Kent County Cricket Club in 2007

In 2007, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division One of the County Championship, the South Conference of the 50-over Friends Provident Trophy, Division Two of the NatWest Pro40 and the South Division of the Twenty20 Cup. Kent also hosted a List A match against the touring Sri Lanka A team and a three-day match without first-class status against Cardiff UCCE, both at the St Lawrence Ground.

Kent County Cricket Club

2007 season
Coach	Graham Ford
Captain	Rob Key
Overseas players	Yasir Arafat Andrew Hall (May–July) Lasith Malinga (August) Morné Morkel (June–July; Twenty20 only)
Ground(s)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship	7th, Division One
Friends Provident Trophy	4th, South Conference
Natwest Pro40	5th, Division Two
Twenty20 Cup	Champions
Most runs	FC: RWT Key (1,250) LA: RWT Key (695) T20: RWT Key (282)
Most wickets	FC: R McLaren (44) LA: SJ Cook (27) T20: SJ Cook (17)
Most catches	FC: M van Jaarsveld (17) LA: M van Jaarsveld (16) T20: R McLaren (9)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	FC: GO Jones (46) LA: GO Jones (20) T20: GO Jones (6)
← 2006 2008 →

The team narrowly avoided relegation from Division One of the County Championship, with a number of matches affected by rain including one match in Worcester that was abandoned without a ball being bowled.^[1] In List A cricket, Kent finished mid-table in both the South Conference of the Friends Provident Trophy and Division Two of the Natwest Pro40 (although they only missed out on promotion in the latter tournament by a single point).

The highlight of the season was victory at finals day of the Twenty20 Cup at Edgbaston on 4 August. Kent defeated Sussex in their semi-final by 5 wickets, and then later in the day beat Gloucestershire by 4 wickets – aided by a hat-trick by Ryan McLaren – to win the title for the first time.^[2]

Squad

Rob Key was re-appointed as club captain ahead of the 2007 season.^[3] Key lead a new-look squad, including overseas signing Yasir Arafat (the Pakistan all-rounder joined after having played for Sussex in 2006).^[3] Yasir would be Kent's second overseas player for 2007, joining South African all-rounder Andrew Hall. Following the 2006 season, Kent had released former captain David Fulton, wicket-keeper Niall O'Brien and bowlers Simon Cusden, Matthew Dennington and David Stiff.^[3]

Due to international commitments, Hall was away from the county during the group stage of the Twenty20 Cup in the second half of June and early July. Kent signed another South African, fast bowler Morné Morkel, to play in these eight T20 matches.^[4] After returning for two County Championship matches, Hall then left the county again in late-July and this time was replaced by Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga on a short-term contract until the end of the season.^[5]

Left-arm spinner Min Patel retained the vice-captaincy, but injury restricted him to just a single championship appearance plus the tour match against Sri Lanka A (in which he captained a mostly young side) and he retired at the end of the season. Patel made his debut for Kent in 1989, earned two Test caps for England in 1996, and took a total of 630 first class wickets as well as 88 in List A and 15 in Twenty20 cricket (he played very little limited overs cricket in the latter years of his career).^[6] Patel had been at Kent throughout his career, also playing a short spell for Central Districts in New Zealand ahead of the 2006 English summer.

Squad list

• Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 18 April 2007.

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Alex Blake	England	(1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 18)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Joe Denly	England	(1986-03-16)16 March 1986 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
Neil Dexter	England	(1984-08-21)21 August 1984 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
James Goodman	England	(1990-11-19)19 November 1990 (aged 16)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Rob Key	England	(1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Club captain
Sam Northeast	England	(1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Martin van Jaarsveld	South Africa	(1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right arm medium / Right arm off break	Kolpak player
Matt Walker	England	(1974-01-02)2 January 1974 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right arm medium
All-rounders
Andrew Hall	South Africa	(1975-07-31)31 July 1975 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	Overseas player (until late July)
Ryan McLaren	South Africa	(1983-02-09)9 February 1983 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast	Kolpak player
Darren Stevens	England	(1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Yasir Arafat	Pakistan	(1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
Paul Dixey	England	(1987-11-02)2 November 1987 (aged 19)	Right-handed	—
Geraint Jones	England	(1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 27)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Simon Cook	England	(1977-01-15)15 January 1977 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
James Iles	England	(1990-02-11)11 February 1990 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Robbie Joseph	England	(1982-01-20)20 January 1982 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right arm fast
Amjad Khan	England	(1980-10-14)14 October 1980 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	(1983-08-28)28 August 1983 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm fast	Overseas player (replaced Andrew Hall from late July)
Morné Morkel	South Africa	(1984-10-06)6 October 1984 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Right arm fast	Overseas player (Twenty20 Cup group stage only)
Tom Parsons	England	(1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Min Patel	England	(1970-07-07)7 July 1970 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Vice-captain
Martin Saggers	England	(1972-05-23)23 May 1972 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
James Tredwell	England	(1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right arm off break

