County Championship: Adam Rossington guides Northants to attract with Kent

Kent put pressure on but their onslaught on Northants fizzled out after tea

LV= County Championship Group Three, Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury (day four)

Northamptonshire 392 & 184-8: Rossington 59*; Gilchrist 3-57

Kent: 330-5 dec: Robinson 120, Cox 90, Denly 63

Kent (14 pts) draw with Northamptonshire (13 pts)

Match scorecard

Adam Rossington’s unbeaten 59 helped Northamptonshire overcome a minor wobble to secure a draw with Kent.

Kent declared on their overnight total of 330-5 in an attempt to force a result, meaning the visitors started their second innings 62 runs ahead.

Darren Stevens took two early scalps and Northants were 73-5 just after lunch as the hosts applied pressure.

But skipper Rossington played a patient knock and the captains agreed to curtail the match before 17:00 BST.

Fourteen points for Kent sees them move off the bottom of Group Three while Northants take home 13 and are third, 12 points behind second-placed Yorkshire who beat Sussex.

Nathan Gilchrist finished…

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