Kent County Cricket Club in 2015

Kent County Cricket Club

2015 season
Coach	Jimmy Adams
Captain	Robert Key Sam Northeast (on-field captain from 10 May)
Overseas player	None
Ground(s)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship	7th, Division Two
Royal London One-Day Cup	Quarter-Finals
NatWest t20 Blast	Quarter-Finals
Most runs	FC: SA Northeast (1204) LA: DJ Bell-Drummond (272) T20: SA Northeast (641)
Most wickets	FC: MT Coles (67) LA: MT Coles (16) T20: ME Claydon (20)
Most catches	FC: MT Coles (15) LA: AJ Blake (6); FK Cowdrey (6) T20: MT Coles (8)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	FC: SW Billings (34) LA: SW Billings (9) T20: SW Billings (10)
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In 2015, 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. The team reached the quarter-finals of both one day competitions but struggled in the County Championship, finishing seventh in Division Two.

The season was the fourth in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams. The club captain was former England batsmen Rob Key,^[1] although Sam Northeast took over the on-field captaincy in May after Key, having dropped himself due to poor form, chose to relinquish the captaincy to concentrate on his batting.^[2] Northeast replaced Key as the club captain for the 2016 season.

Two players from the Kent squad gained senior international appearances for England in 2015. James Tredwell was a part of the World Cup squad, but only featured in the final group stage match against Afghanistan after both sides had already been eliminated from the tournament. He then played in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua (only his second Test, having made his debut in 2010). Tredwell took 5 wickets in the match but did not play in the remainder of the series, and with England turning to several younger players after the disappointing World Cup, he was not selected during the English summer. One of the new faces in the England team over the summer was Kent keeper Sam Billings who played as a specialist batsmen in all 5 ODI matches against Australia and the single T20I matches against both Australia and New Zealand.

Squad

The start of the season saw the return of top-order batsman Joe Denly and fast bowler Matt Coles after spells at Middlesex and Hampshire, respectively.^[3][4] The squad did not include an overseas player.^[5][6]

South African born batsman Sean Dickson, who holds a UK passport, signed for the county midway through the season after an impressive trial in the Second XI.^[7] Having not made an appearance for the first XI since May, former West Indies international Brendan Nash agreed to end his three-and-a-half year spell at Kent by mutual consent.^[8][9]

Squad list

• Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 12 April 2015.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
4	Robert Key	England	12 May 1979 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Club captain
6	Joe Denly	England	16 March 1986 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
10	Alex Blake	England	25 January 1989 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
17	Sam Northeast	England	16 October 1989 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Vice-captain
23	Daniel Bell-Drummond	England	3 August 1993 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
30	Fabian Cowdrey	England	30 January 1993 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
40	Brendan Nash	Jamaica	14 December 1977 (aged 37)	Left-handed	Left arm medium	Kolpak Registration. Released in August.[8][9]
58	Sean Dickson	South Africa	2 September 1991 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	British passport holder. Signed in July.[7]
All-rounders
3	Darren Stevens	England	30 April 1976 (aged 38)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
21	Ben Harmison	England	9 January 1986 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
24	Adam Ball	England	1 March 1993 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Left arm fast-medium
25	Calum Haggett	England	30 October 1990 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
26	Matt Coles	England	26 May 1990 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
7	Ryan Davies	England	5 November 1993 (aged 21)	Right-handed	—
20	Sam Billings	England	15 June 1991 (aged 23)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
5	Ivan Thomas	England	25 September 1991 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
8	Mitchell Claydon	England	25 January 1982 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
11	Imran Qayyum	England	23 May 1993 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
14	Matt Hunn	England	22 March 1994 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
15	James Tredwell	England	27 February 1982 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right arm off break
18	David Griffiths	England	10 November 1985 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
19	Sam Weller	England	21 November 1994 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
22	Charlie Hartley	England	4 January 1994 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
27	Hugh Bernard	England	14 September 1996 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
33	Adam Riley	England	23 March 1992 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm off break

County Championship

Kent endured another difficult season in Division Two of the County Championship. Poor batting performances ultimately resulted in a seventh-place finish, although the team finished the season strongly and ended with 4 victories. The team regularly featured a number of young players and the bowling was impressive. Matt Coles took 67 championship wickets in 14 matches on his return to the county (and 100 wickets across all formats), while veteran all-rounder Darren Stevens again made a significant contribution with the ball. In addition, young seam bowlers including Calum Haggett and Ivan Thomas impressed throughout the season and were rewarded with contract extensions^[10] while Matt Hunn broke into the side after taking his first five wicket haul against the touring Australian side in June.^[11][12]

