3/46)
Gloucestershire - 342/7 declared (M.Hammond-113, T.Hellawell-57no, G.Roderick-51)
Kent - 181 (H.Kuhn-56, D.Bell-Drummond-55, G.van Buuren-4/37)
Gloucestershire - 89/2
Win to Gloucestershire by 8 wickets.
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