County Championship

Division One

Team	Pld	W	T	L	D	A	Bat	Bwl	Adj	Pts
Sussex	16	7	0	3	5	1	37	43	0	202
Durham	16	7	0	5	4	0	38	47	–1½	197½
Lancashire	16	5	0	2	8	1	40	44	0	190
Surrey	16	5	0	4	6	1	41	40	–1	178
Hampshire	16	5	0	3	8	0	32	43	0	177
Yorkshire	16	4	0	4	8	0	49	38	0	175
Kent	16	3	0	5	7	1	43	36	0	153
Warwickshire	16	2	0	5	9	0	40	38	0	139
Worcestershire	16	1	0	8	5	2	18	35	0	95

Matches

16–19 April	Kent	v	(H) Sussex	Sussex won by 8 wickets
Scorecard	216 (59.2 overs) R McLaren 44 (73) Mushtaq Ahmed 6/74 (21.3 overs)		510 (156.2 overs) RR Montgomerie 175 (445) RH Joseph 3/78 (22 overs)	County Ground, Hove Umpires: NGC Cowley and JF Steele
	349 (88.1 overs) JL Denly 63 (87) Naved-ul-Hasan 4/106 (24 overs)		57/2 (8.1 overs) 33* (54) Yasir Arafat 1/10 (3.1 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Sussex 22, Kent 3

2–3 May	Kent (H)	v	Sussex	Kent won by an innings and 106 runs
Scorecard	368 (96.3 overs) Yasir Arafat 122 (162) RSC Martin-Jenkins 5/67 (23.3 overs)		102 (33.3 overs) CJ Adams 42 (56) R McLaren 4/12 (7.3 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Bailey and VA Holder
			160 (42.5 overs) (f/o) MJ Prior 35 (25) SJ Cook 6/35 (13.5 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 21, Sussex 3

9–12 May	Durham (H)	v	Kent	Durham won by 157 runs
Scorecard	407 (86.5 overs) MJ Di Venuto 204* (248) JC Tredwell 4/88 (27 overs)		400 (113.3 overs) RWT Key 169 (279) LE Plunkett 5/105 (32 overs)	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: NL Bainton and NA Mallender
	319/6d (72.5 overs) DM Benkenstein 77* (135) AJ Hall 4/68 (17 overs)		169 (50.3 overs) JL Denly 92 (137) SJ Harmison 5/61 (19.3 overs)
Durham won the toss and elected to bat Points: Durham 22, Kent 8

23–26 May	Kent (H)	v	Hampshire	Match drawn
Scorecard	199 (58.4 overs) JL Denly 115* (189) SR Clark 4/48 (14 overs)		272 (84.3 overs) AD Mascarenhas 90 (146) Yasir Arafat 5/63 (21.3 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: B Leadbeater and RT Robinson
	533/8d (149 overs) RWT Key 120 (221) SR Clark 3/80 (28 overs)		275/5 (89 overs) SM Ervine 56* (100) Yasir Arafat 4/90 (23 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 7, Hampshire 9

30 May – 2 June	Surrey (H)	v	Kent	Kent won by an innings and 79 runs
Scorecard	166 (44 overs) MJ Nicholson 48* (53) AJ Hall 5/59 (17 overs)		564/5d (123.2 overs) DI Stevens 174 (202) Mohammad Akram 1/81 (27 overs)	Whitgift School, Croydon Umpires: PJ Hartley and JW Lloyds
	319 (92.1 overs) MR Ramprakash 108 (239) JC Tredwell 3/53 (16.1 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Surrey 1, Kent 22

6–9 June	Yorkshire	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	551/8d (166.2 overs) JJ Sayers 187 (379) DI Stevens 3/91 (27.2 overs)		292 (84.5 overs) AJ Hall 77 (89) D Gough 6/47 (16.2 overs)	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: RK Illingworth and P Willey
			383/6 (129 overs) (f/o) JC Tredwell 116* (233) TT Bresnan 2/82 (22 overs)
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 7, Yorkshire 11

