Kent County Cricket Club in 2012

Kent County Cricket Club
2012 season
CoachCricket West Indies Jimmy Adams
CaptainEngland Rob Key
Overseas playerCricket West Indies Brendan Nash
Ground(s)St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship3rd, Division Two
Clydesdale Bank 403rd, Group C
Friends Life t204th, South Group
Most runsFC: SA Northeast (969)
LA: SW Billings (315)
T20: SW Billings (216)
Most wicketsFC: CE Shreck (58)
LA: DI Stevens (20)
T20: AJ Ball (12)
Most catchesFC: JC Tredwell (13)
LA: DI Stevens (7); JC Tredwell (7)
T20: RWT Key (5)
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsFC: GO Jones (52)
LA: GO Jones (16)
T20: GO Jones (10)

In 2012, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group C of the 40-over Clydesdale Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Life t20. Kent also hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against the touring South Africans. At the start of the season, Kent played a three-day MCC Universities match at Oxford MCCU, but this match did not have first-class status. It was the first season in charge for new head coach Jimmy Adams after the departure of Paul Farbrace who had been the club's Director of Cricket for two seasons.[1] The club captain was former England batsman Rob Key who had been club captain since 2006. Brendan Nash joined Kent as their overseas player.[2]

Kent finished third of nine in Division Two of the County Championship, narrowly missing out on promotion to Division One. The county performed well in the Clydesdale Bank 40, winning 7 out of 9 completed matches, but missed out on qualification for the knockout stages despite finishing level on points with group runners-up Warwickshire. A surprise loss to the Unicorns and a no result against the same opposition when rain forced an abandonment after Kent had restricted their opponents to just 177/8 ultimately proved costly, and Kent missed out on a semi-final appearance after losing their final match against Sussex.[3][4][5] The Friends Life t20 campaign was disappointing for Kent, with the side winning just 4 out of 10 matches and finishing in 4th place (out of 6) in the South Group.

At international level, James Tredwell played One Day Internationals for England during the English summer, playing in a single match against Australia and later three matches against South Africa. Tredwell also played two First Class matches for the England Lions against Australia A. Matt Coles also played in one of these matches for the England Lions.[6]

Squad

Kent signed five players ahead of the 2012 season. Fast bowler Charlie Shreck joined from Nottinghamshire in September 2011.[7] Veteran batsman Mike Powell signed for the county after spending 15 seasons with Glamorgan in November.[8] Durham all-rounder Ben Harmison was the third new signing before the end of 2011 when he joined Kent in December.[9] Kent signed Australian-born West Indian batsman Brendan Nash as their overseas player for 2012 in March.[2] The other addition to the squad saw batsman Scott Newman join on loan for the first two months of the season from Middlesex as cover for Daniel Bell-Drummond who was on England Under-19 duty.[10] Newman had dropped down the pecking order at Middlesex after the arrival of Joe Denly from Kent after the end of the 2011 season.[11] Denly had made his debut for Kent in 2004. In addition to Denly, Martin van Jaarsveld had also left the county after the 2011 season.[1] He had been with Kent since 2005 and initially agreed to join Leicestershire, but later cancelled the deal and instead announced his retirement from county cricket in November 2011, citing fatigue.[12] Simon Cook, who had also joined the county in 2005, retired from playing towards the end of the 2012 season.[13]

