LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Kent, Day Four
12.54pm, RESULT
Kent 2nd inns 166-3 have won by 7 wickets. Bell-Drummond 79* Denly 15*
Joe Denly pulls for four to square leg and hits the winning runs.
Daniel Bell-Drummond finishes an excellent innings unbeaten on 79.
Kent take 20 points from the match, Lancashire 3.
12.35pm
Kent 2nd inns 145-3 need a further 19 runs to win. Bell-Drummond 74* Denly 3*
Daniel Bell-Drummond looks to be leading his team to victory, thumping a couple of fours that have brought the target below twenty.
12.25pm
Kent 2nd inns 129-3 need a further 35 runs to win. Bell-Drummond 56* Denly 0*A second wicket for Nathan Lyon as Jack Leaning plays back defensively and edges to Luke Wells at slip for 16.
12.10pm
Kent 2nd inns 113-2 need a further 51 runs to win. Bell-Drummond 56* Leaning 9*
Daniel Bell-Drummond relieves some pressure by hitting just the second boundary of the day, lofting Tom Hartley to long-on.
12.05pm
Kent 2nd inns 106-2 need a further 58 runs to win. Bell-Drummond 51* Leaning 7*
Nathan Lyon has switched ends replacing Tom Hartley from the James Anderson End while Hartley has taken over from Balderson after one over at the Brian Statham End.
Daniel Bell-Drummond is playing a great captain's role for his team, reaching his half century from 115 deliveries.
11.55am
Kent 2nd inns 101-2 need a further 63 runs to win. Bell-Drummond 48* Leaning 5*
George Balderson coming on to replace Nathan Lyon. Kent edged nearer taking five runs off the last over with some good running.
11.48am
Kent 2nd inns 96-2 need a further 68 runs to win. Bell-Drummond 45* Leaning 3*
Good pressure being applied by Nathan Lyon and Tom Hartley. Daniel Bell-Drummond and Jack Leaning countering with good defence and content to push a few singles.
11.38am
Kent 2nd inns 91-2 need a further 73 runs to win. Bell-Drummond 42* Leaning 0*
Wicket! Good catch off his own bowling by Nathan Lyon diving to his right after Ben Compton shuffles down the wicket and drives straight back to the bowler.
11.28am
Kent 2nd inns 89-1 need a further 75 runs to win. Compton 28* Bell-Drummond 42*
Dropped! Ben Compton top edges a sweep off Nathan Lyon that a diving Will Williams gets his hands to at backward square leg, but the ball is knocked out of his hands on landing.
11.14am
Kent 2nd inns 85-1 need a further 79 runs to win.
Ben Compton takes a calculated risk, advancing down the pitch to Tom Hartley and slogging successfully to midwicket for four. An uncharacteristic shot though.
11.07am
Kent 2nd inns 76-1 need a further 88 runs to win.
A couple of lbw shouts in Tom Hartley's first over, both against Ben Compton, go unrewarded.
11.02am
Kent 2nd inns 73-1 need a further 91 runs to win
Lancashire starting the day with Nathan Lyon and the Australian spinner produces a couple of rippers that beat Ben Compton's forward push and then finds an edge that just drops short of Luke Wells at slip. Great start.
9.30am
Good morning from Emirates Old Trafford where the sun continues to shine ahead of the fourth and final day our Vitality County Championship match against Kent.
Game situation
Kent will resume their second innings on 71-1 needing 93 more runs to win when play resumes at 11am.
Teams
Lancashire: Keaton Jennings (capt), Luke Wells, Josh Bohannon, George Balderson, George Bell, Tom Bruce, Tom Hartley, Matty Hurst (wkt), Tom Bailey, Nathan Lyon, Will Williams.
Kent: Ben Compton, Zak Crawley, Daniel Bell-Drummond (capt), Jack Leaning, Joe Denly, Harry Finch (wkt), Joey Evison, Grant Stewart, Wes Agar, Nathan Gilchrist, Matt Parkinson.