Kent County Cricket Club in 2012

Kent County Cricket Club

2012 season
Coach	Jimmy Adams
Captain	Rob Key
Overseas player	Brendan Nash
Ground(s)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship	7th, Division Two
Clydesdale Bank 40	3rd, Group C
Friends Life t20	5th, South Group
Most runs	FC: SA Northeast (969) LA: SW Billings (315) T20: SW Billings (216)
Most wickets	FC: CE Shreck (58) LA: DI Stevens (20) T20: AJ Ball (12)
Most catches	FC: JC Tredwell (13) LA: DI Stevens (7); JC Tredwell (7) T20: RWT Key (5)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	FC: GO Jones (52) LA: GO Jones (16) T20: GO Jones (10)
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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 2005.

In addition to Denly, Martin van Jaarsveld 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

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• 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	3 August 1993 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Alex Blake	England	25 January 1989 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Fabian Cowdrey	England	30 January 1993 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Robert Key	England	12 May 1979 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Club captain
Brendan Nash	Jamaica	14 December 1977 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Left arm medium	Overseas Player
Scott Newman	England	3 November 1979 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right arm medium	On loan from Middlesex
Sam Northeast	England	16 October 1989 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Chris Piesley	England	12 February 1992 (aged 20)	Left-handed	Right arm off break
Mike Powell	Wales	3 February 1977 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
All-rounders
Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan	28 February 1975 (aged 37)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	British Citizen
Adam Ball	England	1 March 1993 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Left arm fast-medium
Matt Coles	England	26 May 1990 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Ben Harmison	England	9 January 1986 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Darren Stevens	England	30 April 1976 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Sam Billings	England	15 June 1991 (aged 20)	Right-handed	—
Geraint Jones	England	14 July 1979 (aged 32)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Mitchell Claydon	England	25 January 1982 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Simon Cook	England	15 January 1977 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Mark Davies	England	4 October 1980 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Ben Kemp	England	26 May 1993 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Adam Riley	England	23 March 1992 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Ashley Shaw	England	15 April 1991 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Left arm fast-medium
Charlie Shreck	England	6 January 1978 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Ivan Thomas	England	25 September 1991 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
James Tredwell	England	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	Kent	v	(H) Yorkshire	Match drawn
Scorecard	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)	Headingley, Leeds Umpires: MA Eggleston and NA Mallender
			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	Kent	v	(H) Northamptonshire	Kent won by an innings and 120 runs
Scorecard	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)	County Ground, Northampton Umpires: PK Baldwin and RK Illingworth
	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	Gloucestershire	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	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)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: SA Garratt and PJ Hartley
	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	Yorkshire	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	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)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: TE Jesty and P Willey
Kent won the toss and elected to field No play on day 4 Points: Kent 10, Yorkshire 7

9–12 May	Kent	v	(H) Essex	Match drawn
Scorecard	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)	County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: SJ O'Shaughnessy and G Sharp
	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	Northamptonshire	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	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)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGB Cook and NGC Cowley
	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	Leicestershire	v	(H) Kent	Kent won by an innings an 279 runs
Scorecard	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)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: I Dawood and TE Jesty
	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	Hampshire	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	303/8d (101.5 overs) LA Dawson 134* (286) M Davies 2/40 (23 overs)		Innings forfeited	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: SC Gale and RK Illingworth
	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	Glamorgan	Match drawn
Scorecard	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)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: SC Gale and DJ Millns
	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	Hampshire (H)	v	Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	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)	The Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: PJ Hartley and SJ O'Shaughnessy
	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	Kent	v	(H) Derbyshire	Derbyshire won by 2 wickets
Scorecard	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)	County Ground, Derby Umpires: RJ Bailey and MA Gough
	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	Essex won by 7 wickets
Scorecard	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)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NJ Llong and JW Lloyds
	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	Kent	v	(H) Gloucestershire	Match drawn
Scorecard	300/9d (92.4 overs) AJ Blake 73 (136) WRS Gidman 3/75 (24 overs)		1/0d (0.1 overs) RJ Nicol 1* (1)	County Ground, Bristol Umpires: NL Bainton and BJ Debenham
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	Kent	v	(H) Leicestershire	Kent won by 147 runs
Scorecard	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)	Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: MA Gough and G Sharp
	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	Derbyshire	Kent won by 222 runs
Scorecard	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)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGB Cook and NA Mallender
	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	Glamorgan (H)	v	Kent	Glamorgan won by 7 wickets
Scorecard	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)	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: SA Garratt and TE Jesty
	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	South Africans	Match drawn
Scorecard	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)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: JH Evans and TE Jesty
	105/0 (22 overs) SA Northeast 54* (69)
South Africans won the toss and elected to field

