County Championship: Dawid Malan and Harry Brook rating centuries for Yorkshire

Dawid Malan has scored 28 first-class centuries

LV= County Championship Division One, Clean Slate Headingley, Leeds (day two)

Kent 291: Bell-Drummond 109; Rauf 5-65

Yorkshire 326-5: Malan 152, Brook 131*; Quinn 2-60

Yorkshire (6 pts) lead Kent (3 pts) by 35 runs

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England Test hopefuls Dawid Malan and Harry Brook contributed superb centuries to a Yorkshire revival sparked by Pakistan quick Haris Rauf on day two against Kent at Headingley.

Yorkshire’s hopes of winning a second County Championship game in three to start 2022 are now high having been under pressure on day one.

Kent were 227-4 and started day two on 270-6, only to fall to 291 all out as Rauf finished with 5-65 with two of the four wickets to fall inside 30 minutes of play.

Either side of lunch, Kent then impressively reduced Yorkshire’s reply to 23-3 inside 22 overs.

But Malan and unbeaten Brook – 152 and a career best 131 respectively – ensured their side hit back once again, uniting with confidence for a record…

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