Kent County Cricket Club in 2016

In 2016, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast. The season was the fifth, and last, in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams and the first for new club captain Sam Northeast, who took over from Rob Key at the end of the 2015 season, having captained the side on the field for much of the season.^[1]

Kent County Cricket Club

2016 season
Coach	Jimmy Adams
Captain	Sam Northeast
Overseas players	Tom Latham (May–July) Kagiso Rabada (June–July) Hardus Viljoen (August–September)
Ground(s)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship	Runners-up, Division Two
Royal London One-Day Cup	Quarter-finals
NatWest t20 Blast	7th, South Group
Most runs	FC: SA Northeast (1,402) LA: JL Denly (428) T20: SA Northeast (462)
Most wickets	FC: ME Claydon (50) LA: MT Coles (24) T20: DA Griffiths (13)
Most catches	FC: JC Tredwell (14) LA: AJ Blake (8) T20: AJ Blake (8)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	FC: AP Rouse (31) LA: SW Billings (11) T20: SW Billings (7)
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Sam Billings continued to be selected for England limited overs squads, although he had to settle for only three appearances in 2016. On 21 February, he played in the second of two T20I matches at the end of the South Africa tour, scoring 5 runs in Johannesburg. Billings was selected in England's squad for the 2016 World Twenty20 in India, but did not play during the tournament other than as a substitute fielder.^[2] On 5 July, he featured in the only T20I during Sri Lanka's tour of England. Billings played a single ODI, the final match of three during England's tour of Bangladesh, on 12 October at Chittagong, opening the batting with a useful 62 in a four wicket win.

Sam Northeast won the club's Player of the Year award, having scored over 2,000 runs across all formats for a second successive season.^[3]

Squad

Departures

In October 2015, Kent Cricket Academy graduate and England Under-19 wicket-keeper Ryan Davies left the club, signing for Somerset in search of more regular first XI cricket.^[4][5] All-rounder Ben Harmison was released in February after four seasons with Kent.^[6][7] On 18 April 2016, former captain Rob Key announced his retirement from playing.^[8] 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.^[9]

Following the end of the season, fast bowlers David Griffiths and Sam Weller were released by Kent, neither having their contracts renewed,^[10] whilst 40-year old all-rounder Darren Stevens signed a new one-year contract to extend his time at the county.^[11] In October head coach Jimmy Adams also left the county to return to his native Jamaica.^[12] After his loan spell, Will Gidman signed a permanent contract with Kent in October 2016 having been released by Nottinghamshire.^[13][14]

Arrivals

Former Hampshire and Gloucestershire wicket-keeper Adam Rouse signed for Kent in January on a two-year contract.^[15] Rouse had previously played for Kent's Second XI in 2014, and returned for a trial in April 2015 as cover for Sam Billings.^[16][17] Billings missed almost the first two months of the season due to being drafted by the Delhi Daredevils franchise for the 2016 Indian Premier League season.^[18]

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.^[19][20] A few days later, the club announced the signing of New Zealand international batsman Tom Latham to play in all three competitions during the season.^[21][22] Latham's last match before joining up with his national team for a tour of Zimbabwe was a T20 fixture against Gloucestershire on 8 July. In 2015, the squad had not featured anyone classified as an overseas player.^[20][23]

After Rouse suffered a hand injury in June, and Billings was called into the England T20 squad, former Sussex wicket-keeper Callum Jackson was signed in early July. Kent would otherwise have been without a wicket-keeper in their County Championship match against Essex at the beginning of the month.^[24] Jackson had played as a substitute wicket-keeper during the Championship match at Glamorgan in June following Rouse's injury.^[25]

In late July, Kent announced the signing of Will Gidman from Nottinghamshire on a one-month loan deal. The former Gloucestershire all-rounder had recently returned from injury and would be available for four One-Day Cup games and two County Championship matches.^[26] Captain Sam Northeast stated that Gidman's signing would bolster the side's resources with Calum Haggett and Fabian Cowdrey unavailable through injury.^[27] Having impressed during this spell, Gidman's loan deal was extended for the remaining three matches of the season.^[28]

On 19 August, Kent announced the signing of South Africa international fast-bowler Hardus Viljoen as the overseas player for the final four County Championship matches of the season, with the club citing a number of injuries to bowlers over the course the season as the reason for the signing.^[29][30]