15–18 June	Lancashire (H)	v	Kent	Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Scorecard	451/5d (112 overs) BJ Hodge 156* (200) JL Denly 1/34 (8 overs)		272 (88.4 overs) JL Denly 77 (118) M Muralitharan 4/73 (34 overs)	Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: JH Evans and MJ Harris
	12/2 (2.5 overs) MB Loye 8* (6) SJ Cook 2/9 (1.5 overs)		190 (63 overs) (f/o) M van Jaarsveld 85 (168) M Muralitharan 4/72 (25 overs)
Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Lancashire 22, Kent 3

8–11 July	Worcestershire (H)	v	Kent	Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Scorecard				New Road, Worcester Umpires: MJD Bodenham and RA Kettleborough
No toss Rescheduled for 30 July,[1] cancelled 26 July Points: Worcestershire 4, Kent 4

20–23 July	Kent (H)	v	Warwickshire	Match drawn
Scorecard	550/9d (156 overs) M van Jaarsveld 117 (226) IJL Trott 2/33 (12 overs)		107 (36.3 overs) DL Maddy 23 (30) R McLaren 5/24 (11 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: VA Holder and G Sharp
			268/7 (109.2 overs) (f/o) DL Maddy 148* (334) R McLaren 3/46 (23 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 12, Warwickshire 6

25–28 July	Kent	v	(H) Yorkshire	Match drawn
Scorecard	486 (124.3 overs) JL Denly 114 (212) AU Rashid 5/112 (23.3 overs)		550/9d (144.5 overs) Younis Khan 217* (252) R McLaren 4/89 (28 overs)	North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Umpires: NL Bainton and GI Burgess
	17/0 (10 overs) JL Denly 11* (37)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Yorkshire 12, Kent 11

8–9 August	Kent (H)	v	Surrey	Surrey won by 4 wickets
Scorecard	150 (60.4 overs) RWT Key 75* (176) Harbhajan Singh 5/34 (19.4 overs)		215 (62 overs) MR Ramprakash 61 (130) JC Tredwell 6/47 (16 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGB Cook and RK Illingworth
	171 (58.3 overs) JC Tredwell 50 (82) Harbhajan Singh 6/57 (23.3 overs)		108/6 (24 overs) Harbhajan Singh 29 (22) JL Denly 2/13 (2 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 3, Surrey 18

14–17 August	Warwickshire (H)	v	Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	213 (59.5 overs) LC Parker 49 (74) R McLaren 4/42 (13 overs)		400/4d (121.3 overs) RWT Key 153 (268)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: GI Burgess and AA Jones
Warwickshire who the toss and elected to bat No play on days 1 or 2 due to rain Points: Warwickshire 6, Kent 12

21–24 August	Kent (H)	v	Worcestershire	Match drawn
Scorecard	forfeited		forfeited	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: B Dudleston and SA Garratt
	293/3d (65 overs) RWT Key 125 (149) RJ Sillence 1/44 (10 overs)		110/3 (21 overs) VS Solanki 42 (31) MJ Saggers 3/37 (7 overs)
Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field No play on days 1, 2 or 3 due to rain Points: Kent 4, Worcestershire 4

28–31 August	Kent (H)	v	Lancashire	Match drawn
Scorecard	327 (110 overs) MJ Walker 142 (271) G Chapple 3/63 (22 overs)		317 (96.4 overs) G Chapple 88 (81) MJ Saggers 5/43 (25.4 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: B Leadbeater and RT Robinson
	419/6d (112.4 overs) RWT Key 182 (332) OJ Newby 2/74 (15.4 overs)		208/3 (67 overs) PJ Horton 69 (100) MJ Saggers 1/22 (14 overs)
Lancashire won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 10, Lancashire 10

11–13 September	Kent	v	(H) Hampshire	Kent won by 10 wickets
Scorecard	495 (146.3 overs) M van Jaarsveld 112 (197) SK Warne 4/134 (44.3 overs)		216 (63.4 overs) (f/o) MA Carberry 46 (77) JC Tredwell 4/46 (23 overs)	Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: R Palmer and G Sharp
	6/0 (0.3 overs) JL Denly 6* (3) 282 (100.4 overs)		MJ Lumb 89 (181) JC Tredwell 4/114 (44 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Hampshire 3, Kent 22

19–21 September	Kent (H)	v	Durham	Durham won by 8 wickets
Scorecard	212 (50.5 overs) R McLaren 54* (55) M Davies 3/43 (11.5 overs)		321 (88 overs) DM Benkenstein 117 (181) MJ Saggers 4/89 (28 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: JH Evans and G Sharp
	160 (44.1 overs) RWT Key 33 (61) PJ Wiseman 4/45 (12.1 overs)		52/2 (10.1 overs) MJ Di Venuto 23* (21) MJ Walker 1/10 (2 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 4, Durham 20 SA Northeast made his first-class debut

