The amusement was to be determined at tea with Kent 231 for 5, pursuing an objective of 329, however the climate shut in amid the interim leaving the umpires with no option yet to cancel the diversion.
Burglarize Key, Sam Northeast and Ben Harmison had scored half-hundreds of years to place Kent in dispute however two wickets in four overs had left the diversion carefully balanced until the mists came in.
Kent's chances had looked thin toward the begin of the day when Derbyshire struck twice in five balls to decrease the guests to 34 for 2.
Ben Cotton discovered some late development with the tenth bundle of the morning to overcome Daniel Bell-Drummond's protection and thump out his off stump yet Joe Denly was liable of a rash shot when he edged a major commute at Footitt.
Kent had disintegrated despite taught crease knocking down some pins in the first innings yet this time Key and Northeast batted with noteworthy selectivity to leave the amusement finely balanced at lunch.
It has been an incline season by all accounts however he looked progressively secure, passing the eminent turning point of 19,000 top notch keeps running while in transit to a fifty which he came to when he constrained Cotton through the spreads for his ninth four.
Derbyshire's knocking down some pins choices were diminished with Shiv Thakor (blackout) and Alex Hughes (hand) off the field however they got through 10 overs into the evening when Tony Palladino had Key lbw for 67 to end a third wicket stand of 105 in 36 overs.
Be that as it may, Northeast and Harmison kept Kent on track with Northeast cutting Cotton for his eighth four to achieve his initial 50 in 12 title innings before driving leg-spinner Matt Critchley for six.
The objective had been decreased to 118 when Footitt enticed Northeast into a haul which he gloved behind and the diversion swung back to Derbyshire in the last over before tea.
Harmison had taken three fours from Chesney Hughes' left-arm turn yet went for another commute at the penultimate bundle of the session and was gotten at slip.
With Kent requiring 98 and Derbyshire five wickets, the diversion could have gone whichever way however the downpour left both groups pondering what may have been
Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen said: "Having two bowlers down, I thought it was a remarkable exertion from the trio of seamers. Key and Northeast played truly well in that first session when we grabbed two brisk wickets and they needed to hunker down and not give us anything and they did that."
There was uplifting news for Kent with Sam Billings, who disjoined a finger on the first morning, anticipated that would play in Thursday's Royal London Cup quarter last at the Oval.
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