County Championship: Centurions Danny Lamb and Luke Wood break record as Lancashire dominate Kent

Danny Lamb's maiden red-ball century came off 232 deliveries with 12 fours and one six

Danny Lamb and Luke Wood set a new Lancashire county record eighth-wicket stand of 187 as the visitors amassed 525 before reducing Kent to 85-4.

Coming to the crease at 248-7, Lamb hit 125, reaching his maiden first-class ton with a six, while Wood struck 119.

Paceman Wood then took 3-23 with the ball as Kent's top order collapsed in the evening session.

England's Zak Crawley offered some hope, reaching the close unbeaten on 60 alongside Heino Kuhn on 1.

Few would have predicted that Wood and Lamb - 28 and 12 not out respectively at stumps on day one - would both go on to hit centuries.

But the pair were flawless as they became the first two Lancashire numbers eight and nine to score centuries in the same innings since John Lyon and Bob Ratcliffe set the county's previous eighth-wicket record partnership of 158 against Warwickshire at Old Trafford in July 1979.

Number 10 Tom Bailey then added 47 to further frustrate the hosts before triggering Kent's collapse in the final session with the fifth ball of the Kent reply to remove Jordan Cox for a duck.

Daniel Bell-Drummond, Joe Denly and Jack Leaning all followed cheaply, as Kent closed four down, still trailing by 440 runs.

Kent coach Matt Walker:

"It was an opportunity missed. At 260-7 overnight I thought that was a really good effort and put us in a really good position.

"But the game sort of slowly slipped away from our control. Full credit to Lamb and Wood, They played very well. They sucked up the pressure and made it count.

"They made use of a very good wicket in the end. And we just didn't have any answers. We didn't bowl poorly, but we didn't look like being able to take a wicket.

"There was a lot of huff and puff and the effort was there. We didn't bowl poorly. We just didn't muster enough balls in the right area."

Lancashire's Danny Lamb:

"I'm chuffed to bits. It means everything to me. After all the hard work I put in during the winter, it's good to reap the rewards.

"I'm not going to lie. The six that brought up the century was meant to go over mid-off. I really dragged it and I had my heart in my mouth the whole time it was in the air. It wasn't what I had in mind but I'm well happy with it."

Lancashire's Luke Wood:

"I've put a lot of hard graft into my batting. It's something I really pride myself on. Hopefully for me this goes a long way to being the player I want to be.

"We used the sanitiser breaks as a guide. Every six overs we went right, we'll get past these, we'll get past these. We didn't really think about scoring, we just naturally took it over."