County Championship: Jack Leaning stars as Kent safe draw with Lancs

Former Yorkshire batsman Jack Leaning led the Kent rearguard action with an unbeaten 53 off 199 balls

LV= County Championship Group Three, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester (day four):

Kent 74: Anderson 7-19, Lamb 3-16 and 149-8: Leaning 53*, Hartley 4-42

Lancashire 259-9 dec: Wood 63*, Davies 47, Jones 47; Quinn 3-37, Logan 3-45

Lancashire (13 pts) drew with Kent (11 pts)

Scorecard

Two Yorkshiremen, Jack Leaning and James Logan, rescued Kent from defeat at Old Trafford as they held out for the final 20 overs to deny Lancashire.

But the 13 points earned from the draw was still enough for the Red Rose to qualify for the top two in Group Three.

Glamorgan’s draw with Sussex ensured that both Lancashire and Yorkshire are through to Division One in September.

Leaning hit an unbeaten 53 as Kent closed on 149-8, aided by Logan’s equally gritty 3 not out from 57 balls.

Lancashire and leaders Yorkshire, two points better off, will now meet in the Headingley Roses Match starting on Sunday to determine…

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