Squad list

  • Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 5 April 2012.
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Daniel Bell-Drummond  England (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 18) Right-handed Right arm medium
Alex Blake  England (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 23) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
Fabian Cowdrey  England (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 (aged 19) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Rob Key  England (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 32) Right-handed Right arm off break Club captain
Brendan Nash  Jamaica (1977-12-14)14 December 1977 (aged 34) Left-handed Left arm medium Overseas player
Scott Newman  England (1979-11-03)3 November 1979 (aged 32) Left-handed Right arm medium On loan from Middlesex
Sam Northeast  England (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 22) Right-handed Right arm off break
Chris Piesley  England (1992-02-12)12 February 1992 (aged 20) Left-handed Right arm off break
Mike Powell  Wales (1977-02-03)3 February 1977 (aged 35) Right-handed Right arm off break
All-rounders
Azhar Mahmood  Pakistan (1975-02-28)28 February 1975 (aged 37) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium British citizen
Adam Ball  England (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 19) Right-handed Left arm fast-medium
Matt Coles  England (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 21) Left-handed Right arm fast-medium
Ben Harmison  England (1986-01-09)9 January 1986 (aged 26) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
Darren Stevens  England (1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 35) Right-handed Right arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Sam Billings  England (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 20) Right-handed
Geraint Jones  England (1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 32) Right-handed
Bowlers
Simon Cook  England (1977-01-15)15 January 1977 (aged 35) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Mark Davies  England (1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 31) Right-handed Right arm medium
Ben Kemp  England (1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 18) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Adam Riley  England (1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 20) Right-handed Right arm off break
Ashley Shaw  England (1991-04-15)15 April 1991 (aged 20) Right-handed Left arm fast-medium
Charlie Shreck  England (1978-01-06)6 January 1978 (aged 34) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Ivan Thomas  England (1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 20) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
James Tredwell  England (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 30) Left-handed Right arm off break

County Championship

Division Two

Team Pld W L T D A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Derbyshire (C) 16 6 2 0 8 0 31 43 0.0 194
Yorkshire (P) 16 5 0 0 11 0 41 40 0.0 194
Kent 16 4 3 0 9 0 39 40 0.0 170
Hampshire 16 4 5 0 7 0 28 40 0.0 153
Essex 16 3 3 0 10 0 27 40 0.0 145
Glamorgan 16 3 6 0 6 1 28 35 1.0 131
Leicestershire 16 3 3 0 10 0 24 33 5.0 130
Northamptonshire 16 2 5 0 9 0 37 34 0.0 130
Gloucestershire 16 3 6 0 6 1 22 35 0.0 126
Source: Cricinfo[14]

Matches

5–8 April
v
Match drawn
 
 
537/9d (148.3 overs)
MT Coles 103* (111)
Ajmal Shahzad 3/86 (31 overs)
364 (101.1 overs)
JM Bairstow 107 (147)
CE Shreck 4/90 (26.1 overs)
146/4 (53 overs) (f/o)
JE Root 76 (118)
CE Shreck 2/22 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Yorkshire 9, Kent 10
12–14 April
v
Kent won by an innings and 120 runs
 
 
132 (58.1 overs)
AG Wakely 33 (86)
MT Coles 3/32 (14.1 overs)
368 (112.5 overs)
MJ Powell 128* (227)
JA Brooks 5/98 (27.5 overs)
116 (55.3 overs)
DJG Sales 42 (65)
MT Coles 6/51 (16.3 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Northamptonshire 2, Kent 23
19–22 April
v
(H) Kent
Match drawn
 
 
255 (96.2 overs)
WRS Gidman 56 (129)
M Davies 4/43 (25 overs)
150 (54.5 overs)
DI Stevens 54 (90)
WRS Gidman 5/43 (16.3 overs)
257/7d (79 overs)
HJH Marshall 74 (115)
MT Coles 3/55 (18 overs)
94/2 (38.1 overs)
RWT Key 32* (100)
EGC Young 1/18 (12 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 6, Gloucestershire 8
26–29 April
v
(H) Kent
Match drawn
 
 
247 (92.3 overs)
GS Ballance 38 (105)
MT Coles 4/70 (23.3 overs)
350/9 (105.5 overs)
BP Nash 123* (214)
TT Bresnan 3/89 (29.5 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • No play on day 4
  • Points: Kent 10, Yorkshire 7
9–12 May
v
(H) Essex
Match drawn
 
