Hogan strikes after England SOS for Billings

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

Joe Denly‘s 23rd firstclass century led a engaging Kent fightback on the gap day of their Specsavers County Championship match with Division Two rivals Glamorgan in Canterbury.

The hosts had lost four wickets and Denly had yet to procure off the stamp after Glamorgan’s tempo attack made a fiery birth on a neatly-grassed pitch, however 31-year-frail Denly dug in to put up his fourth championship ton of the summer and lead the hosts to relative riches at 302 all out.

Within the 13 overs through 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 up XI, lost Nick Selman within the third over to a use on the wicket off Adam Milne, however performed with spirit thereafter in rapidly fading mild.

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 home total and for salvaging the innings from the depths of 39 for 4.

Kent lost both openers through the first 37 deliveries of the match. Sean Dickson, prodding outside off in opposition to Michael Hogan, edged low to David Lloyd at roam, then, to the subsequent provide from Lucas Carey, Daniel Bell-Drummond aimed an good pressure with out transferring his feet and feathered one even though to the gloves of Chris Cooke.

The Kent malaise worsened when skipper Sam Northeast chased a vast, floating away-swinger from Carey to be caught at roam and rapidly after, Sam Billings’ 14-ball discontinue ended for 18. Pushing on the support foot to a Rory Smith away-swinger that began on a fourth-stump line and kept swinging, Billings lamely adopted to edge to the keeper. The subtle-hander furthermore stood his ground, forcing umpire Nigel Cowley, officiating in his closing sport, to settle the finger.

With Denly becalmed on a single for 45 minutes, the hosts indirectly raised their 50 within the 19th over, however the interval fully served to interrupt Zak Crawley’s focus and his precious contribution ended within the second over after the resumption. Aiming a leg-aspect flick in opposition to Hogan, he found a cutting edge to balloon a straightforward use to mid-off.

Hogan struck again rapidly after, snaring Darren Stevens lbw with an off-cutter that darted support up the slope whereas Stevens shouldered palms.

Denly and Callum Haggett joined forces in an effort to add a precious 87 unless Haggett fell accurate sooner than tea, departing lbw after working across the road of a Lloyd in-swinger.

Denly found yet any other prepared ally in Milne who performed some plan-catching drives in transferring to 33 for his section in an eighth-wicket stand of 57. Milne ought to have long previous for 28 when he skied to deep sq. leg, fully to be downed by Connor Brown. The blunder mattered small, nonetheless, as Milne rapidly nicked to roam in opposition to Craig Meschede to spark a secondary collapse.

Denly posted his 10,000th bustle in firstclass cricket and moved previous 150 from 200 balls however, after 300 minutes on the crease, he danced down the pitch to Lloyd aiming an good lofted shot fully to be bowled.

Kent debutant Grant Stewart got off the stamp with a rasping pulled boundary in opposition to Smith however, with the contemporary ball available, Hogan returned to have closing man Imran Qayyum caught at second roam Hogan done with 4 for 44, however Kent furthermore had motive to be cosy with a comeback that indirectly reaped three batting bonus ingredients.