Middlesex started the 2nd day against Kent at Canterbury in a comfortable position and Sam Robson moved to 50 off 71 balls as he and Scott Newman rocked along at nearly 4 an over before Newman edged Wahab Riaz to James Tredwell at slip for 34, 99-1. Chris Rogers came in and played well in tricky conditions for 28 when he edged to Azhar Mahmood off Darren Stevens, 147-2. Steve Finn arrived from England duty after not being selected and replaced Steve Crook in the team. Middlesex were 157-2 at lunch as Dawid Malan and Robson then carried on and made it look like Middlesex would get a big lead as they went passed 200. Matt Coles then found enough swing to have Robson caught behind five short of a hundred, 204-3. This then triggered feelings of suicide as Neil Dexter was LBW next ball but failed to get a hat trick. Five overs later though Jamie Dalrymple was caught at leg slip by Rob Key off James Tredwell and John Simpson was LBW first ball to make Tredwell the 2nd player to be on a hat trick, which Tom Smith survived leaving Middlesex 209-6. This meant Middlesex had lost 4-5 in 31 balls and that big lead looked unlikely!
Smith stuck around with Malan as Malan carried on batting well against some hostile bowling. Smith was eventually yorked by Coles for 13, 238-7. The light was getting worse and Tim Murtagh (7*) aided Malan in reaching 50 off 108 balls. Then the light closed in and after a long wait play was abandoned with Middlesex 258-7 (Malan 55*), just 16 ahead.
