Fagg leads the way as Sandwich reach victory target

Sandwich won at Blackheath by seven wickets after replying with a winning tally of 225-3. Batting first, Blackheath lost opener George Wells for a duck before Dipayan Paul struck 35. Mohammad Ashraful (25) was one of three wickets for Matt Van Poppel, who picked up 3-36.

Tanweer Sikandar went for 48 and Jahid Ahmed made 45 as Blackheath finished on 224-9. Sandwich openers Zack Fagg and Finley Beaman put on 50 for the first wicket before the latter was dismissed for 21. Fagg top scored on 78 and Tom Chapman hit 54 not out to help Sandwich win in 46.2 overs. Canterbury lost by 87 runs against Sevenoaks.

Opting to bat, Sevenoaks’s Ben Price (56) dominated a firstwicket stand of 66.

Michael Barber top scored on 84 and Adam Rouse made 40 as Sevenoaks finished 280-9.

The stand-out bowler for Canterbury was Stuart Drakeley with 3-34.

Canterbury slipped to 14-2 in reply after losing openers Bradley Goldsack and Elliot Lewis.

Justin MacVicar steadied proceedings with 25 until he was stumped by Price off the bowling of Andrew Reid-Dick (4-46).

Drakeley contributed 51, Isaac Dilkes hit 45 but a string of low scores from the tail saw Canterbury fall short on 193 all out.

Bexley remain top thanks to a six-wicket win over Lordswood. Invited to bat, Lordswood were led by a 78-run partnership between Linden Lockhart (58) and Hugh Scott (30), with the latter being bowled by Adam Riley (3-22).

Both Michael French and

Jack Laraman were dismissed before Lockhart’s innings came to an end when he was bowled by Freddie Foster. Taylor Chandler added 22 as Lordswood were bowled out for 178.

After losing Matt Cross for five, Bexley rallied through Calum Basey (35) and Matthew Stiddard (32).

Calum MacLeod hit 56 alongside Shaun Evans’ unbeaten 40 as Bexley eased to 181-4 in 38.3 overs.

Beckenham kept the pressure on leaders Bexley with a 181run win over HSBC.

Kent’s Alex Blake top scored with 98 and Will MacVicar hit 72 as Beckenham posted 240-6. HSBC were bowled out for just 59 after MacVicar’s impressive return of 5-25.

Tunbridge Wells won by nine wickets against Bickley Park. Having elected to bat, Park saw no player score higher than 15 as they were bowled out for 71. It was William Holcombe who top scored for his team, while Ari Karvelas picked up 3-12 in a 10-over spell.

Ian McLean and Marcus O’Riordan contributed two wickets apiece, with the latter holding on to a superb slipcatch. Christopher Williams

(35 not out) and Sam Stickler (26 not out) made light work of the reply, reaching 71-1 in 10.2 overs.