Durham: 575; Kent: 340 and 179

KENT lost their last two wickets inside 29 minutes of the final day to succumb to an innings and 56 run home defeat against Durham.

Min Patel put up some late, if token resistance, with a hard-hit 61 from 64 balls before falling to a slower ball yorker from Ottis Gibson.

Then, two balls later, the same bowler snared Kent’s last man Robbie Joseph leg before to complete the comfortable win.

After the game director of cricket Graham Ford said his side had bowled too short on the St Lawrence pitch, allowing Durham’s batsmen to score freely square of the wicket in posting their record and ultimately match-winning first innings total of 575.

SCORECARD

Durham first innings:

J J B Lewis b Cook 20
J P Maher lbw b Joseph 25
G J Muchall c Key b Dexter 219
G J Pratt b Patel 52
D M Benkenstein b Patel 22
G R Breese c Patel b Dexter 11
P Mustard c Stevens b Joseph 130
O D Gibson st O’Brien b Patel 33
C D Thorp c van Jaarsveld b Joseph 12
G Onions not out 17
N Killeen b Patel 5

Extras 29

Total: 575 all out after 138 overs.

Fall of wicket: 1-46, 2-52, 3-170, 4-206, 5-233, 6-482, 7-512, 8-530, 9-565.

Bowling: Khan 32-2-115-0, Cook 19-2-85-1, Joseph 29-7-124-3, Patel 28-5-100-4, Stevens 10-0-55-0, Dexter 20-5-76-2.

Kent first innings:

D P Fulton c Mustard b Benkenstein 62
R W T Key c Mustard b Killeen 23
M van Jaarsveld c Breese b Gibson 83
M J Walker st Maher b Breese 27
D I Stevens c Pratt b Benkenstein 62
N J Dexter b Onions 6
N J O’Brien c Pratt b Onions 3
M M Patel c Sub (Bridge) b Onions 19
S J Cook c Onions b Thorp 27
A Khan not out 0
R H Joseph lbw b Gibson 4

Extras 24

Total: 340 all out after 118 overs

Fall of wicket: 1-60, 2-135, 3-230, 4-230, 5-239, 6-243, 7-277, 8-333, 9-335.

Bowling: Gibson 26-7-81-2, Onions 20-3-91-3, Thorp 23-9-50-1, Killeen 30-11-63-1, Breese 8-3-14-1, Benkenstein 11-3-29-2.

Kent second innings:

D P Fulton c Lewis b Onions 13
R W T Key b Onions 1
M van Jaarsveld c Benkenstein b Gibson 37
M J Walker c Benkenstein b Breese 14
D I Stevens c Gibson b Thorp 7
N J Dexter c Muchall b Thorp 5
N J O’Brien c Pratt b Breese 13
M M Patel b Gibson 61
S J Cook lbw b Killeen 2
A Khan not out 15
R H Joseph lbw b Gibson 0

Extras 11

Total: 179 all out after 54.4 overs

Fall of wicket: 1-2, 2-23, 3-59, 4-68, 5-80, 6-93, 7-101, 8-116, 9-179

Bowling: Gibson 13.4-2-58-3, Onions 11-0-47-2, Killeen 8-2-19-1, Breese 13-2-28-2, Thorp 6-2-11-2, Benkenstein 3-1-7-0.

Bonus points: Kent 5, Durham 22.