Gloucestershire v Kent: Scores & match report

Match scores (Bristol)

Gloucestershire beat Kent by 11 runs

Gloucestershire inns: 275-8 (50/50 overs. Klinger 134, Dent 43, Cockbain 35; Coles 4-57, Harris 2-28)

Kent inns: 264-9 (50/50 overs. Bell-Drummond 90, Dickson 50; Liddle 5-36)

Match report

Chris Liddle took five for 36 as Gloucestershire claimed an unlikely 11-run Royal London One-Day Cup win over Kent in glorious Bristol sunshine.

Michael Klinger's 134 looked to have paved the way for a challenging Gloucestershire total after they had been asked to bat first. But a flurry of late wickets saw Matt Coles finish with four for 57 and the hosts restricted to 275 for eight - no more than a par score in the conditions.

It did not look like proving enough as Daniel Bell-Drummond followed up his tons against Somerset and Sussex with 90 off 108 balls, including eight fours. With Sean Dickson (50) and Sam Northeast (44) lending good support, Kent looked to be cruising.

But Liddle had other ideas and from 200 for two in the 39th over, a telling bowling spell from the Ashley Down Road End saw the visitors collapse spectacularly to close on 264 for nine.

The win was Gloucestershire's second in the competition and kept alive their slim hopes of a top-three finish in the South Group, while Kent must accept elimination before the knock-out stage, having won only one of their first five games.

Klinger could hardly have done more, reaching his 16th List A hundred off 123 balls, with eight fours and three sixes, to help take the home side's score to 260 for three before he was out.

The 36-year-old Australian hit three of his sixes into the flats at the Ashley Down Road End of the Brightside Ground - his favourite one-day shot at the venue - and progressed with increasing assurance on an excellent batting pitch.

Chris Dent (43) and Ian Cockbain (35) shared useful partnerships, but when Klinger was caught at deep mid-wicket off Joe Denly it signalled a rapid transformation in fortunes.

Far from building on their captain's efforts with some big hitting at the end, Gloucestershire lost five wickets in less than two overs as Coles and James Harris (two for 28) put themselves on hat-tricks.

With the sun still shining in a cloudless sky, a target of 276 did not look likely to test Kent's strong batting line-up.

They lost Denly to a careless shot off Liddle with the total on 64, but Bell-Drummond, who survived a couple of early scares, and Dickson then put together a stand of 89 in 17.3 overs.

Dickson perished one ball after reaching a 62-ball half-century, with three fours and a six, picking out George Haskins at deep mid-wicket to give left-arm spinner Tom Smith a wicket.

By the time Bell-Drummond was brilliantly caught low down by Klinger at extra-cover off Liddle, Kent had posted 200 and needed a further 76 from 11.4 overs.

Northeast was established and playing well. His fourth six, over long-on off Jack Taylor, was one of the biggest of the match.

Darren Stevens was visibly angry with himself when caught behind off Liddle trying to run the ball down to third man and at 217 for four, Kent were far from comfortable.

Soon it was Northeast trudging back to the pavilion having smashed Liddle straight to long-on where Taylor took the catch. From looking in total command, the visitors were suddenly under pressure at 220 for five.

More poor shots accounted for Coles and Alex Blake and Gloucestershire sensed their chance. The Kent tail-enders flailed wildly without success and the game had been turned on its head.