Kent produced a superb performance with the ball after some dynamic batting to ensure a big win against Somerset in the Royal London One-Day Cup at Canterbury on Tuesday.

In a game shortened to 30 overs aside by heavy morning rain, Kent bounced back from their three-wicket loss to Glamorgan two days earlier to record their second win of the South Group ahead of Wednesday's trip to Essex with a 95 run hammering.

Half-centuries from in-form Daniel Bell-Drummond and skipper Sam Northeast, who again lost the toss, plus a late cameo of 36 from 23 balls from Alex Blake guided the Spitfires to 231-6.

Some stifling bowling and excellent fielding then saw the visitors reduced to 35-3 and 64-6 with Darren Stevens claiming a two-wicket maiden, the recalled Fabian Cowdrey taking 2-38 and Ivan Thomas a career-best 3-31 as Somerset were eventually dismissed for just 136 with nearly six overs to spare.

Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly (12) put on 56 for the opening wicket but it was the 72 shared by Bell-Drummond and Northeast for the second wicket in nine overs which really got the home side going.

The opener recorded his ninth half-century of an already stellar season but was caught by Hose of Roelof van der Merwe for 68 from 51 balls.

Sam Billings joined Northeast but after a typically breezy 29 from 21 balls he fell to a stunning one handed catch on the boundary by Max Waller to leave the score on 176-3 with 39 balls remaining.

Northeast followed two balls later, caught by van der Merwe off Waller's bowling having cracked five fours and a six in his 64, which came from just 49 balls.

Alex Blake began to warm up and though Stevens departed for four Blake fired three fours and cleared the rope twice, helping Kent claim 22 from the penultimate over and add 35 from the final 14 balls with Cowdrey, who went for nine off the final delivery.

Kent made the perfect start to the reply as Matt Coles had Johann Myburgh (4) caught behind and Adam Hose (10) and captain Jim Allenby (0) fell to consecutive Stevens deliveries in the ninth over as the all-rounder finished with 2-14 off three overs.

Peter Trego made 23 before falling to a superb running catch from Coles off Cowdrey with the score on 44 in the 12th over.

Lewis Gregory (5) and James Hildreth (18) fell in consecutive overs to the dual threat of Cowdrey and Tredwell and it was 64-6 before the mid-point of the reply.

Alex Barrow smashed 27 from 18 balls before becoming one of Coles' four catches - a Kent List A record - off Thomas who also accounted for van der Merwe, who had clubbed two sixes in his 29 from 22 balls, and Waller (5).

Coles (2-21) wrapped the reply up with the score on 136 with nearly six overs of the rain-shortened game remaining.