Division Two

Team	Pld	W	L	T	D	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Surrey (C)	16	8	1	0	7	0	56	45	0	264
Lancashire (P)	16	7	1	0	8	0	58	44	0	254
Essex	16	6	5	0	5	0	37	42	0	200
Glamorgan	16	4	4	0	8	0	42	37	0	183
Northamptonshire	16	3	3	0	10	0	38	46	2	180
Gloucestershire	16	5	5	0	6	0	31	36	0	177
Kent	16	4	7	0	5	0	28	44	0	161
Derbyshire	16	3	7	0	6	0	34	42	1	153
Leicestershire	16	2	9	0	5	0	36	41	16	118

Source: ^[13][14]

Matches

19–21 April	Kent	v	(H) Essex	Essex won by 5 wickets
Scorecard	193 (68.5 overs) DI Stevens 50 (90) JD Ryder 5/43 (18 overs)		164 (46.5 overs) GR Napier 57 (40) DI Stevens 4/47 (13 overs)	County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: PK Baldwin and NA Mallender
	163 (51 overs) SA Northeast 77 (124) DD Masters 4/45 (13 overs)		193/5 (51.3 overs) JS Foster 80* (103) ME Claydon 3/55 (14 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to field Points: Essex 19, Kent 3

26–29 April	Lancashire (H)	v	Kent	Lancashire won by 9 wickets
Scorecard	444 (127.1 overs) AG Prince 106 (172) ME Claydon 4/103 (30.1 overs)		252 (71.2 overs) SA Northeast 55 (129) KM Jarvis 4/50 (18 overs)	Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: JH Evans and RT Robinson
	107/1 (18.4 overs) PJ Horton 67* (62) ME Claydon 1/30 (6.4 overs)		295 (123.4 overs) (f/o) JL Denly 60 (127) KM Jarvis 4/67 (28 overs)
Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Lancashire 23, Kent 4

3–6 May	Leicestershire	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	386 (91.5 overs) MJ Cosgrove 113 (130) DI Stevens 5/88 (22.5 overs)		268 (90.5 overs) JL Denly 87 (214) CJ McKay 6/54 (23.5 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: DJ Millns and SJ O'Shaughnessy
	196 (62.3 overs) CJ McKay 43 (36) IAA Thomas 4/48 (62.3 overs)		273/7 (71 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 103 (191) CE Shreck 4/75 (23 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 10, Leicestershire 12

10–13 May	Kent (H)	v	Glamorgan	Match drawn
Scorecard	357 (102 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 123 (249) MG Hogan 5/71 (28 overs)		281 (84 overs) WD Bragg 104 (208) IAA Thomas 3/40 (17 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Bailey and NGB Cook
	327 (83.4 overs) JL Denly 66 (112) MG Hogan 4/65 (19.4 overs)		309/9 (107 overs) DA Cosker 69 (183) CJ Haggett 4/61 (23 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 12, Glamorgan 10

18–21 May	Gloucestershire (H)	v	Kent	Kent won by 8 wickets
Scorecard	193 (64.4 overs) PSP Handscomb 69 (114) MT Coles 3/49 (19 overs)		235 (84 overs) MT Coles 66 (83) LC Norwell 4/44 (24 overs)	County Ground, Bristol Umpires: RJ Evans and RA Kettleborough
	282 (86.1 overs) HJH Marshall 83 (131) IAA Thomas 4/53 (19.1 overs)		243/2 (64.4 overs) JL Denly 117* (197) CN Miles 1/49 (14 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Gloucestershire 3, Kent 20

24–27 May	Kent (H)	v	Surrey	Surrey beat Kent by 3 wickets
Scorecard	282 (85.3 overs) RWT Key 89 (134) TM Curran 3/64 (22 overs)		292 (101.1 overs) SM Davies 45 (89) DI Stevens 4/48 (19.1 overs)	County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: PJ Hartley and PR Pollard
	204 (65.4 overs) JL Denly 66 (152) ZS Ansari 4/58 (21 overs)		196/7 (50.1 overs) JJ Roy 60* (51) DI Stevens 3/29 (10 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 5, Surrey 21

