Kent County Cricket Club in 2014

Kent County Cricket Club

2014 season
Coach	Jimmy Adams
Captain	Robert Key
Overseas player	Doug Bollinger
Ground(s)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
County Championship	6th, Division Two
Royal London One-Day Cup	Semi-Final
NatWest t20 Blast	6th, South Group
Most runs	FC: DJ Bell-Drummond (1058) LA: SW Billings (490) T20: RWT Key (384)
Most wickets	FC: ME Claydon (59) LA: DE Bollinger (15) T20: DI Stevens (18)
Most catches	FC: DI Stevens (16) LA: AJ Blake (5); DI Stevens (5) T20: AJ Ball (9)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	FC: SW Billings (59) LA: SW Billings (11) T20: SW Billings (11)
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In 2014, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group B of the 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup and the South Group of the NatWest t20 Blast. Kent also hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against Loughborough MCCU at the start of the season. It was the third season in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams. The club captain was former England batsmen Rob Key, who resumed the captaincy after James Tredwell had spent one season in the role. Australia bowler Doug Bollinger signed for the club for the 2014 season.^[1] Other new additions to the squad included fast bowlers Mitchell Claydon – who had a load spell with Kent in 2013 – from Durham, David Griffiths from Hampshire and former Kent player Robbie Joseph.^[2][3]

With young off-spinner Adam Riley getting an extended run in the side, James Tredwell signed a short-term loan deal with Sussex in order to play first-class cricket in Division One of the County Championship. He continued to play List A and T20 cricket for Kent during this time.^[4]

Kent had a slightly better season than in 2013, but remained struggling in mid-table of the County Championship Division Two and again made little impact in the NatWest t20 Blast. They did however reach the semi-finals of the Royal London One-Day Cup, where they were beaten by Warwickshire.

Bowler Mark Davies was forced to retire from playing in September after failing to recover from a shoulder injury.^[5] At the end of the season, and having lost his place in the first team to Sam Billings, former England wicket-keeper Geraint Jones left the county to join Gloucestershire as four-day captain after 15 seasons with Kent.^[6]

James Tredwell continued to earn international recognition for England in 2014, taking 23 wickets in 20 One Day Internationals (taking his total to 59 wickets in 44 ODIs) and 4 wickets in 10 T20 Internationals (for a career total of 7 wickets in 17 T20Is). Tredwell featured in all of England's matches at the 2014 World Twenty20.

Squad

• 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, 6 April 2014.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
4	Robert Key	England	12 May 1979 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Club captain
10	Alex Blake	England	25 January 1989 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
17	Sam Northeast	England	16 October 1989 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Vice-captain
23	Daniel Bell-Drummond	England	3 August 1993 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
30	Fabian Cowdrey	England	30 January 1993 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
40	Brendan Nash	Jamaica	14 December 1977 (aged 36)	Left-handed	Left arm medium	Kolpak Registration
All-rounders
3	Darren Stevens	England	30 April 1976 (aged 37)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
21	Ben Harmison	England	9 January 1986 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
24	Adam Ball	England	1 March 1993 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Left arm fast-medium
25	Calum Haggett	England	30 October 1990 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
26	Matt Coles	England	26 May 1990 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
9	Geraint Jones	England	14 July 1979 (aged 34)	Right-handed	—
20	Sam Billings	England	15 June 1991 (aged 22)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
5	Ivan Thomas	England	25 September 1991 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
6	Doug Bollinger	Australia	24 July 1981 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Left arm fast-medium	Overseas player
8	Mitchell Claydon	England	25 January 1982 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
11	Imran Qayyum	England	23 May 1993 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
12	Robbie Joseph	England	20 January 1982 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right arm fast
14	Matt Hunn	England	22 March 1994 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
15	James Tredwell	England	27 February 1982 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right arm off break
18	David Griffiths	England	10 November 1985 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
19	Sam Weller	England	21 November 1994 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
22	Charlie Hartley	England	4 January 1994 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
31	Mark Davies	England	4 October 1980 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
33	Adam Riley	England	23 March 1992 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm off break

