Kent County Cricket Club in 2016

Kent County Cricket Club

2016 season
Coach	Jimmy Adams
Captain	Sam Northeast
Overseas player	Tom Latham Kagiso Rabada (June–July)
Ground(s)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham
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In 2016, Kent County Cricket Club are competing in Division Two of the County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast. The season will be the fifth in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams. The new club captain for 2016 is Sam Northeast, who took over from Robert Key at the end of the 2015 season, having captained the side on the field for much of the season.^[1]

Squad

Departures

In October 2015, Kent Cricket Academy graduate and England Under-19 wicketkeeper Ryan Davies left the club, signing for Somerset in search of more regular first XI cricket.^[2][3] All-rounder Ben Harmison was released in February after four seasons with Kent.^[4][5] On 18 April 2016, former captain Rob Key announced his retirement from playing.^[6] Key had spent his entire career with Kent and captained the side for nine years over two spells. He also represented England at international level, and scored a total of 19,419 first-class runs since his debut in 1998.^[7]

Arrivals

Former Hampshire and Gloucestershire wicketkeeper Adam Rouse signed for Kent in January on a two year contract.^[8] Rouse had previously played for Kent's Second XI in 2014, and returned for a trial in April 2015 as cover for Sam Billings.^[9][10]

In February, Kent announced the signing of two overseas players. First the club announced that South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada would have a spell with Kent from late June until the end of July, between international commitments. The young bowler impressed during England's tour of South Africa, which had recently concluded.^[11][12] A few days later, the club announced the signing of New Zealand international batsman Tom Latham for the whole of the season.^[13][14] In 2015, the squad had not featured anyone classified as an overseas player.^[12][15]

Squad list

• Ages given as of the first day of the 2016 County Championship season, 10 April 2016.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
4	Robert Key	England	12 May 1979 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Retired 18 April 2016[6]
6	Joe Denly	England	16 March 1986 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
10	Alex Blake	England	25 January 1989 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
16	Zak Crawley	England	3 February 1998 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
17	Sam Northeast	England	16 October 1989 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Club captain
23	Daniel Bell-Drummond	England	3 August 1993 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
48	Tom Latham	New Zealand	2 April 1992 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas signing; occasional wicketkeeper
58	Sean Dickson	South Africa	2 September 1991 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	British passport holder
All-rounders
3	Darren Stevens	England	30 April 1976 (aged 39)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
24	Adam Ball	England	1 March 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Left arm fast-medium
25	Calum Haggett	England	30 October 1990 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
26	Matt Coles	England	26 May 1990 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
30	Fabian Cowdrey	England	30 January 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
7	Sam Billings	England	15 June 1991 (aged 24)	Right-handed	—
12	Adam Rouse	England	30 June 1992 (aged 23)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
5	Ivan Thomas	England	25 September 1991 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
8	Mitchell Claydon	England	25 January 1982 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
11	Imran Qayyum	England	23 May 1993 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
14	Matt Hunn	England	22 March 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
15	James Tredwell	England	27 February 1982 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Right arm off break
18	David Griffiths	England	10 November 1985 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
19	Sam Weller	England	21 November 1994 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
22	Charlie Hartley	England	4 January 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
27	Hugh Bernard	England	14 September 1996 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
33	Adam Riley	England	23 March 1992 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	25 May 1995 (aged 20)	Left-handed	Right arm fast	Overseas signing (June–July)

County Championship

Kent will play 16 County Championship matches in 2016, playing once at home and once away against each of the other nine counties in Division Two of the 2016 County Championship. Seven home matches will be played at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, with one match at both the Nevill Ground in Tunbridge Wells and the County Cricket Ground, Beckenham.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	D	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Essex	4	2	0	0	2	0	16	11	0	69
Leicestershire	3	1	0	0	2	0	13	9	0	48
Kent	3	1	0	0	1	1	7	6	0	39
Worcestershire	3	0	0	0	2	1	10	5	0	30
Derbyshire	3	0	0	0	3	0	8	6	0	29
Gloucestershire	3	0	1	0	2	0	11	7	0	28
Sussex	3	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	24
Northamptonshire	3	0	1	0	2	0	9	4	0	23
Glamorgan	3	0	2	0	1	0	9	8	0	22

Source: ^[16]

Matches

10–13 April	Worcestershire (H)	v	Kent	Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Scorecard				New Road, Worcester Umpires: IJ Gould and RK Illingworth
No toss No play due to a wet outfield[17][18][19] Points: Worcestershire 5, Kent 5

24–27 April	Kent	v	(H) Leicestershire	Match drawn
Scorecard	264 (81.5 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 124 (190) CJ McKay 3/66 (22 overs)		401/9d (88 overs) NJ Dexter 131 (205) MT Coles 3/95 (24 overs)	Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: RJ Evans and SC Gale
	85/2 (26 overs) SR Dickson 34* (83) CJ McKay 2/19 (6 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Only 6.3 overs were possible on day 2 due to rain and bad light. Points: Leicestershire 13, Kent 10 SR Dickson was out handled the ball for a duck in Kent's first innings[20]

