Kent

Kent County Cricket Club, often simply referred to as Kent, is one of the cornerstone teams in English domestic cricket, with a storied history that dates back to 1842. This establishment year makes Kent one of the oldest county clubs, steeped in tradition and legacy. Representing the historic county of Kent, their journey in the cricketing world is a kaleidoscope of achievements, drama, and gentlemanly competitiveness.

Over the years, Kent has been a formidable force in English cricket. Their trophy cabinet is adorned with numerous laurels, notably the County Championship titles with their first win in 1906, spearheading a golden era for the club. They further lifted the championship trophy in 1909, 1910, 1913, and 1914, a dominance interrupted only by the shadow of World Wars. Fast-forward to the shorter format, Kent has tasted success in limited-overs competitions as well, with notable triumphs in the Gillette Cup, Benson & Hedges Cup, and more recently, the Twenty20 Cup.

The team thrived thanks in part to cricketing titans such as Colin Cowdrey, one of the game's greatest gentleman batsmen, who donned the Kent colours for over two decades. There's also the indomitable Alan Knott, a wicketkeeper par excellence; their contemporary successes owe much to the hard-hitting prowess of players like Darren Stevens. Kent's history also features the irrepressible Frank Woolley, whose all-round abilities epitomised the classical Kent cricketing ethos.

Rivalries with neighbouring Sussex and Surrey add a thrilling edge to fixtures, further accentuated by historic clashes against Hampshire, which have often seen spirited performances and memorable moments that keep fans talking for years.

Kent's style of play is typically English—rooted in tradition but adaptive over time. Strong batting line-ups, a knack for nurturing genuine quick bowlers, and an emphasis on all-round performance are hallmarks. Yet, what remains constant is a penchant for gritty perseverance intertwined with moments of aggressive flair.

The St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, the home of Kent Cricket, epitomises the quaint charm of English cricket grounds, with its iconic lime tree that once stood on the field itself—a testament to the club's tradition-loving character. Fans from the 'Garden of England'—Kent, bring passionate support, known for their knowledgeable and friendly banter.

Kent Cricket possesses a unique culture that respects its regal heritage while remaining ever-eager to embrace the future, symbolising quintessential English charm intertwined with a relentless spirit for the game.

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - September 26, 2024

Durham

360/10 (77.1)

Kent

353/8 (100)

Match drawn

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - September 17, 2024

Kent

225/10 (55.3) & 230/10 (64.1)

Nottinghamshire

433/10 (106.4) & 28/0 (3.3)

Nottinghamshire won by 10 wickets

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - September 9, 2024

Kent

207/10 (82.2) & 338/10 (102.4)

Hampshire

403/10 (106.3) & 24/1 (2.4)

Match drawn

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - August 29, 2024

Warwickshire

420/10 (107)

Kent

156/10 (39.5) & 243/10 (69.3)

Warwickshire won by an innings and 21 runs

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - August 22, 2024

Worcestershire

447/10 (115.1) & 102/2 (24.3)

Kent

171/10 (49.5) & 376/10 (101.5)

Worcestershire won by 8 wickets

South Group, South Group, T20 Blast - July 19, 2024

Kent

217/5 (20)

Surrey

131/10 (16)

Kent won by 86 runs

South Group, South Group, T20 Blast - July 16, 2024

Kent

132/5 (13)

Glamorgan

145/6 (13)

Glamorgan won by 13 runs

South Group, South Group, T20 Blast - July 12, 2024

Kent

115/10 (16.2)

Sussex

203/4 (20)

Sussex won by 88 runs

South Group, South Group, T20 Blast - July 11, 2024

Essex

187/3 (20)

Kent

165/5 (20)

Essex won by 22 runs

South Group, South Group, T20 Blast - July 7, 2024

Surrey

103/5 (10)

Kent

81/3 (8)

Surrey won by 5 runs (D/L method)

Heino Kuhn
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 41

Joe Denly
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 39

Calum Haggett
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Adam Milne
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 33

Daniel Bell-Drummond
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Alex Blake
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Carlos Brathwaite
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Ivan Thomas
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Imran Qayyum
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 31

Sean Dickson
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Sam Billings
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 33

Mitchell Claydon
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 42

Harry Podmore
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Marcus Stoinis
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Zak Crawley
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 27

Grant Stewart
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

James Tredwell
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 43

Adam Ball
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Matt Coles
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Sam Northeast
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 35

Darren Stevens
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 48

James Neesham
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Ollie Edward Robinson
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Jordan Cox
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 24

Frederick Klaassen
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Mohammad Nabi
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 40

Hardus Viljoen
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 36

Matt Milnes
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Marcus O'Riordan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 27

Faf du Plessis
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 40

Jack Leaning
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 31

Tim Groenewald
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 41

James Logan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 27

Ollie George Robinson
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 26

Qais Ahmad
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 24

George Munsey
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Harry Finch
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Calum MacLeod
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Dan Lincoln
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

Safyaan Sharif
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Elliot Hooper
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 29

Matthew Quinn
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

George Linde
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 33

Tawanda Muyeye
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 25

Jaskaran Singh
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 22

Joey Evison
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 23

Kane Richardson
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Michael Hogan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 43

Wes Agar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 28

Beyers Swanepoel
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 26

Xavier Bartlett
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Matt Parkinson
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 28

Nathan Gilchrist
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 24

Charlie Stobo
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Feroze Khushi
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 25

Tom Rogers
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 25

Matt Renshaw
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29

Adam Riley
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 33

Wiaan Mulder
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Ollie Rayner
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 39

Jackson Bird
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Ben Compton
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 31

Hamidullah Qadri
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 24

Jacob Duffy
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Toby Pettman
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Matt Henry
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Navdeep Saini
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 32

Conor McKerr
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 27

Arafat Bhuiyan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Arshdeep Singh
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Toby Albert
Position: Batsman
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 23

Ben Geddes
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 23

Aron Nijjar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 30

Yuzvendra Chahal
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 34

George Garrett
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Jaydn Denly
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 19

Akeem Jordan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Alfie Ogborne
Position: Bowler
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 25

St Lawrence Ground
City: Canterbury
Country: England
Capacity: 15000

The Kent County Cricket Ground
City: New Beckenham
Country: England
Capacity: 10000

Nevill Ground
City: Nevill Gate, Tunbridge Wells
Country: England
Capacity: 4500

Kent County Cricket Club
City: Kent
Country: England