Kent flip the tables in grand type as Surrey face prospect of first defeat
Kent 301 and 197 for six (Muyeye 79, Bell-Drummond 59) lead Surrey 145 (Quinn 3-22, Agar 3-32) by 353 runs
Leaders Surrey had been battling onerous to keep away from their first defeat of the season within the LV= Insurance County Championship, taking six wickets within the closing session after Kent had constructed a big lead on day two at Canterbury.
The champions had been all out for 145 of their first innings with Matt Quinn taking three for 22 and Wes Agar three for 32, whereas India’s Arshdeep Singh took his first championship wickets. Sean Abbott was their high scorer with 34.
Tawanda Muyeye then cracked a gleeful 79 and Daniel Bell-Drummond made 59 as Kent moved on to 197 for six of their second innings, a lead of 353, however a productive night session gave the guests hope going into day three, Dan Worrall claiming three for 53.
The 171st Canterbury Week continued on the Spitfire Ground and a crowd of 2431 attended on day two, bolstered by round 1100 schoolchildren and academics, though the beginning was delayed by 45 minutes on account of a quick however violent thunderstorm.
When play started Surrey, who had been 18 for 2 in a single day, batted with minimal conviction.
Tom Latham was on three when Quinn had him caught by Muyeye at quick leg and Quinn struck once more when Jordan Cox took an acrobatic catch to take away Dom Sibley for 9.
Arshdeep was rewarded for a spell of sustained menace together with his first wicket in county cricket when he had Ben Foakes lbw for 3 and Quinn and Muyeye then produced an nearly actual imitation of the Latham wicket to eliminate Jamie Smith for six.
Surrey lurched to 60 for six at lunch and hadn’t added to the rating when Agar bowled Will Jacks with the tenth ball of the afternoon session, with a supply that despatched his center stump pirouetting.
Jordan Clark and Abbott placed on the largest stand of the innings with 48 for the eighth wicket, till each had been dismissed by Joey Evison. Clark lingered for 25 earlier than Evison hit his leg facet bail and Abbott went for 34 in Evison’s subsequent over, after a one-handed catch by Cox.
The Dans, Worrall and Moriarty, added 20 for the final wicket till the previous tried to slog Singh, who ripped out his leg stump, leaving Surrey seven in need of the follow-on goal, though with 57 overs left and the St. Lawrence experiencing sweltering circumstances it was no shock when Kent selected to not implement it.
They had been 37 with out loss at tea, and though Clark made the breakthrough together with his first ball, getting Compton caught for 17 by Atkinson at level, Muyeye began to placed on an exhibition.
He reached 50 by chopping Abbott for 4, however not for the primary time in his profession he fell when a century seemed there for the taking when he hit Atkinson to Latham.
It was a serious disappointment for almost all of the group and a cluster of wickets adopted.
Denly went for six to Worrall that was grabbed by a diving Foakes, Worrall produced an unplayable outswinger to eliminate Jack Leaning for one and Cox was on two when he gloved Abbott behind.
Bell-Drummond then fell in practically an identical trend, leaving Evison and Hamid Qadri to bat out the remainder of an nearly interminable session, which lastly ended at 7.37pm.