Kent County Cricket Club in 2017

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DI Stevens; DJ Bell-Drummond (8)
T20: AJ Blake (11)
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsFC: AP Rouse (34)
LA: AP Rouse (12)
T20: SW Billings (9)

In 2017,

NatWest t20 Blast. In addition, before the start of the English cricket season, Kent competed in the 2016–17 Regional Super50, the List A competition of the West Indian domestic season.[1] This was the first time that any English county had competed in an overseas domestic competition.[2] The invitation to take part in the tournament was largely due to the influence of former West Indian captain Jimmy Adams who had been Kent's Head Coach until September 2016.[2]

The season was the first in charge for new head coach and former player, Matthew Walker.[3] Former South African fast-bowler Allan Donald was announced as the new assistant coach, but his arrival was delayed while he worked towards the ECB level three qualification he required to gain the visa necessary to take up the role.[3][4] Former Yorkshire coach, and Australia fast-bowler, Jason Gillespie was appointed as assistant coach on an interim basis for the first few weeks of the season.[5] It was later announced that Donald would not be joining up with Kent until 2018.[6] Sam Northeast retained the club captaincy for a second season.[7]

Joe Denly won the club's Player of the Year award, having scored over 1,895 runs across all formats.[8]

Squad

Departures

Fast bowler David Griffiths left the club at the end of his contract in September 2016 after three seasons with Kent[9][10] and academy graduate Sam Weller left without having played for the first XI (he had played 6 First Class matches for Oxford MCCU during his time with Kent).[9] Hardus Viljoen, who had a brief spell with Kent as an overseas player at the end of the 2016 season, signed a Kolpak deal with Derbyshire. Reports suggest that Kent had first refusal on signing Viljoen, but opted not to match Derbyshire's offer.[11]

On the eve of the season Fabian Cowdrey left the club by mutual consent to pursue opportunities outside of cricket.[12][13]

Adam Ball, Hugh Bernard and Charlie Hartley were released by Kent at the end of the season.[14][15] Matt Coles also left his home county to join county champions Essex in October.[16]

Arrivals

Having impressed while on loan at the county in 2016,

2017 Royal London One-Day Cup.[24][25]

On 10 April, Kent announced the signing of South African international left-arm fast bowler Wayne Parnell, who had previously played for the county during the 2009 season, as an overseas player on a short-term contract. Parnell was available to play in the County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup until he joined up with the South African national team when they began their tour of England in May.[26][27] New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne joined the team as an overseas player for the second half of the season after the conclusion of the ICC Champions Trophy that took place in England and Wales during the first half of June[28][29] and Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah played two County Championship games during the middle of the season.[30][31] Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham played in the T20 Blast campaign alongside Milne.[32]

Australian-born fast-bowling all-rounder Grant Stewart signed his first professional contract with Kent at the end of August after impressing while on trial with the second XI as well as in the Kent Premier League with Sandwich Town. He holds an EU passport through his Italian mother and was not classed as an overseas player.[33]

Squad list

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
6 Joe Denly  England (1986-03-16)16 March 1986 (aged 31) Right-handed Right arm
leg break
9 Joe Weatherley  England (1997-01-19)19 January 1997 (aged 20) Right-handed Right arm
off break
On loan from Hampshire (first half of the season)
10 Alex Blake  England (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 28) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
16 Zak Crawley  England (1998-02-03)3 February 1998 (aged 19) Right-handed Right arm medium
17 Sam Northeast  England (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 27) Right-handed Right arm
off break
Club captain
23 Daniel Bell-Drummond  England (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm medium
58
Sean Dickson
 South Africa (1991-09-02)2 September 1991 (aged 25) Right-handed Right arm medium British passport holder
All-rounders
3
Darren Stevens
 England (1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 40) Right-handed Right arm medium
9 Grant Stewart  Australia (1994-02-19)19 February 1994 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm medium Signed 30 August
24 Adam Ball  England (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 24) Right-handed Left arm fast-medium
25 Calum Haggett  England (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 26) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
26 Matt Coles  England (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 26) Left-handed Right arm fast-medium
42 Will Gidman  England (1985-02-14)14 February 1985 (aged 32) Left-handed Right arm medium
83
Jimmy Neesham
 New Zealand (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 26) Left-handed Right arm medium Overseas player July–August (T20 Blast only)
Wicket-keepers
7 Sam Billings  England (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 25) Right-handed
12 Adam Rouse  England (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 24) Right-handed
Ollie Robinson  England (1998-12-01)1 December 1998 (aged 18) Right-handed
Bowlers
4 James Harris  Wales (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast On loan from Middlesex (April–May)
5 Ivan Thomas  England (1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 25) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
8
Mitchell Claydon
 England (1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 34) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
11 Imran Qayyum  England (1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 23) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
14 Matt Hunn  England (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
15 James Tredwell  England (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 35) Left-handed Right arm
off break
20 Adam Milne  New Zealand (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 24) Right-handed Right arm fast Overseas player June–September
22
Charlie Hartley
 England (1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
27 Hugh Bernard  England (1996-09-14)14 September 1996 (aged 20) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
33 Adam Riley  England (1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 25) Right-handed Right arm
off break
36 Wayne Parnell  South Africa (1989-07-30)30 July 1989 (aged 27) Left-handed Left arm fast Overseas player April–early May
86 Yasir Shah  Pakistan (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 30) Right-handed Leg spin Overseas player June–early July

Regional Super50

At the beginning of the year, Kent competed in the

West Indies Cricket Board.[1]
The competition took place between 24 January and 18 February. It was the first time that Kent had competed in an overseas competition.

