Middlesex 205-5 (20 ov) beat Kent 90 (14.4 ov) by 115 runs
(Middlesex 2 pts, Kent 0 pts)
Paul Stirling smashed a quickfire 90 and James Franklin took 5-21 as Middlesex earned a crushing victory in their first T20 home game of the season.
Ireland batsman Stirling, opening the innings, hit six fours and launched seven sixes in his 50-ball knock.
Captain Eoin Morgan then scored 54 from just 27 deliveries as Middlesex passed 200 in a T20 game for the first time in three years.
Kent were never at the races from the moment Daniel Bell-Drummond and former Middlesex man Joe Denly fell in the space of three balls early in the reply.
Franklin was twice on a hat-trick as he ran through the Spitfires’ middle order to record his best-ever T20 haul.
Steven Finn conceded just eight runs from his three overs and debutant Nathan Sowter wrapped things up with two wickets in his only four balls.
So one-sided was the contest, the margin of victory was the fifth largest since the English T20 competition began in 2003.
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