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	Rob Key	England	(1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Retired 18 April 2016[8]
6	Joe Denly	England	(1986-03-16)16 March 1986 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
10	Alex Blake	England	(1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
16	Zak Crawley	England	(1998-02-03)3 February 1998 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
17	Sam Northeast	England	(1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Club captain
23	Daniel Bell-Drummond	England	(1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
48	Tom Latham	New Zealand	(1992-04-02)2 April 1992 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas signing Left in mid-July to join the New Zealand team in Zimbabwe.[31]
58	Sean Dickson	South Africa	(1991-09-02)2 September 1991 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	British passport holder
All-rounders
3	Darren Stevens	England	(1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 39)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
24	Adam Ball	England	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Left arm fast-medium
25	Calum Haggett	England	(1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
26	Matt Coles	England	(1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
30	Fabian Cowdrey	England	(1993-01-30)30 January 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
42	Will Gidman	England	(1985-02-14)14 February 1985 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Right arm medium	On loan from Nottinghamshire (23 July to the end of the season)
Wicket-keepers
7	Sam Billings	England	(1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 24)	Right-handed	—
12	Adam Rouse	England	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 23)	Right-handed	—
21	Callum Jackson	England	(1994-09-07)7 September 1994 (aged 21)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
5	Ivan Thomas	England	(1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
8	Mitchell Claydon	England	(1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
11	Imran Qayyum	England	(1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
14	Matt Hunn	England	(1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
15	James Tredwell	England	(1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Right arm off break
18	David Griffiths	England	(1985-11-10)10 November 1985 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
19	Sam Weller	England	(1994-11-21)21 November 1994 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
22	Charlie Hartley	England	(1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
27	Hugh Bernard	England	(1996-09-14)14 September 1996 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
33	Adam Riley	England	(1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
52	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	(1995-05-25)25 May 1995 (aged 20)	Left-handed	Right arm fast	Overseas signing (June–July)
77	Hardus Viljoen	South Africa	(1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right arm fast	Overseas signing (19 August to the end of the season)

County Championship

Kent played 16 County Championship matches in 2016, playing once at home and once away against each of the other eight counties in Division Two. Six home matches were 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. The county won five games, drew eight and lost only twice in the Championship, finishing second to Essex County Cricket Club. In previous years a second-place finish would have led to promotion to Division One of the Championship, but 2016 saw a rebalancing of the number of teams in each division and, as a result, only one team was promoted.

Kent's match against Worcestershire at New Road in April was abandoned without a ball bowled due to a water-logged outfield. This match was classed as a draw and five points were awarded to each side.^[32]

Durham, who had finished 4th in Division One, were deducted 48 points by the ECB at the end of the season as a result of their financial problems. This resulted in their relegation to Division Two.^[33] The ECB announced that Hampshire, who had finished 8th in Division One, would be reprieved from relegation.^[33] Kent chairman, George Kennedy, launched an appeal claiming that Kent should be promoted instead of this reprieve for Hampshire given the one-off scenario of the runners-up of Division Two missing out on promotion in 2016.^[34][35] The ECB did not change their decision, meaning that Kent will remain in Division Two for the 2017 season.

Division Two

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	D	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Essex (P)	16	6	3	0	7	0	58	46	0	235
Kent	16	5	2	0	8	1	49	38	0	212
Worcestershire	16	6	4	0	5	1	42	35	0	203
Sussex	16	4	2	0	10	0	40	38	0	192
Northamptonshire	16	4	3	0	8	1	42	33	0	184
Gloucestershire	16	4	5	0	7	0	44	40	0	183
Leicestershire	16	4	4	0	8	0	39	40	1	182
Glamorgan	16	3	8	0	5	0	34	42	1	148
Derbyshire	16	0	5	0	10	1	32	32	0	119

Source: ^[36]

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[37][32][38] 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[39]

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.[40] After the match, MT Coles was reported by the umpires for a Level Two code breach (throwing the ball at or near a player). Combined with previous breaches, this resulted in a two-match ban from the County Championship.[41]

8–11 May	Gloucestershire	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	337 (107 overs) HJH Marshall 112 (202) CJ Haggett 3/66 (26 overs)		478/8d (126 overs) SA Northeast 189 (303) DA Payne 2/76 (30 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Evans and RA Kettleborough
	211/8 (58 overs) JMR Taylor 46* (45) CJ Haggett 3/27 (13 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat No play was possible in the morning session of days 3 or 4 due to rain Points: Kent 12, Gloucestershire 10 SA Northeast's 189 in the first innings was his highest score in first-class cricket

15–18 May	Kent	v	(H) Northamptonshire	Match drawn
Scorecard	396 (115.5 overs) JL Denly 206* (315) RK Kleinveldt 3/53 (17.5 overs)		498 (140.2 overs) AG Wakely 87 (161) Imran Qayyum 3/158 (41.2 overs)	County Ground, Northampton Umpires: ID Blackwell and JW Lloyds
	131/2 (40 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 69* (111) RI Keogh 1/24 (8 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Only 11 overs were bowled on the fourth day due to rain and bad light and the match was abandoned as a draw at tea Points: Northamptonshire 11, Kent 11 Imran Qayyum made his first-class debut JL Denly's 206* in the first innings was his highest score in first-class cricket

