DURHAM – West In­dies fast bowler Ke­mar Roach made his pres­ence felt for Durham on the open­ing day of their Di­vi­sion Two clash against Kent in the Rothe­say Coun­ty Cham­pi­onship in Eng­land on Fri­day.

Play­ing at the River­side Ground, Roach scored 21 runs bat­ting at num­ber 11, as Durham were dis­missed for a com­pet­i­tive 335 in 77.4 overs.

The Bar­ba­di­an shared a 45-run part­ner­ship for the last wick­et with Kasey Aldridge, which car­ried the home side from 290 for nine to their even­tu­al to­tal.

Durham was led by a knock of 128 from Emilio Gay, while Aldridge scored an un­beat­en 44.

Roach then re­turned to snare the wick­et of Ben Comp­ton, as Kent end­ed the day on 50 for two.

The wily vet­er­an pac­er trapped Comp­ton lbw for four in his very first over and the first of the in­nings to put them on the back­foot.

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