 
225 (68.1 overs)
DI Stevens 119 (170)
CM Willoughby 5/70 (20 overs)
181 (82.4 overs)
ML Pettini 92 (164)
M Davies 4/20 (24.4 overs)
92/2d (28 overs)
RWT Key 40* (69)
T Westley 1/29 (9 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Essex 6, Kent 7
16–19 May
v
(H) Kent
Match drawn
 
 
418 (144.3 overs)
DJG Sales 140 (241)
DI Stevens 3/63 (24.3 overs)
280/6d (111 overs)
MJ Powell 61 (148)
AJ Hall 3/39 (19 overs)
123/0d (36 overs)
JD Middlebrook 64* (104)
110/1 (43 overs)
RWT Key 54* (120)
JD Middlebrook 1/19 (10 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 6, Northamptonshire 7
23–25 May
v
(H) Kent
Kent won by an innings and 279 runs
 
 
141 (53.5 overs)
WA White 38 (55)
MT Coles 5/41 (11 overs)
533 (172.4 overs)
MJ Powell 134 (282)
CW Henderson 5/116 (50.4 overs)
113 (46 overs)
NL Buck 27 (53)
DI Stevens 4/24 (13 overs)
  • Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 22, Leicestershire 1
6–9 June
v
(H) Kent
Match drawn
 
 
303/8d (101.5 overs)
LA Dawson 134* (286)
M Davies 2/40 (23 overs)
Innings forfeited
Innings forfeited
220/6 (68 overs)
SA Northeast 79 (145)
AD Mascarenhas 2/45 (20 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Only 15.1, 18.3 and 44.2 overs were bowled on days 1, 2 and 3, respectively, due to rain
  • Points: Kent 5, Hampshire 6
16–19 July
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
 
 
456/9d (119 overs)
DI Stevens 123 (152)
JAR Harris 5/118 (33 overs)
389 (112.1 overs)
MA Wallace 111 (197)
DI Stevens 4/77 (26.1 overs)
168/2 (58.1 overs)
SA Northeast 101* (159)
JC Glover 2/16 (9 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 11, Glamorgan 9
27–30 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
292 (96.2 overs)
JHK Adams 91 (191)
M Davies 3/36 (21.2 overs)
467 (130.4 overs)
SA Northeast 140 (257)
JA Tomlinson 4/94 (28 overs)
186/9 (91 overs)
JHK Adams 85* (255)
JC Tredwell 3/62 (33 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Hampshire 7, Kent 10
2–5 August
v
Derbyshire won by 2 wickets
 
 
265 (75.5 overs)
MT Coles 57 (83)
TD Groenewald 3/41 (19 overs)
132 (47.3 overs)
DJ Wainwright 29* (67)
CE Shreck 5/41 (16.3 overs)
161 (56.5 overs)
RWT Key 81 (156)
AD Palladino 7/53 (23.5 overs)
298/8 (96.2 overs)
UT Khawaja 56 (137)
CE Shreck 4/99 (30 overs)
  • Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Derbyshire 19, Kent 5
8–10 August
Kent (H)
v
Essex won by 7 wickets
 
 
226 (84.3 overs)
MJ Powell 62 (128)
DD Masters 3/44 (18.1 overs)
273 (94.4 overs)
AJA Wheater 82 (109)
CE Shreck 5/51 (25.4 overs)
101 (37 overs)
DI Stevens 22 (32)
MA Chambers 4/31 (13 overs)
55/3 (18.3 overs)
ML Pettini 19* (29)
Azhar Mahmood 2/25 (8 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 4, Essex 21
15–18 August
v
Match drawn
 
 
300/9d (92.4 overs)
AJ Blake 73 (136)
WRS Gidman 3/75 (24 overs)
1/0d (0.1 overs)
RJ Nicol 1* (1)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field
  • No play on days 1 and 3 due to rain; Only 11.2 overs bowled on day 2
  • Points: Gloucestershire 6, Kent 6
28–31 August
v
Kent won by 147 runs
 
