Yorkshire Cricket by David Warner

Yorkshire, with a first innings lead of 258 runs, made Kent follow-on at Maidstone today after they had been bowled out last night for 165.

Chris Silverwood and Paul Hutchison soon put Kent under pressure with a keen opening spell and David Fulton survived a loud shout for lbw off the last ball of Silverwood's first over.

Fulton's opening partner, Robert Key, also had to fight hard in a bid to see off the new ball and with six overs gone Kent were 19 without loss.

Kent would have been in even deeper trouble yesterday if Ben Phillips and Min Patel had not put on 66 for the last wicket and if 17 overs had not been lost to bad light straight after the tea interval.

Yorkshire's fast bowlers have an indomitable spirit at the moment and so confident was skipper David Byas yesterday they would create early havoc that he declared at 423 for seven so they could make their presence felt before lunch.

Up against two of the sharpest fast bowlers in the country Kent quickly slid to 30 for five.

Silverwood struck vital blows in consecutive overs, Trevor Ward lbw and West Indian Carl Hooper spooning a catch to Gavin Hamilton.

Hutchison snatched back the spotlight accounting for Alan Wells and Mark Ealham before Richard Stemp, Hutchison and Ryan Sidebottom made inroads. Stemp broke the last-wicket stand having Phillips caught at slip by Byas.

Darren Lehmann and Hamilton moved their sixth wicket stand on briskly to 174 in 48 overs before McCague accounted for both in the same over, Hamilton bowled for a career-best 73 and Lehmann chipping a catch to mid-on.

Silverwood and Stemp then took Kent's flagging attack apart in an unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 109 in which Stemp drove Hooper into the sightscreen for a straight six. Silverwood raced to 57 off 71 balls with eight fours and was only two short of a career-best score when Byas called a halt.

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