County Championship

Division Two

Team	Pld	W	L	T	D	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Hampshire (C)	16	7	1	0	8	0	50	38	0	240
Worcestershire (P)	16	8	3	0	5	0	37	47	0	237
Essex	16	7	2	0	7	0	37	45	0	229
Derbyshire	16	6	5	0	5	0	26	41	0	188
Surrey	16	4	5	0	7	0	43	44	3	183
Kent	16	4	6	0	6	0	35	42	0	171
Gloucestershire	16	4	5	0	7	0	28	36	0	163
Glamorgan	16	3	6	0	7	0	29	41	0	153
Leicestershire	16	0	10	0	6	0	36	42	0	108

Source: ^[7][8]

Matches

13–16 April	Worcestershire (H)	v	Kent	Worcestershire won by 125 runs
Scorecard	224 (76.3 overs) AN Kervezee 54 (102) RH Joseph 3/43 (17 overs)		229 (96.5 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 61 (163) GM Andrew 4/42 (17 overs)	New Road, Worcester Umpires: SC Gale and IJ Gould
	270 (88.4 overs) OB Cox 89 (121) DE Bollinger 5/43 (19 overs)		140 (51 overs) BP Nash 28 (91) GM Andrew 4/43 (13 overs)
Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Worcestershire 20, Kent 4

20–23 April	Leicestershire	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	333 (96.5 overs) MAG Boyce 68 (137) DI Stevens 3/46 (24 overs)		269/7d (82.4 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 58 (134) RML Taylor 2/40 (11 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and G Sharp
	259/5d (59.1 overs) GP Smith 118 (175) DE Bollinger 2/48 (11 overs)		89/4 (36 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 39* (110) JKH Naik 2/34 (15 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 10, Leicestershire 10

4–7 May	Surrey	v	(H) Kent	Kent won by 8 wickets
Scorecard	285 (102.5 overs) JJ Roy 60 (100) AEN Riley 4/77 (24 overs)		435 (112.2 overs) BP Nash 126 (157) MP Dunn 3/104 (27 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RK Illingworth and GD Lloyd
	203 (87.5 overs) SM Davies 40 (65) AEN Riley 5/78 (34.5 overs)		54/2 (9.3 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 29* (24) A Kapil 2/29 (5 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 24, Surrey 5

11–14 May	Derbyshire (H)	v	Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	118 (49.3 overs) AL Hughes 36* (85) DI Stevens 5/24 (20.3 overs)		235/6d (47.2 overs) BP Nash 95* (98) TD Groenewald 2/59 (11 overs)	County Ground, Derby Umpires: SA Garratt and P Willey
	106/0 (28 overs) SC Moore 73* (93)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Derbyshire 7, Kent 9

18–21 May	Gloucestershire (H)	v	Kent	Gloucestershire won by 290 runs
Scorecard	252 (78.4 overs) GH Roderick 59 (84) AEN Riley 3/51 (21.4 overs)		114 (46 overs) SW Billings 42 (103) WRS Gidman 4/14 (12 overs)	County Ground, Bristol Umpires: IJ Gould and G Sharp
	443/6d (103 overs) HJH Marshall 118 (243) DI Stevens 5/87 (21 overs)		291 (92.4 overs) BW Harmison 125 (218) WRS Gidman 3/54 (20 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Gloucestershire 21, Kent 3

25–28 May	Kent (H)	v	Worcestershire	Match drawn
Scorecard	258 (96.4 overs) SA Northeast 53 (132) J Leach 5/36 (12.4 overs)		67/0 (17 overs) DKH Mitchell 33* (55)	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: JW Lloyds and SJ O'Shaughnessy
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 7, Worcestershire 8

7–10 June	Kent (H)	v	Essex	Match drawn
Scorecard	387 (112 overs) DI Stevens 105 (99) JD Ryder 5/54 (23 overs)		440 (118 overs) RS Bopara 162 (294) ME Claydon 5/82 (27 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGB Cook and NJ Llong
	255/8d (91 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 92 (257) JD Ryder 5/56 (22 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 11, Essex 13

15–18 June	Kent	v	(H) Glamorgan	Glamorgan won by an innings and 11 runs
Scorecard	253 (102.4 overs) RWT Key 63 (147) MG Hogan 5/58 (26.4 overs)		527 (141.2 overs) JA Rudolph 103 (170) AEN Riley 5/157 (42 overs)	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: NGC Cowley and AG Wharf
	263 (71 overs) DI Stevens 60 (57) MG Hogan 5/67 (17 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Glamorgan 24, Kent 3