Friends Provident Trophy

South Conference

Team	Pld	W	T	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Hampshire Hawks	9	6	1	1	1	14	+0.315
Essex Eagles	9	6	0	2	1	13	+1.050
Gloucestershire Gladiators	9	6	0	2	1	13	+0.125
Kent Spitfires	9	5	0	3	1	11	+0.889
Surrey Brown Caps	9	4	0	3	2	10	+0.779
Somerset Sabres	9	4	1	3	1	10	+0.198
Middlesex Crusaders	9	3	0	5	1	7	-0.377
Sussex Sharks	9	2	0	5	2	6	-0.687
Glamorgan Dragons	9	0	0	6	3	3	-1.416
Ireland	9	0	0	6	3	3	-1.793

Matches

22 April	Kent 271 (46.2 overs)	v	(H) Surrey 274/7 (48.5 overs)	Surrey won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: TE Jesty and RT Robinson
	RWT Key 108 (108) SJ Magoffin 4/58 (8.2 overs)		SA Newman 73 (101) Yasir Arafat 3/60 (10 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Surrey 2, Kent 0 RWT Key and JC Tredwell set a Kent List A record for the 8th wicket, scoring 174 runs

29 April	Kent 231/7 (50 overs)	v	(H) Ireland 173 (43.5 overs)	Kent won by 58 runs
Scorecard				Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast Umpires: TE Jesty and AA Jones
	JL Denly 102* (97) JF Mooney 2/29 (9.1 overs)		WK McCallan 45* (54) SJ Cook 3/31 (10 overs)
Ireland won the toss and elected to field Points: Ireland 0, Kent 2

6 May	Kent 234 (47.5 overs)	v	(H) Essex 237/7 (49.4 overs)	Kent won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: RJ Bailey and JF Steele
	RC Irani 81 (100) Yasir Arafat 3/51 (8.5 overs)		DI Stevens 61 (64) RN ten Doeschate 1/21 (3.4 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to bat Points: Essex 0, Kent 2

7 May	Middlesex 233/5 (41 overs)	v	(H) Kent 202/5 (29.2 overs)	Kent won by 5 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) (D/L method)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: B Dudleston and AA Jones
	OA Shah 95* (89) SJ Cook 2/46 (9 overs)		M van Jaarsveld 86* (65) M Kartik 2/31 (6 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Match reduced to 41 overs per side before play began; further rain in the lunch break reduced Kent's inning to 32 overs with a D/L target of 200 runs Points: Kent 2, Middlesex 0

20 May	Glamorgan 85 (31.5 overs)	v	(H) Kent 87/1 (11.4 overs)	Kent won by 9 wickets (with 230 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: JW Holder and NA Mallender
	DL Hemp 25 (47) SJ Cook 4/25 (9.5 overs)		GO Jones 44* (37) AG Wharf 1/36 (5 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Glamorgan 0

27 May	Somerset (H)	v	Kent	No result (match abandoned without a toss)
Scorecard				County Ground, Taunton Umpires: B Dudleston and MJ Harris
No toss Points: Somerset 1, Kent 1

3 June	Kent 264/9 (50 overs)	v	(H) Sussex 152 (33.4 overs)	Kent won by 112 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Hove Umpires: NL Bainton and MJD Bodenham
	AJ Hall 123 (131) RJ Kirtley 5/41 (10 overs)		MJ Prior 76 (72) Yasir Arafat 3/20 (8 overs)
Sussex won the toss and elected to field Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2

10 June	Hampshire 220 (49.4 overs)	v	(H) Kent 218 (49.3 overs)	Hampshire won by 2 runs
Scorecard				Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: RK Illingworth and P Willey
	AD Mascarenhas 50 (56) Yasir Arafat 3/48 (8.4 overs)		MJ Walker 83 (118) SR Clark 3/42 (8 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 0, Hampshire 2

13 June	Gloucestershire 275/6 (50 overs)	v	(H) Kent 235 (46.2 overs)	Gloucestershire won by 40 runs
Scorecard				Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: NA Mallender and G Sharp
	HJH Marshall 63 (76) SJ Cook 2/43 (10 overs)		AJ Hall 55 (65) ID Fisher 3/45 (10 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 0, Gloucestershire 2

NatWest Pro40

Division Two

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts
1. Durham Dynamos	8	6	2	0	0	+1.311	12
2. Somerset Sabres	8	5	2	0	1	+0.690	11
3. Middlesex Crusaders	8	5	3	0	0	+0.482	10
4. Surrey Brown Caps	8	5	3	0	0	+0.400	10
5. Kent Spitfires	8	5	3	0	0	+0.263	10
6. Yorkshire Phoenix	8	4	3	0	1	-0.229	9
7. Leicestershire Foxes	8	3	4	0	1	-0.393	7
8. Derbyshire Phantoms	8	1	7	0	0	-1.040	2
9. Glamorgan Dragons	8	0	7	0	1	-2.378	1

Matches

14 July	Leicestershire (H) 175 (39.5 overs)	v	Kent 179/4 (33.3 overs)	Kent won by 6 wickets (with 39 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: AA Jones and P Willey Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
	PA Nixon 61 (82) SJ Cook 3/36 (8 overs)		RWT Key 63 (90) Mansoor Amjad 2/34 (7 overs)
Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Leicestershire 0, Kent 2

29 July	Kent 282/3 (40 overs)	v	(H) Derbyshire 272/9 (40 overs)	Kent won by 10 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Derby Umpires: IJ Gould and JW Holder
	RWT Key 104 (100) MG Dighton 2/46 (8 overs)		GM Smith 88 (68) SJ Cook 3/53 (8 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Derbyshire 0, Kent 2

12 August	Durham 203 (39.4 overs)	v	(H) Kent 204/7 (38.5 overs)	Kent won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGB Cook and RK Illingworth
	MJ Di Venuto 57 (72) DI Stevens 3/15 (5 overs)		DI Stevens 85* (59) GR Breese 3/31 (8 overs)
Durham won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Durham 0

26 August	Middlesex (H) 187/5 (40 overs)	v	Kent 151 (36.4 overs)	Middlesex won by 36 runs
Scorecard				Lord's, St John's Wood, London Umpires: GI Burgess and JF Steele
	NRD Compton 48* (68) MJ Saggers 2/9 (8 overs)		RWT Key 72 (105) TJ Murtagh 4/21 (7 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0

27 August	Somerset 214/8 (40 overs)	v	(H) Kent 212/7 (40 overs)	Somerset won by 2 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: B Leadbeater and RT Robinson
	JL Langer 92 (105) R McLaren 4/46 (8 overs)		R McLaren 78* (72) PD Trego 5/44 (8 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 0, Somerset 2

4 September	Kent (H) 159/8 (40 overs)	v	Surrey 160/9 (40 overs)	Surrey won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Bailey and RA Kettleborough Player of the match: SA Newman (Surrey)
	M van Jaarsveld 40 (55) RJ Hamilton-Brown 3/36 (8 overs)		SA Newman 92* (132) NJ Dexter 3/27 (7 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 0, Surrey 2 AJ Blake made his List A debut

	178/8 (40 overs)	v	179/2 (29.5 overs)	Kent won by 8 wickets (with 61 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: JH Evans and JF Steele Player of the match: RWT Key (Kent)
	GP Rees 46 (75) MJ Saggers 4/25 (8 overs)		RWT Key 107* (91) HT Waters 1/35 (8 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat Points: Glamorgan 0, Kent 2

9 September	Kent (H) 228/9 (40 overs)	v	Yorkshire 215/7 (40 overs)	Kent won by 13 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: GI Burgess and JH Evans
	M van Jaarsveld 50 (48) RM Pyrah 3/50 (7 overs)		JA Rudolph 86 (107) MJ Saggers 3/21 (8 overs)
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Yorkshire 0

Other List A match

Tour match

16 July	Sri Lanka A 259/8 (50 overs)	v	(H) Kent 7/0 (4 overs)	No result
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: JW Lloyds and DJ Millns
	ML Udawatte 67 (87) M van Jaarsveld 3/43 (10 overs)		NJ Dexter 6* (15)
Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat Rain stopped play after 4 overs of Kent's innings PG Dixey, JE Goodman, JA Iles, SA Northeast and TW Parsons made their List A debuts

Twenty20 Cup

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Sussex Sharks	8	5	2	0	1	11	+0.179
2	Kent Spitfires	8	4	2	1	1	10	+0.324
3	Surrey Brown Caps	8	4	4	0	0	8	+0.809
4	Essex Eagles	8	3	4	0	1	7	-0.365
5	Middlesex Crusaders	8	2	3	0	3	7	-0.204
6	Hampshire Hawks	8	1	4	1	2	5	-1.116

