Yorkshire v Kent - match drawn

JUST six balls were bowled all day before Kent’s rain-ruined championship clash with Yorkshire was abandoned as a draw on Saturday afternoon.

After a delay of 47 hours for heavy rain, the players sidled out from the Headingley dressing rooms to resume play in a near empty Headingley Carnegie Stadium.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid sent down the six deliveries to Martin van Jaarsveld, who added two to his overnight score as the showers abated just after 3pm, but within two minutes the rain returned forcing umpires Barrie Dudleston and Graham Burgess to call the game off at 4pm.

It proved the sole over of the final two days of the game as Kent reached 230 for six in reply to Yorkshire’s 310.

SCORECARD

Yorkshire first innings

C White b Khan 3
J J Sayers c Stevens b Khan 9
A McGrath c van Jaarsveld b Bravo 41
M J Lumb c Walker b Cook 15
D S Lehmann c Fulton b Patel 172
A Rashid lbw b Cook 10
S M Guy c Jones b Cook 4
J N Gillespie c Walker b Patel 4
M A K Lawson c van Jaarsveld b Cook 21
S A Patterson c van Jaarsveld b Cook 0
G J Kruis not out 9

Extras 22

Total 310 all out after 92.5 overs

Fall of wicket: 1-10, 2-25, 3-64, 4-92, 5-128, 6-136, 7-166, 8-228, 9-244.

Bowling: Khan 17-1-50-2, Henderson 21-1-118-0, Cook 20-5-36-5, Bravo 8-0-40-1, Patel 18.5- 3-38-2, Stevens 8-0-25-0.

Kent first innings

D P Fulton c McGrath b Kruis 6
R W T Key b McGrath 40
S J Cook c Guy b Kruis 71
M van Jaarsveld not out 61
M J Walker c McGrath b Kruis 6
D I Stevens lbw b Rashid 31
D Bravo lbw b Rashid 0
G O Jones not out 8

Extras 7

Total 230 for six after 60 overs

Fall of wicket: 1-13, 2-93, 3-136, 4-151, 5-213, 6-213,

Bowling: Gillespie 18-6-48-0, Kruis 17-5-39-3, Rashid 12-1-46-2, Patterson 3-0-21-0, McGrath 13-2-45-1, Lawson 6-0-26-0.

Bonus points: Yorkshire 9pts Kent 8pts.