22–24 June	Kent (H)	v	Derbyshire	Kent won by 10 wickets
Scorecard	333 (120.3 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 101 (268) AP Palladino 5/62 (30 overs)		115 (48 overs) AP Palladino 24 (63) AEN Riley 4/30 (16 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Bailey and MJD Bodenham
	41/0 (10.1 overs) RWT Key 26* (29)		256 (92.1 overs) (f/o) AL Hughes 82 (174) DI Stevens 6/64 (30)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 22, Derbyshire 2

7–10 July	Leicestershire (H)	v	Kent	Kent won by 6 wickets
Scorecard	217 (55 overs) AJ Robson 56 (80) ME Claydon 5/77 (21 overs)		302 (86.4 overs) ME Claydon 77 (91) NL Buck 4/97 (26 overs)	Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: AK Chaudhary and PJ Hartley
	388 (103.1 overs) JJ Cobb 137 (243) DI Stevens 5/85 (33.1 overs)		306/4 (68.5 overs) SA Northeast 112* (143) NL Buck 2/68 (17 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Leicestershire 4, Kent 22

20–23 July	Kent	v	(H) Surrey	Kent won by 89 runs
Scorecard	408 (110 overs) SA Northeast 91 (153) SC Meaker 4/106 (34 overs)		398 (109.4 overs) JJ Roy 84 (115) DI Stevens 4/110 (32 overs)	Woodbridge Road, Guildford Umpires: RJ Bailey and PK Baldwin
	292 (83.2 overs) RWT Key 59 (114) SC Meaker 7/90 (28.2 overs)		213 (53.5 overs) TM Dilshan 68 (64) DI Stevens 5/68 (20.5 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to field Points: Surrey 7, Kent 24

15–18 August	Hampshire	v	(H) Kent	Hampshire won by 196 runs
Scorecard	380 (107.1 overs) SM Ervine 75 (112) ME Claydon 3/72 (25 overs)		191 (55.1 overs) DI Stevens 64 (68) CP Wood 5/39 (14 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: BJ Debenham and MA Gough
	311/5d (84.4 overs) JHK Adams 97 (198) FK Cowdrey 3/59 (12.4 overs)		304 (88.4 overs) DI Stevens 74 (81) MT Coles 3/68 (21 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 3, Hampshire 23

31 August – 3 September	Glamorgan	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	329 (89.1 overs) CB Cooke 171 (214) ME Claydon 4/47 (20 overs)		387 (132.3 overs) SA Northeast 102 (202) KA Bull 4/62 (25.3 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and DJ Millns
	415/9d (112.1 overs) GG Wagg 116* (183) ME Claydon 3/36 (15 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 11, Glamorgan 9

9–11 September	Kent	v	(H) Essex	Essex won by 9 wickets
Scorecard	198 (61.4 overs) SA Northeast 117 (151) GR Napier 3/44 (13 overs)		328 (92.1 overs) JS Foster 108 (188) DI Stevens 5/83 (30.1 overs)	County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: SC Gale and IJ Gould
	151 (43.2 overs) BP Nash 34 (37) GR Napier 4/28 (9.2 overs)		22/1 (2.5 overs) T Westley 8* (4) MD Hunn 1/7 (1 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Essex 22, Kent 3

15–18 September	Kent	v	(H) Hampshire	Match drawn
Scorecard	507 (149.4 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 153 (336) MT Coles 4/84 (31 overs)		351 (104.5 overs) SM Ervine 121 (173) JC Tredwell 4/102 (32.5 overs)	Ageas Bowl, Southampton Umpires: NGC Cowley and DJ Millns
			248/9 (95 overs) (f/o) WR Smith 142* (304) AEN Riley 4/36 (19 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Hampshire 10, Kent 12

23–26 September	Gloucestershire	v	(H) Kent	Gloucestershire won by 244 runs
Scorecard	179 (57 overs) DA Payne 54* (89) ME Claydon 5/61 (20 overs)		164 (63.4 overs) SW Billings 73 (118) CN Miles 3/20 (13 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and SA Garratt
	432 (115.3 overs) APR Gidman 140 (178) DA Griffiths 6/63 (21.3 overs)		203 (57.1 overs) SA Northeast 62 (114) TMJ Smith 4/35 (10.1 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 3, Gloucestershire 19

