Kent 71 for 1 (Compton 33*, Northeast 27*) path Gloucestershire 229 (Bracey 86, Value 52, Milnes 4-55) by 158
Kent have been 71 for 1 at stumps after day one among their Rothesay County Championship recreation with Gloucestershire at Canterbury, trailing by 158.
JT Langridge then obtained Zak Crawley for 1, however Ben Compton and Sam Northeast weren’t out on 33 and 27 respectively at stumps.
Needing 20 factors to ensure promotion, Kent selected to bowl on a monitor so inexperienced it was tough to see the perimeters of the strip, though it did not play that badly.
Milnes struck within the second over, Joe Phillips wafting him to Northeast at first, however Gloucestershire responded nicely, with a stand value 62 between Value and Tom Boorman, that was damaged by Ekansh Singh shortly earlier than lunch when he had the latter caught behind for 29.
It was 74 for two on the interval, throughout which Grant Stewart (who wasn’t chosen for this fixture) was offered together with his county cap, turning into the 224th Kent participant to obtain that honour.
Matt Quinn obtained Miles Hammond for 14, edging to Tawanda Muyeye at third, earlier than Keith Dudgeon had Value lbw.
Kamran Dhariwal slashed Milnes to Muyeye for two and Daaryoush Ahmed was bowled by Khaled Ahmed for 4. Khaled then had Sai Kishore caught behind for a duck, earlier than bowling Che Simmons for 4.
Matt Taylor, nevertheless, helped Gloucestershire to 208 for 8 at tea, after which Boorman got here out as a runner for Bracey, who’d earlier been hit on the leg after a shy on the stumps by the sub Bertie Foreman.
They placed on 58 for the ninth wicket earlier than Milnes wrapped up the innings with two wickets in 4 balls. He had Bracey caught by Northeast at gully earlier than taking a violent return catch to get Langridge for a duck.
Bracey’s harm meant Hammond needed to maintain wicket, however the guests had some early pleasure when Langridge obtained Crawley plumb lbw within the third over. Compton and Northeast steadied issues, nevertheless. With 4 overs left, and the sunshine fading, the umpires advised Gloucestershire they’d must bowl their spinners and after two of those they determined to go off.