County Championship: Kent openers resist after Surrey implement follow-on

Tom Lawes is playing his first County Championship match for Surrey

LV= County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day three):

Surrey 673-7 dec: S Curran 126, Amla 124, Geddes 124, Jacks 103*; Pettman 2-102

Kent 331: Bell-Drummond 102, Leaning 75; Lawes 4-51 & 121-0 (f/o): Denly 63*, Compton 47*

Kent (4pts) trail Surrey (8pts) by 221 with 10 wickets remaining

Scorecard

Tom Lawes took four wickets on his County Championship debut as leaders Surrey forced Kent to follow on at The Kia Oval.

The 19-year-old, swinging the ball consistently against the right-handers, sparked a collapse by taking 3-10 in the space of 18 balls either side of lunch after Kent, fortified by Daniel Bell-Drummond’s century, had been 216-2.

They were bowled out for 331 with Lawes, a product of Surrey’s academy and Cranleigh School, finishing with 4-51.

Kent followed on with a hefty deficit of 342 but openers Ben Compton (47) and Joe Denly (63) dug in to reach 121 for no wicket at stumps, although they still trail by 221…

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