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Kent are 82 for four on day one of their LV= Insurance County Championship game at Canterbury, trailing Middlesex by 65.
Darren Stevens took four for 21 for the hosts, including a spell of three for three from five overs, while Matt Milnes claimed two for 31 and Nathan Gilchrist two for 34. Mark Stoneman was Middlesex’s top scorer with 59, but the visitors collapsed from 121-2 to 147 all out.
Tim Murtagh then took two for 19 as Kent navigated a perilous final session, Ollie Robinson and Milnes the not out batsmen at stumps on 11 and nought respectively.
Second hosted first in the final red-ball fixture of the season, with the winners guaranteed to finish top of Division Three.
Kent won the toss, chose to bowl and entered the field to a standing ovation, following Saturday’s triumph in the Vitality Blast at Edgbaston.
Sam Robson made 13 before he was caught behind off Nathan Gilchrist and Stevie Eskinazi was lbw to Stevens for 15, but Middlesex made it to lunch without further loss, ending the session on 84-2.
Stoneman brought up his fifty with a straight drive to Milnes that went for three, but Middlesex then lost five wickets for ten runs. Stoneman chopped a Stevens delivery onto his stumps and Stevens then trapped Max Holden lbw for a six-ball duck, before Grant Stewart sent Martin Andersson’s middle stump flying for nought.
Stevens’ fifth over of the session saw him get John Simpson caught behind for six and Luke Hollman went for golden duck when he was lbw to Marcus O’Riordan.
Toby Roland-Jones made nine when he chipped Milnes to a tumbling Stevens at mid-on and Ethan Bamber lasted just three balls before edging Gilchrist to Jack Leaning at third slip, without scoring. Murtagh then went for the fifth duck of the innings when Milnes yorked his leg stump to end the afternoon session.
Kent’s reply got off to a rocky start when Jordan Cox left a ball from Murtagh that clipped his off stump, bowling him for two. Zak Crawley, captaining the side in the absence of Sam Billings, was caught behind off Bamber 20 and Daniel Bell Drummond was lbw for 20 to Murtagh. Leaning was then bowled by Anderson for 27, leaving Milnes to survive the two overs as night-watchman.
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Middlesex lost to Kent by two wickets on the final day of the County Championship season in Canterbury.
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BBC London's Kevin Hand spoke to Head Coach Stuart Law in Canterbury to discuss our final County Championship game of the season, the current form of the team and looks ahead to the winter.
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Tim Murtagh spoke to BBC London's Kevin Hand after our two-wicket defeat to Kent in the County Championship.
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Middlesex took five Kent wickets yesterday, to leave the hosts on 275/5 - setting up a thrilling final day at Canterbury...
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Ethan Bamber speaks to BBC London's Kevin Hand after Middlesex took five wickets on the third day of the County Championship match against Kent.
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Mark Stoneman hit a magnificent 109 to help Middlesex reach 298/6 at stumps on day two of our LV= County Championship match against Kent at Canterbury. We lead by 307 going into day three.
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John Simpson spoke to BBC London's Kevin Hand to discuss a positive day in Canterbury for Middlesex as we are 298/6 with Simpson on 21*.
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Mark Stoneman made 59 before Middlesex were bowled out for 147 on the opening day of our County Championship against Kent. Our hosts closed on 82/4 - trailing by 65.
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BBC London's Kevin Hand caught up with Mark Stoneman after he hit an important half century at Kent that saw him pass 12,000 First - Class runs.
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Middlesex have named a squad of fourteen for this week’s Division Three shootout in Canterbury as the top two sides in the table go head-to-head at the St Lawrence Spitfire Ground.
