Daniel Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly starred on a record-breaking night for Kent Spitfires as they beat Somerset by eight wickets with 2.4 overs to spare in their first NatWest T20 Blast match of the season at Canterbury.

A near 5,000 strong St Lawrence crowd lapped it up, as Bell Drummond and Denly shared a competition best opening stand of 150 - and the best for any wicket by the county in the shortest format of the game.

Bell Drummond survived a huge life, dropped by Michael Leask on 34, before going onto make 83 not out - his best ever in the competition - made off 47 balls - with 10 fours and a six, as Kent totalled 200-2.

The stand between Bell-Drummond and Denly beat the previous best made by the Kent youngster and former skipper Rob Key - 119 against Essex at headquarters two years ago.

Denly enjoyed himself as well, hitting six sixes and five fours in his 46-ball 75, before holing out to Leask in the deep, making amends for dropping the earlier sitter.

Skipper Sam Northeast then made 27 off 14 balls before being held at short-third-man attempting to play to leg.

Darren Stevens's first scoring shot was a six before hitting the winning runs, and cap a perfect night.

Earlier Fabian Cowdrey was the pick of the Kent bowlers with an impressive 3-18, helping Kent drag things back well after skipper James Allenby and Peter Trego rattled up a second wicket stand of 134 in only 12.1 overs.

David Griffiths had removed Johann Myburgh for five, with his first delivery of the night before James Alllenby and another-ex-Kent man Peter Trego set about the Kent attack with relish

Allenby hit 10 fours and three sixes in his 91 off 59 balls, but the turning point in the innings proved to be Trego's departure for 57, when he holed out to James Tredwell.

A flurry of wickets left Allenby isolated at the other end - Michael Leaske was held by Alex Blake, before the returning Ryan Davies and Jamie Overton fell to Cowdrey - both caught by Denly at mid wicket.

Allenby finally went, yorked by Mitch Claydon, before Griffiths conceded only six singles off the last as Somerset ended on 197-7, having looked set to get well beyond 200 one stage.

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