Kent take Twenty20 in thriller

Aug 04, 2007

Kent rejoice after winning their first Twenty20 Cup, - their third domestic title in 29 years - beating Gloucestershire by four wickets in the final•Getty Images

Robert Key, the star in Kent's semi-final win, was caught by Hamish Marshall for 18 •Getty Images

McLaren's first victim was Hamish Marshall, who scored 65 off 49 balls as Gloucestershire looked to set an imposing total for Kent•Getty Images

Key got good support from Joe Denly, who made 31 off 20 balls as they put on 65 for the first wicket•Getty Images

Sussex suffered a middle-order collapse, and were 102 for 5 after Chris Adams was run out•Getty Images

Murray Goodwin survives an appeal from Simon Cook en route to his 38, as Sussex posted a good start in the second semi-final•Getty Images

... and sheer power•Getty Images

Gareth Cross' acrobatics saw him survive this one, but he ran out of luck when on 13•Getty Images

Darren Stevens hit the winning runs as Kent took the title with three balls to spare •Getty Images

Key took Marshall's word and walked. However, he had second thoughts about the legitimacy of the catch after watching the replay•Getty Images

Earlier in the day, Kent booked their place in the final after Key played a captain's knock, his unbeaten 68 guided his team to a last-over win against Sussex in the second semi-final•Getty Images

Chasing 141, Kent were on course with Key in good nick•Getty Images

Matt Prior, on break from England duty, was out for 5•Getty Images

In the first match of the day, Gloucestershire scored an easy win over Lancashire. Kadeer Ali hit the winning runs in his 33 not out•Getty Images

Freddie smiles - Andrew Flintoff shows his spirit after nailing Hamish Marshall, but Lancashire didn't have much else to cheer about•Getty Images

Flintoff was unimpressive with the bat, scoring 3 off 10 balls before he was run out•Getty Images

Kent's win was set up by Man-of-the-Match Ryan McLaren, whose hat-trick restricted Gloucestershire to 146•Getty Images

The game went down to the wire, after Sussex pegged back Kent's chase with three wickets in the space of eight runs. Mushtaq Ahmed got the better of Martin van Jaarsveld•Getty Images

Sussex were bowled out for 140 in 19.4 overs, after Lasith Malinga polished off the tail•Getty Images

The slide began when Darren Stevens got rid of Luke Wright•Getty Images

Gloucestershire's run-chase was made easy by a 55-ball 86 from Craig Spearman, who combined skill ...•Getty Images

Dominic Cork hit three fours during his unbeaten 23, helping Lancashire post 148•Getty Images