| LV=County Championship Division One, The Spitfire Floor, Canterbury (day three): |
| Kent 446 & 86-6: Muyeye 28; Fernando 3-40 |
| Nottinghamshire 265 & 348 (f/o): Clarke 141*, Hutton 84; Hogan 5-63 |
| Kent (12pts) drew with Nottinghamshire (8pts) |
| Scorecard |
Kent escaped with a draw of their County Championship Division One sport with Nottinghamshire after practically imploding in pursuit of a goal of 168.
The hosts had been grateful for former Notts gamers Joey Evison and Ben Compton, who blocked for practically 20 overs after Asitha Fernando took three fast wickets to assist scale back them to 59-5.
Kent had recovered to 86-6 when the captains shook palms.
On a closing day at Canterbury that veered between tedium and excessive pressure, Notts had been bowled out for 348 of their second innings, after being compelled to observe on.
When Joe Clarke and Brett Hutton got here collectively within the day’s seventh over, Notts had been nonetheless trailing Kent’s first innings rating of 446 by one, with simply three second-innings wickets remaining.
Clarke batted for 277 balls to make 141, and he placed on 148 for the eighth wicket with Hutton, who made a career-best knock of 84.
By the point their partnership was damaged, Notts had been 147 forward and when Yuzvendra Chahal then took two wickets in as many balls it arrange a fraught finale.
Having dominated for many of the first three days, Kent couldn’t resist the goal and ended up enduring a nerve-shredding closing hour.
Clarke ton turns sport Notts’ method
Nottinghamshire started the day on 177-5 of their second innings and searching like they may not survive the primary hour.
After a begin delayed until 11.20am by rain, Kent took the brand new ball as quickly because it grew to become accessible and Michael Hogan used it to take two wickets from as many balls. His fourth supply removed Lyndon James for 39 after he edged Hogan to Jack Leaning at second slip, ending a stand of 102, and Calvin Harrison went lbw to the following supply.
Hutton took a single from the hat-trick ball to convey the scores degree and performed like he was decided to set Kent a goal, advancing to 48 not out at lunch, at which level it was 235-7, a lead of 54.
He reached 50 with a single off Nathan Gilchrist and, as the sport started to float away from Kent, Clarke drove Hogan for 4 to achieve three figures.
There have been few possibilities however the sport sparked to life when Hutton blocked a supply from Aron Nijjar and Clarke hared midway down the wicket earlier than he realised his associate hadn’t moved. Chahal ran him out out by a yard.
Nonetheless bruised by their defeat at Middlesex, Nottinghamshire regarded unlikely to declare and appeared comfy sufficient at 348-8 at tea, however Chahal had Paterson caught by Daniel Bell-Drummond for 5 with the fourth ball of the night session and he wrapped up the innings two balls later when Fernando was caught by Zak Crawley for a duck.
Kent had been scenting what would have been solely their third red-ball win of the season, however they approached the chase as in the event that they had been enjoying T20 cricket as a substitute of a modest five-an-over.
Crawley was despatched out to open alongside Tawanda Muyeye as a substitute of his common associate Ben Compton, however after crunching Paterson for 4 he hit the following supply straight to James at deep sq. leg.
Fernando then had Bell-Drummond caught for 4 by Harrison at slip, Leaning was run out for six chasing a single that existed solely in his head and Muyeye tried to hook Fernando and fell to an acrobatic Tom Moores seize.
With Kent reeling on 52-4, Compton was despatched out to drop anchor, however Fernando produced an outstanding supply to ship Harry Finch’s off stump flying for seven.
When Evison joined Compton, with a minimal 19.1 overs remaining they made no try to chase the runs.
After an hour’s resistance the latter was caught by Ben Slater off Matt Montgomery, however Nijjar and Evison nearly clung on as Kent took 12 factors and Nottinghamshire eight.
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