Hall destroys Glamorgan as Kent march on

Kent 587 Glamorgan 306 & 157 Kent win by innings and 124 runs

Andrew Hall did the damage with a burst of four wickets for 14 runs in six overs as the fragile Glamorgan batting folded for the second time in this match.

Glamorgan rookie Huw Waters tasted the sweet and sour sides of cricket life after sticking around for more than three hours in the first innings while he and David Hemp earned the Welsh team three batting bonus points as they put on a record for this fixture of 118 runs for the last wicket.

Waters faced 192 balls for his innings of 34, while Hemp remained unbeaten on 171, the second highest score of his career. But when Waters, who is 18 and has just left school, returned to the middle in late evening sunshine he lasted just three balls. He fell leg before to a jubilant Hall with one over left in the day's allocation and Kent poised to request the extra half-hour, as they had done the first time these two sides met earlier this season - a match that ended in another three-day humiliation for the Welsh team.

The day had begun so promisingly for Glamorgan when Waters and Hemp took their dogged stand beyond lunch. But the follow-on revealed the Kent attack as an irresistible force and the Glamorgan batting as something to be brushed aside. This was the third time they have lost by an innings in a season that has yielded them just one draw and not a single victory. They are in a mess. Kent are on the march.

The Sussex wicketkeeper Matt Prior, who is pushing England incumbent Geraint Jones for his spot behind the stumps, smashed an unbeaten 66 to help his county to a five-wicket win over Surrey in the First Division at Hove yesterday. Having bowled out Surrey for 254 in their second innings, Sussex reached their victory target of 125 thanks to Prior's 48-ball blast, which featured 10 boundaries and two sixes. Michael Yardy also chipped in with 35. Earlier in the day, Naved-ul-Hasan (4 for 70) was the chief destroyer as Surrey folded after a solid start. Sam Newman made 74 and Rikki Clarke hit 75 but there was little lower-order resistance apart from Azhar Mahmood's 41.