Other First-Class Match

MCCU Matches

7–9 April (three-day match)	Loughborough MCCU	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	271 (84.2 overs) WA MacVicar 79 (101) ME Claydon 4/50 (18.2 overs)		339/5d (89.5 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 103 (176) WA MacVicar 1/21 (10 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Bailey and RJ Evans
Kent won the toss and elected to field

Royal London One-Day Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
Nottinghamshire Outlaws	8	4	1	1	2	0	11	+0.364
Kent Spitfires	8	4	1	1	2	0	11	+0.245
Warwickshire Bears	8	4	3	0	1	0	9	+0.343
Durham	8	4	3	0	1	0	9	+0.212
Glamorgan	8	4	4	0	0	0	8	+0.230
Somerset	8	3	4	1	0	0	7	+0.067
Middlesex Panthers	8	3	4	0	1	0	7	−0.280
Sussex Sharks	8	3	5	0	0	0	6	−0.501
Surrey	8	1	5	1	1	0	4	−0.643

Source: ^[9]

Matches

29 July	Durham 271/7 (50 overs)	v	(H) Kent 274/8 (49.2 overs)	Kent won by 2 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: MJD Bodenham and MA Gough
	CS MacLeod 94 (139) ME Claydon 2/41 (9 overs)		SW Billings 64 (54) C Rushworth 3/59 (10 overs)
Durham won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Durham 0

31 July	Kent 383/7 (50 overs)	v	(H) Somerset 371/8 (48 overs)	Kent won by 2 runs (D/L method)
Scorecard				County Ground, Taunton Umpires: NGC Cowley and DJ Millns
	SW Billings 135* (58) AC Thomas 2/82 (10 overs)		NRD Compton 56 (59) DE Bollinger 3/77 (10 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to field Rain reduced the Somerset innings to 48 overs with a target of 374 to win Points: Somerset 0, Kent 2

5 August	Kent 314/8 (50 overs)	v	(H) Surrey 314/9 (50 overs)	Match tied
Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: SA Garratt and PJ Hartley
	SW Billings 87 (42) CT Tremlett 4/38 (10 overs)		VS Solanki 83 (88) JC Tredwell 2/42 (10 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Surrey 1, Kent 1

6 August	Glamorgan 209 (46.4 overs)	v	(H) Kent 210/4 (43.4 overs)	Kent won by 6 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NA Mallender and G Sharp
	CB Cooke 73 (100) DE Bollinger 5/35 (10 overs)		DI Stevens 62* (59) DA Cosker 3/56 (10 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Glamorgan 0

8 August	Nottinghamshire (H) 228/7 (38 overs)	v	Kent 48/2 (8 overs)	No result
Scorecard				Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: NGB Cook and SC Gale
	CB Cooke 62 (60) ME Claydon 3/37 (8 overs)		SA Northeast 21 (28) A Shahzad 1/9 (2 overs)
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat Match reduced to 43 overs per side before play began due to rain. Rain interrupted the Nottinghamshire innings after 16 overs, and the match was reduced to 38 overs per side. Kent were set a (Duckworth-Lewis) target of 232 from 38 overs to win, but the innings was ended by rain after 8 overs. Points: Nottinghamshire 1, Kent 1

10 August	Warwickshire (H)	v	Kent	No result (match abandoned without a ball bowled)
Scorecard				Rugby School Ground, Rugby Umpires: RJ Bailey and NL Bainton
Points: Warwickshire 1, Kent 1

13 August	Kent (H) 299 (49.5 overs)	v	Sussex 183 (31.3 overs)	Kent won 59 runs (D/L method)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Evans and MA Gough
	DJ Bell-Drummond 83 (103) Yasir Arafat 4/49 (9.5 overs)		EC Joyce 47 (39) JC Tredwell 4/27 (7 overs)
Sussex won the toss and elected to field Rain reduced the Sussex innings to 45 overs with a target of 284 to win. A further rain delay after 14.5 overs reduced the Sussex innings to 35 overs with a target of 243 to win. Points: Kent 2, Sussex 0

20 August	Kent (H) 191 (43.1 overs)	v	Middlesex 193/3 (43.5 overs)	Middlesex won by 7 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGC Cowley and AG Wharf
	DJ Bell-Drummond 51 (70) JL Denly 2/31 (5 overs)		DC Malan 76* (123) JC Tredwell 1/28 (10 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 0, Middlesex 2

