Matt Milnes inspires Kent to first County Championship win in over a year Milnes returned figures of 6-12 in the second innings after Kent set Derbyshire 384 to win at Canterbury. He removed Caleb Jewell with the last delivery of the third day before returning to pick up five more on the last day and help Kent register a big 225-run win, their first victory since beating Middlesex in April 2025. Kent batted first in the game, but lost Ben Dawkins for six. Zak Crawley’s struggles continued , but he made 44, his top score of the ongoing County Championship season, before falling to Martin Andersson . From 72-1, Kent were soon down to 93-4 when captain Daniel Bell-Drummond and Ekansh Singh added 54 for the fifth wicket. Bell-Drummond went on to complete a 21st first-class hundred, while wicketkeeper-batter Chris Benjamin scored a half-century, together adding 126 runs for the sixth wicket. Kent eventually finished their first innings on 352 on day one, and Derbyshire managed to remain unscathed in the remaining five overs before stumps. Several Derbyshire batters got starts, with only No.10 Rory Haydon falling for single digits – a two-ball duck. Luis Reece top-scored with