Gay out for duck as Durham struggle against Kent

Emilio Gay was named in England's Test squad for the first time this week [Getty Images]

Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, County Ground, Beckenham (day two)

Kent 523: Dawkins 180, Northeast 141, Singh 66*; Potts 6-92, Raine 3-87

Durham 173-5: Bedingham 72*; Milnes 2-41

Durham (2pts) trail Kent (6pts) by 350 runs with five wickets remaining

Match scorecard

Durham were struggling on 173-5 against Kent, still trailing by 350, when rain forced an early end to day two of their County Championship match at Beckenham.

Kent's Ekansh Singh hit an unbeaten 66 to help Kent to 523 all out, after Durham started the second day with three wickets for four runs in the first two overs. However, Ekansh put on a century stand with Keith Dudgeon, to swing the momentum back in Kent's favour.

Matthew Potts took 6-92 and claimed his 300th first-class wicket, but Matt Milnes and Ekansh took two wickets apiece to leave the Division Two leaders still 200 shy of the follow on at stumps. Milnes bowled England's new opener, Emilio Gay, for a duck, leaving David Bedingham and Ben Stokes as the not out batters on 77 and eight respectively.

Kent were 385-4 overnight, but Durham made a near-perfect start to the second day.

Raine struck in the first over, bowling Ben Dawkins, who couldn't add to his overnight score of 180.

Potts then had Chris Benjamin caught by Kasey Aldridge at second slip for seven and Milnes went for four, caught by Alex Lees at third, before the hosts responded with a stand worth 108.

Ekansh was on 44 when he miscued an upper cut off Stokes and was caught by Gay, only for the umpire to signal a no ball. He profited by driving Callum Parkinson for a single to reach his fifty, but in the final over before lunch Durham broke the partnership when Dudgeon went for 44, top-edging Potts to Ollie Robinson, leaving Kent on 497-8.