Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, St Lawrence Floor, Canterbury (day two)
Gloucestershire 229: Bracey 86; Milnes 4-55 & 61-2: Hammond 33*
Kent 353: Compton 126, Bell-Drummond 55; Langridge 3-105
Gloucestershire (3 pts) path Kent (6 pts) by 63 runs with eight wickets standing
Kent took a tentative stride in the direction of promotion from Division Two of the County Championship on day two of their recreation with Gloucestershire at Canterbury.
Ben Compton hit 126 as Kent posted 353 to steer by 124 after the primary innings.
Daniel Bell-Drummond was the subsequent highest scorer with 55 and Matt Milnes then took two wickets cut back Gloucestershire to 13-2, though they recovered to 61-2 by stumps, to path by 63.
Understanding a win would assure promotion, Kent resumed on 71-1, however Langridge dismissed Sam Northeast with the very first ball of the day, getting a vanguard that flew to gully and he then had Tawanda Muyeye lbw for 11.
Che Simmons was battling no balls nevertheless, and one among them robbed him of a wicket when Compton nicked him behind.
Kent had been luckier nonetheless when Bell-Drummond slashed at Sai Kishore and Ollie Worth dropped him at second slip, leaving the hosts on 183-3 at lunch.
Kishore seemed menacing and bought Bell-Drummond when he tried to whip him via mid-wicket, because of an impressive catch by Joe Phillips.
Chris Benjamin drove Matt Taylor to place Kent within the lead however fell quickly afterwards, when Kishore bowled him with one which turned sharply and hit center.
Compton, who had not handed double figures in earlier six innings, vindicated Kent’s religion in him by clinching his century when he clipped Langridge for 4, however he then began to expire of companions.
Daaryoush Ahmed ended Ekansh Singh’s vigorous innings for 31 when stand-in keeper Miles Hammond took an excellent diving catch and Milnes made simply 5 when he edged Ahmed to sub Ed Middleton at second slip.
Three balls from the scheduled tea interval, Taylor had Compton caught behind, however the lead was already 97.
Matt Quinn made 12 earlier than Simmons had him caught at cowl by Tom Boorman after which wrapped up the innings with Khaled Ahmed lbw for a duck.
It left the guests with 22 overs to face and Milnes had Joe Phillips caught by Muyeye off the very first ball of Gloucestershire’s second innings.
He then despatched Ollie Worth’s center stump cartwheeling for 9, however Tom Boorman and Hammond prevented additional harm, ending the day on 11 and 33 respectively.
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