 
350/8d (92.2 overs)
BP Nash 119 (172)
RML Taylor 5/91 (19 overs)
171/3d (52.1 overs)
MAG Boyce 78* (141)
CE Shreck 2/63 (17 overs)
103/2d (23 overs)
AJ Blake 35* (50)
Michael Thornely 1/16 (6 overs)
135 (49.5 overs)
JKH Naik 33 (47)
DI Stevens 5/35 (14 overs)
  • Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field
  • No play on day 2 due to rain
  • Adam Riley replaced James Tredwell in the XI after day 1 due to an England call-up
    Points: Leicestershire 2, Kent 21
4–7 September
Kent (H)
v
Kent won by 222 runs
 
 
261 (82.3 overs)
GO Jones 80 (136)
TD Groenewald 3/63 (19 overs)
200 (79.2 overs)
WL Madsen 64 (135)
M Davies 5/27 (18 overs)
342/8d (101.3 overs)
SA Northeast 165 (306)
DJ Wainwright 3/77 (28 overs)
181 (108.2 overs)
UT Khawaja 53 (180)
DI Stevens 4/37 (19 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • James Tredwell replaced Adam Riley in the XI after day 2, having been released from England duty
    Points: Kent 21, Derbyshire 4
11–13 September
v
Glamorgan won by 7 wickets
 
 
390 (112.3 overs)
J Allenby 125* (163)
MT Coles 4/76 (18.3 overs)
170 (53.5 overs)
SA Northeast 62 (132)
RDB Croft 5/31 (11.5 overs)
61/3 (14.2 overs)
WD Bragg 25 (27)
MT Coles 2/28 (7 overs)
280 (83.4 overs) (f/o)
GO Jones 81 (148)
JC Glover 3/43 (14 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Glamorgan 23, Kent 3

Other first-class match

Tour match

13–15 July
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
 
 
210 (74.2 overs)
MJ Powell 48* (137)
Imran Tahir 4/31 (14.2 overs)
314 (93 overs)
HM Amla 77 (132)
CE Shreck 3/90 (24 overs)
105/0 (22 overs)
SA Northeast 54* (69)
  • South Africans won the toss and elected to field

Clydesdale Bank 40

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Sussex Sharks 12 7 1 0 4 18 1.012
2 Warwickshire Bears 12 8 3 0 1 17 0.660
3 Kent Spitfires 12 7 2 0 3 17 0.870
4 Derbyshire Falcons 12 4 5 0 3 11 −0.438
5 Yorkshire Carnegie 12 4 7 0 1 9 0.006
6 Northamptonshire Steelbacks 12 1 6 0 5 7 −0.568
7 Unicorns 12 1 8 0 3 5 −1.545
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

6 May
Yorkshire (H)
175/9 (40 overs)
v
Kent
176/6 (39.2 overs)
Kent won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
 
 
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: DJ Millns and P Willey
Player of the match: MT Coles (Kent)
JE Root 49 (64)
MT Coles 6/32 (8 overs)
DI Stevens 59 (51)
Azeem Rafiq 3/22 (8 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Yorkshire 0, Kent 2
20 May
Kent (H)
165 (39.5 overs)
v
Unicorns
166/6 (39 overs)
Unicorns won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
 
 
SA Northeast 69 (94)
RG Querl 4/41 (8 overs)
KA Parsons 46 (57)
JC Tredwell 4/24 (8 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Unicorns 2
1 June
Warwickshire
94/7 (26.3 overs)
v
(H) Kent
96/0 (16.3 overs)
Kent won by 10 wickets (with 57 balls remaining) (D/L method)
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: RA Kettleborough and RT Robinson
Player of the match: M Davies (Kent)
R Clarke 39 (56)
M Davies 3/10 (8 overs)
SW Billings 58* (54)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • The Warwickshire innings stopped by rain after 26.3 overs. Kent were then set a D/L target of 96 runs to win from 26 overs.
  • Points: Kent 2, Warwickshire 0
5 June
Unicorns (H)
177/8 (40 overs)
v
Kent
9/0 (3 overs)
No result
 