Kent were drawn in Group A, and played two matches against each of the other teams in the group:

ICC Americas
).

Kent began the tournament with a seven wicket loss to the Leeward islands at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua before consecutive wins against Trinidad and Tobago and Windward Islands.[34][35][36] Four consecutive losses saw the county knocked out of the tournament at the group stage before a win in their final match of the competition.[37] The tournament was viewed by Kent as an opportunity for warm weather preparation for the English domestic season.[38][39]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1 Trinidad and Tobago 8 7 1 0 0 3 31 1.263
2 Leeward Islands 8 6 2 0 0 4 28 1.323
3 Kent 8 3 5 0 0 1 13 −0.307
4 Windward Islands 8 3 5 0 0 0 12 −0.445
5 West Indies U19 8 1 7 0 0 0 4 −1.681
Source: CricInfo[40]

Matches

25 January
Kent
233/9 (50 overs)
v
Leeward Islands

237/3 (43.3 overs)
Leeward island won by 7 wickets (with 39 balls remaining)
 
 
NE Bonner
(Leeward islands)
CJ Haggett 45 (59)
GC Tonge 4/39 (10 overs)
NE Bonner 78 (103)
AEN Riley
2/41 (8 overs)
  • Leeward Islands won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Leeward Islands 4, Kent 0
    Five penalty runs were awarded to the Leeward Islands due to the batting team running on the wicket during Kent's innings[41]
    HR Bernard and Imran Qayyum made their List A debuts
29 January
Trinidad and Tobago
193 (48.3 overs)
v
Kent
194/5 (36.1 overs)
Kent won by 5 wickets (with 83 balls remaining)
 
 
DI Stevens
(Kent)
RS Primus 60 (72)
IAA Thomas 4/51 (9.3 overs)
SR Dickson 56 (67)
R Rampaul
3/46 (6 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 5, Trinidad and Tobago 0
31 January
Windward Islands

241/9 (50 overs)
v
Kent
242/5 (46.1 overs)
Kent won by 4 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)
 
 
Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua
Umpires: GO Brathwaite and VM Smith
Player of the match: AJ Ball (Kent)
SW Ambris 50 (69)
CJ Haggett 4/59 (10 overs)
SA Northeast 49 (70)
S Shillingford 2/36 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 4, Windward Islands 0
2 February
West Indies Under-19s
155 (46.3 overs)
v
Kent
127 (34 overs)
West Indies Under-19s won by 28 runs
 
 
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Umpires: CM Taylor and CM Tuckett
Player of the match: B Yadram (West Indies Under-19s)
M Patrick 45 (79)
IAA Thomas 3/39 (8.3 overs)
SA Northeast 37 (61)
J Bishop 4/44 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: West Indies Under-19s 4, Kent 0
4 February
Leeward Islands

275/9 (50 overs)
v
Kent
170 (39.3 overs)
Leeward Islands won by 105 runs
 
 
Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua
Umpires: GO Brathwaite and CM Tuckett
Player of the match: KOA Powell (Leeward Islands)
KOA Powell 106 (111)
MT Coles 4/52 (10 overs)
AJ Blake 44 (76)
AS Joseph 3/62 (9.3 overs)
  • Leeward Islands won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Leeward Islands 5, Kent 0
8 February
Kent
194 (46 overs)
v
Trinidad and Tobago
198/5 (41.2 overs)
Trinidad and Tobago won by 5 wickets (with 52 balls remaining)
 
 
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Umpires: GO Brathwaite and VM Smith
Player of the match: R Rampaul (Trinidad and Tobago)
WRS Gidman 50 (77)
R Rampaul 4/37 (10 overs)
DI Stevens
3/34 (10 overs)
  • Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Trinidad and Tobago 4, Kent 0
10 February
Kent
205 (48.5 overs)
v
Windward Islands

207/4 (47.5 overs)
Windward Islands won by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
 
 
Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua
Umpires: GO Brathwaite and CM Taylor
Player of the match: WRS Gidman (Kent)
WRS Gidman 94 (106)
DE Johnson 2/14 (5 overs)
KAR Hodge 68 (101)
IAA Thomas 2/54 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Windward Islands 4, Kent 0
12 February
West Indies Under-19s
191/8 (50 overs)
v
Kent
192/4 (44.5 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)
 
 
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Umpires: PA Gustard and CM Tuckett
Player of the match: KMA Paul (West Indies U19)
KMA Paul 72 (57)
MT Coles 3/42 (10 overs)
AP Rouse 61* (105)
OC McCoy 2/47 (7.5 overs)
  • West Indies Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 4, West Indies Under-19s 0
    OG Robinson made his List A debut

County Championship

Kent played 14 County Championship Division Two matches in 2017. The Championship was restructured for 2017, with Division Two having ten teams, leaving the remaining eight counties in Division One instead of the previous nine-nine split. Teams in both divisions played fewer matches than in 2016 (14 instead of 16), meaning that teams in Division Two played five of their rivals twice and the other four teams only once during the season.[42]

Kent's opening fixture was at home against

Tunbridge Wells and the County Cricket Ground, Beckenham.[44] One fixture, an away game against Nottinghamshire, was a day–night match, part of an experiment by the England and Wales Cricket Board ahead of the staging of the first UK day–night Test match in August.[42][45]

Kent started strongly, winning four of their first five matches. However, in a frustrating remainder of the season they failed to win any further matches in the championship and slipped to 5th place in the table. One match, against Derbyshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield in September, was abandoned as a draw without a ball being bowled due to heavy rain and a wet outfield.[46] As a result the team only played 13 of the scheduled 14 matches.