7–9 June	Kent (H)	v	Derbyshire	Derbyshire won by 8 wickets
Scorecard	205 (66.2 overs) SA Northeast 85 (118) MHA Footitt 5/45 (17 overs)		86 (32 overs) WJ Durston 35 (46) MT Coles 5/24 (12 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Evans and DJ Millns
	112 (36.4 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 45 (66) WA White 6/25 (9.4 overs)		232/2 (63.2 overs) CF Hughes 94 (179) MT Coles 2/75 (19 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 4, Derbyshire 19

20–22 June	Kent	v	(H) Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets
Scorecard	140 (36.2 overs) SA Northeast 36 (41) Azharullah 5/31 (13 overs)		246 (71 overs) RI Keogh 68 (99) MT Coles 4/83 (24 overs)	County Ground, Northampton Umpires: SA Garratt and NA Mallender
	151 (38.5 overs) JL Denly 39 (70) OP Stone 5/44 (10 overs)		46/2 (9 overs) RI Newton 27 (20) IAA Thomas 1/8 (3 overs)
Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field Points: Northamptonshire 20, Kent 3

5–7 July	Leicestershire (H)	v	Kent	Kent won by 8 wickets
Scorecard	159 (51.1 overs) EJH Eckersley 41 (52) MT Coles 6/55 (15 overs)		210 (54.4 overs) DI Stevens 63 (72) OH Freckingham 3/32 (6 overs)	Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: SC Gale and NA Mallender
	123 (48.2 overs) BA Raine 41* (74) MT Coles 4/43 (17.2 overs)		74/2 (15.2 overs) JL Denly 37* (48) BA Raine 2/34 (7.2 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Leicestershire 3, Kent 20

13–16 July	Kent	v	(H) Surrey	Surrey won by 6 wickets
Scorecard	336 (92.2 overs) SW Billings 99 (142) SM Curran 5/101 (22.2 overs)		311 (82.3 overs) KC Sangakkara 110 (183) DI Stevens 4/76 (28 overs)	The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: BJ Debenham and SA Garratt
	99 (41.1 overs) SA Northeast 33 (64) GJ Batty 4/12 (8.1 overs)		128/4 (38.1 overs) BT Foakes 57* (93) JC Tredwell 3/61 (17.1 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to field Points: Surrey 22, Kent 6

19–21 July	Essex	v	(H) Kent	Kent won by an innings and 207 runs
Scorecard	260 (81.5 overs) T Westley 77 (114) DI Stevens 4/37 (23.5 overs)		633/8d (143.5 overs) BW Harmison 123 (212) RS Bopara 3/89 (20 overs)	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: M Burns and JH Evans
	166 (44.1 overs) GR Napier 35* (45) CJ Haggett 4/43 (13.1 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 24, Essex 3

4–6 August	Kent (H)	v	Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire won by an innings and 23 runs
Scorecard	167 (51.2 overs) JL Denly 50 (73) OP Stone 4/59 (16.2 overs)		398 (107.4 overs) BM Duckett 145 (199) JC Tredwell 3/59 (31.4 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Evans and SJ O'Shaughnessy
	208 (78 overs) SW Billings 43 (75) BW Sanderson 4/44 (12 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 3, Northamptonshire 23

21–24 August	Derbyshire (H)	v	Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	253 (83 overs) BA Godleman 108 (161) MD Hunn 3/45 (21 overs)		159 (57.5 overs) RWT Key 29 (51) MHA Footitt 4/61 (19.5 overs)	County Ground, Derby Umpires: PK Baldwin and JW Lloyds
	234/3 (67 overs) BA Godleman 105* (186) IAA Thomas 2/68 (17 overs)		231/5 (66.5 overs) SA Northeast 76 (155) MHA Footitt 2/64 (24 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Rain ended play at Tea on Day 4 Points: Derbyshire 10, Kent 8

1–4 September	Kent (H)	v	Lancashire	Match drawn
Scorecard	570/8d (147 overs) SA Northeast 139 (221) J Clark 3/87 (30 overs)		259 (87.1 overs) SJ Croft 85 (170) MT Coles 3/75 (22.1 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and GD Lloyd
			258/4 (102 overs) SJ Croft 72* (209) JC Tredwell 1/17 (20 overs)
Lancashire won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 12, Lancashire 8

