Kent's Ollie Robinson admitted it was a case of the same old story as they lost their final One Day Cup clash to Gloucestershire at Beckenham on Thursday.

Spitfires made 218-9 with the bat, Robinson top scoring on 75, before an unbeaten century by skipper Chris Dent guided the visitors home with more than 12 overs to spare.

Robinson said: “It’s been the same story along in this competition, we just haven’t really fired. It was a trickier pitch today and we didn’t quite find a way.

"They showed us how to bat and that was to get partnerships together and build off each other. It was tough to start with, with me and Tawanda and when Jack came in it got a little bit easier, but we lost wickets in clusters and if you’re doing that it’s always tough to catch up at the back end.

“It was slow but there’s a way to score and we didn’t work it out quick enough.

"It’s not ideal but we’ve learned a lot from this campaign and we’ll be back stronger next year.

"It’s been a strange one, I’ve felt good all the time without really getting anything to show for it. It was nice to get 70 but I should have done what Dent did, when everyone batted around him and he got a hundred.”

Robinson's 75 was his highest List A score but Kent failed to build on a solid opening partnership, Graeme Van Buuren took 3-34, and there were five catches behind the stumps for James Bracey.

Robinson was dropped on 12 and 21 and Kent advanced to 61 without loss, but the hosts toiled after Tawanda Muyeye pulled Jared Warner to Tom Smith at mid-wicket for 30.

Van Buuren then bowled Jack Leaning for 16 and had a disgruntled George Munsey caught behind off the next ball. Harry Finch bottom-edged the hat-trick ball for a single but fell in the next over for one, becoming Ollie Price’s maiden victim at county level when he was caught behind.

Robinson then edged Van Buuren behind to make it 136-5 after 32 overs.

Bracey claimed his fourth catch of the innings when Josh Shaw found Grant Stewart’s inside edge and was out for six.

Darren Stevens gave Kent some hope with 40, but when he was caught by Bracey off Matt Taylor Kent were down to the bowlers, with six overs remaining. Harry Podmore made 19 but when he tried to accelerate he holed out to Taylor and Smith took a steepling catch.

Warner bowled Nathan Gilchrist for five and it was left to James Logan and Matt Quinn, unbeaten on 17 and three respectively, to nudge the total towards something defendable.

Just how defendable it was became clear as Gloucestershire marched to 72 without loss before Price was lbw to Leaning for 24 in the 12th over.

Spinner Logan trapped Bracey lbw, attempting to reverse sweep for 23 and Muyeye was unlucky not to take his first Kent wicket when Dent was dropped on 70, but the Spitfires were doomed by failure to make any further inroads.

A Van Buuren six over mid-wicket sent a number of supporters to the exit and Dent reached his century with an edge through the vacant slip area for a single off Quinn, before cutting Stewart to the boundary for the winning runs.

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