Kent supporters made their feelings clear to former England man Marcus Trescothick as Somerset batted through the last day of the LV= County Championship Division 1 match at Canterbury on Friday.

Rob Key (pictured), the Kent skipper, was so dismayed at Somerset’s negative approach that he allowed the whole team, apart from the injured Simon Cook, to bowl on the final day. Even wicket-keeper Geraint Jones got in on the act.

Trescothick may have scored his highest first-class score since May 2007 but the slow hand-clap from the Kent supporters to his unbeaten 188 was testament to their dissatisfaction at the way the supposed championship hopefuls went about their business.

Somerset went into the final day with a lead of 146, but refused to set Kent a run-chase and instead batted on, and on, for a draw.

Trescothick stayed at the crease for over seven hours and faced 392 balls.

Key, however, did have something to smile about as he claimed the second and third wickets of his first-class career.

Somerset had batted first and went into day two on 363-7, before being bowled out for 380 in the morning session. Their last seven wickets went for just 68 runs, with Azhar Mahmood (3-65) and Amjad Khan (3-89) the pick of the attack.

Kent quickly slipped to 47-3, however, including the loss of Key and Sam Northeast in the space of eight balls, both men being trapped by Ben Phillips.

Martin van Jaarsveld (71) and a career-best 178 for Jones got Kent up and running, with the hosts eventually ending their innings just eight runs short of Somerset’s total.

Somerset closed the game out when they declared on 387-7 in their second innings with off-spinner James Tredwell claiming his best return of the season for Kent, taking 5-95 in 42 overs.

Nobody, however, could end Trescothick’s never-ending stint which was greeted with a slow hand-clap from an apathetic home crowd at the close.