An England and Wales Cricket Board pitch panel were last night deciding if Kent are to be docked points after 18 wickets fell on the second day of their clash with Gloucestershire in Maidstone.

The panel, made up for former Sussex and England seamer Tony Pigott, ex-Lancashire skipper David Hughes and legendary Surrey groundsman Harry Brind, planned to interview the match umpires, both captains and coaches and the groundstaff before announcing their decision.

On an enthralling day of three separate innings, Gloucestershire finished the third day on 79-7 in their second innings.

SCOREBOARD

Frizzell County Championship Division One, Swansea: Sussex 225-2 (R R Montgomerie 86 no, M W Goodwin 63 no) v Glamorgan; Maidstone: Gloucestershire 183 & 79-7, Kent 204 (M A Hardinges 5-51); Trent Bridge: Hampshire 222-7 (C D McMillan 52, A J Harris 5-68) v Nottinghamshire; Whitgift: Surrey 340 (J N Batty 84 no, R S Clinton 84) & 14-0, Warwickshire 209 (A G R Loudon 58, M Akram 5-51).

Division Two, Chelmsford Derbyshire 462 (G Welch 112, S D Stubbings 92, R S Bopara 4-93), Essex 123-4 (R C Irani 58 no); Old Trafford: Northamptonshire 148-5 v Lancashire; Oakham School: Leicestershire 294-7 (H D Ackerman 112 no) v Somerset; New Road: Durham 256, Worcestershire 27-1.

MCC University Match, Fenner's: Middlesex 273-3 dec (B L Hutton 111) & 101-3, Cambridge UCCE 151; Headingley: Bradford/Leeds UCCE 105 (D S Lucas 6-20) & 12-3, Yorkshire 151.