James Taylor marked his Kent debut with six wickets to assist bowl out Gloucestershire for 325 on the opening day of the County Championship Division Two match in Bristol.
The 25-year-old seamer, beginning a two-match mortgage from Surrey, took a career-best 6-52 from 23.1 overs because the hosts collapsed from a promising 287-4. Ben Charlesworth top-scored with 85, off 148 balls, with 13 fours, after Kent had gained the toss and elected to area.
James Bracey contributed 57, Ollie Value 50 and 21-year-old Tommy Boorman a career-best 49 in his third firstclass match, whereas Keith Dudgeon deserved higher than his figures of 2-63. In two overs earlier than the shut, Kent replied with one with out loss.
Cameron Bancroft acquired the Gloucestershire innings below approach with an edged 4 over the slips off the second ball of the day, despatched down by Dudgeon. It was to show an indication of issues to return as Kent’s seamers bowled with little fortune.
Bancroft survived a assured lbw shout from Dudgeon on 4 and had progressed to solely 12 when, with the overall on 27, he edged Taylor to first slip the place Zak Crawley took a low two-handed catch.
Charlesworth, on 20, edged Michael Cohen by means of the slips for 4 earlier than taking part in and lacking twice in the identical over. However the highly effective left-hander step by step grew in confidence and was unbeaten on 46 at lunch, which was taken at 96-1, Value having supplied stable assist in a half-century stand off 82 balls.
That grew to become a century partnership off 170 deliveries within the afternoon session as Charlesworth was first to his fifty, having struck eight fours. Value adopted to the identical milestone, with 9 boundaries, however the subsequent ball from Taylor noticed him edge a back-foot forcing shot to Dudgeon at third slip.
At 144-2, Gloucestershire had been properly positioned and the overall superior 172 earlier than Miles Hammond, on 12, fell leg-before to Dudgeon, who lastly acquired the wicket he deserved. It was the final ball of the 52nd over and the primary supply of the subsequent noticed Charlesworth bowled off an inside edge by Joey Evison, driving at a large one.
Tea was taken at 215-4, with Bracey having been joined by Boorman. Each batted properly both facet of the interval and introduced up a half-century partnership in 87 balls.
Taylor twice went previous the surface fringe of Boorman’s bat within the 69th over because the pitch continued to supply seam motion. With the overall superior to 240, a brief bathe interrupted play, nevertheless it resumed at 17:25 BST and no overs had been misplaced.
Bracey produced essentially the most assured batting of the day, shifting fluently to a 78-ball fifty, with eight fours. Boorman took extra dangers, however laced his innings with some sweetly-struck boundaries in taking the stand to the century mark off 140 deliveries.
It was a shock when Bracey departed, lbw aiming to drive throughout the road to a ball from Evison, to make it 287-5, with the second new ball little greater than two overs away. It was taken at 301-5 and the luckless Dudgeon quickly had a assured shout towards Graeme van Buuren for a catch behind rejected.
The previous Gloucestershire captain has struggled for runs this season, however was constructive from the outset. He had moved to 21 when edging Taylor to 3rd slip to make it 309-6. Boorman shortly adopted, caught behind driving at Dudgeon, having confronted 99 balls and hit eight fours.
Matt Taylor grew to become his namesake’s fourth sufferer, leg earlier than, and from the subsequent ball Will Williams was caught and bowled, the ball popping up off and inside edge onto his pad.
Kent’s Taylor accomplished a memorable day by bowling Ed Middleton, leaving Gloucestershire to mirror on dropping their final 5 wickets for 16 runs.
