Kent (171 & 55-1) trail Warwickshire (549-7dec) by 323 runs as Rob Yates scores 228 not out in County Championship at Canterbury

Kent captain Jack Leaning has urged his batsmen to stand up and be counted as they look for a great escape against Warwickshire in their LV= Insurance County Championship Division 1 game at Canterbury.

The visitors dominated for a second successive day, extending their lead to 378 after declaring at 549-7 in reply to Kent’s paltry 171 all out. The hosts were reduced to 55-1 in reply by the close and have two days to save themselves from a seemingly inevitable defeat.

Leaning said: “We’ve got two big days coming ahead. We’ll try and bat for as long as we can, hopefully we’ll go past them and see where we end up.

“Credit to them, they’ve just showed us how to bat on a good wicket. Ultimately we’ve put ourselves behind in the game by how we’ve batted on day one, not necessarily because of how we’ve bowled.

“If we’re being totally honest with ourselves we should have been doing that to them on a good wicket, but look we’ve found ourselves where we’ve seen a lot of runs scored on this ground in the last few weeks so it’s our turn to stand up as a batting unit and be counted.

“There was a bit of spin on offer there but credit to them again, they’ve played nicely. Yates played a wonderful innings and showed what a bit of patience and application can do.

“I can’t fault the bowlers’ efforts and workload. They’ve given me everything I’ve asked from them and that’s been the case all season.”

Warwickshire’s Rob Yates hit his highest first-class score of 228 not out from 421 balls, with 23 fours and a six, having batted for nearly nine hours. Australia’s Glenn Maxwell made 81 in his first championship appearance for four years and Henry Brookes was unbeaten on 52 as the visitors dominated.

Chris Rushworth bowled Tawanda Muyeye early