Kent 231 (Muyeye 72, Leaning 40, Weatherall 3-32) and 171 (Evison 52, Compton 36, Weatherall 3-38) beat Northants 143 (Keogh 64, Singh 4-35) and 114 (Bartlett 60*, Dudgeon 7-36) by 145 runs

Kent seamer Keith Dudgeon produced career-best figures of seven for 36 to wrap up his side's Rothesay County Championship Division Two victory over Northamptonshire just half an hour into the third morning.

The 29-year-old South African, making his debut in English cricket, rattled through the last three Northamptonshire wickets to secure a 145-run success - only Kent's second red-ball win in their last 20 games.

It took Kent only seven overs to complete their win at Wantage Road, with the home side bowled out for 114 in their second innings as George Bartlett was left unbeaten on 60.

Resuming on 54 not out, Bartlett did his best to farm the strike and take the odd single but he could not protect the tail for long and Dudgeon struck in his third over of the morning to take his tally of wickets to five.

Dom Leech, attempting to fend off a short delivery, could only send it looping into the gloves of Harry Finch - and Liam Guthrie departed in Dudgeon's next over, bowled off his pads for a duck.

The South African completed Kent's victory - their third successive red-ball win over Northamptonshire - just two balls later, uprooting Raphy Weatherall's off stump with a fizzing yorker.