Reece five-for seals Derbyshire win over Kent

Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Spitfire Ground, Canterbury (day four)

Derbyshire 698-6 dec: Reece 211, Madsen 198; Parkinson 3-188

Kent 271 & 198: Compton 65, Evison 53; Reece 5-63

Derbyshire (24 pts) beat Kent (1 pt) by an innings and 229 runs

Match scorecard

Luis Reece took the final wicket opf the game to complete a five-for as Derbyshire routed Kent by an innings and 229 runs in their County Championship match at Canterbury.

Reece, who scored 211 in Derbyshire's only innings, took 5-63, while Ben Aitchison and Zak Chappell claimed two wickets apiece as the visitors sealed third place in Division Two.

Ben Compton was Kent's top scorer with 65 but the home side already knew they would finish bottom, regardless of the outcome.

They began day four on 135-5 in their second innings, 291 behind, and their tissue-paper thin hopes of avoiding defeat faded when they lost Harry Finch in the fourth over of the morning, lbw to Aitchison for 14.

Aitchison, whose sister Holly is in the England squad for the Rugby World Cup final with Canada, then added the key wicket of Compton, again lbw and although Corey Flintoff hung around for 35 balls, he eventually pulled Chappell straight to Aneurin Donald at square leg and was caught for 11.

Grant Stewart gave a sparse crowd some entertainment, hooking Chappell for six, but the bowler than had Matt Parkinson caught by Donald at short leg for a six-ball duck.

The visitors concluded a win that had looked inevitable for the best part of three days when Michael Cohen flashed at Reece and was caught by a diving Brooke Guest, also without scoring.

The wicket meant Reece became only the 51st person, worldwide, to score a double-century and take five wickets in a first-class match.

Match report supplied by ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay