Yorkshire Cricket by David Warner

Darren Lehmann and Gavin Hamilton both fell in the same over from Martin McCague at Maidstone today after the Yorkshire sixth wicket pair had taken their sparkling partnership to 174 in 48 overs against Kent.

Yorkshire resumed on 292 for five with Lehmann 120 and Hamilton 69 and the scored had moved rapidly on to 309 when McCague bowled Hamilton for a career-best 73 from 153 balls with eight fours.

In an eventful over in which Chris Silverwood lost his right shoe while taking a single and Lehmann pulled a vicious boundary, the Australian then chipped a catch to David Fulton at mid-on.

He had made a superb 136 with 17 fours, cruising to his century off 157 balls with 11 boundaries.

This was Lehmann's fifth century for Yorkshire in the championship since joining them at the start of last season and all of them have been made on away grounds, but plenty of fans had made the trip to The Moat yesterday and they thoroughly enjoyed another faultless performance by the left-hander.

Lehmann's late arrival this season and his further absence from a couple of games with back trouble meant this was only his sixth innings in the competition, but he could not have struck form at a better time.

Yorkshire made a comfortable start on winning the toss with both Michael Vaughan and Anthony McGrath shaping up well in an opening stand of 62.

Vaughan advanced with some fierce cuts and McGrath looked more settled than for some time but soon after he had survived a loud appeal for a catch behind off Fleming the bowler trapped him lbw for 28.

David Byas sportingly walked to the ball before lunch when Carl Hooper had him caught off bat and pad at silly point by Fulton and it became 81 for three after the interval when Vaughan pushed forward at Fleming and got a faint touch.

Helped by the stiff breeze, Kent's bowlers achieved troublesome movement through the air but Matthew Wood coped well until he edged a low catch to Steve Marsh and Yorkshire's plight worsened as Richard Blakey fell lbw to Mark Ealham.

Hamilton appeared uncomfortable early on and survived a sharp chance to Marsh when only one but Lehmann moved smoothly on to his 50 off 78 balls and then Hamilton warmed to his task with two cracking off-drives for four off consecutive balls from Fleming.

The century stand used up 28 overs and Hamilton had another piece of luck just after completing his 50 from 88 deliveries with seven fours when the normally safe hands of Hooper at slip grassed a simple catch.

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