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LV= County Championship Division One, Clean Slate Headingley, Leeds (day one) |
Kent 270-6: Bell-Drummond 109; Rauf 3-52 |
Yorkshire: Yet to bat |
Yorkshire 2 pts, Kent 2 pts |
Scorecard |
Haris Rauf was front and centre at the outset of a new era for Yorkshire at Headingley before Daniel Bell-Drummond’s century wrestled back the initiative for Kent.
Rauf took three wickets in the space of nine balls, including out-of-form England opener Zak Crawley, to light up a grey morning in Yorkshire’s first home game since the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal erupted.
But the hosts were unable to capitalise on the opening day of this County Championship match as Bell-Drummond orchestrated Kent’s recovery from 20-3 to close on 270-6.
Bell-Drummond, dropped on 50, was dismissive of anything short and wide and equally proficient with deliveries on his pads in his 109, just a week after making 149 against Hampshire’s vaunted attack.
Kent’s number three…
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