Quarter-Finals

29 August	Kent (H) 242 (48.3 overs)	v	Gloucestershire 218 (47.3 overs)	Kent won by 24 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: SJ O'Shaughnessy and P Willey Player of the match: SW Billings
	SA Northeast 78 (123) DA Payne 5/44 (9.3 overs)		GH Roderick 43 (66) FK Cowdrey 2/28 (6 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat

Semi-Finals

4 September	Kent 215/8 (50 overs)	v	(H) Warwickshire 219/4 (46.3 overs)	Warwickshire won by 6 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: SJ O'Shaughnessy and RT Robinson Player of the match: WB Rankin
	SW Billings 40* (40) WB Rankin 3/34 (10 overs)		IJL Trott 58 (68) DA Griffiths 2/29 (8 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat

Other List A Matches

Tour Matches

2014 Sri Lanka tour of England

16 May	Sri Lankans 301/7 (50 overs)	v	(H) Kent 173 (36.3 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 128 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: I Dawood and RA Kettleborough
	AD Mathews 51 (59) RH Joseph 4/58 (10 overs)		AJ Blake 60 (65) RAS Lakmal 3/16 (7 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field

27 August	New Zealand A 239 (48.2 overs)	v	(H) Kent 67 (23.4 overs)	New Zealand A won by 172 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: SJ O'Shaughnessy and BV Taylor
	DG Brownlie 112 (101) DA Griffiths 3/59 (8 overs)		DJ Bell-Drummond 19 (35) MD Craig 3/6 (2.4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Originally scheduled as a three-day first-class match (25–27 August), but after no play on days 1 and 2 due to rain, match was abandoned early and replaced with a one-day List A match

NatWest t20 Blast

South Group

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
Essex Eagles	14	10	4	0	0	0	20	+0.401
Surrey	14	9	5	0	0	0	18	+0.426
Hampshire	14	9	5	0	0	0	18	+0.136
Glamorgan	14	6	5	1	2	0	15	+0.145
Somerset	14	6	7	0	1	0	13	−0.107
Kent Spitfires	14	6	7	1	0	0	13	−0.229
Sussex Sharks	14	6	8	0	0	0	12	−0.022
Gloucestershire Gladiators	14	5	7	0	2	2	10	−0.362
Middlesex Panthers	14	2	11	0	1	0	5	−0.457

Source: ^[10]

Matches

23 May	Kent 164/5 (13 overs)	v	(H) Somerset 122/5 (15 overs)	Kent won by 42 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Taunton Umpires: M Burns and NA Mallender Player of the match: DJ Bell-Drummond (Kent)
	DJ Bell-Drummond 59 (30) DP Nannes 2/15 (3 overs)		JC Hildreth 58* (29) DE Bollinger 3/36 (3 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to field Match reduced to 13 overs per side before play began due to rain Points: Somerset 2, Kent 0

30 May	Kent (H) 172/6 (20 overs)	v	Gloucestershire 115/9 (20.0 overs)	Kent won by 21 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: MJD Bodenham and G Sharp Player of the match: AEN Riley (Kent)
	AJ Blake 41 (30) BAC Howell 3/21 (4 overs)		HJH Marshall 26 (20) AEN Riley 4/22 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Gloucestershire 0

5 June	Hampshire (H) 171/7 (20 overs)	v	Kent 149/4 (20 overs)	Hampshire won by 22 runs
Scorecard				Ageas Bowl, Southampton Umpires: GD Lloyd and P Willey Player of the match: MA Carberry (Hampshire)
	MA Carberry 73 (58) DE Bollinger 3/19 (4 overs)		RWT Key 89* (63) DR Briggs 3/28 (4 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Hampshire 2, Kent 0

6 June	Kent (H) 208/4 (20 overs)	v	Middlesex 192 (19.4 overs)	Kent won by 16 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGB Cook and NJ Llong Player of the match: DT Christian (Middlesex)
	AJ Blake 58* (31) DT Christian 2/29 (3 overs)		DT Christian 129 (57) DA Griffiths 4/22 (3.4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Middlesex 0

11 June	Kent (H) 189/5 (20 overs)	v	Essex 193/4 (19 overs)	Essex won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Bailey and SA Garratt Player of the match: RS Bopara (Essex)
	RWT Key 62 (40) TS Mills 3/41 (4 overs)		RS Bopara 81* (44) DI Stevens 2/30 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 0, Essex 2

