Liam Dawson, Joe Weatherley, James Fuller fifties lengthen Hampshire's benefit

Kent 95 and 66 for 0 (Crawley 35*, Compton 30*) path Hampshire 373 (Dawson 84, Weatherley 58, Fuller 51) by 212 runs

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Kent had been left battling for a draw after three days of their of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Hampshire at Canterbury.

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The hosts are 66 with out loss of their second innings, trailing by 212, with Zak Crawley unbeaten on 35 and Ben Compton 30 not out.

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After day two had been diminished to simply 6.1 overs, the climate lastly improved on Saturday morning, with Hampshire resuming on 103 for nought.

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Having been dismissed for simply 95 of their first innings, Kent got here roaring again into the competition, with Agar placing twice within the third over over of the day.

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Fletcha Middleton was first to go, edging behind for 48 and handing Jordan Cox his first red-ball dismissal as a wicketkeeper. Agar then produced an absolute jaffa that despatched Nick Gubbins' off-stump cartwheeling.

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He then had Weatherley lbw, however was denied a fourth sufferer when Crawley dropped Ben Brown, though the batter didn't money in, including only a single earlier than he was lbw to Grant Stewart for 10.

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A far-from-gruntled James Vince was given lbw to Michael Hogan for twenty-four and Hampshire endured a spell of seven.4 overs with out scoring.Ian Holland took 36 balls to get off the mark, though when he did it was a trendy minimize off Joey Evison for 4 and he and Dawson survived to succeed in 189 for five at lunch.

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From then on the guests dominated and because the runs got here in torrents the house desperation was summed up when an lbw attraction was turned down and a fan yelled: "Come on you … " earlier than realising all the floor may hear him. Thinking higher of swearing, he meekly added the phrase … "umpire," to widespread laughter.

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A probably essential stand of 94 was led to emphatic style when Evison splayed Holland's stumps for 41, however by then the momentum was totally with Hampshire.

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It was 308 for six at tea and Dawson continued to hit out till he holed out to Hamid Qadri and was caught at mid-wicket by Tawanda Muyeye.

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Kyle Abbott was lbw to Evision for two earlier than Fuller tried to comb a full toss from Qadri and was caught on the boundary by Muyeye.

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When Keith Barker clubbed Evison to Muyeye for 25 it left Kent with a hazardous 26 overs to outlive till stumps.

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Dawson put down a tricky probability to catch Ben Compton off Mohammad Abbas, however the openers batted by way of till failing gentle compelled Hampshire to convey on their spinners for the ultimate 5 overs and neither Dawson nor Weatherley was in a position to break by way of.

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