Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, St Lawrence Floor, Canterbury (day one)
Kent 238: Bell-Drummond 52, Northeast 43, Benjamin 40; Taylor 3-55
Worcestershire 80-2 (20.5 overs): Lategan 35, Hose 24; Mahmud 2-29
Worcestershire 3 pts, Kent 0 pts
Worcestershire shaded day one at Canterbury as they bowled Kent out for 238, earlier than reaching 80-2 on the shut.
Opening bowler Tom Taylor took 3-55 for the guests, whereas younger wicketkeeper Henry Cullen took 5 catches.
On a doubtlessly pivotal day within the County Championship Division Two promotion race, fourth-placed Worcestershire received the toss and selected to bowl in opposition to second-placed Kent below leaden skies.
The Pears then received discarded England opener Zak Crawley cheaply in solely the fourth over when he edged Ben Allison to second slip.
Adam Hose initially dropped him, earlier than protruding his fingers to seize the ball simply earlier than it hit the turf.
Captain Daniel Bell-Drummond was Kent’s high scorer with 52, properly backed by Sam Northeast (43) and former Warwickshire man Chris Benjamin (40), however the hosts collapsed within the night session, shedding their final 5 wickets for simply 25 as seamers Allison, Matthew Waite and Adam Finch all ended up with two scalps every.
Hasan Mahmud then took two wickets in two balls to cut back the guests to 26-2. However they recovered with an unbroken stand of 54 between Dan Lategan (35*) and Hose (24*).
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