List of Kent County Cricket Club List A cricket records

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This is a list of Kent County Cricket Club List A cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in

limited overs form of cricket
usually played over one day.

Kent played their first List A match in the 1963 domestic season against

Tunbridge Wells.[1] The county have competed in List A competitions in every season since 1963 and, as of February 2018, have played just over 1,000 List A matches, including against representative and touring international sides.[2] In January and February 2017 they competed in the 2016–17 Regional Super50, the List A competition of the West Indies domestic season. This was the first time that any English county had competed in an overseas domestic competition.[3] Kent competed again in the competition in 2018.[4][5]

The county have won 11 domestic List A competitions, most recently the

2022 Royal London One-Day Cup. Long serving spin bowler Derek Underwood holds the record for most List A appearances for Kent with 377 matches played for the county between 1963 and 1987.[2]

Team records

All records last updated 1 August 2023

Highest partnerships

The highest partnership for Kent was 241 runs for the 2nd wicket between Trevor Ward and Aravinda de Silva made against Surrey at Canterbury in 1995 in a 40 over match.[2]

Highest partnership for each wicket
Partnership Runs Players Opposition Venue Season
1st wicket 229 Trevor Ward Mark Benson v Surrey St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 1995
2nd wicket 241 Trevor Ward Aravinda de Silva v Surrey St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 1995
3rd wicket 208 Carl Hooper Alan Wells v Durham St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 1998
4th wicket 216* Martin van Jaarsveld
Darren Stevens
 v Surrey St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 2008
5th wicket 219 Ben Compton Joey Evison v Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough 2023
6th wicket 226 Nigel Llong Matthew Fleming v Cheshire South Downs Road Cricket Ground, Bowdon 1999
7th wicket 88 Matthew Fleming Mark Ealham v Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds 1992
8th wicket 174
Rob Key
 James Tredwell v Surrey The Oval, London 2007
9th wicket 81 John Shepherd Derek Underwood v Middlesex Lord's, London 1975
10th wicket 64 Matt Coles Matt Hunn v Surrey The Oval, London 2015

Individual batting records

Ollie Robinson scored Kent's highest List A individual score in 2022

Over 100 players have scored a century for Kent in List A cricket since the county began competing in this form of cricket in 1963. The first century for Kent was made by Colin Cowdrey against Suffolk in the 1966 Gillette Cup. Chris Tavaré, Robert Key, Martin van Jaarsveld and Joe Denly have all scored eight centuries in their Kent careers.[2]

The highest individual score for Kent is 206

previous year's competition and Andrew Symonds' score of 146 in the 2004 National League.[2][9]

Individual bowling records

Derek Underwood, who played for the county between 1963 and 1987, is Kent's leading wicket-taker in List A cricket

Long serving spin bowler Derek Underwood dominates Kent bowling records in List A cricket, leading the county in wickets taken and, with 530 wickets, is the only player with more than 400 wickets for Kent. Underwood also has the best bowling figures in Kent List A history, with Alan Dixon taking the second best figures for the county, and took five wickets in an innings eight times.[2] Three players have taken hat-tricks for Kent in List A cricket, Richard Ellison, Martin McCague and, most recently in 2015, Matt Coles.[2]

  • Best bowling: 8/31 Derek Underwood vs Scotland at Myreside, Edinburgh, 1987
  • Most wickets in a season: 49, Martin McCague, 1992
  • Most career wickets: 530, Derek Underwood, 1963–1987

See also

References

  1. ^ List A matches played by Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Milton H (2016) 'Limited-Overs Records' in Reid J (ed) 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual, pp.236–242, Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club
  3. ^ 'Matt Walker's Kent embark on a winter Caribbean odyssey', The Cricketer, February 2017. (Available online Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine)
  4. CricInfo
    , 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  5. ^ 2018 FGS Plant Tour squad announced, Kent County Cricket Club, 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  6. ^ One-Day Cup: Ollie Robinson hits double century in Kent win, plus opening day round-up, BBC Sport, 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  7. CricInfo
    , 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  8. ^ One-Day Cup: Denly stars as Kent beat Glamorgan by four wickets, BBC Sport, 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  9. Kent Online
    , 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2017-05-15.

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