9–12 September	Kent	v	(H) Glamorgan	Kent won by 316 runs
Scorecard	309 (78.3 overs) RWT Key 94 (150) MG Hogan 4/51 (20 overs)		207 (43.5 overs) GG Wagg 58 (59) AEN Riley 4/47 (7.5 overs)	SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Umpires: MJD Bodenham and AG Wharf
	451/2d (96 overs) JL Denly 161* (220) GG Wagg 1/89 (21 overs)		237 (62.3 overs) CA Ingram 105* (179) DI Stevens 5/58 (22 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Glamorgan 4, Kent 22

14–17 September	Kent (H)	v	Gloucestershire	Match drawn
Scorecard	67/1 (15 overs) SR Dickson 31* (49) DA Payne 1/22 (5 overs)			St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: PK Baldwin and DJ Millns
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field No play on days 2, 3 or 4 due to rain and a wet outfield Points: Kent 5, Gloucestershire 5

Other first-class match

Kent hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against Australia, providing the tourists first opposition of the 2015 Ashes tour. Australia won the game by 225 runs, although Kent opening batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond scored a century in the side's second innings and seamer Matt Hunn took his first five wickets haul.^[12][15][16]

25–28 June	Australians	v	(H) Kent	Australians won by 255 runs
Scorecard	507/8d (124.4 overs) SE Marsh 114 (196) MD Hunn 5/99 (27 overs)		280 (80.2 overs) RWT Key 87 (108) MG Johnson 4/56 (18 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: BJ Debenham and NJ Llong
	322/4d (62 overs) MR Marsh 101 (94) AEN Riley 3/114 (19 overs)		294 (58.4 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 127 (112) SPD Smith 3/54 (5.4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field

Royal London One-Day Cup

In the 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup, Kent edged through the group stage in fourth place after a thrilling run chase against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in the penultimate round of group games saw a target of 336 achieved with 8 balls to spare. The match featured a century from Sam Billings and a hatrick for bowler Matt Coles.^[17][18] The final round of games in the group were all washed out by rain and the county progressed into the quarter-finals on net run rate.^[19][20]

Kent lost the quarter-final against Surrey in a rain affected match at The Oval. After bowling Surrey out for 273, a target of 251 from 40 overs was set using the Duckworth-Lewis Method following a heavy rain storm at the start of the Kent innings. Despite a counter-attacking century from Matt Coles, Kent were bowled out for 233.^[20][21]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
Nottinghamshire Outlaws	8	5	1	0	2	0	12	+0.755
Essex Eagles	8	4	2	0	2	0	10	+0.480
Hampshire	8	3	3	0	2	0	9	+0.554
Kent Spitfires	8	3	3	0	2	0	8	+0.031
Lancashire Lightning	8	3	3	0	2	0	8	−0.034
Warwickshire Bears	8	3	3	0	2	0	8	−0.765
Middlesex Panthers	8	3	4	0	1	0	7	−0.224
Glamorgan	8	2	2	0	4	−4	3	+0.610
Sussex Sharks	8	0	5	0	3	0	3	−1.063

Source: ^[22]

Matches

26 July	Kent (H)	v	Essex	No result (match abandoned without a ball bowled)
Scorecard				Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: RJ Bailey and BV Taylor
No toss Points: Kent 1, Essex 1

28 July	Kent 317/7 (50 overs)	v	(H) Glamorgan 321/7 (49.4 overs)	Glamorgan won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Scorecard				SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Umpires: MA Gough and PJ Hartley Player of the match: CB Cooke (Glamorgan)
	DI Stevens 110 (72) DA Cosker 2/50 (10 overs)		CA Ingram 109 (106) MT Coles 3/53 (9 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field Rain stopped play after 42.2 overs of the Glamorgan innings. No overs were lost. Points: Glamorgan 2, Kent 0

30 July	Hampshire 233 (47.5 overs)	v	(H) Kent 236/5 (43 overs)	Kent won by 5 wickets (with 42 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: MA Gough and NA Mallender
	MA Carberry 61 (50) FK Cowdrey 3/32 (10 overs)		DJ Bell-Drummond 80* (111) FH Edwards 3/47 (10 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Hampshire 0

31 July	Middlesex (H) 260/9 (50 overs)	v	Kent 173 (41.2 overs)	Middlesex won by 87 runs
Scorecard				Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett Umpires: NGB Cook and SA Garratt
	NRT Gubbins 56 (64) JC Tredwell 2/24 (10 overs)		SW Billings 68 (83) OP Rayner 4/45 (10 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0

