County Championship D1, Canterbury: Kent 226 & 234-8 drew with Surrey 402-8 dec
Kent 7 points, Surrey 12
Kent bravely held off Surrey to claim a draw as the two battle for the runners-up position in Division One.
Surrey had resumed on 337-6 and reached maximum batting points before declaring on 402-8, Alistair Brown hitting 85.
Michael Bevan continued his poor form after joining Kent late as he fell for a duck, leaving his total in his last five innings at 17.
But a gutsy unbeaten 50 by Matthew Dennington and 48 for Ian Butler saved the day for Kent.
Kent: D P Fulton (Capt), E T Smith, A G R Loudon, M G Bevan,
M J Walker, M J Dennington, N J O'Brien (Wkt), R S Ferley, M M Patel,
I G Butler, R H Joseph.
Surrey: S A Newman, R S Clinton, M R Ramprakash, R Clarke,
J N Batty (Capt, Wkt), A D Brown, Azhar Mahmood, M P Bicknell,
T J Murtagh, J Ormond, N D Doshi.
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