Division Two

Pld W L T D A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Worcestershire (P) 14 9 3 0 2 0 45 39 0 238
Nottinghamshire (P) 14 7 2 0 5 0 44 41 0 222
Northamptonshire 14 9 3 0 2 0 29 39 5 217
Sussex 14 7 5 0 2 0 35 39 0 196
Kent 14 4 2 0 7 1 35 36 0 175
Gloucestershire 14 3 4 0 7 0 29 35 0 147
Glamorgan 14 3 7 0 4 0 25 40 0 133
Derbyshire 14 3 7 0 3 1 29 30 0 127
Durham 14 3 6 0 5 0 36 37 48 98
Leicestershire 14 0 9 0 5 0 32 34 16 75

Source: CricInfo[47]

  • Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire were promoted to Division One
  • Durham were deducted 48 points by the ECB for accepting a financial aid package during the 2016 season.[48]
  • Leicestershire were deducted 16 points by the ECB for a breach in player conduct.[49]
  • Northamptonshire were deducted five points for a slow over rate against Nottinghamshire in August.[50][51][52]


Matches

7–9 April
Kent (H)
v
Kent won by 334 runs
 
 
298 (89 overs)
JL Denly 62 (106)
LC Norwell 3/46 (18 overs)
149 (59.3 overs)
ME Claydon
4/35 (12 overs)
246 (75.1 overs)
JL Denly 59 (111)
LC Norwell 5/59 (16 overs)
61 (20.4 overs)
DI Stevens
6/22 (9 overs)
  • Toss uncontested, Gloucestershire elected to field
  • Points: Kent 21, Gloucestershire 3
    JJ Weatherley and JAR Harris made their Kent debuts
14–17 April
v
Sussex (H)
Kent won by 226 runs
 
 
304 (87.3 overs)
DI Stevens 68 (83)
JC Archer
7/67 (23.3 overs)
291 (76.5 overs)
ME Claydon
4/87 (16 overs)
413/5d (97 overs)
SA Northeast 173* (181)
Ajmal Shahzad 3/96 (27 overs)
200 (50.1 overs)
DI Stevens
5/51 (15 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Sussex 5, Kent 22
21–23 April
Kent (H)
v
Kent won by 169 runs
 
 
259 (84.5 overs)
SR Dickson 41 (68)
WD Parnell 41 (65)
WS Davis
4/75 (20.5 overs)
159 (43.2 overs)
DI Stevens
6/47 (17 overs)
308 (72.4 overs)
AP Rouse 95* (121)
WS Davis 3/48 (17 overs)
239 (61.2 overs)
GC Wilson 97 (107)
JAR Harris 4/56 (13 overs)
  • Toss uncontested, Derbyshire elected to field
  • Points: Kent 21, Derbyshire 3
19–22 May
v
Match drawn
 
 
420 (112.4 overs)
CN Ackermann 89 (194)
MD Hunn 3/110 (22 overs)
462/9
DI Stevens 100 (98)
D Klein
4/108 (21 overs)
61/2d (18.5 overs)
PJ Horton 40 (47)
MD Hunn 1/2 (3.5 overs)
  • Toss uncontested, Kent elected to field.
  • No play possible on day one due to rain and a wet outfield; only 47.3 overs possible on day two
  • Points: Leicestershire 13, Kent 13
26–29 May
Kent (H)
v
Kent won by 147 runs
 
 
369
JL Denly 119 (208)
D Wiese 3/54 (15 overs)
168
DI Stevens
5/40 (17 overs)
Tunbridge Wells
Umpires: SC Gale and PJ Hartley

298/2d (67 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 90 (150)
S van Zyl 1/42 (9 overs)
356 (105.4 overs)
S van Zyl 78 (134)
JAR Harris 4/103 (26.4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 23, Sussex 3
8–11 June
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
 
 
448 (136.1 overs)
DI Stevens
5/78 (35 overs)
236 (64.3 overs)
SA Northeast 109* (178)
BJ McCarthy 6/63 (19.3 overs)
271/6d (70 overs)
G Clark 83 (106)
Yasir Shah 2/94 (19 overs)
343/9 (106 overs)
SA Northeast 72 (151)
C Rushworth 3/62 (25 overs)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 8, Durham 12
    Yasir Shah made his Kent debut
19–22 June
v
Worcestershire won by 4 wickets
 
 
260 (73.1 overs)
MT Coles 47 (63)
J Leach 3/42 (14 overs)
336 (85.4 overs)
JM Clarke 142 (197)
MT Coles 6/84 (18.4 overs)
474 (116.4 overs)
JL Denly 227 (320)
J Leach 4/79 (24 overs)
401/6 (81.5 overs)
DKH Mitchell 142 (243)
Yasir Shah 5/132 (27.5 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 22, Kent 5
    JL Denly's 227 in the second innings was his highest score in first-class cricket
26–29 June
v
Match drawn
 