Matches

22 June	Kent 153/6 (20 overs)	v	(H) Hampshire 153/7 (20 overs)	Match tied
Scorecard				Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: IJ Gould and MJ Harris Player of the match: AD Mascarenhas (Hampshire)
	RWT Key 59 (53) AD Mascarenhas 3/17 (4 overs)		CC Benham 45 (41) SJ Cook 3/30 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Hampshire 1, Kent 1

23 June	Kent (H) 44/1 (5.1 overs)	v	Essex 46/6 (5 overs)	Kent won by 3 runs (D/L method)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: B Dudleston and NA Mallender
	RWT Key 21* (15) AP Palladino 1/12 (2 overs)		GW Flower 20 (11) R McLaren 2/3 (1 over)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Rain stopped the Kent inning after 5.1 overs, and Essex were set a D/L) target of 50 to win from 5 overs Points: Kent 2, Essex 0

26 June	Kent (H) 181/3 (20 overs)	v	Sussex 182/3 (17.1 overs)	Sussex won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: VA Holder and JW Lloyds Player of the match: LJ Wright (Sussex)
	RWT Key 62 (46) OP Rayner 1/20 (2 overs)		LJ Wright 103 (45) JC Tredwell 1/20 (3 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 0, Sussex 2

27 June	Middlesex (H) 146/7 (20 overs)	v	Kent	No result
Scorecard				Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge Umpires: JW Holder and JW Lloyds
	ET Smith 66 (50) SJ Cook 3/28 (4 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat Rain stopped play before the start of Kent's innings Points: Middlesex 1, Kent 1

29 June	Kent 141/7	v	(H) Essex 99 (14.5 overs)	Kent won by 42 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: JW Holder and VA Holder Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
	NJ Dexter 31* (18) GR Napier 2/21 (4 overs)		RS Bopara 27 (15) DI Stevens 4/14 (3 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to field Points: Essex 0, Kent 2

2 July	Kent (H) 131/8 (20 overs)	v	Surrey 132/2 (17.4 overs)	Surrey won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: NL Bainton and NGC Cowley Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Surrey)
	DI Stevens 27 (28) CP Schofield 3/18 (4 overs)		Azhar Mahmood 39* (19) SJ Cook 2/28 (4 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 0, Surrey 2

4 July	Kent (H) 146/4 (20 overs)	v	Middlesex 120 (18.4 overs)	Kent won by 26 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: R Palmer and P Willey Player of the match: M Morkel (Kent)
	JL Denly 40 (33) JWM Dalrymple 2/28 (4 overs)		EJG Morgan 34 (27) M Morkel 3/24 (4 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Middlesex 0

6 July	Surrey (H) 145 (19.5 overs)	v	Kent 148/4 (19.1 overs)	Kent won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: NL Bainton and JH Evans Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
	MR Ramprakash 33 (24) SJ Cook 3/21 (4 overs)		DI Stevens 46* (34) CP Schofield 2/23 (4 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat Points: Surrey 0, Kent 2

Quarter-finals

17–18 July	Nottinghamshire (H) 138/9 (20 overs)	v	Kent 139/1 (19.5 overs)	Kent won by 9 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Scorecard				Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: RA Kettleborough and P Willey Player of the match: JL Denly (Kent)
	SP Fleming 49 (28) JC Tredwell 2/19 (4 overs)		JL Denly 63* (61) GP Swann 1/23 (4 overs)
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat Reserve day was used due to rain Kent advanced to the semi-finals

Semi-finals

4 August	Sussex 140 (19.4 overs)	v	Kent 141/5 (19.2 overs)	Kent won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: NJ Llong and NA Mallender Player of the match: RWT Key (Kent)
	MW Goodwin 38 (35) SL Malinga 3/30 (3.4 overs)		RWT Key 68* (54) MH Yardy 1/9 (2 overs)
Sussex won the toss and elected to bat Kent advanced to the final

Final

4 August	Gloucestershire 146/8 (20 overs)	v	Kent 147/6 (19.3 overs)	Kent won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: NA Mallender and P Willey Player of the match: R McLaren (Kent)
	HJH Marshall 65 (49) R McLaren 3/22 (4 overs)		MJ Walker 45 (35) MA Hardinges 2/24 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Kent won the 2007 Twenty20 Cup[2] R McLaren took a hat-trick

UCCE match

Kent's 3-day match against Cardiff UCCE in April did not have first-class status.

