Kent batsmen Alex Blake and Fabian Cowdrey both starred for their club sides in round seven of the Shepherd Neame Kent Cricket League Premier Division on Saturday.

Blake scored 105 as second-placed Beckenham won by 57 runs at Bexley.

Beckenham posted 281-7 with Blake smashing three sixes and nine fours in his 104-ball knock.

Blake and Raza Ali Dar (74) added 184 for the fourth wicket. Harry Furze finished with 3-53.

Sam Heazlett top-scored with 86 in the Bexley run-chase before his side were all-out for 224 as Johan Malcolm took 3-12.

Cowdrey was also in the runs, scoring 81 for Lordswood in their 142-run win at Folkestone.

Opener Palash Joshi hit 83 as Lordswood made 310-8 from their 55 overs. Jan Gray was the pick of the Folkestone attack with 4-61.

Chris Piesley then starred with the ball, taking 7-31 as the home side were bowled out for 168.

In the only other game to beat the rain, Hartley opened up a four-pont lead at the top after a seven-wicket win at Tunbridge Wells.

Tunbridge Wells posted 184 after being 53-6 at one stage with David Smith (54) and James Madgwick (45) making the major contributions as Dan Redwood took 3-34.

James Hockley (61) and Dan Stickels (31) put on 90 for the first wicket before James Thompson guided Hartley home with an unbeaten 50.

The two other games finished incomplete due to rain.

Sandwich Town were 144-4 in reply to Bromley’s 234-5 of which Richard Selvey-Clinton scored 94.

Blackheath scored 212 against Sevenoaks Vine with James Kirkham finishing 67 not out.
In reply, Sevenoaks were 183-8 when the rain came.