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Sevenoaks beat Beckenham by 11 runs to move level on 177 points and leapfrog the league leaders into first.
Following last week's washout, Sevenoaks were limited to 189 all out after Stuart Binny's five-fer and a key century from Evert Bekker.
The hosts managed just 178-8 in reply courtesy of Andrew Reid-Dick's 4-27.
Having won the toss and elected to bat, Vine opened with a partnership of 41 between Bekker and Chris Vernon before the latter was bowled by Will MacVicar for 13.
Binny then dismissed Mike Barber for the first of his 5-27, after which MacVicar added Sevenoaks skipper Luke Schlemmer to his tally for a duck to leave the visitors on 53-3.
Kent's Adam Rouse was next to go as he was bowled by Binny for two, while Bekker rallied to his 50 from 69 deliveries.
He and Ben Price contributed 85 between them until his partner was caught for 34 by Dan Hardy off the bowling of Johan Malcolm.
Binny returned to the attack to pick up another three wickets, only for Bekker to reach 102 before he was eventually caught by Hardy off MacVicar (3-34).
Beckenham openers Alex Senn and Hardy opened with a 45-run stand in reply, which came to an end when the latter was run out for eight.
Skipper Senn followed suit, hitting Karl Pearson's delivery into the hands of Rouse to go for 22.
With 72 on the scoreboard, Malcolm departed for eight when he edged to Price, before Finn Bryan was bowled by Reid-Dick to leave on 19 following a 33-run partnership with MacVicar.
Binny's tough campaign with the bat continued as he was caught by Rouse, whose safe hands then ended MacVicar's innings on 33 off 79 balls.
Mahi Mahfuzul offered an unbeaten 33 alongside 19 from Rithik Hari but Beckenham fell short by 11 runs.
Half-centuries from Warren Lee and Daniel Magin helped Bickley Park to a 68-run victory away to Sandwich Town.
After opting to bat, Bickley were set off by a 53-run opening partnership by Alex Fullarton and Lee before the former was trapped lbw by Ashleigh Cox.
Lee then enjoyed a 67-run stand with Magin until he was caught by Jake Smith off Ben Smith for 63.
Magin eventually fell for 55 as the third of Smith's 3-39 following a catch from Cox.
Adeel Malik contributed an unbeaten 47 to lead Bickley to a score of 236-7.
Jan Gray offered Sandwich's best with the bat, hitting a patient 51 from 121 balls at number three.
Cameron Fletcher had also struck 31 before he was beaten lbw by Ranjit Singh, who finished with figures of 4-44.
Aidan Thatcher was the only other batter to supply at least 20 as Sandwich reached 168-9 from their 50 overs.
Canterbury won by 67 runs in their meeting with third-placed Bexley.
Invited to bat, Canterbury lost Bradley Goldsack for one before being lifted by a 81-run partnership between Justin MacVicar (46) and Ben Rutherford (44).
Both were bowled by Adam Riley, who later rearranged the stumps of Sam Burt and trapped Joe Gordon lbw to finish with 4-28.
Isaac Rahman chipped in with another 30 to help Canterbury towards 199 all out.
Bexley slipped to 59-7 in reply as Jemuel Cabey and MacVicar picked up three wickets apiece for Canterbury.
Riley top scored for his side on 32 as the only one of his teammates to pass 13, with the home side being bowled out for 132.
Tunbridge Wells overcame a strong bowling effort to beat Blackheath by 44 runs.
Opting to bat first, Wells were 0-1 and then 15-2 after losing Chris Williams for a duck and Christian Davis for six.
Having moved to 61-4, they then recovered through Michael Waller's 42 before he was caught by Basit Ahmed off Dipayan Paul (3-16).
Alexander Williams later top scored on 57 and Ian Mclean added 31 but Tunbridge were bowled out for 193 after Tanweer Sikandar's 4-39.
Sikandar then led Blackheath with 47, followed by the 37 Tunbridge gave away in extras.
George Wells was the next top scorer on just 20 as his side finished on 149 all out, with David Smith ending with figures of 3-28.
HSBC lost by seven wickets in their clash with Lordswood.
The visitors were boosted by a 53-run opening partnership between Sam Perks and Richard Golbourn, before the former was bowled by James Anyon.
Golbourn saw four more wickets fall by the time he was trapped lbw by Taylor Chandler for 71.
HSBC's next highest scorer was Sadiq Hassan as they closed on 206 all out following Jack Laraman's 3-29.
Lordswood lost just three wickets as they successful chased down a winning score of 209.
Opener Linden Lockhart set his side on their way with an unbeaten 67, along with support from Chris Piesley who finished not out on 95 from 58 deliveries.