25–27 April	Kent	v	Cardiff UCCE	Kent won by an innings and 10 runs
Scorecard	443/6d (95 overs) NJ Dexter 116 (181) MJ Wood 2/80 (16 overs)		171 (71.5 overs) DM Rushbrook 28 (86) RH Joseph 3/28 (15 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: DJ Millns and G Sharp
			262 (90 overs) (f/o) RI Kaufman 95 (127) R McLaren 6/59 (20 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Match did not have first-class status

Statistics

Batting

First-class (County Championship)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Rob Key	15	25	3	1,250	182	56.81	51.46	5	4	2	158	1
Martin van Jaarsveld	15	23	1	1,011	166	45.95	55.18	5	3	4	125	13
Joe Denly	15	25	3	902	115*	41.00	58.41	2	5	1	134	3
Matt Walker	12	18	0	733	157	40.72	49.96	3	2	1	93	3
Darren Stevens	11	17	0	628	174	36.94	61.68	2	2	0	85	10
Geraint Jones	15	21	3	623	106*	34.61	60.19	2	3	1	80	4
James Tredwell	14	19	2	454	116*	26.70	48.86	1	2	2	62	1
Yasir Arafat	10	13	1	369	122	30.75	69.49	2	0	1	46	1
Neil Dexter	8	10	2	350	86	43.75	49.57	0	3	1	52	2
Ryan McLaren	15	18	5	272	54*	20.92	53.86	0	1	4	29	5
Andrew Hall	7	10	1	264	77	29.33	55.34	0	2	0	36	0
Simon Cook	12	14	5	151	50*	16.77	61.13	0	1	2	19	2
Min Patel	1	2	0	67	52	33.50	101.51	0	1	0	9	0
Robbie Joseph	3	5	4	60	36*	60.00	62.50	0	0	0	3	4
Martin Saggers	7	7	1	47	16	7.83	52.22	0	0	2	8	1
Lasith Malinga	4	3	1	13	12	6.50	20.00	0	0	1	0	0
Sam Northeast	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	29.41	0	0	1	1	0
Source: Cricinfo[7]

List A (Friends Provident Trophy, NatWest Pro40 and Tour match)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Rob Key	16	15	1	695	108	49.64	83.53	3	2	0	73	10
Martin van Jaarsveld	17	15	2	428	86*	32.92	87.52	0	3	2	42	6
Darren Stevens	15	14	3	319	85*	29.00	93.00	0	2	0	43	4
Matt Walker	15	11	1	276	83	27.60	68.31	0	2	1	28	1
Andrew Hall	7	7	1	269	123	44.83	89.36	1	1	0	34	1
Joe Denly	15	13	1	255	102*	21.25	73.27	1	1	2	29	6
James Tredwell	17	11	4	243	88	34.71	90.33	0	2	0	21	6
Geraint Jones	17	14	2	235	45	19.58	71.42	0	0	1	23	0
Ryan McLaren	13	11	3	202	78*	25.25	93.95	0	1	2	15	6
Simon Cook	16	10	3	121	49	17.28	98.37	0	0	1	13	3
Yasir Arafat	10	6	2	44	26*	11.00	59.45	0	0	0	4	0
Neil Dexter	8	5	1	38	14	9.50	61.29	0	0	0	3	0
Alex Blake	3	2	2	15	11*	-	62.50	0	0	0	0	0
Martin Saggers	7	3	2	5	2*	5.00	41.66	0	0	0	0	0
Lasith Malinga	3	1	1	1	1*	-	50.00	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Dixey	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Goodman	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Iles	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robbie Joseph	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Northeast	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Parsons	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Min Patel	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Source:Cricinfo[8]

