Daniel Bell-Drummond is confident Kent Spitfires team-mate Matt Parkinson will bounce back from a rare off day in their T20 Blast home defeat to Middlesex on Sunday . England international Parkinson never found his rhythm and ended with 0-37, despite playing on a used pitch at The Spitfire Ground. But Bell-Drummond said: “The first three games, I think he was our best bowler.
“Obviously, he got the hat-trick at Chelmsford against Middlesex and I’m not sure if he even went above six-an-over against Hampshire. That’s cricket. “He has been our best bowler until now.
It was one of those things. “I think the left-hand-right-hand combination made it tough for him. "But he will come back stronger - and so will we.
” Spitfires skipper Sam Billings still called upon the spin of Joe Denly and Marcus O’Riordan, the former claiming his 50th T20 wicket. Bell-Drummond thinks having an array of bowling options is required in the shortest format. “Joey Evison didn’t get a bowl on Sunday,” he noted.
“It’s just great that the captain can call upon so many options - and that’s needed. “Different wickets, different boundary sizes, call for different options. It’s one of those things.
“Joey Evison had a brilliant game with the ball against Hampshire and might get a go at Taunton - you never know how these things work - but that’s the beauty of having all those different options.” Australian fast bowler Xavier Bartlett (3-34) was the pick of Kent’s bowlers ag.
