Kent (284) bowled out in first innings of County Championship Division 1 match against Somerset at Canterbury as Joey Evison and Harry Finch strike half-centuries

Kent were bowled out by Somerset on a fluctuating second day in Division 1 of the Vitality County Championship at Canterbury on Saturday.

Joey Evison hit 85 and Harry Finch 54, as the hosts recovered from 114-5 to total 284 all out in their first innings.

All-rounder Evison, 22, said: “We lost a couple of wickets in clusters. But we did quite well to get up to 284.

“I think we have left a fair few runs out there because it’s a nice wicket to bat on.”

Somerset captain Lewis Gregory’s first over went for 20 but he rallied to take 4-66, including the key wicket of Evison at the end of the innings. But bad light stopped play before Somerset had the chance to reply, with 23 scheduled overs remaining.

The weather had wiped out the first day and conditions were still blustery on Saturday morning.

Somerset, who left out England spinner Shoaib Bashir, chose to bowl and produced a torrid opening spell.

The home side scored just 17 off the first 10 overs from Josh Davey (0-22) and Jake Ball (0-48) but, when Gregory came on from the Nackington Road End, the batsmen were initially able to cut loose.

Tawanda Muyeye took 24 balls and 39 minutes to get off the mark. Once the opening pair had been seen off, he hit 33 from 55 balls, though, before Gregory bowled him.

Gregory struck again in his next over when he had Kent captain Daniel Bell-Drummond caught at second slip by Kasey Aldridge for six and Jack Leaning then went for a golden duck, caught behind by James Rew down the leg-side off Ned Leonard.

Matt Renshaw (1-40) had Joe Denly caught by Gregory for 19 with the final ball of the session to leave Kent on 110-4 at lunch.

The normally staid Compton tried to hook Gregory and was caught on the boundary by Leonard for 32 but Kent