1–4 May	Glamorgan	v	(H) Kent	Kent won by 10 wickets
Scorecard	260 (64.5 overs) CAJ Meschede 63 (74) ME Claydon 4/59 (16 overs)		488 (111.2 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 84 (119) MG Hogan 4/91 (29 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Bailey and NGB Cook
	414 (94.3 overs) DL Lloyd 107 (128) DI Stevens 4/79 (27 overs)		190/0 (48.4 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 86* (147)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 24, Glamorgan 5 HR Bernard made his first-class debut; TWM Latham made his Kent debut DJ Bell-Drummond and TWM Latham became the first Kent opening pair to post a century partnership in both innings of a championship match (131 and 190) since 1954; only the third instance of this in the club's history.[21]

8–11 May	Kent (H)	v	Gloucestershire	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

15–18 May	Northamptonshire (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Northampton

22–25 May	Derbyshire (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Derby

29 May – 1 June	Kent (H)	v	Leicestershire	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

19–22 June	Glamorgan (H)	v	Kent	SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff

26–29 June	Kent (H)	v	Derbyshire	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

3–6 July	Essex (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Chelmsford

17–20 July	Kent (H)	v	Sussex	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells

3–6 August	Kent (H)	v	Worcestershire	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

23–26 August	Gloucestershire (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Bristol

31 August – 3 September	Sussex (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Hove

6–9 September	Kent (H)	v	Northamptonshire	County Ground, Beckenham

20–23 September	Kent (H)	v	Essex	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

Other first-class match

Kent played a three-day match with first-class status against Loughborough MCC University before the start of the County Championship season. Daniel Bell-Drummond scored his maiden first-class double century on day one, but only 6.3 overs were possible on day 2 due to rain, and the match ended in a draw.^[22]

5–7 April	Kent (H)	v	Loughborough MCCU	Match drawn
Scorecard	393/7d (80.1 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 206* (246) S Cook 3/64 (17.1 overs)		313/8d (74 overs) BMR Akram 100* (137) MT Coles 3/75 (18 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: BJ Debenham and MJ Saggers
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Only 6.3 overs were bowled on day 2 due to rain AP Rouse made his debut for Kent

Royal London One-Day Cup

Kent will begin their Royal London One-Day Cup campaign with a match against Surrey at the County Ground, Beckenham on Sunday 5 June.^[23]

Matches

5 June	Kent (H)	v	Surrey	County Ground, Beckenham

12 June	Kent (H)	v	Glamorgan	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

14 June	Kent (H)	v	Somerset	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

15 June	Essex (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Chelmsford

24 July	Middlesex (H)	v	Kent	Lord's, St John's Wood, London

26 July	Hampshire (H)	v	Kent	Ageas Bowl, Southampton

31 July	Kent (H)	v	Gloucestershire	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

2 August	Sussex (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Hove

NatWest t20 Blast

Kent will begin their t20 Blast campaign in the South Group with a match against Somerset at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on Friday 20 May.^[24]

Matches

20 May	Kent (H)	v	Somerset	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

2 June	Hampshire (H)	v	Kent	Ageas Bowl, Southampton

3 June	Kent (H)	v	Gloucestershire	County Ground, Beckenham

8 June	Kent (H)	v	Hampshire	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

10 June	Sussex (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Hove

17 June	Glamorgan (H)	v	Kent	SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff

24 June	Kent (H)	v	Middlesex	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

30 June	Kent (H)	v	Sussex	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

1 July	Essex (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Chelmsford

7 July	Somerset (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Taunton

8 July	Gloucestershire (H)	v	Kent	County Ground, Bristol

15 July	Kent (H)	v	Surrey	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells

22 July	Kent (H)	v	Essex	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

29 July	Surrey (H)	v	Kent	The Oval, Kennington, London

References

1. Sam Northeast: Kent appoint batsman as club captain, BBC Sport website, 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
2. Ryan Davies signs for Somerset, Kent County Cricket Club, 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
3. Chris Rogers: Somerset sign ex-Australian Test opener for 2016, BBC Sport, 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
4. Ben Harmison leaves Kent, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
5. Ben Harmison: Kent release all-rounder, BBC Sport, 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
6. Rob Key: Kent and former England batsman retires, BBC Sport, 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
7. Rob Key retires, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
8. Kent sign wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Rouse, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
9. Kent sign wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Rouse, Kent News, 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
10. Adam Rouse: Kent agree deal with wicketkeeper-batsman, BBC Sport website, 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
11. Kent sign South Africa's Kagiso Rabada, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
12. Kagiso Rabada: Kent sign South Africa fast bowler, BBC Sport, 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
13. Kent: New Zealand's Tom Latham signs for 2016, BBC Sport, 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
14. Kent sign Tom Latham for 2016 season, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
15. Kent hopeful overseas aces can boost bid for promotion spot, Canterbury Times, 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
16. "Table – County Championship Division Two". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
17. New Road outfield like 'jelly-blancmange', CricInfo, 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
18. County Championship: Worcestershire-Kent abandoned without a ball being bowled, BBC Sport, 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
19. Worcestershire exonerated after New Road washout, CricInfo, 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
20. Bell-Drummond handles Foxes after Dickson handles ball, CricInfo, 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
21. Bell-Drummond and Latham continue prolific start, CricInfo, 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
22. Bell-Drummond at the double for Kent, Kent Sports News, 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
23. 2016 One-Day Cup fixtures, BBC Sport website. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
24. 2016 t20 Blast fixtures, BBC Sport website. Retrieved 2016-04-04.

External links

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