Libby and Wakely set up Northants reply

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Northamptonshire 206 for 3 (Wakely 87, Libby 81) trail Kent 396 (Denly 206*) by 190 runsScorecard

Alex Wakely and Jake Libby provided a solid reply for Northamptonshire on the second day at Wantage Road with a stand of 156 for the second wicket. It was steady if unspectacular on a sluggish pitch as the home side closed 206 for 3 trailing Kent by 190 runs.

Batting was far from straightforward on another Wantage Road wicket offering no pace but Wakely and Libby steered the home side back into the game after Joe Denly made his maiden double century in the morning session. He was left unbeaten on 206 as Kent were bowled out for 396.

Libby was first to his half-century, in 128 balls with four fours and a six, with a well-timed flicked through midwicket, quickly followed by his captain Alex Wakely, who …

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