Daniel Bell-Drummond's second century in as many games helped Kent recover from the loss of three early wickets at Headingley on Thursday.

Kent were reduced to 20-3 by a devastating new-ball spell from Pakistan international Haris Rauf in the LV= Insurance County Championship Division 1.

But Bell-Drummond shared a century stand for the fourth wicket with Jordan Cox as the visitors rallied after being put into bat to end a day curtailed by bad light on 270-6.

“If you’d have asked us at 20-3, we’re very happy with where we’re at," said Bell-Drummond.

“We’d have liked to have had myself and Ollie (Robinson) in with the second new ball coming at the end of the day but it wasn’t to be.

“There’s a bit in the wicket if you bowl well. If you don’t, there’s runs to be scored.

“I think we’re pretty content, and the guys still to come to the crease can also bat.

“It’s extremely pleasing for myself. I feel in a good place, and I was able to capitalise on that. It’s very different conditions at Canterbury, but I took the confidence from that game (Hampshire) into this. It was a different kind of knock, but one I’m very happy with.”

Paceman Rauf had Ben Compton (3) caught behind, trapped Zak Crawley lbw playing to leg and dismissed the returning Jack Leaning lbw, stuck on the crease for a two-ball duck against his former side.

Bell-Drummond scored 149 against Hampshire last week and he continued in that vein, hitting any bad balls to the boundary as Kent recovered to 89-3 at lunch.

Either side of being dropped on 50 - by Adam Lyth at second slip off Patterson - two balls into the afternoon, Bell-Drummond drove, cut, whipped and flicked with aplomb.

He reached his fifty off 73 balls late in the morning and his 13th first-class century off 172 just before tea.

By that time, his fourth-wicket partnership with Cox had been broken by the off-spin of Dom Bess, who trapped the latter lbw for 68 in his first over to make it 153-4.

Play was halted by bad light for almost an hour from 4.20pm. When battle resumed, Bell-Drummond was ousted - caught at mid-on by Rauf off the seam of young all-rounder Matthew Revis - as Kent were reduced to 227-5.

Ollie Robinson's half-century came up shortly afterwards off 94 balls. But he was then adjudged, perhaps harshly, lbw to a Patterson delivery that looked to be sliding down leg.

South African George Linde finished 18 not out and he was joined by Grant Stewart before bad light saw day one end just after Yorkshire had taken the second new ball.