22–25 May	Derbyshire (H)	v	Kent	Kent won by 7 wickets
Scorecard	492 (125.5 overs) S Thakor 130 (164) MT Coles 5/116 (34.5 overs)		412 (126 overs) SR Dickson 207* (362) S Thakor 5/63 (19 overs)	County Ground, Derby Umpires: DJ Millns and NA Mallender
	94 (28.4 overs) WL Madsen 37 (54) CJ Haggett 4/15 (6.4 overs)		176/3 (32.3 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 80* (99) CF Hughes 1/11 (1 over)
Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat Only 4 overs were possible after tea on day 2 due to rain Points: Derbyshire 7, Kent 21 JL Denly retired not out before the start of play on day 3 to be with his wife who had gone into labour with their first child, and did not return for the remainder of the match[42] SR Dickson's 207* in the Kent first innings was his highest score in first-class cricket[42]

29 May – 1 June	Leicestershire	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	341 (98.3 overs) MJ Cosgrove 119 (170) DI Stevens 4/74 (24 overs)		117/2 (44 overs) DJ Bell-Drummond 65* (125) BA Raine 1/20 (11 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: PR Pollard and AG Wharf
Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat 47 overs were lost throughout day 2 (including no play after tea), and no play was possible on days 3 or 4 due to bad light and rain Points: Kent 8, Leicestershire 8

19–22 June	Glamorgan (H)	v	Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	351 (80 overs) GG Wagg 83 (120) ME Claydon 5/106 (23 overs)		282 (88.3 overs) SR Dickson 75 (138) T van der Gugten 5/79 (26.3 overs)	SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Umpires: SC Gale and RT Robinson
	279/6d (73 overs) AHT Donald 67 (68) ME Claydon 3/50 (15 overs)
Toss uncontested, Kent elected to field Only 21.5 overs were possible on day 1 due to rain, and there was no play before lunch on day 2 Points: Glamorgan 12, Kent 10

26–29 June	Kent (H)	v	Derbyshire	Match drawn
Scorecard	379 (105.2 overs) SA Northeast 191 (266) AP Palladino 4/76 (29 overs)		574/9d (162.4 overs) WL Madsen 163 (293) JC Tredwell 3/153 (48.4 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and SJ O'Shaughnessy
	238/3 (74 overs) TWM Latham 74 (164) NT Broom 1/17 (6 overs)
Toss uncontested, Derbyshire elected to field No play was possible after tea on day 4 Points: Kent 10, Derbyshire 12 SA Northeast's 191 in the first innings was his highest score in first-class cricket

3–6 July	Kent	v	Essex (H)	Essex won by 10 wickets
Scorecard	207 (62.3 overs) AJ Blake 89* (116) JA Porter 3/51 (18 overs)		569 (145.3 overs) RS Bopara 94 (157) K Rabada 4/118 (34 overs)	County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: SA Garratt and DJ Millns
	377 (122 overs) SA Northeast 166* (320) MR Quinn 4/60 (24 overs)		10/0 (1.4 overs) NLJ Browne 8* (6)
Essex won the toss and elected to field Points: Essex 24, Kent 2 CF Jackson made his Kent debut SA Northeast and JC Tredwell set a new Kent first-class record for the 8th wicket, scoring 222 in the Kent second innings[43][44] JC Tredwell set a Kent record for the highest score by a number 9 batsman, and a personal high score in first-class cricket, scoring 124 in Kent's second innings[44]

17–20 July	Kent (H)	v	Sussex	Match drawn
Scorecard	575 (158.3 overs) SA Northeast 190 (244) DR Briggs 5/169 (49.3 overs)		333 (127.1 overs) LRPL Taylor 142* K Rabada 3/81 (28 overs)	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: NGB Cook and VK Sharma
			255/5 (91 overs) (f/o) LRPL Taylor 68 (89) JC Tredwell 3/76 (30 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 11, Sussex 8

3–6 August	Worcestershire	v	(H) Kent	Kent won by 10 wickets
Scorecard	211 (73.1 overs) JM Clarke 69 (124) ME Claydon 5/42 (17 overs)		451 (129.3 overs) DI Stevens 81 (105) EG Barnard 3/97 (27 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: BV Taylor and AG Wharf
	251 (93.3 overs) GH Rhodes 55 (114) DI Stevens 3/31 (12.3 overs)		14/0 (1.5 overs) SR Dickson 4* (7)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 23, Worcestershire 4