Twenty20 (Twenty20 Cup)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Rob Key	6	6	2	282	68*	70.50	127.02	0	4	0	29	6
Joe Denly	11	10	1	279	63*	31.00	118.72	0	1	0	35	4
Matt Walker	10	8	0	161	45	20.12	111.80	0	0	0	17	3
Martin van Jaarsveld	11	10	3	148	42*	21.14	106.47	0	0	0	11	2
Ryan McLaren	11	8	5	128	46*	42.66	131.95	0	0	1	13	2
Darren Stevens	11	7	2	127	46*	25.40	109.48	0	0	1	13	0
Geraint Jones	11	7	2	62	24*	12.40	88.57	0	0	1	3	2
Neil Dexter	6	2	1	45	31*	45.00	125.00	0	0	0	6	0
Simon Cook	11	1	1	25	25*	-	192.30	0	0	0	2	1
Yasir Arafat	11	4	3	19	7	19.00	100.00	0	0	0	1	0
James Tredwell	11	2	0	13	12	6.50	81.25	0	0	0	1	0
Andrew Hall	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lasith Malinga	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morné Morkel	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Source: Cricinfo[9]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10w
Ryan McLaren	15	21	316.0	58	1,079	44	5/24	8/70	24.52	3.41	43.0	1	0
James Tredwell	14	19	415.3	76	1,285	36	6/47	8/95	35.69	3.09	69.2	1	0
Yasir Arafat	10	15	238.5	44	882	27	5/63	9/153	32.66	3.69	53.0	1	0
Simon Cook	12	20	242.4	58	740	22	6/35	6/66	33.63	3.04	66.1	1	0
Martin Saggers	7	10	156.4	36	463	19	5/43	6/65	24.36	2.95	49.4	1	0
Andrew Hall	7	12	163.0	27	610	15	5/59	5/135	40.66	3.74	65.2	1	0
Darren Stevens	11	13	112.5	24	305	12	3/91	4/32	25.41	2.70	56.4	0	0
Joe Denly	15	11	67.1	15	203	6	2/13	2/13	33.83	3.02	67.1	0	0
Martin van Jaarsveld	15	5	20.2	4	68	5	2/17	2/17	13.60	3.34	24.4	0	0
Robbie Joseph	3	6	57.0	11	233	3	3/78	3/94	77.66	4.08	114.0	0	0
Lasith Malinga	4	5	40.0	2	197	2	1/40	1/40	98.50	4.92	120.0	0	0
Matt Walker	12	1	2.0	0	10	1	1/10	1/10	10.00	5.00	12.0	0	0
Neil Dexter	8	3	13.0	0	72	1	1/35	1/35	72.00	5.53	78.0	0	0
Min Patel	1	2	31.0	4	107	1	1/17	1/107	107.00	3.45	186.0	0	0
Geraint Jones	15	1	2.0	0	14	0	-	-	-	7.00	-	0	0
Rob Key	15	2	7.0	0	33	0	-	-	-	4.71	-	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[10]

List A (Friends Provident Trophy, NatWest Pro40 and Tour match)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Simon Cook	16	16	132.5	8	624	27	4/25	23.11	4.69	29.5	1	0
James Tredwell	17	16	127.3	4	646	19	2/20	34.00	5.06	40.2	0	0
Yasir Arafat	10	10	82.3	6	386	18	3/20	21.44	4.67	27.5	0	0
Ryan McLaren	13	12	91.0	4	457	17	4/29	26.88	5.02	32.1	2	0
Martin Saggers	7	7	52.5	9	203	11	4/25	18.45	3.84	28.8	1	0
Darren Stevens	15	8	40.0	1	153	9	3/15	17.00	3.82	26.6	0	0
Andrew Hall	7	7	52.5	4	240	9	2/12	26.66	4.54	35.2	0	0
Martin van Jaarsveld	17	9	35.0	1	169	7	3/43	24.14	4.82	30.0	0	0
Neil Dexter	8	5	33.0	1	160	4	3/27	40.00	4.84	49.5	0	0
Robbie Joseph	2	2	20.0	0	100	3	3/50	33.33	5.00	40.0	0	0
Tom Parsons	1	1	6.0	0	41	2	2/41	20.50	6.83	18.0	0	0
Lasith Malinga	3	3	23.4	0	145	2	1/44	72.50	6.12	71.0	0	0
James Iles	1	1	6.0	0	27	1	1/27	27.00	4.50	36.0	0	0
Alex Blake	3	2	12.0	1	61	1	1/25	61.00	5.08	72.0	0	0
Joe Denly	15	1	1.0	0	6	0	-	-	6.00	-	0	0
Source:Cricinfo[11]

Twenty20 (Twenty20 Cup)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Simon Cook	11	11	39.5	0	275	17	3/21	16.17	6.90	14.0	0	0
Yasir Arafat	11	11	32.3	0	280	14	3/24	20.00	8.61	13.9	0	0
Morné Morkel	8	8	29.0	2	184	11	3/24	16.72	6.34	15.8	0	0
Ryan McLaren	11	11	31.5	0	250	11	3/22	22.72	7.85	17.3	0	0
Darren Stevens	11	6	17.0	0	86	6	4/14	14.33	5.05	17.0	1	0
James Tredwell	11	9	28.0	0	187	6	2/19	31.16	6.67	28.0	0	0
Lasith Malinga	2	2	7.4	0	74	4	3/30	18.50	9.65	11.5	0	0
Andrew Hall	1	1	3.0	0	25	2	2/25	12.50	8.33	9.0	0	0
Martin van Jaarsveld	11	1	2.0	0	9	1	1/9	9.00	4.50	12.0	0	0
Neil Dexter	6	1	2.0	0	27	0	-	-	13.50	-	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[12]