Denly dominates to spice up Kent

• ECB Reporters Community25-Sep-2017

Glamorgan 18 for 1 path Kent 302 (Denly 152, Hogan 4-44)

Joe Denly‘s 23rd first-class century led a appealing Kent fightback on the gap day of their Specsavers County Championship match with Division Two competitors Glamorgan in Canterbury.

The hosts had misplaced four wickets and Denly had but to procure off the designate after Glamorgan’s dawdle assault made a fiery commence on a properly-grassed pitch, but 31-year-aged Denly dug in to post his fourth championship ton of the summer and lead the hosts to relative riches at 302 all out.

In the 13 overs thru to stumps, Glamorgan reached 18 for 1 to path by 284 runs. The company, who named seven graduates from the junior Welsh ranks of their starting XI, misplaced Cleave Selman within the third over to a have at the wicket off Adam Milne, but played with spirit thereafter in instant fading light.

Batting first when Glamorgan opted to bowl after an uncontested toss, Kent had been indebted to No. 3 Denly for contributing over half of the residence total and for salvaging the innings from the depths of 39 for 4.

Kent misplaced each openers everywhere in the main 37 deliveries of the match. Sean Dickson, prodding out of doorways off against Michael Hogan, edged low to David Lloyd at traipse, then, to the subsequent supply from Lucas Carey, Daniel Bell-Drummond aimed an immense pressure without exciting his feet and feathered one though to the gloves of Chris Cooke.

The Kent malaise worsened when skipper Sam Northeast chased a extensive, floating away-swinger from Carey to be caught at traipse and rapidly after, Sam Billings’ 14-ball conclude ended for 18. Pushing on the aid foot to a Rory Smith away-swinger that started on a fourth-stump line and kept swinging, Billings lamely followed to edge to the keeper. The factual-hander additionally stood his floor, forcing umpire Nigel Cowley, officiating in his closing game, to bewitch the finger.

With Denly becalmed on a single for 45 minutes, the hosts lastly raised their 50 within the 19th over, however the interval only served to destroy Zak Crawley’s concentration and his priceless contribution ended within the 2d over after the resumption. Aiming a leg-aspect flick against Hogan, he found a cutting edge to balloon a straightforward have to mid-off.

Hogan struck but over again rapidly after, snaring Darren Stevens lbw with an off-cutter that darted aid up the slope while Stevens shouldered hands.

Denly and Callum Haggett joined forces to add a priceless 87 except Haggett fell correct earlier than tea, departing lbw after working at some level of the motorway of a Lloyd in-swinger.

Denly found one other willing ally in Milne who played some peep-catching drives in exciting to 33 for his section in an eighth-wicket stand of 57. Milne ought to possess long gone for 28 when he skied to deep sq. leg, only to be downed by Connor Brown. The blunder mattered small, on the different hand, as Milne rapidly nicked to traipse against Craig Meschede to spark a secondary collapse.

Denly posted his 10,000th plod in first-class cricket and moved past 150 from 200 balls but, after 300 minutes at the crease, he danced down the pitch to Lloyd aiming an immense lofted shot only to be bowled.

Kent debutant Grant Stewart obtained off the designate with a rasping pulled boundary against Smith but, with the novel ball available, Hogan returned to possess closing man Imran Qayyum caught at 2d traipse
Hogan done with 4 for 44, but Kent additionally had motive to be contented with a comeback that in a roundabout plot reaped three batting bonus aspects.