Young Kent all-rounder Jaydn Denly played a starring role as Whitstable thrashed Tunbridge Wells in the Kent League Premier Division on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Denly, 20, offered 110 in an innings that included 10 fours and four maximums, sharing a 131-run stand with his dad Sam Denly (35) – Whitstable\u2019s skipper – as they helped them recover from 19-3 to post 229-8.<\/p>\n
Spinner Thomas Copestake celebrating a wicket as he returned figures of 3-30 in St Lawrence & Highland Court\u2019s six-wicket weekend Kent League Premier Division win against Lordswood. Picture: Phillipa Hilton<\/p>\n
Matthew Barker (2-36) was among the wickets for the home team.<\/p>\n
Denly Jr delivered figures of 5-23, too, from 10 overs to leave Tunbridge Wells 114 all out despite Barker (29) offering some late resistance for Tunbridge Wells, who have now dropped to fifth.<\/p>\n
Second-placed Bexley beat second-bottom Sevenoaks Vine by four wickets.<\/p>\n
Bradley Hope (66) led the way in Sevenoaks\u2019 score of 185-9 while Shaun Evans (3-11) and Fraser McWhinnie (3-34) claimed scalps.<\/p>\n
In Bexley\u2019s successful run-chase, Ben Aldred (41) top scored before Zeph Netherway\u2019s 28 from 19 balls got them across the line with five overs to spare.<\/p>\n
Harry Bevan-Thomas, of Sevenoaks Vine, is bowled for 10 by Kent’s Jas Singh in Sevenoaks\u2019 four-wicket away defeat. Picture: Keith Gillard<\/p>\n
It left the efforts of Tom Richards (2-23) in vain.<\/p>\n
Bexley are level on points with St Lawrence & Highland Court, in third, who were six-wicket home winners over basement boys Lordswood.<\/p>\n
Teenager Thomas Elworthy (3-26) and spinner Thomas Copestake (3-30) each did well as Lordswood were limited to 167 all out despite captain Calum MacLeod\u2019s 53.<\/p>\n
Legendary former Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens then blasted 75 not out from just 45 deliveries to get them home in the 32nd over to leave the efforts of Lewis Dale (2-30) in vain.<\/p>\n
Bexley and St Lawrence & Highland Court are four points behind Blackheath after the leaders\u2019 62-run victory at Minster.<\/p>\n
St Lawrence & Highland Court skipper Matt Hammond, left, and Darren Stevens head off the field at the end of a successful run-chase. Picture: Phillipa Hilton<\/p>\n
Skipper George Wells (48) and Jas Bassan (35 not out), batting at No.9, impressed in the away side\u2019s 174 all out. James Speer (3-38) the pick of the bunch for Minster.<\/p>\n
Chris Piesley was unbeaten on 23 in the hosts\u2019 run-chase but ex-Kent bowler Arafat Bhuiyan\u2019s figures of 5-29 off 10 overs left them dismissed in 29 overs.<\/p>\n
Fourth-placed Hayes saw off hosts Bromley by 69 runs.<\/p>\n
Sevenoaks Vine’s Bradley Hope celebrates reaching his half-century. Picture: Keith Gillard
Bexley’s Zeph Netherway bowling before he contributed a vital 28 not out with the bat to get his team across the line. Picture: Keith Gillard<\/p>\n
There were half-centuries for Rory Low (66 not out), Aaron Burrage (54), Finlay Baker (53) and opener Will Harby (51) during Hayes\u2019 268-8 from their allocation.<\/p>\n
Aditya Kumar returned figures of 3-39 as he was the pick of the home bowlers.<\/p>\n
In reply, overseas player Sean Thompson\u2019s 59 gave Bromley hope, only for William MacVicar (4-28) to leave them well short of their target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Young Kent all-rounder Jaydn Denly played a starring role as Whitstable thrashed Tunbridge Wells in the Kent League…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[8834,222607,8835,1721,222604,8836,220047,101,222605,56,54,55,222606],"class_list":["post-664310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-all-kent-sport","tag-bexley-and-bromley-sport","tag-canterbury-sport","tag-cricket","tag-isle-of-sheppey-sport","tag-kent-cricket","tag-medway-sport","tag-sports","tag-tunbridge-wells-sport","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-whitstable-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}