COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO ROUNDUP: Glamorgan require a further 164 runs for victory on Friday, while elsewhere Middlesex need seven wickets to beat Northamptonshire and Leicestershire are chasing six wickets to beat Derbyshire
Cardiff (day three of four): Kent 155 & 360, Glamorgan 327 & 25-2 - Glamorgan need 164 runs to win
A series of starts took Kent to a respectable second innings to add pressure onto Glamorgan's day-four chase.
Harry Finch's 68 and Grant Stewart's counterattacking 63 dragged Kent back into the contest after a first innings collapse hindered their chances against Glamorgan.
Partnerships of 84 and 68 for the fifth and sixth wicket, respectively took the visitors to 360 – without full use of injured Joe Denly to enforce a nervous task of chasing 189 after first innings dominance from the hosts.
Kent bowlers were in high spirits, taking two wickets in an aggressive spell of 14 overs continuing their day in the driving seat to leave the Welsh county 25 for 2, requiring 164 from the final day. Chris Cooke and Timm van der Gugten's batting capabilities remain uncertain after both being off the field for the entire day.
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