Hampshire v Kent

KENT took four wickets in the morning session and enforced the follow-on on day three of their LV Championship match with Hampshire at The Rose Bowl.

The visitors needed 30 minutes and just under six overs to polish off the home first innings for 216 and had the hosts batting again by 11.05 still 279 in arrears.

Martin Saggers made the first breakthrough, getting Shane Warne (37) to waft at a wide away-swinger he edged to second slip where Martin van Jaarsveld held a sharp, shoulder-high chance.

In the next over James Bruce took a four off Ryan McLaren to see Hampshire to their sole batting bonus point, but the right-hander then played back to a shooting off-cutter to lose his middle and off stumps.

McLaren then wrapped up the innings by having David Balcombe (29) caught at deep mid-wicket off a well timed pull shot that flew into the grasp of Simon Cook.

Kent, having considered the option of having a bat, eventually decided to make Hampshire follow on but for the second time in the game Michael Brown and Michael Carberry made a bright start with an opening stand worth 77 in 26 overs.

Tredwell, on to bowl his off-spinners as early as the eighth over, eventually broke the stand bowling Carberry around his legs for a stylish 31 as Hampshire went into lunch on 80 - an overall deficit of 199.

Scorecard
Kent first innings
J L Denly st Pothas b Warne 54
R W T Key lbw b Ervine 84
M van Jaarsveld b Balmcombe 112
M J Walker c Brown b Warne 38
D I Stevens c Pothas b Bruce 18
N J Dexter c Pothas b Balcombe 6
G O Jones b Tomlinson 63
J C Tredwell lbw b Adams 62
R J McLaren not out 35
S J Cook lbw b Warne 9
M J Saggers lbw b Warne 1
Extras 13

Total 495 all out after 146.3 overs

Fall of wicket: 1-122, 2-169, 3-249, 4-296, 5-310, 6-342, 7-425, 8-462, 9-481.

Bowling: Bruce 30-4-101-1, Tomlinson 21-6-81-1, Balcombe 28-5-106-2, Warne 44.3-6-134-4. Ervine 16-4-47-1, Carberry 4-1-8-0, Adams 3-0-10-0.

Hampshire first innings
M J Brown c Stevens b Tredwell 42
M J Carberry lbw b Tredwell 46
J H K Adams c Dexter b Tredwell 3
M J Lumb lbw b Cook 0
C C Benham c Stevens b McLaren 17
N Pothas c Jones b Cook 0
S M Ervine c Jones b Tredwell 20
S K Warne c van Jaarsveld b Saggers 37
D J Balcombe c Cook b McLaren 29
J T A Bruce b McLaren 4
J A Tomlinson not out 4
Extras 14

Total 216 all out after 63.4 overs

Fall of wicket: 1-79, 2-98, 3-99, 4-99. 5-104, 6-133, 7-139, 8-196, 9-201.

Bowling: Saggers 11-1-47-1, McLaren 19.4-3-96-3, Tredwell 23-8-46-4, Cook 10-3-22-2.

Hampshire second inngs
M J Brown not out 42
M J Carberry b Tredwell 31
J H K Adams not out 1
Extras 6

Total 80 for one

Fall of wicket: 1-77.

Bowling: Saggers, McLaren, Tredwell, Denly .

Bonus points: Hampshire 3pts, Kent 8pts.