13 June	Glamorgan (H) 177/7 (20 overs)	v	Kent 177/9 (20 overs)	Match tied
Scorecard				Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: GD Lloyd and DJ Millns Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
	J Allenby 54 (37) DI Stevens 3/22 (4 overs)		DI Stevens 71 (39) DJG Sammy 2/29 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Glamorgan 1, Kent 1

20 June	Sussex 149/8 (20 overs)	v	(H) Kent 114 (18.4 overs)	Sussex won by 35 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: JH Evans and NA Mallender Player of the match: LJ Wright (Sussex)
	LJ Wright 85 (61) JC Tredwell 2/20 (4 overs)		SW Billings 23 (20) SA Piollet 3/14 (4 overs)
Sussex won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 0, Sussex 2

27 June	Kent 150/6 (20 overs)	v	(H) Gloucestershire 154/7 (20 overs)	Gloucestershire won by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Bristol Umpires: JH Evans and PJ Hartley Player of the match: AP Rouse (Gloucestershire)
	SA Northeast 75 (49) GJ McCarter 2/26 (4 overs)		AP Rouse 35* (16) ME Claydon 3/24 (4 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field Points: Gloucestershire 2, Kent 0

2 July	Kent 155/4 (20 overs)	v	(H) Surrey 156/2 (17.5 overs)	Surrey won by 8 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: RT Robinson and AG Wharf Player of the match: JJ Roy (Surrey)
	DI Stevens 56* (38) RJ Peterson 1/22 (4 overs)		JJ Roy 79 (46) FK Cowdrey 1/20 (3.5 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to field Points: Surrey 2, Kent 0

4 July	Hampshire 173/9 (20 overs)	v	(H) Kent 126 (18.4 overs)	Hampshire won by 47 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and RT Robinson Player of the match: WR Smith (Hampshire)
	SM Ervine 47 (35) ME Claydon 2/26 (4 overs)		AJ Blake 26 (22) CP Wood 4/24 (3.4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 0, Hampshire 2

11 July	Kent 149/9 (20 overs)	v	(H) Sussex 146/9 (20 overs)	Kent won by 3 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Hove Umpires: JW Lloyds and DJ Millns Player of the match: AJ Blake (Kent)
	AJ Blake 53* (32) WAT Beer 3/18 (4 overs)		CJ Jordan 37 (26) BW Harmison 3/35 (4 overs)
Sussex won the toss and elected to field Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2

12 July	Essex (H) 209/5 (20 overs)	v	Kent 146 (15.5 overs)	Essex won by 63 runs
Scorecard				Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester Umpires: NA Mallender and RT Robinson Player of the match: T Westley (Essex)
	T Westley 105 (58) ME Claydon 2/23 (4 overs)		SA Northeast 41 (32) JD Ryder 5/27 (3.5 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Essex 2, Kent 0

18 July	Kent (H) 195/7 (20 overs)	v	Somerset 59/5 (7.5 overs)	Kent won by 40 runs (D/L method)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: SJ O'Shaughnessy and P Willey Player of the match: SA Northeast (Kent)
	SA Northeast 73 (45) DP Nannes 3/30 (4 overs)		CA Ingram 37* (18) DI Stevens 4/17 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Rain ended the match after 7.3 overs of the Somerset innings, with a Duckworth-Lewis target of 100 runs to win. Points: Kent 2, Somerset 0

25 July	Kent (H) 175/7 (20 overs)	v	Surrey 154/7 (20 overs)	Kent won by runs 21 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: JH Evans and RT Robinson Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
	DI Stevens 67 (38) Azhar Mahmood 3/43 (4 overs)		TM Dilshan 46 (30) ME Claydon 2/27 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Surrey 0

