Jordan Cox’s hundred was his first within the County Championship since 12 June final 12 monthsLV= County Championship Division One, Spitfire Floor, Canterbury (day one)Kent 301: Cox 133, Evison 58, Agar 51; Abbott 4-52Surrey 18-2: Burns 15, Agar 2-15Kent 2 pts, Surrey 3 ptsMatch scorecard
A stellar century by Jordan Cox rescued Kent on day one in every of their County Championship match with Surrey at Canterbury.
The hosts recovered from 41-5 to 301 all out, after shedding 5 top-order wickets for seven runs within the area of 31 balls.
Cox led the fightback with 133, precisely 100 of which got here after he was dropped by Ben Foakes.
He was additionally a part of two essential partnerships, placing on 121 for the sixth wicket with Joey Evison (58), then precisely 100 for the ninth with Wes Agar (51).
Surrey’s Sean Abbott took 4-52, however the guests have been 18-2 at stumps, trailing by 283 after Agar claimed two late wickets.
The massive information earlier than the beginning of play was Kent’s determination to omit Sam Billings after what was described as “mutual discussions round kind”.
The hosts received the toss, selected to bat in entrance of a festival-week crowd and eased by 11 overs, solely to lose 4 wickets for a single run in 13 balls.
Each openers fell to slide catches off Abbott within the twelfth, Ben Compton for 9, edging the primary supply to Will Jacks at third and Tawanda Muyeye for 21, nudging the ultimate ball to Dom Sibley at first.
The subsequent three batters made geese. Daniel Bell-Drummond fell lbw to Jordan Clark and – initially of the 14th – Abbott bowled Joe Denly with a ball that nipped again.
Cox survived the hat-trick ball however, when Clark had stand-in skipper Jack Leaning caught behind quickly afterwards, the house crowd was getting stressed.
Evison at the least prevented additional harm earlier than lunch, at which level Kent have been 80-5, but it surely practically acquired worse for Kent when Cox edged Abbott, just for England wicketkeeper Foakes to drop a easy likelihood.
Evison accomplished his half-century by hooking the identical bowler to the boundary and appeared properly…
..
