Division One leaders Surrey drew their LV= Insurance County Championship match with Kent after rain ruined the final day at Beckenham.

Just 9.2 overs were possible, with Kent moving from their overnight score of 82 for 1 to 114 for one during two mini sessions, still 327 runs behind Surrey’s first innings score of 671 for nine.

Surrey had been favourites after forcing Kent to follow on on day three, but conditions deteriorated throughout the day and play was abandoned at 3.48 pm, Kent taking 10 points and Surrey 16.

Ben Compton was unbeaten on 63, while night-watchman Matt Milnes was not out on 16 at stumps.

Day four began with a minute’s silence in memory of Andrew Symonds, who played for Kent between 1999 and 2004.

A break in the weather meant play started on time and the hosts resumed on 82 for one, still 359 behind. Conditions were overcast and the ball swung almost immediately but Compton reached 50 in the first over when he pulled Daniel Worrall for a single.

Light rain began to fall and the players went off after 29 minutes, Kent having moved to 108 without further loss. Lunch was taken early and although play resumed at 1.35pm, by then it was already raining again.

After nine increasingly moist minutes, during which Kent advanced to 114, the players came off again, Compton having added six to his score. After two further hours of waiting and with no prospect of improvement, the game was abandoned as a draw.

The draw lifts Kent off the bottom of the table ahead of Gloucestershire.

Surrey’s Gareth Batty said: “It’s something we can’t control. I feel like our batting performance was powerful again, it was skilful. 671 was a formidable total on a very good batting surface and we needed to get that volume of runs to be able to put the pressure on.”

“The way the boys came out and bowled yesterday morning was fantastic and very impressive. There was an intensity that would have been very hard for a lot of people to live with, which is a credit to the bowlers and the fielders, it was something to behold.”

“Today it was always going to be very difficult to take nine more wickets but the weather’s intervened, it ends up being a draw and we’ll come back in a few days.”

“It was a very good batting surface. I think at times it possibly wouldn’t have looked that way given the way we bowled and credit has to go to the big men. More than anything I think credit has to go to Will Jacks for the way he bowled. I counted 14 overs straight and there wasn’t anything that resembled anything other than pretty much a perfect ball in a decent area.”

“I thought he was magnificent and probably didn’t get the full rewards that he deserved, but the four for 60 was great. Would we have got the nine wickets today? Who knows.”

Kent’s Matt Walker said: “It’s a sense of déjà vu really, we never were able to wrestle any advantage our way really. The spell after lunch on day one was really promising actually, but we have a moment where we’re ok and make some inroads and then I think the momentum slowly and gradually shifts and then accelerates.”

“I think the problem we’ve had, on these better surfaces this season is there’s almost an air or resignation that comes across the ground. That’s not to say that any of the lads give up, but I think there’s a frustration and almost a sense of urgency to make things happen.”

“Probably at the end of day we haven’t executed our skills well enough. There have been moments where we’ve been really good individually there’s been a lot of runs in the dressing room, individually there’s been some good spells of bowling but to get to where you want to get to in a four-day game, it’s got to be over the whole piece really.”

“You can afford half an hour or so but you can’t afford a bad session and that’s what’s happened.”

“We found ourselves very quickly out of the game. 671 for 9 – you’re not going to get anywhere near winning a game of cricket when that happens and you’re in a dog fight again.”