23–26 August	Gloucestershire (H)	v	Kent	Kent won by an innings and 69 runs
Scorecard	221 (94.2 overs) HJH Marshall 58 (192) GC Viljoen 5/55 (22.2 overs)		533/6d (119.4 overs) SW Billings 171 (202) LC Norwell 2/88 (27 overs)	County Ground, Bristol Umpires: PK Baldwin and AG Wharf
	243 (86.3 overs) HJH Marshall 118 (213) DI Stevens 3/47 (19 overs)
Toss uncontested, Kent elected to field Several overs were lost during day 3 due to rain and bad light Points: Gloucestershire 2, Kent 24 GC Viljoen made his Kent debut SW Billings' 171 in the first innings was his highest score in first-class cricket

31 August – 3 September	Sussex (H)	v	Kent	Kent won by an innings and 127 runs
Scorecard	180 (40.5 overs) BC Brown 54 (47) GC Viljoen 3/70 (12 overs)		496 (132.5 overs) WRS Gidman 99* (240) SJ Magoffin 5/88 (34.5 overs)	County Ground, Hove Umpires: SA Garratt and SJ O'Shaughnessy
	189 (41.5 overs) C Cachopa 34 (42) GC Viljoen 3/34 (9 overs)
Toss uncontested, Kent elected to field Points: Sussex 2, Kent 24

6–9 September	Kent (H)	v	Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire won by 10 wickets
Scorecard	230 (82.2 overs) SR Dickson 63 (159) RK Kleinveldt 3/70 (20.2 overs)		384 (97.4 overs) BM Duckett 204 (251) ME Claydon 3/73 (16 overs)	County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: NL Bainton and JW Lloyds
	184 (56.4 overs) GC Viljoen 63 (106) RK Kleinveldt 5/53 (21 overs)		13/0 (4.3 overs) RI Newton 15* (14)
Toss uncontested, Northamptonshire elected to field Points: Kent 4, Northamptonshire 23 SW Billings replaced CF Jackson for Kent on day 3 after being released from England duty, having been selected in the squad for the Twenty20 international against Pakistan but not being chosen for the playing XI.

20–23 September	Kent (H)	v	Essex	Match drawn
Scorecard	441 (108.1 overs) DI Stevens 136 (161) MW Dixon 5/124 (28.1 overs)		292 (82.4 overs) DW Lawrence 88 (156) GC Viljoen 3/69 (14 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Evans and GD Lloyd
	288/5d (67 overs) SA Northeast 178* (177) DD Masters 2/32 (17 overs)
Toss uncontested, Essex elected to field No play was possible on day 1 due to a wet outfield Points: Kent 13, Essex 10

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 two due to rain, and the match ended in a draw.^[45]

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 began their 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup campaign with a match against Surrey at the County Ground, Beckenham on Sunday 5 June.^[46] They played 8 games in the group stage of the competition, finishing in second place and securing a home quarter-final against Yorkshire. Kent lost the quarter-final by 11 runs, being bowled out chasing Yorkshire's score of 256.^[47][48]

South Group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Somerset	8	6	1	1	0	0	13	−0.087
2	Kent Spitfires	8	5	3	0	0	0	10	0.587
3	Essex Eagles	8	4	2	1	1	0	10	−0.119
4	Surrey	8	4	3	0	1	0	9	0.992
5	Hampshire	8	4	4	0	0	0	8	0.393
6	Middlesex	8	4	4	0	0	0	8	0.117
7	Glamorgan	8	3	4	0	1	0	7	−0.320
8	Gloucestershire	8	2	5	0	1	0	5	−0.709
9	Sussex Sharks	8	1	7	0	0	0	2	−0.679

Source: ^[49]

Matches

5 June	Surrey 255/8 (50 overs)	v	(H) Kent 260/9 (49.5 overs)	Kent won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: GD Lloyd and NA Mallender Player of the match: AJ Blake (Kent)
	KC Sangakkara 58 (50) JC Tredwell 2/33 (10 overs)		AJ Blake 66* (62) SC Meaker 3/47 (7 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Surrey 0

12 June	Kent (H) 290/3 (42 overs)	v	Glamorgan 294/7 (40.5 overs)	Glamorgan won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) (D/L method)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: M Burns and SJ O'Shaughnessy
	SW Billings 106* (54) T van der Gugten 1/60 (8 overs)		CA Ingram 95* (53) JC Tredwell 3/55 (8 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field Rain delayed Kent's innings after 29.1 overs with the score on 141/3; The match was reduced to 42 overs per side, and Glamorgan's adjusted target was 293 to win Points: Kent 0, Glamorgan 2

14 June	Kent (H) 231/6 (30 overs)	v	Somerset 136 (24.2 overs)	Kent won by 95 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: JH Evans and SA Garratt
	DJ Bell-Drummond 68 (51) L Gregory 3/37 (6 overs)		RE van der Merwe 29 (22) IAA Thomas 3/31 (5 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to field Match reduced to 30 overs per side before play began Points: Kent 2, Somerset 0

