LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Kent, Day Two
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6.49pm CLOSE DAY 2
Lancashire 1st inns 120-1 (38 overs) trail by 254 runs, Wells 57 Bailey 0
Luke Wells and Keaton Jennings have laid a solid foundation to cap a much better day for the Red Rose. Report & reaction to follow.
6.35pm WICKET
Lancashire 1st inns 119-1 (34.2 overs) trail by 255 runs, Wells 56 Bailey 0
Keaton Jennings is lbw to Joey Evison for 49.
Tom Bailey comes in as nightwatchman with 3.3 overs left today.
6.15pm
Lancashire 1st inns 95-0 (29 overs) trail by 279 runs, Wells 50 Jennings 31
Luke Wells reaches his third fifty of the season from 97 balls containing 1 six and 7 fours.
This has been a great start to the Red Rose reply.
5.55pm
Lancashire 1st inns 78-0 (24 overs) trail by 296 runs, Wells 42 Jennings 22
Matt Parkinson comes into the Kent attack and is hit for a straight six by Luke Wells coming down the track.
5.45pm
Lancashire 1st inns 64-0 (21 overs) trail by 310 runs, Wells 33 Jennings 19
17 overs are left today as Kent are doing a good job of 'drying up' the runs but their bowlers are finding the going just as tough as Lancashire's attack did over the first day and a half.
5.25pm
Lancashire 1st inns 55-0 (16 overs) trail by 319 runs, Wells 30 Jennings 13
A Wes Agar no ball brings up the 50 partnership off 92 balls before Luke Wells cut the following delivery past backward point for four.
5.00pm
Lancashire 1st inns 35-0 (10 overs) trail by 339 runs, Wells 20 Jennings 7
Luke Wells has produced four crisply struck boundaries to start the innings in positive fashion.
4.25pm
Lancashire 1st inns 6-0 (2 overs) trail by 368 runs, Wells 1 Jennings 3
There are 38 overs left for Lancashire to bat today with Luke Wells and Keaton Jennings facing up to international duo Grant Stewart and Kashif Ali.
3.58pm WICKET & TEA Day 2
Kent 374 all out (123.2 overs) Kashif Ali 2
Wes Agar perishes, giving it the long handle treatment that had produced three sixes but this time landed in the hands of Mitch Stanley off Tom Bailey for 41 off 48 balls.
3.48pm WICKET
Kent 352-9 (121 overs) Agar 21 Kashif Ali 0
It's Luke Wells who strikes next, Matt Parkinson skying a catch to Tom Bailey for 11.
3.30pm
Kent 342-8 (117 overs) Parkinson 11 Agar 11
James Anderson returns to the attack as Lancashire try to wrap up the Kent innings.
Chris Green came close to a wicket, getting a hand to a diving attempt off his own bowling as Wes Agar drove fiercely but the ball didn't stick.
3.06pm WICKET
Kent 324-8 (110 overs) Parkinson 4 Agar 0
Mitch Stanley takes his maiden wicket in first-class cricket as Grant Stewart on 2 gets a leading edge and pops up a gentle catch to Josh Bohannon.
That is the end of the bonus points in this innings with Lancashire taking 2 points and Kent also getting 2 points.
2.44pm WICKET
Kent 316-7 (104.5 overs) Stewart 0 Parkinson 0
Ben Compton's fine efforts is ended on 135 after the opener edges behind off Chris Green. Just like the start of the morning, Lancashire have two early wickets in this session.
2.38pm WICKET
Kent 314-6 (103.4 overs) Compton 135 Stewart 0
Harry Finch on 52 has a nibble at a ball outside off stump from George Balderson and gets a nick through to Matty Hurst. A much needed breakthrough for Lancashire that ends a 95-run partnership off one ball short of 43 overs.
2.25pm
Kent 307-5 (100 overs) Compton 131 Finch 50
Harry Finch goes to a hard-fought fifty, his second of the season, from 123 balls with 6 fours.
2.10pm
Kent 303-5 (97 overs) Compton 129 Finch 47
Harry Finch has come out after lunch showing some intent hitting 12 of the 13 runs from the last over from Mitch Stanley, and he has quickly moved along to 47
1.10pm, LUNCH Day 2
Kent 279-5 (91 overs) Compton 124 Finch 28
It has been slow going this morning with Kent adding 66 runs off 33.2 overs, Ben Compton standing rock-like and well supported by Harry Finch.
12.50pm
Kent 267-5 (85 overs) Compton 118 Finch 22
Twenty minutes remain before lunch and Ben Compton and Harry Finch have dug in somewhat to fend off James Anderson and Tom Bailey with the new ball.
Compton pulls for two that brings up the 50 partnership off 25.1 overs.
12.30pm NEW BALL TAKEN
Kent 255-5 (80 overs) Compton 115 Finch 13
James Anderson takes the new ball as soon as it becomes available and brings himself back on at the North End.
12.10pm
Kent 236-5 (74 overs) Compton 105 Finch 4
We are about to see some spin for the first time today with Chris Green coming on at the North End and Luke Wells at the South End.
11.52am
Kent 230-5 (71 overs) Compton 100 Finch 3
Ben Compton cuts Mitch Stanley for the second boundary of the day to go to his century off 201 balls with 1 six and 12 fours.
11.48am
Kent 224-5 (69 overs) Compton 95 Finch 2
James Anderson takes himself out of the attack after a morning spell of 5-3-3-2 and is replaced by Mitch Stanley who is bowling to a ring of fielders saving the single and with no slip. His first over is a maiden.
Lancashire applying good pressure.
11.40am
Kent 224-5 (67 overs) Compton 95 Finch 2
Ben Compton's drive for four off the first ball of the day remains the only boundary struck so far this morning as Kent are finding runs hard to come by.
Tom Bailey replaces George Balderson at the South End, the first change of bowling so far on day two.
11.14am WICKET
Kent 219-5 (60.5 overs) Compton 92 Finch 0
That is quite incredible.
Joey Evison plays exactly the same shot to the one by Jack Leaning and with the same result - caught at short midwicket by Josh Bohannon off James Anderson who is working his magic this morning with two early wickets.
11.05am WICKET
Kent 217-4 (58.1 overs) Compton 90 Evison 0
What a start to the day!
Ben Compton drives the first ball for four as George Balderson completes the two balls left from his interrupted over on day one.
Then James Anderson takes a wicket with his first ball after Jack Leaning drives to Josh Bohannon at short mid-wicket for 4.
10.30am
We havesunny conditions at Blackpool half an hour before the 11am start.
The early finish yesterday means we will be playing a minimum of 104.2 overs with play starting at 11am, Lunch at 1.10pm and Tea at 4pm.
9.00am
Good morning from a bright and breezy Stanley Park ahead of the second day of our Rothesay County Championship Division two match with Kent.
Present conditions are better today with some sunny spells breaking through the clouds.
To read our match report from day one, click on the red button below.