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

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

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 NOTES

Day 2

Day 4

Match Coverage

Nerves ease as promotion nears

Middlebrook continues to shine

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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