Northamptonshire 89 for 7 (Stewart 3-6) vs Kent
Kent decreased Northamptonshire to 89 for seven on a rain-affected first day within the LV= Insurance coverage County Championship at Canterbury.
Grant Stewart took three for six and Michael Hogan two for 36 because the Spitfires exploited damp and darkish circumstances to depart the guests deep within the mire on the finish of a truncated night session.Ricardo Vasconcelos was Northamptonshire’s prime scorer with 39, however he fell in the one over bowled after tea earlier than play was deserted as a consequence of dangerous gentle.
Heavy in a single day rain on the St. Lawrence worn out the morning session, however the house aspect have been clearly the happier after successful the toss and rattling by means of Northamptonshire’s prime order throughout the 26 overs that have been potential.
When play lastly received underway at 2.15pm the guests initially scored quickly. Vasconcelos drove the primary ball of the day, from Matt Quinn, for 4 and so they cantered to 26 with out loss, till Hogan trapped Hassan Azad lbw for seven within the sixth over.
Within the subsequent over Quinn despatched Sam Whiteman’s center stump flying for only a single and each first-change bowlers then took wickets with their first deliveries.
Joey Evison struck with the primary ball of the twelfth over, getting Luke Procter caught by Ben Compton at sq. leg for eight and Stewart then had Rob Keogh caught behind for 3 at the beginning of the sixteenth.
Stewart subsequently took an outstanding return catch to dismiss Josh Cobb for seven, clinging onto a violent drive at ankle peak, earlier than he had Lewis McManus caught behind for 5.
Tea was initially scheduled for 4.10pm however with gentle deteriorating the session was curtailed three minutes early.
Vasconcelos fell lbw to Hogan to the fourth ball after an prolonged interval, leaving James Gross sales and Gareth Berg because the out batters on 5 and three respectively when play was deserted for the day.
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