County Championship: Kent on high at Hampshire as 23 wickets tumble

Hampshire’s Joe Weatherley was bowled for a duck and was one of Matt Quinn’s six victims

LV= County Championship Division One, Ageas Bowl (day one)

Kent 165: Compton 63; Abbott 4-46 & 20-3: Muyeye 18*; Abbas 2-5

Hampshire 57: Holland 19; Quinn 6-23

Kent (3 pts) lead Hampshire (3 pts) by 128 runs

Match scorecard

Hampshire were skittled for 57 in 87 minutes by Kent to douse their hopes of winning the County Championship title for the first time since 1973.

Matt Quinn claimed 6-23 to rout Hampshire for the lowest first-class score at the Ageas Bowl and their worst total since 1984 – when they were bowled out for 56 against Kent at Canterbury in a set-up match.

Hampshire’s fast-bowling trident of Mohammad Abbas, Kyle Abbott and Keith Barker had all combined to see off Kent for 165 on a green pitch which offered some, but not excessive, movement – but still conceded a 108-run first-innings deficit.

Kent reached 20-3 at close in their second innings as Hampshire, who started the round eight points…

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