 
JE Ord 52 (76)
BP Nash 2/14 (6 overs)
SW Billings 5* (10)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Rain stopped play after 3 overs of Kent's innings
  • Points: Unicorns 1, Kent 1
10 June
Northamptonshire
168/5 (32 overs)
v
(H) Kent
6/0 (1 overs)
No result
 
 
NJ O'Brien 46 (71)
DI Stevens 2/33 (8 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Rain interrupted the Northamptonshire innings after 29 overs with the score at 137/4, reducing the match to 32 overs per side. The Kent innings was interrupted after 1 over with score at 6/0 and they were set a new D/L target of 138 runs to win from 18 overs, but no further play was possible
  • Points: Kent 1, Northamptonshire 1
16 July
Sussex (H)
v
No result (match abandoned without a toss)
 
 
  • Points: Sussex 1, Kent 1
31 July
Derbyshire (H)
62/5 (14 overs)
v
Kent
68/1 (10.5 overs)
Kent won by 9 wickets (with 19 balls remaining) (D/L method)
 
 
JL Clare 11* (3)
DI Stevens 2/3 (2 overs)
SW Billings 28* (30)
ML Turner 1/22 (3 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Rain interrupted the Derbyshire innings after 13 overs with the score at 46/4, reducing the innings to 14 overs per side. Kent were set a D/L target of 67 runs to win from 14 overs.
  • Points: Derbyshire 0, Kent 2
12 August
Kent (H)
248/6 (40 overs)
v
Derbyshire
137 (31.4 overs)
Kent won by 111 runs
 
 
SW Billings 143 (113)
PI Burgoyne 2/32 (7 overs)
WL Madsen 32 (47)
DI Stevens 5/36 (8 overs)
  • Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 2, Derbyshire 0
13 August
Warwickshire (H)
92 (30.4 overs)
v
Kent
93/4 (20.2 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 118 balls remaining)
 
 
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: NGC Cowley and JH Evans
Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
R Clarke 35* (66)
DI Stevens 4/25 (7.4 overs)
Azhar Mahmood 20* (16)
DL Maddy 2/30 (4.2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Warwickshire 0, Kent 2
19 August
Northamptonshire (H)
232/9 (40 overs)
v
Kent
233/5 (38.4 overs)
Kent won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
 
 
AG Wakely 74 (76)
MT Coles 3/45 (7 overs)
BP Nash 70* (52)
CD de Lange 3/35 (8 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Northamptonshire 0, Kent 2
22 August
Kent (H)
226/5 (40 overs)
v
Yorkshire
196 (38.2 overs)
Kent won by 30 runs
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: MJD Bodenham and RA Kettleborough
Player of the match: RWT Key (Kent)
RWT Key 101 (109)
MA Ashraf 2/36 (8 overs)
AW Gale 57 (88)
MT Coles 3/25 (4.2 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 2, Yorkshire 0
27 August
Kent (H)
210/5 (40 overs)
v
Sussex
211/1 (30 overs)
Sussex won by 9 wickets (with 60 balls remaining)
 
 
BP Nash 51* (59)
KO Wernars 1/32 (6 overs)
LJ Wright 101* (90)
DI Stevens 1/51 (7 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Sussex 2

Friends Life t20

South Division

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Sussex Sharks 10 6 1 0 3 15 1.389
2 Hampshire Royals 10 5 2 0 3 13 0.693
3 Essex Eagles 10 5 4 0 1 11 −0.032
4 Kent Spitfires 10 4 5 0 1 9 −0.465
5 Middlesex Panthers 10 3 7 0 0 6 −0.210
6 Surrey Lions 10 3 7 0 0 6 −0.700
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

