Matt Quinn takes 3-22 as Kent (301 & 197-6) lead Surrey (145) by 353 runs after day two of County Championship clash at Canterbury

Kent lost five wickets late on day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship clash with leaders Surrey but still remain in the box seat at Canterbury.

Matt Quinn took 3-22 as Surrey were bowled out for just 145 in their first innings to give the home side a lead of 156. Kent were 147-1 at one stage in their second innings but reached 197-6 at stumps, still a lead of 353 with four wickets remaining.

A crowd of 2,431 attended on day two, bolstered by around 1,100 schoolchildren and teachers, although the start was delayed by 45 minutes due to a thunderstorm before the scheduled start.

Surrey resumed on 18-2 but – in similar fashion to Kent – they were soon on the backfoot at 42-6.

It was 32-3 when Quinn had Kiwi Tom Latham caught by Tawanda Muyeye at short leg for three and Quinn struck again when Jordan Cox took an acrobatic catch to remove opener Dom Sibley for nine.

Arshdeep Singh was rewarded for a spell of sustained menace with his first wicket in county cricket when he had Ben Foakes lbw for three and Quinn and Muyeye then produced an almost exact imitation of the Latham wicket to get rid of Jamie Smith for six.

Surrey lurched to 60-6 at lunch and hadn’t added to the score when Agar (3-32) bowled Will Jacks with the 10th ball of the afternoon session, with a delivery that sent his middle stump pirouetting.

Jordan Clark and Sean Abbott put on the biggest stand of the innings with 48 for the eighth wicket, until both were dismissed by Joey Evison. Clark lingered for 25 before Evison (2-22) hit his leg side bail and Abbott went for 34 in Evison’s next over, after a one-handed catch by Cox.

Dan Worrall and Dan Moriarty added 20 for the last wicket until the former tried to slog Arshdeep, who ripped out his leg stump