RYAN McLAREN bagged four for 13 inside 22 balls to help dismiss Warwickshire for 107 on an action packed third morning in Canterbury.

The South African Kolpak signing put in his devastating spell from the Nackington Road End to send back Jim Troughton, Alex Loudon, Tim Groenewald and Paul Harris to finish with Kent-best figures of five for 24 as Warwickshire succumbed for their worst ever total in Canterbury - beating their previous worst here of 119 in 1895.

McLaren was replaced after eight overs by Darren Stevens, who then picked up two for five to finish the innings off by 12.45pm and leave the visitors to follow on still 443 in arrears.

SCORECARDKent first innings

J L Denly c Ambrose b Tahir 36
R W T Key c Loudon b Groenwald 25
M van Jaarsveld c Maddy b Trott 117
J C Tredwell lbw b Carter 11
D I Stevens c Ambrose b Tahir 6
N J Dexter c Carter b Trott 86
G O Jones c sub (Anyon) b Harris 105
A J Hall run out (Troughon) 2
Yasir Arafat not out 101
R McLaren b Carter 21
S J Cook not out 0
Extras 40

Total 550 for nine declared after 156 overs.

Fall of wicket: 1-49, 2-89, 3-106, 4-120, 5-292, 6-307, 7-317, 8-494, 9-543.

Bowling: Carter 30-3-110-2, Daggett 20-6-62-0, Tahir 26-5-78-2, Groenewald 21-4-81-1, Harris 29-5-95-1, Maddy 10-5-13-0, Trott 12-4-33-2, Loudon 8-0-57-0.

Warwickshire first innings

I J Westwood c Jones b Tredwell 15
D L Maddy c Tredwell b McLaren 23P L Harris c Jones b McLaren 4
I J Trott lbw b Cook 0
J O Troughton b McLaren 5
A G R Loudon c Jones b McLaren 4
T D Ambrose c Hall b Stevens 13
T D Groenewald b McLaren 0
N Tahir c McLaren b Hall 12
N M Carter c Arafat b Stevens 2
L M Daggett not out 6
Extras 23

Total 107 all out after 36.3 overs.

Fall of wicket: 1-41, 2-43, 3-49, 4-51, 5-61, 6-70, 7-82, 8-91, 9-95.

Bowling: Yasir Arafat 4-1-13-0, Hall 8-1-37-1, Cook 9-2-19-1, McLaren 11-4-24-5, Tredwell 1-1-0-1.

Warwickshire second innings

I J Westwood not out 7
D L Maddy not out 4
Extras 0

Total 11 without loss after four overs.

Fall of wicket:

Bowling: McLaren, Hall.

Bonus points: Kent 8pts Warwickshire 2pts.