 
180 (54 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 84* (169)
SJ Mullaney 3/2 (3 overs)
371 (104 overs)
SJ Mullaney 168 (276)
MT Coles 3/99 (23 overs)
265 (92.2 overs)
AF Milne 51 (88)
HF Gurney 3/63 (21 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • No play before tea (first session) and only 40 overs possible in total on day 3 due to rain. No play before tea (first session) and after the close of the Kent second innings on day 4 due to rain.
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 12, Kent 8
    Day-night match
    DI Stevens
    retired hurt in the Kent second innings and was unable to resume his innings due to concussion protocols.
3–6 July
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
 
 
701/7
SR Dickson 318 (408)
MDE Holden
2/59 (9 overs)
568 (156.2 overs)
MDE Holden 153 (265)
Yasir Shah 4/165 (57 overs)
184/3d (58 overs)
JL Denly 78* (172)
BW Sanderson 1/7 (4 overs)
28–31 August
v
(H) Kent
Match drawn
 
 
350 (101.4 overs)
DI Stevens
8/75 (25.4 overs)
333 (93.5 overs)
SA Northeast 97 (170)
NJ Dexter 5/76 (20 overs)
135/6 (36 overs)
CN Ackermann 34 (58)
MJ Cosgrove 34 (19)
Imran Qayyum 2/25 (10 overs)
  • Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • No play on day 3 or after tea on day 4 due to rain
  • Points: Kent 11, Leicestershire 12
5–8 September
Durham (H)
v
Match drawn
 
 
217 (67.2 overs)
ME Claydon
5/54 (16.2 overs)
206 (43.5 overs)
SA Northeast 110 (115)
G Onions 6/62 (14 overs)
359/7 (88.3 overs)
TWM Latham 119 (242)
CJ Haggett 3/82 (24 overs)
184/9 (56 overs)
SW Billings 70* (96)
WJ Weighell 3/51 (12 overs)
  • Toss uncontested, Kent elected to field
  • No play before tea on day one due to rain. Play was stopped early in all three sessions on day three due to further rain.
  • Points: Durham 9, Kent 9
12–15 September
v
Match drawn
 
 
385 (131.5 overs)
DI Stevens
3/50 (19 overs)
386 (97 overs)
SA Northeast 66 (90)
J Shaw 5/118 (25 overs)
249/9
DI Stevens
5/77 (20 overs)
  • Toss uncontested, Kent elected to field
  • No play before lunch on day two due to rain
  • Points: Gloucestershire 11, Kent 12
19–22 September
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
 
 
  • No toss
  • No play due to rain and a wet outfield
  • Points: Derbyshire 5, Kent 5
    The match was originally due to be played at Derby[53]
25–28 September
Kent (H)
v
Glamorgan won by 5 wickets
 
 
302 (81.2 overs)
JL Denly 152 (204)
MG Hogan 4/44 (18.2 overs)
229 (71.3 overs)
CB Cooke 49 (73)
CJ Haggett 3/40 (15 overs)
115 (43.2 overs)
AP Rouse 44 (84)
MG Hogan 6/43 (15.2 overs)
192/5 (62.2 overs)
DI Stevens
3/53 (19 overs)
  • Toss uncontested, Glamorgan elected to field
  • Stumps, day two: Points: Kent 6, Glamorgan 20
    G Stewart made his first-class debut
    AP Rouse replaced SW Billings during day two due to a call up to the England squad.

Other first-class matches

Kent began the 2017 English cricket season with a three-day University match against Leeds/Bradford MCC University on 28 March and played a three-day match against the touring West Indians at the beginning of August.[44] The fixture against the West Indians formed the centre-piece of the 166th Canterbury Cricket Week.[54]

28–30 March
Kent (H)
v
Kent won by 212 runs
 
 
370/6
DI Stevens 115 (152)
OS Bocking
2/55 (16 overs)
204 (77 overs)
BJ Shoare 47 (116)
AJ Ball 2/10 (7 overs)
156/5d (44 overs)
AJ Ball 50 (89)
OS Bocking 4/52 (15 overs)
110 (51.2 overs)
CD Wallace 23 (47)
WRS Gidman 3/0 (1.2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
6–8 August
v
(H) Kent
Match drawn
 
 
265 (83.4 overs)
SD Hope 57 (121)
CF Hartley 4/80 (17.4 overs)
331/9
SR Dickson 142 (210)
AS Joseph
4/72 (22 overs)
132/4 (36.4 overs)
SO Hetmyer 43* (39)
CF Hartley 2/44 (11.4 overs)
  • West Indians won the toss and elected to bat
  • Z Crawley made his first-class debut

Royal London One-Day Cup

Kent competed in the South group of the

2017 Royal London One-Day Cup. They played each of the other eight teams in the group once, with all four home games being played at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury.[44] A disappointing campaign[55] saw Kent finish bottom of the table, with just a single win against Middlesex. After an early elimination, the starting eleven increasingly featured fringe squad players, particularly in the bowling department, and academy graduate batsman Zak Crawley made his senior debut in the final match against Essex.[56]

Darren Stevens, on his 300th List A appearance, scored a career-high 147 from just 67 deliveries (including 10 fours and 14 sixes) against Glamorgan at Swansea, almost leading Kent to an unlikely victory and setting a new record for Kent's highest individual score in List A cricket.[57]

South Group

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
1 Essex[a] 8 7 1 0 0 0 14 0.882
2 Somerset[b] 8 5 2 0 1 0 11 0.543
3 Surrey[b] 8 4 3 0 1 0 9 0.101
4 Glamorgan 8 4 4 0 0 0 8 −0.660
5 Sussex 8 3 3 0 2 0 8 0.535
6 Hampshire 8 3 4 0 1 0 7 −0.109
7 Gloucestershire 8 3 4 0 1 0 7 −0.435
8 Middlesex 8 2 4 0 2 0 6 −0.243
9 Kent 8 1 7 0 0 0 2 −0.409
  1. ^   advanced directly to the semi-finals
  2. ^ a b   advanced to the quarter-finals

Matches

27 April
Kent (H)
258 (49.4 overs)
v
Hampshire
260/4 (45.1 overs)
Hampshire won by 6 wickets (with 29 balls remaining)
 
 
DI Stevens 60 (57)
RJW Topley
3/65 (9/4 overs)
ME Claydon
2/51 (8 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Hampshire 2
2 May
Kent
352/6 (50 overs)
v
(H) Somerset
354/6 (47.3 overs)
Somerset won by 4 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
 
 
AJ Blake 116 (58)
C Overton 3/66 (10 overs)
PD Trego 135 (119)
JC Tredwell 3/65 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Somerset 2, Kent 0
    AJ Blake scored his first List A century
5 May
Kent (H)
331/7 (50 overs)
v
Sussex
332/4 (46.5 overs)
Sussex won by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
 
 
DJ Bell-Drummond 138 (138)
JC Archer 3/54 (10 overs)
LJ Evans 134* (86)
JC Tredwell 1/39 (10 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Sussex 2
7 May
Kent (H)
200 (46 overs)
v
Middlesex
154 (46 overs)
Kent won by 46 runs
 
 
SA Northeast 55 (78)
TS Roland-Jones 3/35 (10 overs)
NRD Compton 37 (85)
JL Denly 3/20 (6 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 2, Middlesex 0
10 May
Gloucestershire (H)
275/8 (50 overs)
v
Kent
264/9 (50 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 11 runs
 
 
M Klinger 134 (145)
MT Coles 4/57 (10 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 90 (108)
CJ Liddle 5/36 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Gloucestershire 2, Kent 0
12 May
Surrey (H)
251/7 (41 overs)
v
Kent
204 (35.4 overs)
Surrey won by 44 runs (
D/L method
)
 
 
DI Stevens
2/37 (8 overs)
SW Billings 69 (65)
SC Meaker 4/37 (6.4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Rain delays early in Surrey's innings resulted in the match being reduced to 41 overs per side. Kent were set a revised (
    D/L
    target of 249 runs to win.)
  • Points: Surrey 2, Kent 0
14 May
Glamorgan (H)
356/7 (50 overs)
v
Kent
341 (47.2 overs)
Glamorgan won by 15 runs
 
 
St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea
Umpires: NGC Cowley and MA Gough

CA Ingram 114 (98)
MT Coles 2/32 (9 overs)
DI Stevens 147 (67)
DL Lloyd
5/53 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Glamorgan 2, Kent 0
17 May
Essex
307/6 (50 overs)
v
(H) Kent
50/3 (11 overs)
Essex won by 57 runs (
D/L method
)
 
 
V Chopra 83 (98)
CJ Haggett 2/59 (10 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 25* (28)
Ashar Zaidi 2/10 (2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Rain stopped play after 11 overs of Kent's innings
  • Z Crawley made his senior debut

NatWest t20 Blast

Kent played in the South group of the

2017 NatWest t20 Blast. The county played 14 matches, facing each team in the group at least once. They played seven home matches, one at County Cricket Ground, Beckenham and the other six at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury.[44] In a very tight group, Kent went into the final game against Surrey
needing a win to progress to the quarter-finals, but lost by 10 runs.

County Ground, Chelmsford as part of a first-wicket stand of 207 runs with Daniel Bell-Drummond. This set records for Kent's Twenty20 highest individual score and partnership and, as of the end of the season, was the highest partnership score for any wicket in T20 cricket in the UK, the third highest anywhere in the world and was a world record for the first wicket.[59]

Adam Milne took five wickets in the fixture against Somerset and recorded Kent's best bowling figures in Twenty20 cricket with 5/11.

South Group

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
1 Glamorgan 14 7 3 0 4 0 18 0.045
2 Surrey 14 7 5 0 2 0 16 −0.130
3 Hampshire 14 7 6 0 1 0 15 −0.021
4 Somerset 14 6 6 0 2 0 14 0.491
5 Sussex Sharks 14 5 5 1 3 0 14 0.423
6 Kent Spitfires 14 6 7 1 0 0 13 −0.158
7 Middlesex 14 5 7 1 1 0 12 0.221
8 Essex Eagles 14 5 7 0 2 0 12 −0.204
9 Gloucestershire 14 4 6 1 3 0 12 −0.648
Source: BBC Sport[60]

Matches

9 July
Essex
166/8 (20 overs)
v
(H) Kent
169/3 (20 overs)
Kent won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
 
 
V Chopra 47 (38)
JDS Neesham 3/37 (4 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 90* (55)
SR Harmer 2/21 (4 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 2, Essex 0
    JDS Neesham made his Kent debut
13 July
Kent
152/8 (20 overs)
v
(H) Gloucestershire
156/4 (19.1 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
 