15 June	Kent 285/8 (50 overs)	v	Essex (H) 289/5 (49.1 overs)	Essex won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: SC Gale and JW Lloyds
	MT Coles 91 (52) Ashar Zaidi 3/33 (7 overs)		RS Bopara 74* (79) JC Tredwell 2/41 (8 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to field Essex 2 points, Kent 0

24 July	Kent 238/7 (50 overs)	v	(H) Middlesex 239/4 (44.5 overs)	Middlesex won by 6 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Lord's, St John's Wood, London Umpires: PK Baldwin and JW Lloyds
	SR Dickson 99 (126) TJ Murtagh 2/28 (10 overs)		PR Stirling 112 (133) MT Coles 2/37 (7.5 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0 WRS Gidman made his Kent debut

26 July	Hampshire (H) 229 (47.5 overs)	v	Kent 231/5 (43.3 overs)	Kent won by 5 wickets (with 39 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Ageas Bowl, Southampton Umpires: NL Bainton and JH Evans
	AJA Wheater 63 (73) MT Coles 6/56 (10 overs)		JL Denly 105 (131) BTJ Wheal 4/38 (7.3 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Hampshire 0, Kent 2

31 July	Gloucestershire 200 (49.2 overs)	v	(H) Kent 203/3 (41.2 overs)	Kent won by 7 wickets (with 52 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Bailey and SA Garratt
	HJH Marshall 43 (59) WRS Gidman 3/28 (8 overs)		JL Denly 82* (124) BAC Howell 1/27 (8 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Gloucestershire 0

2 August	Sussex (H) 182/8 (43 overs)	v	Kent 184/3 (31.5 overs)	Kent won by 7 wickets (with 67 balls remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Hove Umpires: NA Mallender and RT Robinson
	HZ Finch 54 (88) MT Coles 4/39 (9 overs)		SA Northeast 66* (77) CAL Davis 1/25 (3 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Match reduced to 43 overs per side before play began due to rain Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2

Quarter-finals

18 August	Yorkshire 256/9 (50 overs)	v	(H) Kent 245 (47.5 overs)	Yorkshire won by 11 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NA Mallender and AG Wharf
	A Lyth 88 (96) MT Coles 3/39 (10 overs)		DI Stevens 54 (74) LE Plunkett 4/52 (10 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Yorkshire advanced

NatWest t20 Blast

Kent began their t20 Blast campaign in the South Group with a match against Somerset at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on Friday 20 May.^[50] They played 14 games in the group stage of the competition, winning six and failing to qualify for the knock-out stages after losing their final two matches. As well as five home matches at Canterbury, a single match was hosted at each of Beckenham and Tunbridge Wells.

South Group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Gloucestershire	14	10	3	0	1	0	21	0.518
2	Glamorgan	14	8	3	0	3	0	19	1.005
3	Middlesex	14	7	6	0	1	0	15	0.395
4	Essex Eagles	14	7	6	0	1	0	15	0.174
5	Surrey	14	7	7	0	0	0	14	0.153
6	Sussex Sharks	14	5	6	0	3	0	13	−0.053
7	Kent Spitfires	14	6	8	0	0	0	12	−0.643
8	Hampshire	14	4	8	0	2	0	10	−0.691
9	Somerset	14	3	10	0	1	0	7	−0.660

Source: ^[51]

Matches

20 May	Somerset 197/7 (20 overs)	v	(H) Kent 200/2 (17.2 overs)	Kent won by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and NJ Llong Player of the match: DJ Bell-Drummond (Kent)
	J Allenby 91 (59) FK Cowdrey 3/18 (3 overs)		DJ Bell-Drummond 83* (47) RE van der Merwe 1/35 (3 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Somerset 0 The opening stand of 150 between DJ Bell-Drummond and JL Denly was the highest T20 partnership for any wicket for Kent[52]

2 June	Hampshire (H) 158/8 (20 overs)	v	Kent 149 (19.3 overs)	Hampshire won by 9 runs
Scorecard				Ageas Bowl, Southampton Umpires: NGB Cook and RJ Evans Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Hampshire)
	MA Carberry 54 (53) MT Coles 4/27 (4 overs)		DJ Bell-Drummond 64 (51) Shahid Afridi 3/33 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Hampshire 2, Kent 0

3 June	Kent (H) 144/7 (20 overs)	v	Gloucestershire 146/3 (19.2 overs)	Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: RJ Bailey and BV Taylor Player of the match: AJ Tye (Gloucestershire)
	SA Northeast 35 (34) AJ Tye 3/18 (4 overs)		HJH Marshall 56 (42) DI Stevens 1/20 (2.2 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 0, Gloucestershire 2