Clydesdale Bank 40

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Sussex Sharks	12	7	1	0	4	18	+1.012
Warwickshire Bears	12	8	3	0	1	17	+0.660
Kent Spitfires	12	7	2	0	3	17	+0.870
Derbyshire Falcons	12	4	5	0	3	11	-0.438
Yorkshire Carnegie	12	4	7	0	1	9	+0.006
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	12	1	6	0	5	7	-0.568
Unicorns	12	1	8	0	3	5	-1.545
Source: Cricinfo[15]

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)
Scorecard				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)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGB Cook and NGC Cowley
	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)
Scorecard				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
Scorecard				Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea Umpires: MJD Bodenham and PJ Hartley
	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
Scorecard				Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: SC Gale and RK Illingworth
	NJ O'Brien 46 (71) DI Stevens 2/33 (8 overs)		SW Billings 5* (5)
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	Kent	No result (match abandoned without a ball bowled)
Scorecard				Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Umpires: NJ Llong and SJ O'Shaughnessy
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)
Scorecard				County Ground, Derby Umpires: RJ Bailey and RK Illingworth
	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
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NJ Llong and JW Lloyds
	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)
Scorecard				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)
Scorecard				County Ground, Northampton Umpires: RJ Bailey and JH Evans
	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
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: MJD Bodenham and RA Kettleborough Player of the match: RWT Key
	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)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RA Kettleborough and JW Lloyds
	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

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Sussex Sharks	10	6	1	0	3	15	+1.389
Hampshire Royals	10	5	2	0	3	13	+0.693
Essex Eagles	10	5	4	0	1	11	–0.032
Kent Spitfires	10	4	5	0	1	9	–0.465
Middlesex Panthers	10	3	7	0	0	6	–0.210
Surrey Lions	10	3	7	0	0	6	-0.700
Source: Cricinfo[16]

Matches

12 June	Kent (H)	v	Sussex	No result (match abandoned without a ball bowled)
Scorecard				Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: RJ Bailey and RT Robinson
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)
Scorecard				County Cricket Ground, Beckenham, Beckenham Umpires: NL Bainton and SJ O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: RWT Key (Kent)
	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
Scorecard				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
Scorecard				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)
Scorecard				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
Scorecard				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
Scorecard				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
Scorecard				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
Scorecard				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)
Scorecard				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	Kent	v	(H) Oxford MCCU	Match drawn
Scorecard	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)	The Parks, Oxford Umpires: N Duguid and RK Illingworth
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
Robert 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[17]

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
Robert 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	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adam Riley	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Source:Cricinfo[18]

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
Robert 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[19]

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	1544	58	5/41	9/140	26.62	2.93	54.4	2	0
Matt Coles	15	24	357.4	46	1197	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
Robert 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[20]

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	488	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[21]

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[22]

References

1. Joe Denly, Martin van Jaarsveld and coach Paul Farbrace leave Kent, BBC Sport website, 2011-9-28. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
2. Kent sign West Indian batsman Brendan Nash, BBC Sport website, 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
3. Querl stars as Unicorns win, ESPN Cricinfo, 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
4. Rain denies Kent revenge shot, ESPN Cricinfo, 2012-06-5. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
5. Wright, Prior blast Sussex into semis, ESPN Cricinfo, 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
6. Australia A tour of England, 2012, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
7. Charlie Shreck leaves Nottinghamshire to join Kent, BBC Sport website, 2011-9-6. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
8. Former Glamorgan batsman Michael Powell joins Kent, BBC Sport website, 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
9. Kent snap up all-rounder Ben Harmison, BBC Sport website, 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
10. Middlesex opener Scott Newman joins Kent on loan, BBC Sport website, 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
11. Joe Denly has signed for Middlesex, BBC Sport website, 2011-9-28. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
12. Martin van Jaarsveld cancels Leicestershire deal and retires, BBC Sport website, 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
13. Simon Cook calls time at Kent, Kent County Cricket Club, 2012-8-30. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
14. 2012 Championship Division Two points table, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
15. 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40 Points Table, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
16. 2012 Friends Life t20 Points Table, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
17. Season 2012 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most runs, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
18. Season 2012 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most runs, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
19. Season 2012 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most runs, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
20. Season 2012 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most wickets, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
21. Season 2012 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most wickets, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
22. Season 2012 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most wickets, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

External links

• Kent home at ESPN cricinfo
• Kent County Cricket Club official site