County Championship: James Vince hits fashionable century as Hampshire take management towards Kent

James Vince (left) and Liam Dawson (right) shared a stand of 82

LV= County Championship Division One, The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury (day two)

Kent 305: Bell-Drummond 149; Barker 6-53

Hampshire 337-4: Vince 111; Gilchrist 3-71

Hampshire (5 pts) lead Kent (3 pts) by 32 runs

Scorecard

A typically-stylish century from James Vince helped Hampshire take control on the second day against Kent at Canterbury.

Captain Vince’s fluent 111 off 118 balls was the spine of the home side’s strong reply as Kent took their first innings from 271-7 to 305 all out.

Nick Gubbins (69) and Liam Dawson (63 not out) lent trusty support as they closed on 337-4, a lead of 32.

Earlier Keith Barker ended with 6-53 as Kent’s innings was quickly wrapped up.

The all-rounder carried on the home side’s good work with the new ball late on day one with the early wickets of Darren Stevens and Nathan Gilchrist to complete his first five-wicket haul of the season.

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