8 June	Kent (H) 193/3 (20 overs)	v	Hampshire 185/9 (20 overs)	Kent won by 8 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: GD Lloyd and AG Wharf Player of the match: SW Billings (Kent)
	JL Denly 59 (38) TL Best 2/38 (4 overs)		SM Ervine 56 (34) DA Griffiths 2/24 (4 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Hampshire 0

10 June	Sussex (H) 140 (20 overs)	v	Kent 143/6 (19.3 overs)	Sussex won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Hove Umpires: PK Baldwin and AG Wharf Player of the match: LRPL Taylor (Sussex)
	SA Northeast 53 (43) TS Mills 3/15 (4 overs)		LRPL Taylor 62 (50) ME Claydon 3/25 (4 overs)
Sussex won the toss and elected to field Points: Sussex 2, Kent 0

17 June	Glamorgan (H) 175/4 (16 overs)	v	Kent 121 (15.5 overs)	Glamorgan won by 55 runs (D/L method)
Scorecard				SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Umpires: JH Evans and BV Taylor Player of the match: DL Lloyd (Glamorgan)
	DL Lloyd 97* (49) ME Claydon 2/27 (3 overs)		MT Coles 31 (17) DW Steyn 4/18 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Match reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain Kent's D-L victory target was 177 runs from 16 overs

24 June	Kent (H) 210/6 (20 overs)	v	Middlesex 170/7 (20 overs)	Middlesex won by 40 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGB Cook and RJ Evans Player of the match: BB McCullum (Middlesex)
	BB McCullum 87* (57) DI Stevens 4/31 (4 overs)		FK Cowdrey 71 (42) TS Roland-Jones 3/24 (4 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 0, Middlesex 2

30 June	Kent (H) 166/6 (20 overs)	v	Sussex 156/4 (20 overs)	Kent won by 10 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: DJ Millns and SJ O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: K Rabada (Kent)
	TWM Latham 48 (34) A Shahzad 2/29 (3 overs)		LRPL Taylor 49 (32) FK Cowdrey 2/8 (2 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Sussex 0 K Rabada made his debut for Kent in this match The Sussex innings was twice delayed due to the bright setting sun[53]

1 July	Essex (H) 204/3 (20 overs)	v	Kent 154/9 (20 overs)	Essex won by 50 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: GD Lloyd and BV Taylor Player of the match: RS Bopara (Essex)
	RS Bopara 81* (43) K Rabada 1/30 (4 overs)		AJ Blake 37 (31) PI Walter 3/26 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 0, Essex 2

7 July	Kent 187/5 (20 overs)	v	(H) Somerset 175/9 (20 overs)	Kent won by 12 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Taunton Umpires: RA Kettleborough and RT Robinson Player of the match: SA Northeast (Kent)
	SA Northeast 75 (42) L Gregory 2/32 (4 overs)		PD Trego 63 (34) DI Stevens 3/30 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Somerset 0, Kent 2

8 July	Kent 148/7 (20 overs)	v	(H) Gloucestershire 145/8 (20 overs)	Kent won by 3 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Bristol Umpires: SC Gale and RT Robinson Player of the match: JL Denly (Kent)
	JL Denly 51 (35) BAC Howell 3/29 (4 overs)		M Klinger 42 (31) DA Griffiths 2/22 (3 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field Points: Gloucestershire 0, Kent 2

15 July	Surrey 180/8 (20 overs)	v	(H) Kent 181/2 (19.4 overs)	Kent won by 8 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: DJ Millns and PR Pollard Player of the match: DJ Bell-Drummond (Kent)
	JJ Roy 52 (29) JC Tredwell 3/32 (4 overs)		DJ Bell-Drummond 112* (65) SM Curran 1/23 (3 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Surrey 0 The second wicket partnership of 151 between DJ Bell-Drummond and SA Northeast was the highest T20 partnership for any wicket for Kent[54]

22 July	Essex 190/2 (20 overs)	v	(H) Kent 157 (19.2 overs)	Essex won by 33 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: PK Baldwin and JW Lloyds Player of the match: T Westley (Essex)
	T Westley 74* (49) MT Coles 2/28 (4 overs)		DI Stevens 33 (25) GR Napier 3/29 (3.2 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 0, Essex 2

29 July	Surrey (H) 212/4 (20 overs)	v	Kent 175/7 (20 overs)	Surrey won by 37 runs
Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: PK Baldwin and PJ Hartley Player of the match: JJ Roy (Surrey)
	JJ Roy 120* (62) DA Griffiths 2/47 (4 overs)		SA Northeast 59 (44) CH Morris 2/38 (4 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat Points: Surrey 2, Kent 0