Statistics

Batting

First-class (County Championship and MCCU match)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Daniel Bell-Drummond	17	29	3	1058	153	40.69	41.53	3	6	3	137	1
Brendan Nash	16	26	2	926	126	38.58	61.73	1	5	2	122	7
Sam Northeast	15	25	1	905	128	37.70	52.80	4	4	3	109	3
Darren Stevens	17	27	2	904	105	36.16	72.72	1	4	0	122	19
Sam Billings	17	25	3	755	92	34.31	56.46	0	7	2	103	3
Ben Harmison	16	25	1	693	125	28.87	43.39	1	2	1	97	1
Robert Key	16	27	1	561	126	21.57	48.11	1	2	4	67	1
Mitchell Claydon	16	22	2	291	77	14.55	58.43	0	1	3	43	3
Adam Ball	9	10	2	268	50	33.50	44.66	0	1	1	41	0
Adam Riley	15	20	9	132	23*	12.00	30.13	0	0	5	16	0
Calum Haggett	4	7	0	119	44	17.00	44.07	0	0	1	18	0
Doug Bollinger	8	9	5	91	33*	22.75	81.98	0	0	1	11	3
Fabian Cowdrey	4	7	0	85	21	12.14	38.63	0	0	0	11	0
James Tredwell	4	7	0	81	29	11.57	48.79	0	0	0	11	0
Robbie Joseph	7	7	2	70	29*	14.00	41.66	0	0	1	10	1
David Griffiths	2	2	0	18	12	9.00	35.29	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Hartley	2	3	0	2	2	0.66	4.76	0	0	0	2	0
Matt Hunn	2	3	2	0	0*	-	0.00	0	0	0	1	0
Source: Cricinfo[11]

List A (Royal London One-Day Cup and Tour matches)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sam Billings	11	9	3	490	135*	81.66	147.14	1	4	0	49	17
Sam Northeast	10	10	0	432	132	43.20	72.36	1	2	0	42	1
Fabian Cowdrey	10	10	1	329	75	36.55	79.46	0	2	1	23	1
Daniel Bell-Drummond	8	8	0	241	83	30.12	76.50	0	3	1	26	0
Alex Blake	10	9	1	141	60	17.62	74.21	0	1	2	12	0
Darren Stevens	10	9	1	141	62*	17.62	73.82	0	1	0	12	4
Ben Harmison	8	8	1	128	43	18.28	74.85	0	0	1	13	1
Robert Key	4	4	0	88	47	22.00	70.40	0	0	0	7	2
James Tredwell	8	6	3	77	38*	25.66	95.06	0	0	1	6	2
Calum Haggett	7	5	0	55	36	11.00	96.49	0	0	0	5	2
Brendan Nash	5	4	0	39	21	9.75	58.20	0	0	0	3	0
Adam Ball	2	2	0	32	26	16.00	69.56	0	0	0	1	1
Mitchell Claydon	9	6	1	24	8	4.80	70.58	0	0	1	2	0
Doug Bollinger	7	2	1	15	12*	15.00	125.00	0	0	0	3	0
David Griffiths	4	4	3	15	12*	15.00	35.71	0	0	1	0	0
Charlie Hartley	2	2	0	9	5	4.50	50.00	0	0	0	2	0
Adam Riley	4	2	1	5	5*	5.00	45.45	0	0	1	0	0
Robbie Joseph	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	40.00	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Thomas	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	8.33	0	0	0	0	0
Source:Cricinfo[12]

