Wells inspires comprehensive win over Kent

Leicestershire skipper Vince Wells returned to haunt his former county by inspiring them to an innings and 149-run win over Kent inside three days in Canterbury.

The Whitstable-born all-rounder, released from the Kent books in 1991, top-scored for the Foxes with a brilliant 138 and then bagged five for 36 with his medium-pace slingers to secure a 20-point win that moves Leicestershire to third.

Despite a superb batting pitch and short St Lawrence boundaries, Kent were out-manoeuvred and out-fought by a shrewd and vastly experienced Leicestershire side who amassed 612 for eight declared before skittling Kent out twice inside five sessions.

Resuming on their second day score of 155 for seven, Kent's tail wagged first time round with Min Patel (34) and Matthew Fleming adding 50 for the eighth wicket before both went in quick succession enabling Wells to enforce the follow-on with his side 402 ahead.

With Rob Key suffering with a stomach upset, Kent opened with David Fulton and Ed Smith second time around and looked solid in reaching 63 until Smith fell two balls before lunch.

Kent's leading scorer Fulton took his tally for the season to 958 with a 225-ball innings of 107, but his demise to Jimmy Ormond sparked a dramatic collapse as the hosts lost their last six wickets for seven runs in the space of nine overs.

Other than Fulton, no other Kent batsman passed 35 in the match and had little answer to the wiles of experienced seamers Devon Malcolm and Phil DeFreitas who each claimed five wickets in the match.