 
College Ground, Cheltenham
Umpires: RJ Evans and RT Robinson
Player of the match: BAC Howell (Gloucestershire)
JL Denly 39 (24)
BAC Howell 4/29 (4 overs)
P Mustard 42 (26)
AF Milne 2/28 (4 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Gloucestershire 2, Kent 0
    Imran Qayyum made his Twenty20 debut
14 July
Surrey (H)
205/5 (20 overs)
v
Kent
207/2 (19.3 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
 
 
The Oval, London
Umpires: RK Illingworth and JW Lloyds
Player of the match: JL Denly (Kent)
JJ Roy 55 (30)
AF Milne 2/33 (4 overs)
JL Denly 116* (63)
JW Dernbach 2/30 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Surrey 0, Kent 2
18 July
Gloucestershire
138/9 (20 overs)
v
(H) Kent
130 (20 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 8 runs
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: NGB Cook and DJ Millns
Player of the match: BAC Howell (Gloucestershire)
IA Cockbain 40 (32)
Imran Qayyum 2/19 (4 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 25 (18)
TMJ Smith 3/28 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Gloucestershire 2
20 July
Middlesex (H)
179/8 (20 overs)
v
Kent
163/8 (20 overs)
Middlesex won by 16 runs
 
 
Old Deer Park, Richmond
Umpires: M Burns and NGB Cook
Player of the match: BB McCullum (Middlesex)
BB McCullum 88 (51)
MT Coles 4/32 (4 overs)
SA Northeast 59 (43)
RF Higgins 2/22 (3 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0
23 July
Kent
176/4
v
Sussex (H)
87/3 (8 overs)
Match tied (
D/L method
)
 
 
CD Nash 50 (25)
CJ Haggett 1/8 (1 over)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to field
  • Sussex's innings was reduced to 8 overs following rain, with a target of 88 runs for victory set using the
    Duckworth–Lewis method
  • Points: Kent 1, Sussex 1
27 July
Somerset
197/6 (20 overs)
v
(H) Kent
181/3 (16.3 overs)
Kent won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) (
D/L method
)
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: NL Bainton and RJ Bailey
Player of the match: SA Northeast (Kent)
JG Myburgh 64 (35)
JL Denly 1/16 (2 overs)
SA Northeast 54* (27)
MTC Waller 2/33 (4 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain stopped play after 6 overs of Kent's innings with the score at 77/0; after the resumption, a revised
    D/L
    target of 181 to win from 18 overs was set
  • Points: Kent 2, Somerset 0
30 July
Kent (H)
199/2 (20 overs)
v
Glamorgan
174/4 (20 overs)
Glamorgan won by 25 runs
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: RJ Bailey and DJ Millns
Player of the match: JA Rudolph (Glamorgan)
JA Rudolph 77* (52)
MT Coles 1/29 (3 overs)
JL Denly 68 (50)
CAJ Meschede 1/12 (2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Glamorgan 2
1 August
Kent
159/6 (20 overs)
v
(H) Hampshire
154/4 (20 overs)
Kent won by 5 runs
 
 
Rose Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: SJ O'Shaughnessy and BV Taylor
Player of the match: DJ Bell-Drummond (Kent)
DJ Bell-Drummond 62 (42)
Shahid Afridi 4/26 (4 overs)
TP Alsop 43* (41)
JDS Neesham 1/22 (3 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Hampshire 0, Kent 2
4 August
Kent (H)
163/9 (20 overs)
v
Sussex
167/5 (19 overs)
Sussex won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: NGC Cowley and MA Gough
Player of the match: CD Nash (Sussex)
SW Billings 74 (40)
CJ Jordan 3/38 (4 overs)
DI Stevens
2/25 (3 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Sussex 2
11 August
Kent (H)
167/7 (20 overs)
v
Hampshire
171/4 (17.2 overs)
Hampshire won by 6 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: PK Baldwin and RT Robinson
Player of the match: CM Dickinson (Hampshire)
SA Northeast 59 (42)
KJ Abbott 2/15 (4 overs); LA Dawson 2/15 (4 overs)
ME Claydon
2/33 (3 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Kent 0, Hampshire 2
12 August
Somerset (H)
149 (18.5 overs)
v
Kent
151/4 (18.2 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
 
 
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: NGB Cook and JW Lloyds
Player of the match: AF Milne (Kent)
JC Hildreth 36 (30)
AF Milne 5/11 (3.5 overs)
SW Billings 56* (36)
L Gregory 1/15 (2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Somerset 0, Kent 2
    AF Milne set a new Kent record for best bowling figures in an innings with 5/11.
17 August
Kent
221/2 (20 overs)
v
(H) Essex
210/5 (20 overs)
Kent won by 11 runs
 
 
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: JH Evans and NA Mallender
Player of the match: JL Denly
(Kent)
JL Denly 127 (66)
Mohammad Amir 1/20 (4 overs)
V Chopra 116 (59)
CJ Haggett 1/18 (4 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Essex 0, Kent 2
    JL Denly's 127 was his highest score in T20 cricket
    The opening partnerships between JL Denly and DJ Bell-Drummond (207 from 18.3 overs) was the highest for any wicket in T20 cricket in the UK and the third highest anywhere in the world (and was a world record for the first wicket)[59]
18 August
Surrey
154/9 (20 overs)
v
(H) Kent
144/8 (20 overs)
Surrey win by 10 runs
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: M Burns and SC Gale
Player of the match: JJ Roy (Surrey)
JJ Roy 78 (43)
AF Milne 3/26 (4 overs)
JL Denly 40 (38)
R Clarke 4/16 (4 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Surrey 2

