| Kent 189-6 (20 overs): Muyeye 62, Cox 35; Hatzoglou 2-25, Sisodiya 2-30, Douthwaite 2-51 |
| Glamorgan 190-3 (17 overs): Ingram 63*, Cooke 46*, Byrom 43 |
| Glamorgan (2 pts) beat Kent by 7 wickets |
Colin Ingram and Chris Cooke saw Glamorgan to victory for the second time in three days as they made short work of a target of 190.
Ingram’s 63 not out off 32 balls was the main contribution while Cooke hit 46 off 28 in their stand of 108.
Tawanda Muyeye top-scored with 62 in Kent’s decent-looking total of 189-6, Jordan Cox was next highest with 35.
But Glamorgan eased home at 190-3 with three overs to spare to the delight of the home crowd at Sophia Gardens.
Zimbabwe-born Muyeye and Daniel Bell-Drummond got the visitors off to a flyer after they were put in, with 63 coming in the powerplay overs as they went after debutant Zain Ul Hassan.
Australian leg-spinner Peter Hatzoglou made the breakthrough, bowling Bell-Drummond for 19, but Muyeye scorched to his 50 off just 29 balls.
But three wickets fell in the space of ten balls as Joe Denly (10), Sam Billings (1) and Muyeye (62) all skied catches, spinner Prem Sisodiya claiming 2-30 in his four over spell.
Jordan Cox took over the helm from Muyeye, helped by Kiran Carlson missing two lofted catches in successive balls.
But he drilled Hatzoglou to mid-wicket for 35 off 27 as the Perth Scorchers leggie showed the value of his short-term signing as a replacement for paceman Michael Neser.
Glamorgan were also off to a scorching start courtesy of Ed Byrom, given the licence to hit at the top of the order and striking three 6s and five 4s in facing just 19 deliveries.
But he drilled Grant Stewart to mid-on and Michael Hogan, bowling as tightly as ever against his old county, had former Kent favourite Sam Northeast caught at long-off for 16 as he tried to accelerate.
A brilliant catch by Wes Agar saw the back of Kiran Carlson for 16, again off Stewart.
But Ingram and Cooke, who added 187 together against Middlesex two days earlier, were quickly into their stride.
Ingram, the 37 year old former South Africa international, raced to a classy half-century off just 24 balls.
The confidence showed as Glamorgan’s two experienced batters seemed to be picking their spots on the boundary with a seven-man Kent attack unable to stem to flow.
Hogan’s four overs went for just 27 but from 105-3 at half-way, Kent needed wickets and could not get them as they suffered their third defeat in four.
Glamorgan travel to face Sussex on Sunday 4 June, when Kent host Surrey.