2 August	Sussex 154 (44.3 overs)	v	(H) Kent 155/2 (30.5 overs)	Kent won by 8 wickets (with 115 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: MJD Bodenham and NGB Cook
	EC Joyce 36 (61) DI Stevens 4/29 (10 overs)		DJ Bell-Drummond 55* (78) MH Yardy 1/25 (5.5 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Sussex 0

8 August	Lancashire 258/9 (50 overs)	v	(H) Kent 207 (37.4 overs)	Lancashire won by 51 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Evans and SJ O'Shaughnessy
	LS Livingstone 91 (88) MT Coles 4/34 (10 overs)		AJ Blake 89 (56) SD Parry 3/60 (10 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 0, Lancashire 2

17 August	Nottinghamshire (H) 335 (49.2 overs)	v	Kent 340/5 (48.4 overs)	Kent won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: PJ Hartley and SJ O'Shaughnessy
	JWA Taylor 109 (111) ME Claydon 4/66 (10 overs)		SW Billings 118* (89) BA Hutton 3/72 (10 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Nottinghamshire 0, Kent 2

19 August	Warwickshire (H)	v	Kent	No result (match abandoned with a toss)
Scorecard				Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Umpires: RJ Bailey and GD Lloyd
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Warwickshire 1, Kent 1

Quarter-Finals

27 August	Surrey (H) 273 (49.5 overs)	v	Kent 233 (37.4 overs)	Surrey won by 17 runs (D/L method)
Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: MA Gough and MJ Saggers
	JJ Roy 112 (116) JC Tredwell 3/47 (10 overs)		MT Coles 100* (73) TK Curran 3/22 (7.4 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat Rain reduced the Kent innings to 40 overs with a target of 251 to win Surrey progressed

NatWest t20 Blast

After a series of good performances, Kent's young side topped the South Group of the 2015 NatWest t20 Blast^[23][24] but went out of the competition at the quarter-final stage to Lancashire. After being bowled out for 142, late wickets led to a "dramatic" finish with Lancashire scoring two runs off the last ball of the match to tie the game with a score of 142/6.^[25] Lancashire progressed to the finals day due to losing fewer wickets.^[26]

South Group

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
Kent Spitfires	14	9	4	0	1	0	19	+0.166
Sussex Sharks	14	7	5	0	2	0	16	+0.206
Hampshire	14	8	6	0	0	0	16	−0.120
Essex Eagles	14	7	6	0	1	0	15	+0.208
Gloucestershire	14	7	7	0	0	0	14	+0.354
Glamorgan	14	7	7	0	0	0	14	−0.522
Surrey	14	5	6	0	3	0	13	-0.145
Somerset	14	4	8	0	2	0	10	-0.184
Middlesex	14	4	9	0	1	0	9	+0.030

Source: ^[27]

Matches

15 May	Kent (H) 185/9 (20 overs)	v	Sussex 178/6 (20 overs)	Kent won by 7 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and NJ Llong Player of the match: OE Robinson (Sussex)
	SW Billings 46 (28) OE Robinson 3/35 (4 overs)		CD Nash 61 (45) ME Claydon 2/29 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Sussex 0

20 May	Hampshire (H) 172/6 (20 overs)	v	Kent 178/5 (19.2 overs)	Kent won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Ageas Bowl, Southampton Umpires: RJ Bailey and RT Robinson Player of the match: AJ Blake (Kent)
	JM Vince 66 (43) DA Griffiths 2/36 (4 overs)		AJ Blake 71* (30) WR Smith 3/24 (4 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Hampshire 0, Kent 2

28 May	Middlesex (H) 205/5 (20 overs)	v	Kent 90 (14.4 overs)	Middlesex won by 115 runs
Scorecard				Lord's, St John's Wood, London Umpires: SA Garratt and AG Wharf Player of the match: PR Stirling (Middlesex)
	PR Stirling 90 (50) DI Stevens 2/44 (4 overs)		SA Northeast 20 (22) JEC Franklin 5/21 (4 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0

29 May	Kent (H) 193/8 (20 overs)	v	Surrey 170/8 (20 overs)	Kent won by 23 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: BJ Debenham and MA Gough Player of the match: SA Northeast (Kent)
	SA Northeast 96 (47) TK Curran 3/31 (4 overs)		MC Henriques 63 (47) MT Coles 2/36 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Surrey 0

