Kent Spitfires fell to their fifth successive Vitality Blast defeat in front of a bumper crowd at Canterbury on Friday night. It was a spirited display for Kent but they failed to build on a promising start with the bat and Essex then ruthlessly punished any shortcomings in their line or length to win by five wickets. Invited to bat first, Kent’s Zak Crawley was looking to put his poor run of form behind him. He started tentatively and was dealing in only singles early on before a couple of powerful strikes to the boundary got him up and running. He lost partner Daniel Bell-Drummond in the fou…