SOME fabulous Kent strokeplay, some not so good Durham bowling and fielding, a quickish, grassy pitch and a 50-metre boundary on one side combined to provide a day of statistical milestones. A smashed windscreen, too, courtesy of one of Carl Hooper's three sixes.

Hooper was at his destructive best in rampaging to a 90-ball hundred. But Alan Wells was 15 balls quicker to his first AXA League century for Kent after pulling the last five deliveries of an over from Jon Lewis for six. The only other player to perform the same feat in the Sunday League was Viv Richards against Gloucestershire in 1977 - off none other than David Graveney, now chairman of the England selectors.

Wells was actually caught off his third six but Nicky Phillips tumbled over the rope. The unfortunate Lewis had earlier dropped a straightforward chance at long-on when Hooper was 31.

Hooper and Wells, who collected eight sixes and passed 6,000 Sunday League runs, put on 208 in 25.2 overs, a Kent third-wicket competition record.

Nor was there any respite after Hooper was run out, Mark Ealham hammering an unbeaten 54 off 30 balls, hitting the last five of the innings from Michael Foster for 2, 2, 4, 6, 4.

That took Kent past their previous 40-over highest total - 314 for six at Leicester two years ago. As many as 113 were plundered off the last 10 overs. Durham's batsmen hit gamely, but their pursuit was doomed.