Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Northeast	c †Murphy b Hall	14	44	51	1	0	31.81
Rob Key	c Hall b Middlebrook	101	149	201	14	2	67.78
Daniel Bell-Drummond	c Middlebrook b Azharullah	11	31	46	0	0	35.48
Brendan Nash	lbw b Middlebrook	107	152	193	15	1	70.39
Ben Harmison	st †Murphy b Middlebrook	28	48	63	4	0	58.33
Darren Stevens	c Azharullah b Daggett	63	94	134	10	0	67.02
Sam Billings †	lbw b Hall	8	37	39	1	0	21.62
Adam Ball	c Spriegel b Middlebrook	32	93	109	5	0	34.40
James Tredwell (c)	c Sales b Middlebrook	10	13	18	2	0	76.92
Mark Davies	c Wakely b Middlebrook	9	16	21	1	0	56.25
Charlie Shreck	not out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Extras	(b 8, lb 12, nb 12, w 3)	35
Total	112 Ov (RR: 3.73)	418
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Sam Northeast, 13.1 ov), 2-76 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 24.2 ov), 3-210 (Rob Key, 49.6 ov), 4-278 (Ben Harmison, 65.6 ov), 5-295 (Brendan Nash, 73.5 ov), 6-327 (Sam Billings, 85.1 ov), 7-383 (Darren Stevens, 100.4 ov), 8-402 (James Tredwell, 105.4 ov), 9-418 (Mark Davies, 111.4 ov), 10-418 (Adam Ball, 111.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Azharullah	26	4	75	1	2.88	122	9	0	0	0
24.2 to DJ Bell-Drummond, . 76/2
Andrew Hall	23	7	92	2	4.00	106	11	0	2	5
13.1 to SA Northeast, . 41/1 85.1 to SW Billings, . 327/6
Steven Crook	22	2	79	0	3.59	99	10	1	0	0
Lee Daggett	21	5	74	1	3.52	96	13	0	0	0
100.4 to DI Stevens, . 383/7
James Middlebrook	20	3	78	6	3.90	89	9	2	0	0
49.6 to RWT Key, . 210/3 65.6 to BW Harmison, . 278/4 73.5 to BP Nash, . 295/5 105.4 to JC Tredwell, . 402/8 111.4 to M Davies, . 418/9 111.6 to AJ Ball, . 418/10

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters (c)	c Bell-Drummond b Davies	68	108	131	11	0	62.96
James Middlebrook	c †Billings b Ball	109	178	242	17	0	61.23
David Sales	c †Billings b Shreck	110	192	226	12	1	57.29
Alex Wakely	lbw b Shreck	55	79	91	5	2	69.62
Rob Keogh	not out	32	90	129	3	0	35.55
Andrew Hall	c Key b Harmison	35	58	64	5	0	60.34
Matt Spriegel	not out	8	33	39	0	0	24.24
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 4)	14
Total	122.4 Ov (RR: 3.51)	431/5d
Did not bat: Steven Crook, David Murphy †, Lee Daggett, Azharullah
Fall of wickets: 1-136 (Stephen Peters, 34.3 ov), 2-233 (James Middlebrook, 64.1 ov), 3-344 (Alex Wakely, 89.3 ov), 4-363 (David Sales, 95.4 ov), 5-417 (Andrew Hall, 113.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Davies	28	4	84	1	3.00	125	11	1	0	0
34.3 to SD Peters, . 136/1
Charlie Shreck	26	3	80	2	3.07	113	9	0	0	0
89.3 to AG Wakely, . 344/3 95.4 to DJG Sales, . 363/4
Darren Stevens	26	5	100	0	3.84	111	16	0	0	0
Adam Ball	14	1	70	1	5.00	50	9	0	0	2
64.1 to JD Middlebrook, . 233/2
James Tredwell	20	2	64	0	3.20	89	6	2	0	0
Ben Harmison	8	1	21	1	2.62	34	2	0	0	0
113.5 to AJ Hall, . 417/5
Rob Key	0.4	0	2	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 17 Sep - day 1 - Kent 1st innings 60/1 (Rob Key 17*, Daniel Bell-Drummond 7*, 17.1 ov)

Wed, 18 Sep - day 2 - Kent 1st innings 418

Thu, 19 Sep - day 3 - Northants 1st innings 183/1 (James Middlebrook 87*, David Sales 25*, 47 ov)

Fri, 20 Sep - day 4 - Northants 1st innings 431/5d (122.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 2

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2013
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	17,18,19,20 September 2013 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Neil Bainton Nigel Cowley
Points	Kent 9, Northamptonshire 10

Match Coverage

Nerves ease as promotion nears

Middlebrook continues to shine

Instant answers to T20 questions

Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Davies	28	4	84	1	3
CE Shreck	26	3	80	2	3.07
DI Stevens	26	5	100	0	3.84
AJ Ball	14	1	70	1	5 (2 nb)
JC Tredwell	20	2	64	0	3.2
BW Harmison	8	1	21	1	2.62
RWT Key	0.4	0	2	0	3

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