12 June
Kent (H)
v
No result (match abandoned without a toss)
 
 
  • No toss
  • Points: Kent 1, Sussex 1
17 June
Surrey
176/3 (20 overs)
v
(H) Kent
120/2 (16.2 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
 
 
GC Wilson 53* (43)
Azhar Mahmood 2/12 (2 overs)
RWT Key 51* (46)
JW Dernbach 1/22 (3 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 2, Surrey 0
20 June
Essex (H)
158/6 (20 overs)
v
Kent
155 (20 overs)
Essex won by 3 runs
 
 
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: G Sharp and P Willey
Player of the match: JS Foster & GM Smith (both Essex)
JS Foster 51 (27)
AJ Ball 2/32 (4 overs)
SW Billings 59 (55)
GM Smith 5/17 (3 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Essex 2, Kent 0
22 June
Kent
151/5 (20 overs)
v
(H) Hampshire
148/6 (15.4 overs)
Kent won by 3 runs
 
 
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: JH Evans and JW Lloyds
Player of the match: SA Northeast (Kent)
SA Northeast 46* (26)
AD Mascarenhas 2/21 (4 overs)
JM Vince 31 (24)
JC Tredwell 2/27 (4 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Hampshire 0, Kent 2
24 June
Kent (H)
135/6 (20 overs)
v
Hampshire
138/4 (18.2 overs)
Hampshire win by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: MJD Bodenham and DJ Millns
Player of the match: GJ Maxwell (Hampshire)
DI Stevens 60 (44)
GJ Maxwell 2/10 (2 overs)
GJ Maxwell 66* (32)
AJ Ball 2/27 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Hampshire 2
26 June
Middlesex
207/2 (20 overs)
v
(H) Kent
159/7 (20 overs)
Middlesex won by 48 runs
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: MJD Bodenham and G Sharp
Player of the match: JL Denly (Middlesex)
JL Denly 90* (66)
JC Tredwell 1/23 (4 overs)
SA Northeast 60 (43)
NJ Dexter 3/22 (4 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Middlesex 2
29 June
Sussex (H)
212/6 (20 overs)
v
Kent
129 (19.4 overs)
Sussex won by 83 runs
 
 
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: NL Bainton and MA Gough
Player of the match: MW Goodwin (Sussex)
MW Goodwin 68* (31)
SJ Cook 3/41 (4 overs)
SW Billings 38 (37)
MJG Rippon 4/23 (4 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Sussex 2, Kent 0
5 July
Kent
136/8 (20 overs)
v
(H) Surrey
88 (17.3 overs)
Kent won by 48 runs
 
 
The Oval, Kennington, London
Umpires: NGB Cook and TE Jesty
Player of the match: AJ Blake (Kent)
AJ Blake 35 (26)
CT Tremlett 2/23 (4 overs)
ZS Ansari 25 (33)
Azhar Mahmood 3/12 (3 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Surrey 0, Kent 2
6 July
Essex
149/5 (20 overs)
v
(H) Kent
126/9 (20 overs)
Essex won by 23 runs
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: SC Gale and NA Mallender
Player of the match: ML Pettini (Essex)
ML Pettini 59 (45)
DI Stevens 3/13 (4 overs)
GO Jones 24* (17)
RJW Topley 3/19 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Essex 2
8 July
Middlesex (H)
124/9 (20 overs)
v
Kent
125/7 (19 overs)
Kent won by 3 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
 
 
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge
Umpires: RT Robinson and P Willey
Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
NJ Dexter 42 (38)
DI Stevens 3/23 (4 overs)
Azhar Mahmood 30 (26)
SP Crook 2/21 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Middlesex 0, Kent 2

MCCU match

Kent's 3-day match against Oxford MCCU in May did not have first-class status.

