Spitfires are Leaning on winning formula en route to last eight

By Luke Baker

Key intervention: Kent’s Fred Klaassen

JACK Leaning claims Kent are ready to cause damage in the Blast quarter-finals after his match-winning innings helped them beat Essex and book a spot in the knockout stages.
The Spitfires were struggling at 80-5 with nine overs to go in pursuit of 168 but Leaning made a T20-best 55 since his move from Yorkshire this winter to see them home by four wickets.
He joined Alex Blake in the middle, with the powerful hitter making 29 off 19 balls before holing out to deep square leg off the bowling of Matthew Quinn with the Spitfires ...

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