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Kent County Cricket Club in 2017

Kent County Cricket Club in 2017

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In 2017, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup and the 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]

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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, Will Gidman signed a permanent contract with Kent in October 2016 after he was released by Nottinghamshire.[17][18] Academy wicket-keeper Ollie Robinson made his senior debut for the county in the final match of the 2016–17 Regional Super50 tournament after being called into the touring squad as cover for Adam Rouse with Sam Billings away on England duty.[19][20] Robinson went on to sign his first professional contract with the club at the end of the season.[21] In March, Kent announced the signing of former England Under 19 captain Joe Weatherley on loan from Hampshire for the 2017 season, although he stayed with the county only for the first half of the season.[22][23] Middlesex fast bowler James Harris followed as another loan signing in early April, initially for the first three County Championship matches and the first section of the 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

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Regional Super50

At the beginning of the year, Kent competed in the 2016–17 Regional Super50, a List A tournament that is part of the West Indian domestic season, after accepting an invitation from 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: Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Windward Islands and the West Indies under-19 cricket team. Group B included the other three regular teams of West Indian domestic cricket (Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica) and two development sides (Combined Campuses and Colleges and 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

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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)
  
 
Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua
Umpires: GO Brathwaite and CM Taylor
Player of the match: 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)
  
 
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Umpires: GO Brathwaite and VM Smith
Player of the match: 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)
JN Mohammed 78* (88)
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 Gloucestershire, starting on 7 April at the St Lawrence Ground, a match they won by 334 runs after bowling Gloucestershire out for a total of 61 in their second innings with Darren Stevens taking 6/22.[43] They played seven home matches in total, five at the St Lawrence Ground and one each at the Nevill Ground in 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

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  • 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)
CDJ Dent 67 (145)
ME Claydon 4/35 (12 overs)
246 (75.1 overs)
JL Denly 59 (111)
LC Norwell 5/59 (16 overs)
61 (20.4 overs)
LC Norwell 24 (34)
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)
SR Dickson 68 (179)
DI Stevens 68 (83)
JC Archer 7/67 (23.3 overs)
291 (76.5 overs)
BC Brown 90 (116)
ME Claydon 4/87 (16 overs)
413/5d (97 overs)
SA Northeast 173* (181)
Ajmal Shahzad 3/96 (27 overs)
200 (50.1 overs)
BC Brown 69* (67)
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)
WL Madsen 56 (95)
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)
462/9d (96.1 overs)
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
D Wiese 36 (72)
DI Stevens 5/40 (17 overs)
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)
PD Collingwood 120 (208)
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
    AF Milne made his kent debut
    JJ Weatherley replaced SW Billings after day two due to an England Lions call-up; Billings retired not out on 39 in the second innings.
    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
  
 
701/7d (143.1 overs)
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)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 11, Northamptonshire 9
    Kent's first innings score of 701/7 dec was the second highest innings score in first-class matches for the county and the highest score made at a home ground. The 2nd wicket partnership between SR Dickson and JL Denly of 382 runs set a new first-class record for any partnership for the county. SR Dickson's score of 318 was his highest first-class score, the second highest individual score for Kent in first-class matches and the third triple-century scored for the county.
28–31 August
v
(H) Kent
Match drawn
  
 
350 (101.4 overs)
LJ Hill 85* (184)
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)
MA Wood 72* (89)
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)
CT Bancroft 206* (393)
DI Stevens 3/50 (19 overs)
386 (97 overs)
SA Northeast 66 (90)
J Shaw 5/118 (25 overs)
249/9d (95 overs)
CT Bancroft 72 (182)
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)
NJ Selman 70 (127)
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
  
 
370/6d (94 overs)
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)
331/9d (93.2 overs)
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]

Daniel Bell-Drummond had a good tournament, scoring successive centuries against Somerset and Sussex, as well as two half centuries. Alex Blake also scored a century against Somerset, his first in List A cricket, reaching 116 from just 58 balls. 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

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Notes:
  1.   advanced directly to the semi-finals
  2.   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)
TP Alsop 112* (132)
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)
  
 
BT Foakes 82* (80)
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
  
 
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.

Joe Denly scored two hundreds during the campaign. In a memorable match at The Oval against Surrey he scored 166 not out as Kent chased a total of 205 to win by eight wickets. Later in the tournament he scored 127 against Essex County Cricket Club at 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

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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)
CD Nash 73* (58)
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)
JM Vince 57 (36)
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

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