County Championship: Kent set big target in Hampshire after century of Jack Leaning

LV= County Championship Division One, Ageas Bowl (Day Two) Kent 165 & 269: 112 leaning; Abbas 4-68, Fuller 3-44Hampshire 57 & 105-4 : Weatherley54*; Quinn 2-26Hampshire (3 pts) needs 273 points to beat Kent (3 pts) Match Scorecard a more batting-friendly ground, after 23 wickets on the opening day. .0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4">With Surrey very likely to pick up a win and six bonus points, Hampshire won the fifth-highest race in their history to stay in the title chase,

Joe Weatherley was outstanding for his unbeaten 54, but Hampshire lost fly-half Felix Organ and Ian Holland, as well as night watchman Keith Barker and Nick Gubbins to reach 105-4, still needing 273 to win.

On a ground that had flattened, Tawanda Muyeye and Daniel Bell-Drummond came out with a game plan to attack with glorious abandon for Kent as they threaded a reckless 35.

Muyeye gained one life in 34 when he fell on the third slide but failed to use it during the front leg to Kyle Abbott in the next one.

Bell-Drummond continued on around 40, with all but eight points in bounds, with 51 added with Leaning before it was played around James Fuller. Ollie Robinson also fell before lunch on the first slide.

Afternoon saw Leaning take on its full meaning. He's settled outside his crease to collect points comfortably and is on course to top 40 on average in his first two full seasons in Kent since leaving Yorkshire.

Last season, his failure to convert a 50 in a century (only once in seven attempts) capped his total of 745. He now all...