Matt Parkinson held his nerve at the death for Kent Spitfires against former club Lancashire to secure a pulsating five-run Metro Bank One-Day Cup win in Blackpool on Sunday. Leg-spinner Parkinson, who earlier had played a useful hand with the bat, took two important late wickets. It had seemed captain Keaton Jennings’ third century at Stanley Park this year would enable Lancashire to get home but Kent battled ferociously hard to defend 209 on a tricky wicket and South African overseas all-rounder Beyers Swanepoel’s 3-26 off nine overs was another magnificent effort. Jennings finished unbeaten…