31 May	Kent 227/7 (20 overs)	v	(H) Somerset 224/7 (20 overs)	Kent won by 3 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Taunton Umpires: RJ Evans and JW Lloyds Player of the match: CH Gayle (Somerset)
	SA Northeast 114 (58) AC Thomas 3/46 (4 overs)		CH Gayle 151* (62) ME Claydon 2/23 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Somerset 0, Kent 2

5 June	Kent (H) 156/6 (20 overs)	v	Gloucestershire 157/1 (17.2 overs)	Gloucestershire won by 9 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: MJD Bodenham and BJ Debenham Player of the match: BAC Howell (Gloucestershire)
	DJ Bell-Drummond 31 (24) BAC Howell 3/18 (4 overs)		M Klinger 69* (51) ME Claydon 1/21 (2.2 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 0, Gloucestershire 2

12 June	Kent (H) 183/5 (18 overs)	v	Hampshire 187/4 (17.5 overs)	Hampshire won by 6 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and GD Lloyd Player of the match: JM Vince (Hampshire)
	SA Northeast 54 (33) FH Edwards 2/41 (4 overs)		JM Vince 99* (57) MT Coles 2/44 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Match reduced to 18 overs per side before play began due to rain Points: Kent 0, Hampshire 2

18 June	Essex 173/6 (20 overs)	v	(H) Kent 174/4 (19.1 overs)	Kent won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and NGC Cowley Player of the match: SA Northeast (Kent)
	ML Pettini 56 (45) MT Coles 2/28 (4 overs)		SA Northeast 90 (52) GR Napier 1/17 (2 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Essex 0

18 June	Kent 231/7 (20 overs)	v	(H) Surrey 177 (19.1 overs)	Kent won by 54 runs
Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: RJ Bailey and JW Lloyds Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
	DI Stevens 90 (39) TE Linley 4/45 (4 overs)		GC Wilson 55 (36) DI Stevens 4/39 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Surrey 0, Kent 2

3 July	Sussex (H) 136/8 (20 overs)	v	Kent 137/3 (14.2 overs)	Kent won by 7 wickets (with 34 balls remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Hove Umpires: PJ Hartley and DJ Millns Player of the match: AJ Blake (Kent)
	MW Machan 39 (32) ME Claydon 3/40 (4 overs)		AJ Blake 52* (32) OE Robinson 2/22 (2.2 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2

10 July	Kent (H) 173/6 (20 overs)	v	Somerset 151/9 (20 overs)	Kent won by 22 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: PJ Hartley and AG Wharf Player of the match: DJ Bell-Drummond (Kent)
	DJ Bell-Drummond 77 (51) AC Thomas 3/28 (4 overs)		J Overton 31 (19) CJ Haggett 2/12 (2 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Somerset 0

12 July	Gloucestershire (H) 166/7 (20 overs)	v	Kent 170/7 (19.4 overs)	Kent won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Scorecard				College Ground, Cheltenham Umpires: JH Evans and JW Lloyds Player of the match: AJ Blake (Kent)
	M Klinger 75 (58) ME Claydon 3/27 (4 overs)		AJ Blake 59* (24) CN Miles 3/27 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Gloucestershire 0, Kent 2

19 July	Glamorgan 179/7 (20 overs)	v	(H) Kent 178/8 (20 overs)	Glamorgan won by 1 run
Scorecard				Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: NGB Cook and PR Pollard Player of the match: GG Wagg (Glamorgan)
	GG Wagg 53* (28) MD Hunn 3/30 (4 overs)		JL Denly 70 (36) MG Hogan 3/40 (4 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 0, Glamorgan 2

24 July	Essex (H)	v	Kent	No result (match abandoned without a ball bowled)
Scorecard				County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: PK Baldwin and RK Illingworth
Points: Essex 1, Kent 1

Quarter-Finals

15 August	Kent (H) 142 (20 overs)	v	Lancashire 142/6 (20 overs)	Match tied
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGB Cook and MA Gough Player of the match: JC Buttler
	JC Tredwell 31* (18) SD Parry 3/31 (4 overs)		AG Prince 62 (50) MT Coles 3/22 (4 overs)
Lancashire won the toss and elected to field Lancashire progressed due to losing fewer wickets

MCCU match

Kent played a three-day match, without first-class status, against Loughborough MCC University before the start of the County Championship season.

