Sam Billings was blended out of Kent's side to fortify England's team after the elimination of Ben Stokes and Alex Hales and they collapsed in his lack
26-Sep-2017
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Kent 302 (Denly 152, Hogan 4-44) and 98 for 6 (hogan 4-28) lead Glamorgan 229 by 171 runs
Glamorgan and Kent delighted in 3 awesome sessions of cut-and-thrust cricket as 15 wickets fell on the 2nd day of this last Specsavers County Championship match of the summertime in Canterbury.
Kent had actually stumbled to 98 for 5 at stumps for a general lead of 171, however talk around the ground centred around England's 11th hour choice to phone Sam Billings to possibly change Ben Stokes or Alex Hales in tomorrow's Fourth ODI versus the West Indies at The Kia Oval.
Billings was because of bat with his side in deep difficulty on 24 for 4 in their 2nd innings. As it was, his understudy Adam Rouse emerged from the structure to use up the cudgel with aplomb, reaching a gritty 34 not out by the video game's mid-point.
Kent had actually lost 3 for nought in 8 balls at the start of their reply as Michael Hogan swept to his 500th wicket in all top-notch cricket. The Aussie paceman bowled Daniel Bell-Drummond, connected Joe Denly in knots to win an lbw shout and after that had Sam Northeast captured on the hook extremely next ball to reach his turning point.
Rory Smith snared Zak Crawley flush in front and had Sean Dickson captured behind with Kent just 110 runs ahead, bringing Rouse and Darren Stevens together for a flamboyant sixth-wicket stand worth 61.
Stevens contributed 31 with 7 fours before Hogan returned late in the day to peg back his off stump by means of a within edge as Stevens intended to require off the back foot.
Without perhaps their 3 most skilled batsmen in Colin Ingram, Jacques Rudolph and Aneurin Donald, a novice Glamorgan batting order made a good fist of their very first innings reply in reaching 229 all out for a single batting reward point.
Kent had actually appeared well on the top after lowering the Welsh to 65 for 5, however dogged cameos from Chris Cook, Craig Meschede and Rory Smith allowed the visitors to fight back in the mid-session.
Glamorgan made a bad start after losing Connor Brown lbw in just the 3rd over of a misty early morning. Wanting to drive versus the clever Stevens, Brown was hoodwinked by one that wandered away through the air, just to dart in off the pitch and thud Brown on his front pad and leave umpire Nigel Cowley in no doubt. It was Stevens' 60th top-notch wicket of the summertime.
Adam Milne, the Kiwi quick bowler making his goodbye look for Kent,
