Kent were bowled out for 127 as Lancashire completed an extraordinary comeback on the final day of the County Championship Division 1 match between the two sides.

George Lavelle came out swinging at the start of day four at Emirates Old Trafford, scoring a quick-fire 30 from 30 balls before he gloved one from Nathan Gilchrist to Ollie Robinson.

From that point, it was something of a procession with Matt Henry dispatching Luke Wood, Tom Bailey and Will Williams cheaply with just 21 runs added as the New Zealander finished with 4-82 and Rob Jones was left unbeaten on 65.

With Lancashire declaring on 436-9, Kent were left requiring 312 runs to win from a minimum of 82 overs.

But Zak Crawley tried to leave a rising delivery from Bailey only to nick through to Lavelle for four and leave Kent 6-1 in the third over.

It was 6-2 as Ben Compton edged a good delivery from Williams to Lavelle for two before the same bowler trapped Joe Denly in front for 0.

At 10-3, it was hard to see how Kent would recover despite Daniel Bell-Drummond’s defiance at the other end, giving them something to cling on to as they made it to lunch on 28-3.

It took until after lunch for stand-in skipper Steven Croft to turn to spin but it proved a wise decision with Washington Sundar immediately getting turn and bounce on the day four pitch.

It was this combination which would do for Kent’s own temporary skipper Jack Leaning when he was adjudged to have feathered a Sundar delivery to Lavelle.

Jordan Cox then fell to a turning delivery from Sundar that bowled the batsman through the gate for one to leave Kent 74-5.

Ollie Robinson showed some determination as 41 was added for the sixth wicket before he was lbw to Bailey for 21.

Grant Stewart edged Bailey to Lavelle without scoring to leave Lancashire needing three wickets after tea.

Henry was stumped, charging Sundar for three, before Bailey bowled both Gilchrist and Indian tail-ender Navdeep Saini for 0.

Bell-Drummond ended unbeaten on 69 but his knock proved to no avail.

"It's a tough one to take because we played some good cricket, especially in the first two days but all credit to Lancashire," said Bell-Drummond.

"The third innings of the game was an important one and Josh Bohannon batted really well. It was a day-four wicket and one that was used so it was probably more of a day-seven wicket, so it was always going to be a challenge today against some good bowlers.

"It has been a really tricky wicket to work out - for the first few days there was a bit of weather about as well and it was doing a heck of a lot for both teams. I guess it was a good cricket wicket in the end but we’ve come out second best.

"I’m not one to moan but a couple of decisions didn’t go our way. Obviously it’s a tough job umpiring and I always respect the umpires, so it’s just one of those things that sometimes goes against you. In my opinion, the decisions went against us.

"These things happen and we would have been going up appealing because it’s part of the game but they were key moments."