Statistics

Batting

First-class (County Championship, MCCU match and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Joe Denly 14 24 2 1,266 227 57.54 61.45 5 5 3 157 19
Sam Northeast 13 23 3 1,017 173* 50.85 67.26 3 4 2 136 8
Sean Dickson
14 24 0 982 318 40.91 54.55 2 4 5 111 7
Darren Stevens
13 21 3 822 115 45.66 78.73 2 5 3 127 7
Daniel Bell-Drummond 14 24 1 561 90 24.39 47.50 0 3 3 80 1
Adam Rouse 12 19 2 530 95* 31.17 54.47 0 3 3 83 4
Will Gidman 10 17 0 319 51 18.76 44.74 0 1 1 47 0
Matt Coles 11 16 2 304 56* 21.71 91.29 0 1 2 46 6
Sam Billings 7 9 2 287 70* 41.00 78.84 0 1 1 48 2
Joe Weatherley 5 8 0 190 36 23.75 39.74 0 0 0 29 0
James Tredwell 7 10 3 184 55 26.28 44.12 0 1 0 24 2
James Harris 4 6 2 146 34 36.50 48.18 0 0 0 23 0
Zak Crawley 5 7 0 137 62 19.57 50.18 0 1 1 20 2
Yasir Shah 3 4 1 131 48 43.66 55.27 0 0 0 17 1
Adam Milne 5 8 2 121 51 20.16 51.93 0 1 2 19 0
Mitchell Claydon
10 13 5 111 21* 13.87 71.61 0 0 3 18 2
Wayne Parnell 2 3 1 100 51* 50.00 58.47 0 1 0 16 0
Calum Haggett 5 8 3 73 29* 14.60 33.95 0 0 1 8 0
Alex Blake 1 2 1 65 46* 65.00 53.71 0 0 0 5 1
Adam Ball 2 3 0 55 50 18.33 41.04 0 1 0 7 0
Imran Qayyum 3 5 1 40 39 10.00 43.47 0 0 2 6 0
Grant Stewart 1 2 1 15 15* 15.00 43.45 0 0 1 3 0
Charlie Hartley 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 16.12 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Hunn 3 1 1 0 0* 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Riley 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 1 0 0

Source: Cricinfo[61]

List A (Royal London One-Day Cup and Regional Super50)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Daniel Bell-Drummond 16 16 1 584 138 38.93 78.49 2 2 1 51 3
Darren Stevens
13 13 0 407 147 31.30 105.16 1 1 0 27 24
Alex Blake 16 16 3 398 116 30.61 106.13 1 1 1 42 10
Sam Northeast 15 15 0 393 55 26.20 70.81 0 2 1 27 8
Sean Dickson
14 14 0 381 56 27.21 79.04 0 3 0 33 5
Adam Rouse 14 12 6 234 61* 39.00 64.81 0 1 0 14 3
Will Gidman 6 6 0 190 94 31.66 76.61 0 2 1 14 3
Joe Denly 7 7 0 163 46 23.28 78.36 0 0 1 20 1
Matt Coles 11 10 0 111 27 11.10 115.62 0 0 2 8 8
Calum Haggett 9 5 0 102 45 20.40 75.55 0 0 0 10 0
Sam Billings 2 2 0 93 69 46.50 87.73 0 1 0 3 3
James Tredwell 10 8 3 70 28 14.00 75.26 0 0 2 4 2
Adam Ball 6 5 2 68 40* 22.66 66.01 0 0 1 5 1
Wayne Parnell 4 4 2 54 32 27.00 108.00 0 0 0 4 1
Adam Riley 4 3 1 34 21* 17.00 60.71 0 0 0 1 0
Mitchell Claydon
4 2 0 25 19 12.50 108.69 0 0 0 2 1
Imran Qayyum 6 2 0 18 18 9.00 112.50 0 0 1 2 0
Ivan Thomas 7 4 3 11 5* 11.00 40.74 0 0 0 2 0
Hugh Bernard 2 2 1 7 7 7.00 46.66 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Hartley
4 3 1 6 5 3.00 35.29 0 0 1 0 0
James Harris 2 1 0 5 5 5.00 62.50 0 0 0 0 0
Zak Crawley 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 20.00 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Hunn 2 2 1 1 1* 1.00 25.00 0 0 1 0 0
Ollie Robinson 1 0

Source: CricInfo[62]

Twenty20 (NatWest t20 Blast)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Joe Denly 14 14 1 567 127 43.61 150.79 2 1 2 53 25
Daniel Bell-Drummond 14 14 2 462 90* 38.50 135.08 0 4 0 46 9
Sam Billings 14 14 3 361 74 32.81 148.55 0 3 0 30 14
Sam Northeast 14 13 2 345 60 31.36 137.45 0 4 0 32 11
James Neesham 14 11 4 203 52 29.00 127.67 0 2 0 11 8
Alex Blake 14 11 4 116 27 16.57 111.53 0 0 0 8 2
Darren Stevens
14 8 0 113 19 14.12 124.17 0 0 1 9 3
James Tredwell 8 4 3 22 8* 22.00 70.96 0 0 0 1 0
Matt Coles 11 5 0 21 14 4.20 110.52 0 0 1 4 0
Adam Milne 7 2 1 19 17* 19.00 126.66 0 0 0 0 1
Calum Haggett 7 3 3 8 6* 114.28 0 0 0 0 0
Imran Qayyum 10 2 0 6 6 3.00 150.00 0 0 1 1 0
Mitchell Claydon
12 3 3 6 4* 54.54 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Ball 1 0

