Zak Crawley made his third successive sub-30 County Championship score for Kent after Northamptonshire ran up a record 684 for two declared at Canterbury.After opening day hundreds for Ricardo Vasconcelos, Luke Procter and Calvin Harrison, Nathan McSweeney got to three figures on Saturday as Northants’ top-four all made centuries for the first time ever.
Procter made his a maiden double ton, finishing unbeaten on 261, before handing over to Kent, who lost Ben Compton and Sam Northeast cheaply with all eyes on under-pressure England opener Crawley.
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Crawley’s Test spot is the subject of heavy scrutiny after an underwhelming Ashes and an average of just over 31 in 64 matches, meaning he could do with some big scores for Kent to shore up his position.Having made nine and 20 at Durham last week, Crawley showed some patience in getting to 26 but he missed a drive off Harry Conway and had his off-stump knocked back before Kent closed on 119 for six.
Ben Duckett, Crawley’s opening partner for England, was run out for one for Nottinghamshire before Joe Clarke’s 136 lifted the county champions to a commanding 450-run lead over Glamorgan at Trent Bridge.
After Glamorgan were all out for 113 for a 166-run first-innings deficit, Duckett was dismissed by Sean Dickson’s direct hit following a mix-up with Ben Slater, who made 70 in Notts’ 284 for nine.
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