Kent vs Somerset, at Canterbury, Aug 01 2001 - Match Result

Richard Johnson, the man pulled out of this Canterbury Cricket Week fixture on Wednesday to answer England's Trent Bridge SOS, was the Somerset batting hero as the second-placed visitors held out for a draw against third-placed Kent

Somerset will go into the final day requiring just two more runs to save the follow-on in Canterbury after the hosts dropped four catches and missed a couple of stumpings in this tense CricInfo Championship clash between the second and third placed

The day after Richard Johnson was called up at short notice to the England squad as standby for the Third npower Test, before the final team was announced this morning, Somerset Chief Executive Peter Anderson told me "It's wonderful news for Richard

Only 11 balls were bowled in the day as rain and bad light frustrated players from Kent and Somerset on day two of their Festival Week championship match in Canterbury