Marshall and Jones give Gloucestershire a chance

Hamish Marshall and Geraint Jones saved the day for the Gloucestershire and Bristol in the fourth and final day of a potentially interesting set.

Darren Stevens and Thomas Ivan, shortly after lunch, reducing them to 81 for 4 as Kent is getting out, finally, to 235 in the morning session, Gloucestershire, and the three Within days, the defeat was staring down the barrel.

However, Marshall and former Kent keeper Jones Gloucestershire chance to win a third consecutive championship game to give added 134 for the fifth wicket.

Gareth Roderick runs from Adam to rally, off the bowling of Liam Norwell, when a high quality pull their overnight total of 223 for 9 at the start, Kent lost their final wicket. Norwell this season was the 32nd first-class wickets for 44 from 24 overs left with 4 impressive figures.

With a degree of enthusiasm that bowlers on a wicket, Gloucestershire batted well in the early stages of their second innings. Openers Chris Dent and Roderick day both batsmen looked set to put on 59 for the first wicket. Gloucestershire-in 9.3 overs losing four wickets for just 22 runs as before, however, the introduction of Darren Stevens turned the game in favor of Kent.

Stevens by the delivery of a regulation to the three boundaries in his 48-ball stay, which hit Dante was the first to go. After eight runs, on the last ball of the morning session, Ian Cockbain Stevens became the victim number two. That was 67 for 2.

The morning session of the final throes of the Gloucestershire, were disappointing, the initial stages of the afternoon session was equally as disappointing. First, a short and wide delivery from Peter Thomas Handscomb duly flashed and was caught by wicketkeeper Sam Billings. Then, again off the bowling of Roderick Thomas, Stevens caught at slip by, departed in a similar fashion.

Thankfully, Gloucestershire's, Marshall and Jones added 134 for the fifth wicket to bat with greater application. Marshall 84 balls and 50 passed 13,000 first-class runs, courtesy reached the opposite. Winter Jones, who signed a two-year contract, six fours, 92 balls to reach his half-century.

Kieran Noema-Barnett's trapped lbw by Thomas, and Jones scored 55 before leaving the Marshall finally, to 83, to backward point off the bowling of Matt Coles Fabian Cowdrey hiding out. Gloucestershire's second innings wickets in hand with a lead of 240, finished the day on 282 for 9 miles Craig and David Payne put on 36 for the eighth wicket.