Statistics

Batting

First-class (County Championship and MCCU match)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sam Northeast	16	23	6	1,402	191	82.47	68.19	5	4	0	167	7
Daniel Bell-Drummond	13	20	6	953	206*	68.07	59.19	2	6	3	127	3
Darren Stevens	15	17	0	782	140	46.00	73.35	2	5	3	94	17
Joe Denly	15	21	2	733	206*	38.57	49.79	1	1	3	94	3
Sean Dickson	15	21	3	701	207*	38.94	47.26	1	4	2	80	6
Tom Latham	6	9	1	374	90	46.75	48.38	0	4	0	55	0
Will Gidman	5	7	4	362	99*	120.66	52.38	0	5	1	41	1
Matt Coles	11	10	0	333	70	33.30	76.90	0	3	1	36	7
Sam Billings	7	7	0	329	171	47.00	73.11	1	1	0	54	1
James Tredwell	12	12	2	291	124	29.10	42.66	1	0	1	39	1
Alex Blake	8	11	3	285	89*	35.62	62.63	0	2	0	35	5
Mitchell Claydon	15	15	3	187	55	15.58	58.25	0	1	2	29	1
Adam Rouse	7	7	0	165	65	23.57	53.22	0	1	0	27	1
Adam Ball	5	7	0	141	66	20.14	49.47	0	1	2	16	1
Calum Haggett	6	5	1	87	33*	21.75	33.85	0	0	0	13	0
Hardus Viljoen	4	4	0	80	63	20.00	54.42	0	1	0	9	0
Callum Jackson	3	4	0	61	38	15.25	41.78	0	0	1	5	0
Adam Riley	3	2	2	37	32*	–	50.68	0	0	0	5	0
Matt Hunn	5	3	2	35	32*	35.00	44.30	0	0	0	1	3
Kagiso Rabada	2	3	0	25	14	8.33	49.01	0	0	0	4	0
Fabian Cowdrey	1	2	0	18	15	9.00	50.00	0	0	0	3	0
Hugh Bernard	1	1	0	14	14	14.00	53.84	0	0	0	2	0
Imran Qayyum	2	2	1	0	0*	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	0	0

Source: Cricinfo^[55]

List A (Royal London One-Day Cup)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Joe Denly	9	9	2	428	105	61.14	77.81	2	1	0	41	7
Daniel Bell-Drummond	8	8	0	332	91	41.50	86.23	0	3	0	37	1
Sam Northeast	9	9	1	274	66*	34.25	83.03	0	2	0	17	5
Sam Billings	8	8	1	218	106*	31.14	117.20	1	1	0	24	5
Alex Blake	9	6	3	202	66*	67.33	106.31	0	2	0	24	4
Darren Stevens	9	8	2	195	61	32.50	82.27	0	2	0	15	7
Matt Coles	9	4	0	114	91	28.50	156.16	0	1	1	11	7
Sean Dickson	1	1	0	99	99	99.00	78.57	0	1	0	9	2
James Tredwell	9	4	2	76	47*	38.00	80.85	0	0	0	6	0
Callum Jackson	1	1	1	28	28*	–	116.66	0	0	0	2	1
Will Gidman	5	3	1	24	19	12.00	57.14	0	0	0	1	1
Tom Latham	2	2	0	16	9	8.00	48.48	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Hartley	2	1	0	15	15	15.00	71.42	0	0	0	0	0
Fabian Cowdrey	3	3	0	14	9	4.66	46.66	0	0	0	4	0
Mitchell Claydon	8	2	2	10	8*	–	142.85	0	0	0	1	0
David Griffiths	5	1	1	0	0*	–	–	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Thomas	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Source: CricInfo^[56]

