| LV= County Championship Group Three, Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury (day four) |
| Northamptonshire 392 & 184-8: Rossington 59*; Gilchrist 3-57 |
| Kent: 330-5 dec: Robinson 120, Cox 90, Denly 63 |
| Kent (14 pts) draw with Northamptonshire (13 pts) |
| Match scorecard |
Adam Rossington’s unbeaten 59 helped Northamptonshire overcome a minor wobble to secure a draw with Kent.
Kent declared on their overnight total of 330-5 in an attempt to force a result, meaning the visitors started their second innings 62 runs ahead.
Darren Stevens took two early scalps and Northants were 73-5 just after lunch as the hosts applied pressure.
But skipper Rossington played a patient knock and the captains agreed to curtail the match before 17:00 BST.
Fourteen points for Kent sees them move off the bottom of Group Three while Northants take home 13 and are third, 12 points behind second-placed Yorkshire, who beat Sussex.
Nathan Gilchrist finished with figures of 3-57 for Kent, whose surprise declaration seemed to catch their opponents off-guard, but they could not take wickets at regular intervals to give them real hope of having time to chase down a total.
It means they still await a first County Championship victory of the season.
Article courtesy of BBC Sport
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