2–4 May
v
Match drawn
 
 
251/8d (69.4 overs)
AJ Blake 97 (148)
SS Agarwal 4/49 (16.4 overs)
192/7d (72.5 overs)
CAM Walker 64 (103)
AJ Blake 3/10 (7 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • No play on day 2
  • Match did not have first-class status

Statistics

Batting

First-class (County Championship and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Sam Northeast 12 19 2 969 165 57.00 53.00 3 6 1 112 3
Brendan Nash 16 24 5 908 132* 47.78 57.14 3 4 0 98 1
Rob Key 15 24 3 797 119 37.95 47.04 1 5 1 92 0
Mike Powell 17 21 4 695 134 40.88 44.38 2 3 4 87 1
Geraint Jones 16 20 4 677 88 42.31 52.03 0 7 1 74 3
Darren Stevens 16 20 0 619 123 30.95 61.71 2 2 3 89 2
Matt Coles 15 18 1 392 103* 23.05 72.45 1 1 4 47 9
Ben Harmison 12 17 1 325 46 20.31 40.72 0 0 0 36 1
James Tredwell 13 13 2 227 87 20.63 43.48 0 1 2 25 0
Mark Davies 15 16 4 227 58 18.91 47.48 0 1 2 30 8
Scott Newman 6 9 0 215 64 23.88 49.53 0 1 1 34 0
Alex Blake 5 8 1 164 73 23.42 44.56 0 1 1 24 0
Daniel Bell-Drummond 2 4 1 123 48* 41.00 51.89 0 0 1 19 0
Charlie Shreck 17 17 11 86 16 14.33 55.84 0 0 1 13 3
Azhar Mahmood 1 2 0 49 49 24.50 63.63 0 0 1 5 0
Simon Cook 2 2 0 28 15 14.00 51.85 0 0 0 4 0
Adam Riley 6 6 0 20 8 3.33 13.69 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Billings 1 1 0 13 13 13.00 46.42 0 0 0 1 0
Ivan Thomas 2 2 1 0 0* 0.00 0.00 0 0 1 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[15]
List A (Clydesdale Bank 40)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Sam Billings 11 11 4 315 143 45.00 100.00 1 1 0 44 1
Rob Key 11 11 3 283 101 35.37 73.50 1 0 1 26 2
Sam Northeast 11 8 1 198 69 28.28 71.48 0 1 1 12 1
Darren Stevens 11 7 0 197 59 28.14 80.08 0 1 0 23 0
Brendan Nash 9 5 3 189 70* 94.50 95.45 0 2 0 12 0
Geraint Jones 11 6 5 152 52* 152.00 117.82 0 1 0 11 2
Alex Blake 8 7 1 77 18* 12.83 68.75 0 0 0 12 0
Azhar Mahmood 4 2 1 28 20* 28.00 93.33 0 0 0 3 1
James Tredwell 10 3 2 19 14 19.00 73.07 0 0 0 2 0
Mark Davies 9 1 1 3 3* - 25.00 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Coles 9 1 0 2 2 2.00 28.57 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Ball 5 1 0 1 1 1.00 33.33 0 0 0 0 0
Simon Cook 7 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Adam Riley 2 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Source:Cricinfo[16]
Twenty20 (Friends Life t20)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Sam Billings 9 9 0 216 59 24.00 101.88 0 1 0 17 4
Darren Stevens 9 9 1 207 60 25.87 135.29 0 1 0 11 12
Sam Northeast 9 8 1 192 60 27.42 122.29 0 1 0 19 4
Rob Key 8 8 1 116 51* 16.57 91.33 0 1 0 12 2
Azhar Mahmood 8 8 0 110 30 13.75 98.21 0 0 1 7 3
