Warwickshire beat Kent for first Championship win of 2024

Warwickshire coach Mark Robinson told BBC Radio WM:

“Obviously this was a game you target due to where they are in the league and we needed to win as well so it was something we went all out to get.

“I’ve got a bit of empathy for Kent because they are in a difficult place and have lost a lot of players injured. They are probably the hardest-hit team in the country, but when a team is a little bit vulnerable like that you have got to go for the jugular.

“The first morning was key. To bundle them out for 150 really set the game for us and then it was all about being positive and trying to get a score and we did that around Will Rhodes’ double century.

“Olly Hannon-Dalby will get the headlines and rightly so but Michael Rea’s spell this morning was really hostile and backed him up brilliantly.”

Kent coach Matt Walker told BBC Radio Kent:

“It’s the same problem unfortunately. We can’t get in games. First innings deficits are created by a lack of runs and then it’s how we follow up with the bowling.

“Too often we’re out of the game very quickly and it’s happened again.

“They bowled pretty well but 156 was never going to be a score that would threaten them. Straight away after day one we were right on the back foot.

“We weren’t able to match what they did with the ball and leaked too many runs. That’s the difference between good sides and those who are struggling, the ability to apply pressure over and over again and we just can’t do it.”