| LV= County Championship Division One, Spitfire Floor, Canterbury (day two) |
| Lancashire 327: Bohannon 113, Hurst 76*; Nijjar 3-70 |
| Kent 345-4: Denly 105*, Compton 95; Morley 2-94 |
| Kent (5 pts) lead Lancashire (3 pts) by 18 runs |
| Match scorecard |
Joe Denly’s unbeaten century helped relegation-threatened Kent to 345-4 on day two of their County Championship match with Lancashire at Canterbury.
Replying to the guests’ 327, Ben Compton, who was nominated to drop out had Zak Crawley been match after England responsibility, anchored Kent’s innings with a usually stubborn 95.
Denly then performed a extra flamboyant 105 not out, from 149 balls with 11 fours and a six, to document his first red-ball century of the season as Kent closed with two doubtlessly essential batting factors and a lead of 18.
The hosts started the match a single level forward of Middlesex within the Division One desk and will probably be relegated if the perimeters end degree on factors, attributable to having fewer wins.
It was a troublesome day for Lancashire, with Jack Blatherwick being faraway from the assault after bowling two beamers in an over.
Compton opened alongside Tawanda Muyeye however after enduring a torrid opening hour because the ball zipped round below gray skies, the latter was simply beginning to look snug when he bought out for 46.
George Balderson changed Tom Bailey on the Pavilion Finish and his fourth supply discovered Muyeye’s edge and Keaton Jennings took an excellent one-handed catch low to his proper.
Jennings then took a far simpler catch to take away Daniel Bell-Drummond for 3 after Jack Morley discovered the shoulder of his bat, leaving Kent on 91 for 2 at lunch.
Morley then bowled Jack Leaning for 34, however Compton continued to grind his method on, reaching 50 from 146 balls.
Halfway by way of the afternoon session Kent introduced that Crawley was unwell and wouldn’t be accessible in any respect, though by this level the information appeared considerably much less of a blow to Kent than it might need carried out had it been introduced a number of hours earlier.
They moved to 231-3 at tea and Blatherwick then bowled an over he’s unlikely to overlook.
It began nicely sufficient as he bought Compton out with the primary ball, caught off an tried pull at backward level by Balderson.
Harry Finch scrambled a single to get off the mark from the second and the hosts secured a primary batting bonus level off the third when a Blatherwick supply reared up and went for 4 byes off Denly’s helmet.
Play was instantly suspended for unhealthy gentle and after a 25-minute delay Blatherwick resumed with a beamer. Denly then hooked him for 4 to deliver up his 50 and when Blatherwick bowled a second beamer he was taken out of the assault.
He instantly apologised and Denly patted him on the facet as he handed him, but it surely was left to Luke Wells to complete the over.
Denly swept Morley to safe a second batting level and introduced up his thirty first first-class hundred when he hit Bailey by way of cowl for 3.
Finch took a single from Balderson to provide Kent the lead and an more and more demoralised bowling assault had conceded 38 extras by the point play was deserted for unhealthy gentle with seven overs remaining.
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