Alex Blake 4 4 0 75 35 17.50 127.27 0 0 1 3 4
Brendan Nash 6 5 1 69 26 17.25 106.15 0 0 0 7 0
Geraint Jones 9 7 3 64 24* 16.00 101.58 0 0 0 2 2
Adam Ball 9 6 2 39 18 9.75 130.00 0 0 0 4 1
Matt Coles 6 5 2 31 14* 10.33 124.00 0 0 1 6 0
Simon Cook 4 4 3 30 19* 30.00 115.38 0 0 0 1 1
Mark Davies 9 4 1 15 13 5.00 83.33 0 0 2 1 0
Adam Riley 3 1 1 5 5* - 125.00 0 0 0 0 0
James Tredwell 6 2 0 3 2 1.50 60.00 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[17]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5w 10w
Charlie Shreck 17 27 526.3 122 1,544 58 5/41 9/140 26.62 2.93 54.4 2 0
Matt Coles 15 24 357.4 46 1,197 53 6/51 9/83 22.58 3.34 40.4 2 0
Mark Davies 15 24 368.3 128 699 36 5/27 7/58 19.41 1.89 61.4 1 0
Darren Stevens 16 23 304.3 63 840 35 5/35 6/46 24.00 2.75 52.2 1 0
James Tredwell 13 15 301 78 752 19 3/38 5/118 39.57 2.49 95.0 0 0
Adam Riley 6 8 81.4 19 301 7 2/43 3/111 43.00 3.68 70.0 0 0
Brendan Nash 16 10 28.5 1 72 4 1/2 1/2 18.00 2.49 43.2 0 0
Ivan Thomas 2 2 35.0 11 88 3 2/29 2/29 29.33 2.51 70.0 0 0
Azhar Mahmood 1 2 21.0 5 71 2 2/25 2/71 35.50 3.38 63.0 0 0
Simon Cook 2 1 12.0 5 19 1 1/19 1/19 19.00 1.58 72.0 0 0
Alex Blake 5 1 1.0 0 1 0 - - - 1.00 - 0 0
Rob Key 15 2 4.0 1 27 0 - - - 6.75 - 0 0
Scott Newman 6 1 6.0 0 31 0 - - - 5.16 - 0 0
Ben Harmison 12 4 19.0 2 66 0 - - - 3/47 - 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[18]
List A (Clydesdale Bank 40)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Darren Stevens 11 11 74.1 2 326 20 5/36 16.30 4.39 22.2 1 1
Matt Coles 9 9 52.2 3 281 17 6/32 16.52 5.36 18.4 0 1
James Tredwell 10 10 61.4 1 300 13 4/24 23.07 4.86 28.4 1 0
Mark Davies 9 9 69.0 12 255 10 3/10 25.50 3.69 41.4 0 0
Simon Cook 7 7 39.0 0 187 5 2/30 37.40 4.79 46.8 0 0
Adam Ball 5 5 27.0 2 142 4 2/39 35.50 5.25 40.5 0 0
Azhar Mahmood 4 4 17.0 0 83 3 2/14 27.66 4.88 34.0 0 0
Brendan Nash 9 5 18.0 0 75 2 2/14 37.50 4.16 54.0 0 0
Adam Riley 2 2 4.0 0 19 0 - - 4.75 - 0 0
Source:Cricinfo[19]
Twenty20 (Friends Life t20)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Adam Ball 9 9 28.3 0 217 12 2/18 18.08 7.61 14.2 0 0
Azhar Mahmood 8 8 24.2 0 212 10 3/12 21.20 8.71 14.6 0 0
Darren Stevens 9 9 22.0 0 135 7 3/13 19.28 6.13 18.8 0 0
Mark Davies 9 9 36.0 0 206 7 2/18 29.42 5.72 30.8 0 0
Simon Cook 4 4 14.0 0 103 4 3/41 25.75 7.35 21.0 0 0
James Tredwell 6 6 23.0 0 149 4 2/27 37.25 6.47 34.5 0 0
Matt Coles 6 6 16.0 0 192 4 2/46 48.00 12.00 24.0 0 0
Adam Riley 3 3 9.0 0 61 2 2/15 30.50 6.77 27.0 0 0
Brendan Nash 6 1 3.0 0 32 1 1/32 32.00 10.66 18.0 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[20]

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