County Championship: Rain limits play at Wantage Road as Northants and Kent draw

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Daniel Bell-Drummond has made 60 first-class appearances for Kent since 2011

Specsavers County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Northampton

Northamptonshire v Kent, day four

Kent 396 & 131-2: Bell-Drummond 69*; Panesar 1-38

Northamptonshire 498: Wakely 87, Rossington 78; Qayyum 3-158

Match drawn

Kent 11 pts, Northants 11 pts

Only 11 overs were possible on the final day at Wantage Road as Northants and Kent had to settle for a draw.

Joe Denly (36) added 18 runs to his overnight score when play began in the afternoon before falling to Rob Keogh.

Opener Daniel Bell-Drummond (69 not out) made his fourth half-century of the summer as Kent reached 131-2.

Bad light halted play before rain ended any hopes of a restart as both sides finished with 11 points and Kent remained second in Division Two.

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