Twenty20 (Natwest t20 Blast)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sam Northeast	14	14	0	462	75	33.00	145.28	0	4	0	40	15
Daniel Bell-Drummond	9	9	2	379	112*	54.14	148.04	1	2	1	47	4
Joe Denly	14	14	0	378	75	27.00	129.89	0	3	2	32	16
Alex Blake	14	12	4	198	37	24.75	115.11	0	0	1	10	7
Darren Stevens	14	12	1	618	33	15.27	137.70	0	0	0	14	8
Sam Billings	13	13	2	164	55*	14.90	115.49	0	1	0	8	4
Tom Latham	7	6	0	128	48	21.33	120.75	0	0	1	9	5
Fabian Cowdrey	9	8	2	121	71	20.16	134.44	0	1	2	11	2
Matt Coles	8	6	0	49	31	8.16	132.43	0	0	1	4	2
Will Gidman	1	1	1	30	30*	–	150.00	0	0	0	4	0
James Tredwell	14	8	2	28	105	4.66	71.79	0	0	1	0	0
Mitchell Claydon	11	5	4	21	15*	21.00	70.00	0	0	1	1	0
David Griffiths	13	4	1	16	8	5.33	100.00	0	0	1	1	1
Ivan Thomas	4	2	2	3	3*	–	75.00	0	0	0	0	0
Kagiso Rabada	6	4	2	3	3*	1.50	37.50	0	0	2	0	0
Adam Ball	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Hunn	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Rouse	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Source: CricInfo^[57]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship and MCCU match)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10w
Mitchell Claydon	15	22	416.4	76	1,600	50	5/42	8/156	32.00	3.84	50.0	2	0
Matt Coles	11	18	309.5	57	1,134	40	5/116	7/150	28.35	3.66	46.4	1	0
Darren Stevens	15	22	415.1	106	1,172	39	4/74	5/77	30.05	2.82	63.8	0	0
James Tredwell	12	17	300.0	62	921	22	4/45	6/134	41.86	3.07	81.8	0	0
Hardus Viljoen	4	6	103.5	12	385	20	5/55	8/121	19.25	3.70	31.1	1	0
Calum Haggett	6	9	158.4	30	529	15	4/15	6/93	35.26	3.33	63.4	0	0
Matt Hunn	5	6	102.0	8	406	9	2/33	3/115	45.11	3.98	68.0	0	0
Kagiso Rabada	2	3	77.0	21	232	7	4/118	4/118	33.14	3.01	66.0	0	0
Imran Qayyum	2	3	78.2	14	283	6	3/158	3/125	47.16	3.61	78.3	0	0
Will Gidman	5	7	44.0	15	123	4	2/21	3/57	30.75	2.79	66.0	0	0
Hugh Bernard	1	2	22.0	3	105	3	2/68	3/105	35.00	4.77	44.0	0	0
Adam Ball	5	6	51.0	4	201	3	2/46	2/46	67.00	3.94	102.0	0	0
Joe Denly	15	13	66.3	4	222	3	2/31	2/31	74.00	3.33	133.0	0	0
Sam Northeast	16	2	1.4	0	2	0	–	–	–	1.20	–	0	0
Sean Dickson	15	1	1.0	0	4	0	–	–	–	4.00	–	0	0
Tom Latham	6	1	2.0	0	5	0	–	–	–	2.50	–	0	0
Adam Riley	3	4	26.0	1	146	0	–	–	–	5.61	–	0	0

Source: CricInfo^[58]

List A (Royal London One-Day Cup)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Matt Coles	9	9	80.1	4	418	24	6/56	17.41	5.21	20.0	1	1
James Tredwell	9	9	67.0	1	345	8	3/55	43.12	5.14	50.2	0	0
Darren Stevens	9	9	61.0	2	247	7	2/14	35.28	4.04	52.2	0	0
Will Gidman	5	5	34.0	1	160	6	3/28	26.66	4.70	34.0	0	0
Mitchell Claydon	8	8	63.1	3	344	6	2/42	57.33	5.44	63.1	0	0
Charlie Hartley	2	2	16.0	0	65	4	2/23	16.25	4.06	24.0	0	0
Fabian Cowdrey	3	3	26.0	0	147	4	2/38	36.75	5.65	39.0	0	0
Ivan Thomas	2	2	14.0	0	88	3	3/31	29.33	6.28	28.0	0	0
David Griffiths	5	5	34.0	0	209	3	2/44	69.66	6.14	68.0	0	0
Joe Denly	9	1	4.0	0	16	1	1/16	16.00	4.00	24.0	0	0

Source: CricInfo^[59]

Twenty20 (Natwest t20 Blast)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
David Griffiths	13	13	45.3	0	437	13	2/22	33.61	9.60	21.0	0	0
Darren Stevens	14	13	39.2	0	372	11	4/31	33.81	9.45	21.4	1	0
Mitchell Claydon	11	11	42.0	0	384	10	3/25	38.40	9.14	25.2	0	0
Fabian Cowdrey	9	9	23.0	0	178	8	3/18	22.25	7.73	17.2	0	0
Matt Coles	8	8	30.0	0	235	8	4/27	29.37	7.83	22.5	1	0
James Tredwell	14	14	48.0	0	414	8	3/32	51.75	8.62	36.0	0	0
Kagiso Rabada	6	6	24.0	0	162	6	2/31	27.00	6.75	24.0	0	0
Ivan Thomas	4	4	15.0	0	132	4	2/42	33.00	8.80	22.5	0	0
Matt Hunn	1	1	3.0	0	35	1	1/35	35.00	11.66	18.0	0	0
Adam Ball	1	1	1.0	0	9	0	–	–	9.00	–	0	0
Will Gidman	1	1	4.0	0	55	0	–	–	13.75	–	0	0

Source: CricInfo^[60]