Gloucestershire II kept their winning run alive at the expense of Kent 2nd XI in the Second Eleven Championship on Monday. The visitors posted 730 runs to Kent's 563, extending their unbeaten start to two matches.
Gloucestershire arrived at the fixture sitting top of the table with a perfect record — two victories from two games and 73 points on the board. Kent, meanwhile, had played four matches and sat third with 51 points, having won two and lost two along the way.
Both sides had shown mixed fortunes in recent outings. Kent's last five matches included narrow defeats to Surrey and Hampshire, while Gloucestershire had edged Durham by just two runs in their most recent outing. That match, played on the 18th of August, was closer than this one.
The result keeps Gloucestershire clear at the summit of the standings. They now hold a 22-point lead over the nearest challengers, though they have played half the number of fixtures as Kent. The gap could shift dramatically as the season progresses.