Source: CricInfo[63]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship, MCCU match and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5w 10w
Darren Stevens
13 25 414.4 109 1,157 63 8/75 9/110 18.36 2.79 39.4 7 0
Matt Coles 11 20 335.0 60 1,313 32 6/84 6/125 41.03 3.91 62.8 1 0
Mitchell Claydon
10 18 262.5 48 936 26 5/54 7/129 36.00 3.56 60.6 1 0
James Harris 4 8 114.2 25 400 19 4/56 7/140 21.05 3.49 36.1 0 0
Yasir Shah 3 5 155.5 22 533 14 5/132 7/206 38.07 3.42 66.7 1 0
Adam Milne 5 9 184.0 51 572 13 4/68 4/133 44.00 3.10 84.9 0 0
Will Gidman 10 14 78.2 14 279 10 3/0 4/13 27.90 3.56 47.0 0 0
Calum Haggett 5 9 133.0 39 342 9 3/40 4/62 38.00 2.57 88.6 0 0
Joe Denly 14 12 70.3 11 253 8 2/49 2/49 31.62 3.58 52.8 0 0
Matt Hunn 3 5 71.5 15 264 8 3/90 4/112 33.00 3.67 53.8 0 0
Wayne Parnell 2 4 57.1 16 162 7 3/48 4/90 23.14 2.83 49.0 0 0
James Tredwell 7 7 88.0 20 273 7 3/33 4/45 39.00 3.10 75.4 0 0
Charlie Hartley 1 2 29.2 6 124 6 4/80 6/124 20.66 4.22 29.3 0 0
Imran Qayyum 3 6 50.5 5 198 6 2/25 3/46 33.00 3.89 50.8 0 0
Adam Ball 2 3 26.0 7 64 5 2/10 3/54 12.80 2.46 31.2 0 0
Adam Riley 1 2 21.0 5 63 2 2/37 2/63 31.50 3.00 63.0 0 0
Ivan Thomas 1 2 22.0 6 72 2 1/28 2/72 36.00 3.27 66.0 0 0
Grant Stewart 1 2 20.0 5 89 2 2/52 2/89 44.50 4.45 60.0 0 0
Daniel Bell-Drummond 14 1 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

Source: CricInfo[64]

List A (Royal London One-Day Cup and Regional Super50)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Matt Coles 11 11 93.3 8 483 17 4/52 28.41 5.16 33.0 2 0
Calum Haggett 9 9 82.0 7 448 16 4/59 28.00 5.46 30.7 1 0
Darren Stevens
13 13 119.3 5 548 15 3/34 36.53 4.58 47.8 0 0
Ivan Thomas 7 7 64.0 3 364 14 4/51 26.00 5.68 27.4 1 0
James Tredwell 10 10 91.0 3 434 8 3/65 54.25 4.76 68.2 0 0
Imran Qayyum 6 6 54.0 3 271 7 3/42 38.71 5.01 46.2 0 0
Wayne Parnell 4 4 31.0 4 184 5 3/33 36.80 5.93 37.2 0 0
James Harris 2 2 13.3 0 106 4 2/28 26.50 7.85 20.2 0 0
Adam Riley 4 4 31.0 2 132 4 2/30 33.00 4.25 46.5 0 0
Joe Denly 7 4 25.0 1 140 4 3/20 35.00 5.60 37.5 0 0
Mitchell Claydon
4 4 30.5 0 215 4 2/51 53.75 6.97 46.2 0 0
Will Gidman 6 6 40.5 3 161 3 1/23 53.66 3.94 81.6 0 0
Charlie Hartley
4 4 30.0 0 198 3 1/31 66.00 6.60 60.0 0 0
Matt Hunn 2 2 15.0 0 67 1 1/38 67.00 4.46 90.0 0 0
Hugh Bernard 2 2 16.0 0 90 1 1/40 90.00 5.62 96.0 0 0
Adam Ball 6 3 18.0 0 86 0 4.77 0 0

Source: CricInfo[65]

Twenty20 (NatWest t20 Blast)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Adam Milne 7 7 25.5 1 187 15 5/11 12.46 7.23 10.3 0 1
James Neesham 14 14 49.1 0 463 14 3/37 33.07 9.41 21.0 0 0
Mitchell Claydon
12 12 42.0 0 392 11 2/24 35.63 9.33 22.9 0 0
Calum Haggett 7 7 24.0 0 184 8 2/27 23.00 7.66 18.0 0 0
Matt Coles 11 11 38.0 1 356 8 4/32 44.50 9.36 28.5 1 0
Imran Qayyum 10 10 33.0 0 274 7 2/81 39.14 8.30 28.2 0 0
Darren Stevens
14 12 18.2 0 159 4 2/25 39.75 8.67 27.5 0 0
James Tredwell 8 8 27.0 0 216 4 1/18 54.00 8.00 40.5 0 0
Joe Denly 14 3 5.0 0 43 2 1/15 21.50 8.60 15.0 0 0

Source: CricInfo[66]

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