Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens has credited Miguel Cummins for his role on the duo’s record-breaking partnership against Glamorgan last week.

Coming together in the middle with the Spitfires 128/8 in their first innings, Stevens and Cummins put on 166 for the ninth wicket, a Kent record against Glamorgan.

Cummins scored just one run from 55 balls in the partnership, leaving Stevens to register 96.39% of the runs in his 190 – the highest percentage of runs scored by one person in any partnership over 93 in first-class cricket history.

Stevens stole the headlines with his century, but has since praised Cummins for his role in the innings.

“He was a gem” said Stevens. “When he came out, I said to him ‘look mate, it is a lovely pitch. Play the line – if you nick it, you nick it, and if you don’t, you don’t. Just don’t go searching for it, and we will put a decent partnership on here.”

“He played beautifully. He left well anything on the stumps he patted it back nicely. We kept it very simple – and that was it. It was as simple as possible.”

Cummins hit his first boundary of his innings off the 56^th ball – the first ball he faced after Stevens’ dismissal.

“He deserved that!” Stevens joked. “If there was ever a ball he deserved to hit, it was that one.”

Cummins has only played seven games for Kent, but he and Stevens have batted for a long time together before.

In the opening game of the season, the two put on 63 for the 10^th wicket against Northamptonshire on Cummins’ debut, and Stevens suggested the West Indian had a similar role to play in that game.

“If I go back to the 100 I got at Northants, I was on about 70 and when he walked in” said the 45-year-old. “He went ‘hey man, I will get you to 100 and then I will play some shots.’”

Stevens finished unbeaten on 116 that day, with Cummins falling for 24.

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