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County Championship: Kent's Sam Northeast misses out on double ton

Rain wrecks day three in the week's Division Two clashes

Sam Northeast of Kent keeps an eye of his shot during day two of the LV County Championship match between Hampshire and Kent
Image: Sam Northeast scored 198 for Kent

Kent captain Sam Northeast missed out on becoming the fourth player of the week to notch a Specsavers County Championship double century on a rain-affected day three against Gloucestershire.

Northeast fell for 189 at Canterbury as he failed to match Worcestershire's Brett D'Oliveira (202 not out), Sussex's Ed Joyce (250) and Yorkshire's Joe Root (213) in notching twin tons.

However, the 26-year-old's career-best total helped Kent move into an 141 run-lead over Gloucestershire, with veteran Darren Stevens (54) also impressing once play began after lunch.

Gloucester's on-loan Yorkshire seamer Josh Shaw (2-84) bowled Northeast and also had Stevens caught out.

But an unbeaten ninth-wicket stand between Calum Haggett (33no) and Matt Hunn (32no) in 6.5 overs overs swelled Kent's score to 478-8, with Hunn hitting Jack Taylor's final three balls of the day for six.

Darren Stevens of Kent
Image: Darren Stevens' fifty was the 67th of his first-class career

Derbyshire's match with Sussex, Leicestershire versus Northants and Glamorgan against Worcestershire were all washed out on day three without a ball being bowled.

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Play was abandoned at The 3aaa County Ground in Derby around 2.30pm, with the games at Grace Road in Leicester and The SSE SWALEC in Cardiff soon following suit.

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