County Championship: Liam Dawson and Ben Brown hit large lots of as Hampshire flip screw on Kent

Liam Dawson and Ben Brown put on 273 runs in 66 overs to take the game away from Kent

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

Kent 305 & 78-3: Compton 37*; Abbott 2-9

Hampshire 652-6dec: Dawson 171, Brown 157, Vince 111, Gubbins 69; Gilchrist 3-71

Kent (4 pts) trail Hampshire (8 pts) by 269 runs with seven wickets remaining

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Liam Dawson struck a career-best 171 and Ben Brown hit 157 as Hampshire bossed Kent on day three at Canterbury.

He shared a club-record 273-run fifth-wicket stand with Brown as Hants took full advantage of a placid pitch.

Keith Barker added a rapid unbeaten 44 as the visitors declared on 652-6, for a huge 347-run first innings lead.

Kyle Abbott (2-9) then removed England batsman Zak Crawley for 29 and Daniel Bell-Drummond for a duck as Kent closed on 78-3, still 269 runs behind.

Kent opener Ben Compton remained unbeaten on 37, but Kent have much work to do to avoid an innings defeat after South African…

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