12–14 April	Kent (H)	v	Loughborough MCCU	Match drawn
Scorecard	394/7d (82.2 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 134 (156) SG Whittingham 2/63 (13 overs)		409/9d (113.0 overs) NR Kumar 119 (122) IAA Thomas 3/59 (19 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and MJD Bodenham
	364/8d (74 overs) DI Stevens 100 (74) SG Whittingham 4/86 (14 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Match did not have first-class status

Statistics

Sam Northeast and Joe Denly both made over a thousand runs in first-class cricket in 2015 with Denly making the highest score for the county. Daniel Bell-Drummond scored three first-class centuries during the season and led the team in List A runs. Northeast scored a county record high score of 114 runs in the Twenty20 competition.

Matt Coles led the bowling statistics with 100 wickets across all competitions during the season, including 67 in first-class matches. Coles took a hattrick in the Royal London One Day Cup quarter final loss to Surrey. Mitchell Claydon led the Twenty20 bowling statistics.

Batting

First-class (County Championship and Tour match)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sam Northeast	17	30	3	1204	139	44.59	59.45	1	9	2	148	9
Joe Denly	17	31	4	1081	161*	40.03	52.86	2	7	2	155	9
Robert Key	13	24	0	958	158	39.91	54.06	2	5	1	119	2
Daniel Bell-Drummond	17	31	0	894	127	28.83	58.01	3	2	2	134	3
Darren Stevens	15	23	0	635	92	27.60	68.35	0	6	3	94	10
Sam Billings	12	19	2	474	100*	27.88	63.11	1	1	3	68	2
Calum Haggett	11	16	2	345	80	24.64	40.63	0	2	3	41	3
Ben Harmison	7	11	0	283	123	25.72	44.92	1	1	0	40	0
Matt Coles	14	22	3	277	66	14.57	59.31	0	1	1	37	3
Brendan Nash	4	8	0	229	49	28.62	50.00	0	0	0	36	0
Fabian Cowdrey	5	9	0	169	54	18.77	49.12	0	1	1	22	1
Mitchell Claydon	7	11	4	151	53	21.57	75.50	0	1	0	22	3
Sean Dickson	3	4	2	113	59	56.50	59.47	0	1	0	17	0
James Tredwell	7	11	0	107	53	9.72	36.39	0	1	2	9	1
Adam Riley	9	13	4	106	34	11.77	28.72	0	0	2	12	0
Adam Ball	4	7	0	99	45	14.14	61.11	0	0	1	18	1
Matt Hunn	8	8	6	59	23*	29.50	37.10	0	0	2	5	2
Ivan Thomas	11	18	8	40	13	4.00	23.12	0	0	6	5	0
Ryan Davies	5	6	0	35	17	5.83	52.23	0	0	3	4	1
Alex Blake	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[28]

List A (Royal London One-Day Cup)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Daniel Bell-Drummond	8	7	2	272	80*	54.40	72.72	0	3	0	30	1
Sam Billings	8	7	2	271	118*	54.20	103.04	1	2	1	31	3
Alex Blake	7	6	2	203	89	50.75	123.78	0	2	0	14	11
Sam Northeast	8	7	0	198	74	28.28	68.27	0	1	0	21	0
Darren Stevens	8	6	0	193	110	32.16	107.22	1	0	0	18	8
Joe Denly	8	7	0	182	78	26.00	92.85	0	1	1	24	5
Matt Coles	8	4	1	113	100	37.66	115.30	1	0	0	8	9
Fabian Cowdrey	8	6	0	102	51	17.00	90.26	0	1	1	10	1
James Tredwell	8	4	1	19	9	6.33	51.35	0	0	0	2	0
Mitchell Claydon	8	3	0	7	4	2.33	41.17	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Hunn	5	2	2	6	5*	-	50.00	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Thomas	3	1	1	0	0*	-	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Dickson	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[29]