Twenty20 (NatWest t20 Blast)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Robert Key	12	12	1	384	89*	34.90	152.98	0	3	1	38	12
Sam Northeast	14	14	1	358	75	27.53	137.16	0	3	1	35	12
Darren Stevens	14	14	1	351	71	27.00	158.82	0	3	0	21	21
Alex Blake	14	14	4	311	58*	31.10	140.72	0	2	1	24	16
Daniel Bell-Drummond	14	14	0	264	59	18.85	114.28	0	1	1	25	5
Sam Billings	14	14	2	210	33	17.50	137.25	0	0	1	17	7
Fabian Cowdrey	6	6	0	99	55	16.50	98.01	0	1	0	9	0
Adam Ball	11	7	2	67	18	13.40	91.78	0	0	0	3	1
Ben Harmison	6	5	3	23	18*	11.50	104.54	0	0	0	1	1
David Griffiths	7	1	1	18	18*	-	128.57	0	0	0	0	1
James Tredwell	12	7	4	18	9	6.00	94.73	0	0	0	1	0
Adam Riley	9	2	0	9	5	4.50	81.81	0	0	0	1	0
Mitchell Claydon	12	6	2	7	5*	1.75	41.17	0	0	3	0	0
Doug Bollinger	9	2	0	4	3	2.00	40.00	0	0	0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[13]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship and MCCU match)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10w
Mitchell Claydon	16	28	525.1	93	1761	59	5/61	9/151	29.84	3.35	53.4	3	0
Darren Stevens	17	29	526.4	123	1553	56	6/64	9/89	27.73	2.94	56.4	6	0
Adam Riley	15	24	460.4	79	1564	48	5/78	9/155	32.58	3.39	57.5	2	0
Doug Bollinger	8	15	241.4	54	713	27	5/29	7/81	26.40	2.95	53.7	2	0
Robbie Joseph	7	11	161.0	32	520	14	3/43	5/92	37.14	3.22	69.0	0	0
James Tredwell	4	6	139.0	22	426	11	4/102	8/212	38.72	3.06	75.8	0	0
David Griffiths	2	3	48.3	7	174	8	6/63	6/85	21.75	3.58	36.3	1	0
Adam Ball	9	11	95.2	11	364	7	2/29	2/29	52.00	3.81	81.7	0	0
Charlie Hartley	2	4	48.0	6	190	5	2/40	3/91	38.00	3.95	57.6	0	0
Calum Haggett	4	8	94.0	9	353	5	2/48	3/110	70.60	3.75	112.8	0	0
Fabian Cowdrey	4	1	12.4	1	59	3	3/59	3/59	19.66	4.65	25.3	0	0
Ben Harmison	16	8	35.1	3	141	3	2/26	2/26	47.00	4.00	70.3	0	0
Matt Hunn	2	4	36.0	6	155	3	1/7	2/82	51.66	4.30	72.0	0	0
Brendan Nash	16	7	27.0	3	106	1	1/15	1/15	106.00	3.92	162.0	0	0
Sam Billings	17	1	0.1	0	4	0	-	-	-	24.00	-	0	0
Sam Northeast	15	1	1.0	0	4	0	-	-	-	4.00	-	0	0
Robert Key	16	1	2.0	0	12	0	-	-	-	6.00	-	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[14]

List A (Royal London One-Day Cup and Tour matches)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Doug Bollinger	7	7	59.4	1	364	15	5/35	24.26	6.10	23.8	0	1
Mitchell Claydon	9	9	73.5	2	428	14	3/26	30.57	5.79	31.6	0	0
James Tredwell	8	8	73.0	4	336	9	4/27	37.33	4.60	48.6	1	0
Darren Stevens	10	10	73.0	4	347	9	2/11	38.55	4.75	48.6	0	0
David Griffiths	4	4	33.3	0	187	7	3/49	26.71	5.58	28.7	0	0
Ben Harmison	8	4	25.2	1	108	6	3/40	18.00	4.26	25.3	0	0
Fabian Cowdrey	10	10	43.0	1	232	5	2/28	46.40	5.39	51.6	0	0
Robbie Joseph	1	1	10.0	0	58	4	4/58	14.50	5.80	15.0	1	0
Adam Riley	4	4	34.0	0	178	4	1/30	44.50	5.23	51.0	0	0
Calum Haggett	7	6	36.0	0	214	4	2/54	53.50	5.94	54.0	0	0
Charlie Hartley	2	2	18.0	0	104	2	1/51	52.00	5.77	54.0	0	0
Adam Ball	2	1	10.0	0	58	1	1/58	58.00	5.80	60.0	0	0
Daniel Bell-Drummond	8	1	2.0	0	15	0	-	-	7.50	-	0	0
Ivan Thomas	1	1	9.0	0	47	0	-	-	5.22	-	0	0
Source:Cricinfo[15]

Twenty20 (NatWest t20 Blast)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Darren Stevens	14	14	46.0	2	350	18	4/17	19.44	7.60	15.3	1	0
Doug Bollinger	9	9	30.0	0	236	15	3/19	15.73	7.86	12.0	0	0
Mitchell Claydon	12	12	38.0	0	311	13	3/24	23.92	8.18	17.5	0	0
James Tredwell	12	12	41.3	0	313	11	2/12	28.45	7.54	22.6	0	0
Adam Riley	9	8	26.0	0	213	9	4/22	23.66	8.19	17.3	1	0
David Griffiths	7	7	19.1	0	170	8	4/22	21.25	8.86	14.3	1	0
Ben Harmison	6	5	15.0	1	168	7	3/35	24.00	11.20	12.8	0	0
Adam Ball	11	10	26.3	0	264	4	1/7	66.00	9.96	39.7	0	0
Fabian Cowdrey	6	4	14.5	0	116	3	2/28	38.66	7.82	29.6	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[16]

References

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External links

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