Kent’s miserable batting summer continued on day two of their Vitality County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire at Canterbury.

Replying to the visitors’ first-innings total of 433, Kent were bowled out in less than two sessions for 225 and will resume day three still 123 in arrears after reaching 85-0 at stumps.

The visitors began day two on 393-6 and Luke Fletcher had moved to 22 when he played an elaborate leave shot but was bowled by George Garrett.

Rob Lord survived a strong first-ball appeal for caught behind but was lbw in the next over to Nathan Gilchrist (4-101), who then sent Farhan Ahmed’s off stump cartwheeling for two.

Dane Schadendorf was the last man to go when he holed out to Akeem Jordan and was taken by Daniel Bell-Drummond, who sprinted to long off.

Kent’s reply was just five balls old when Ben Compton was adjudged lbw to Fletcher for four and Tawanda Muyeye went for 10 when he flicked Fletcher to Lord on the square leg boundary.

It was 60-2 at lunch and Bell-Drummond went soon after, caught by Schadendorf off Lyndon James for 28.

Joe Denly edged Lord to Schadendorf for five and it nearly got worse for Kent when Freddie McCann put down Joey Evison when he was on just one.

Jack Leaning went for 26, trying to fend off a short ball from Lord that he gloved to Schadendorf.

Ahmed (4-37) took a wicket with his first ball, getting Harry Finch caught at short leg by Jack Haynes and at that point the game looked like it might be over in two days.

But Jordan made a game 23 in a partnership of 63 with Evison before he was lbw to Ahmed.

Ahmed then got Parkinson for a 28-ball duck after a sharp catch at short leg by McCann and Jacob Duffy bowled Nathan Gilchrist for four with the last scheduled ball before tea.

Evison eventually holed out to Ahmed for 76 against his former county and was caught by Ben Slater on the deep cover boundary, forcing Kent were forced to follow on for the sixth time this season.

Not for the first time this campaign they made a better fist of it second time around as Muyeye reached his half-century from 49 balls.

Evison said: “It’s been a tough day overall. For me, batting out there I was just trying to keep the runs ticking over really, trying to keep out the good ball and keep putting their bowlers under pressure as well.

“We want to try and win this game as much as possible now and runs are really vital for us so whoever was batting with me it was just about keep ticking the scoreboard over.

“They bowled really nicely, I think Lyndon was the pick of their bowlers, he got the ball swinging laterally which was quite a handful at times. Then obviously Farhan bowled nicely as well, but that last session has kept us in it and we’ve still got a lot of hope in the changing room.

“Cricket’s a funny game and it can change as quick as that. Tomorrow’s first session is crucial and it could go either way really but having been made to follow on we couldn’t have asked for much from the openers.

“All I’ve ever wanted is to bat in the top six and I feel like I’ve been a bit inconsistent this season. At times I’ve shown glimpses of what I can do. I’ve had a couple of low scores in the last month or so and I’m happy to contribute to the team today.”