County Championship: Tim Murtagh wins 10 wickets as Middlesex slip past Kent

LV= County Championship Division One, Lord's ( third day)Kent 186: Compton 52; Murtagh 4-40 & 128: Leaning 48; Murtagh 6-42 Middlesex 229: Higgins 71; Agar 4-60 & 86-1: Robson 41*Middlesex (19 pts) a defeated Kent (3 pts) by nine wicketsMatch Scorecard

Player-Coach Murtagh, 41, who is now in his 17th season with County, broke through the visitors' roster with 6-42 - and match numbers of 10-82 - as they slumped to 128 all at Lord's.

Ben Compton and Jack Leaning had brought Kent back into contention with their strong partnership of 87 runs before seven wickets fell to just 22 , leaving Middlesex to chase a modest goal of 86 .

They got there in 24.3 overs, with Sam Robson compiling an unbeaten 41 and Pieter Malan 24 to lead their side through the nine-wicket line.

Trailing just three points at 40-2 on the night, Kent took the lead when Compton pushed Ethan Bamber to the limit, but overall the morning session proved difficult for the batting team .

Middlesex's four tailors all played with precision, Ryan Higgins taking off Leaning two before his half- century and they picked up two more wickets before lunch.

Jordan Cox, who normally scores without a goal, has was limited to six balls from 36 before Bamber caught it and Murtagh hit with the penultimate delivery of the session, pinning Kent captain Sam Billings lbw for a duck.

Compton, who dropped anchor to play a typically stubborn round of 38 in over three and a half hours, paid the price of an unusual amount of time just after intermission...