Jordan Cox took centre stage in the T20 Blast for Kent on Saturday night - but he still can get on his captain’s nerves in the outfield!

Cox impressed in front of the TV cameras in Bristol as Spitfires beat Gloucestershire by seven wickets to earn a third straight Blast win.

The 22-year-old took three catches - equalling Kent’s T20 record for outfield catches in a match by an individual - and also excellently ran-out Ollie Price to restrict Gloucestershire to 137 all out before his 31 not out helped his team over the line.

“All the wicketkeepers are the best fielders,” reflected Kent captain Sam Billings. “Jos [Buttler] is one of the best fielders when he’s out there, Salty [Phil Salt] is a great fielder, and I could go on. It’s probably something down to the movement and the agility side of things.

“Coxy’s certainly a great mover and one of the best fielders in the country. I value him hugely.

“I do get annoyed at him sometimes when, as the ball is going everywhere, he’s at mid-off. I want him in the hot zones!

“But it makes a huge difference, having real quality fielders. He’s brilliant and it’s such an important part of the modern game.”

Cox and opener Daniel Bell-Drummond (56 not out) then guided Spitfires to victory with ease through an unbroken 61-run partnership against Gloucestershire, which saw Bell-Drummond hit a third consecutive T20 half-century.

Billings, who added 28, said: “Bell-Drummond would say he definitely wasn’t at his most fluent but he got the job done. Too many times, we’ve come down here, not got the job done and come unstuck.

“He kind of anchored the innings. He’s the glue on a tricky pitch and the other guys took the risks, helping him out and taking the game away.

“You can’t have two guys going at a run-a-ball because that’s when those tricky chases come into it.”

Kent still have hopes of finishing in the top four of the South Group. They face Sussex at Hove tomorrow evening, visit Chelmsford to take on Essex on Thursday and then host Middlesex at Canterbury the following night, before beginning their next County Championship Division 1 match at fellow strugglers Northamptonshire from Sunday.

The recent upturn in form has come after a five-match losing streak but Billings noted: “It’s keeping things in perspective.

“It’s very easy to get emotional around results and, of course in the end, we’re all judged by results. But we weren’t far away and then that’s where you have to keep that real perspective.

“We’ve played Somerset and Surrey twice, two of the best teams, so we just needed to keep a bit of context in terms of where we were.

“We weren’t playing quite as well as we would have liked. But with just a couple of tweaks - we sat down and said ‘Right, this is what we need to focus on’ - and we’ve seen a change around straight away.

“That’s the most pleasing thing from my point-of-view, having that real clarity as a group and real objectivity.

“We’re now starting to play the way we know we can play, so that’s really pleasing.”