2pm: Kent, top of the table (at least temporarily) thanks to yesterday's bowling points, face an afternoon attempting to dig themselves out of a hole after losing three more wickets cheaply before lunch, writes Mike Averis at Taunton.
After being 13 for three overnight, first to go was Martin van Jaarsveld, who came into the match averaging 66 with three championship centuries already banked. He had looked at ease against the swing bowling of Charl Willoughby, driving the first delivery of the day for four. However van Jaarsveld was caught flat-footed when Willoughby's ball was pushed across him and gave a regulation catch to Craig Kieswetter.
Van Jaarsveld had made just 15 and Kent had added only 28, but worse was to follow when Somerset traded one South African bowler for another. James Tredwell, lucky to escape when he edged Alfonso Thomas at comfortable height through the slips, was trapped in front on 23 as was Matthew Walker when he played across the line, attempting to work Thomas to leg.
At lunch Kent were 105 for six, still 173 away from the follow-on.
3.20pm: Twenty three overs after lunch Kent were gone, bowled out for 208 in the 58th over, writes Mike Avers. The only resistance came from a stand of 59 by the lunch-time pairing of Justin Kemp and Geraint Jones, although 50 entertaining runs were contributed for the last wicket by Ryan McLaren and Robbie Joseph.
Kent started brightly enough, taking 22 from the first four overs following the break. Kemp was particularly hard on Ben Phillips, but the former Kent bowler came back to break the stand and then took the catch of the match.
First Geraint Jones, playing defensively got an edge to Phillips' outswinger and was taken at the wicket for 25 and then Phillips, in the gulley, launched himself high and to his right to pull in a full-bloodied cut by Yasir Arafat off the bowling of Steffan Jones.
Phillips was more than happy and his day would have been complete had he taken a much easier caught and bowled offering from Kemp. It was not expensive - Kemp, on 25, going after a half-volley from Steffan Jones and getting an edge to Justin Langer at first slip.
McLaren and Joseph in their various ways hit 10 boundaries between them and their stand had just reached 50 when Thomas got a bit of bounce, hitting the shoulder of McLaren's bat ad again flying to Langer, who decided not enforce the follow-on.
