Azhar Mahmood gave a determined display with 55 but was powerless to stop Kent losing by six runs to Surrey and leave them in danger of going out of the competition
Azhar Mahmood weighed in with a late 25 not out as Kent posted 175-6
Darren Stevens' 69 off 32 balls proved the difference between Kent and Warwickshire in the quarter-finals
Fresh from a 13 run victory over Surrey a day earlier, Yasir Arafat took 4-38 to lead Kent to a 44 run victory over Hampshire
Joe Denly scored a half century as Kent got their defence of the Twenty20 Cup off to a winning start with a six wicket victory over Sussex
Joe Denly was back among the runs with another 50 as Kent saw off Hampshire in the return game by four wickets
Joe Denly was the star of the show again for Kent when his knock of 91 enabled them to avenge their defeat to Essex with an 81 run triumph
Justin Kemp hit a quickfire 28 off 10 balls as Kent beat Middlesex by 25 runs in a rain-affected eight over slog at Beckenham
Martin van Jaarsveld top scored with 32 but could not prevent Spitfires suffering their first defeat of the competition in going down by a single run to Essex under floodlights
Matthew Walker celebrates with Ryan McLaren and Rob Key after catching out Jonathan Trott as Kent go on to book their place in the finals day with a 42 run success
Rob Key played a captain's innings of 49 to steer his side to a six run win over Middlesex
Yasir Arafat showed his quality with bat and ball as Kent booked their place in the quarter-finals as one of the best third place teams with a 50 run victory over Sussex
It's been a long, hard road to the Rose Bowl for Kent.
Rob Key's side had to come through a gruelling schedule of games in the hardest group of the competition, and then a tough quarter-final at Warwickshire, to make it through to tomorrow's Twenty20 finals day.
It looked as though they might be going out of the competition in the group stages, but now they are two games away from defending the trophy they won last year.
In this special feature we look back at the campaign with Barry Goodwin's pictures from around the country.