Twenty20 (Natwest t20 Blast)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sam Northeast	14	14	1	641	114	49.30	152.98	1	4	0	68	16
Daniel Bell-Drummond	14	14	0	338	77	24.14	131.51	0	3	0	36	7
Alex Blake	14	14	6	304	71*	38.00	167.03	0	3	2	28	14
Joe Denly	12	12	0	281	70	23.41	147.89	0	2	0	35	9
Sam Billings	11	11	2	228	46	25.33	133.33	0	0	0	19	7
Darren Stevens	14	12	0	206	90	17.16	151.47	0	1	0	18	11
Fabian Cowdrey	14	13	0	184	42	14.15	127.77	0	0	2	22	3
James Tredwell	9	3	2	38	31*	38.00	165.21	0	0	0	5	1
Matt Coles	13	10	3	34	18*	4.85	103.03	0	0	4	1	3
Calum Haggett	7	4	2	23	11	11.50	104.54	0	0	0	1	0
Mitchell Claydon	14	4	2	19	9*	9.50	126.66	0	0	0	3	0
Adam Ball	3	2	2	14	9*	-	175.00	0	0	0	1	1
Ryan Davies	3	1	0	6	6	6.00	300.00	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Riley	5	1	1	1	1*	-	100.00	0	0	0	0	0
David Griffiths	2	1	1	0	0*	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Thomas	4	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	0	0
Matt Hunn	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[30]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship and Tour match)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10w
Matt Coles	14	25	433.0	82	1574	67	6/55	10/98	23.49	3.63	38.7	2	1
Darren Stevens	15	27	419.1	100	1242	61	5/58	8/133	20.36	2.96	41.2	2	0
Calum Haggett	12	20	268	60	792	28	4/43	7/97	28.28	2.95	57.4	0	0
Ivan Thomas	11	21	289.4	57	923	27	4/48	6/75	34.18	3.18	64.3	0	0
Matt Hunn	8	12	199.0	35	704	23	5/99	6/125	30.60	3.53	51.9	1	0
Mitchell Claydon	7	11	175.5	19	656	13	4/103	5/133	50.46	3.73	81.1	0	0
Adam Riley	9	14	153.5	18	634	12	4/47	4/78	52.83	4.12	76.9	0	0
James Tredwell	7	11	164.5	45	443	11	3/59	3/59	40.27	2.68	89.9	0	0
Joe Denly	17	7	23.0	4	70	1	1/16	1/16	70.00	3.04	138.0	0	0
Adam Ball	4	3	25.4	0	139	1	1/87	1/126	139.00	5.41	154.0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[31]

List A (Royal London One-Day Cup)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Matt Coles	8	7	60.5	5	304	16	4/34	19.00	4.99	22.8	1	0
Mitchell Claydon	8	7	58.2	3	364	15	4/66	24.26	6.24	23.3	1	0
Darren Stevens	8	7	66.0	3	305	11	4/29	27.72	4.62	36.0	1	0
James Tredwell	8	7	69.0	2	329	6	3/47	54.83	4.76	69.0	0	0
Fabian Cowdrey	8	6	35.0	0	178	5	3/32	35.60	5.08	42.0	0	0
Matt Hunn	5	4	33.0	1	191	5	2/31	38.20	5.78	39.6	0	0
Ivan Thomas	3	3	17.0	0	119	3	2/64	39.66	7.00	34.0	0	0
Joe Denly	8	1	2.0	0	12	0	-	-	6.00	-	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[32]

Twenty20 (Natwest t20 Blast)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Mitchell Claydon	14	14	53.1	0	406	20	3/16	20.30	7.63	15.9	0	0
Matt Coles	13	13	46.0	0	431	17	3/22	25.35	9.36	16.2	0	0
Darren Stevens	14	14	49.0	0	413	15	4/39	27.53	8.42	19.6	1	0
Fabian Cowdrey	14	13	29.0	0	255	8	2/15	31.87	8.79	21.7	0	0
James Tredwell	9	9	35.0	1	243	7	2/21	34.71	6.94	30.0	0	0
Calum Haggett	7	7	21.0	0	220	6	2/12	36.66	10.47	21.0	0	0
Adam Riley	5	4	13.0	0	123	4	2/40	30.75	9.46	19.5	0	0
Matt Hunn	1	1	4.0	0	30	3	3/30	10.00	7.50	8.0	0	0
Ivan Thomas	4	4	13.0	0	113	3	1/21	37.66	8.69	26.0	0	0
David Griffiths	2	2	8.0	0	77	2	2/36	38.50	9.62	24.0	0	0
Adam Ball	3	2	4.0	0	40	1	1/30	40.00	10.00	24.0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[33]

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External links

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