In 2024, Kent County Cricket Club will compete in the 2024 County Championship, the 2024 One-Day Cup and the 2024 T20 Blast. The season was the eighth in charge for head coach, and former player, Matthew Walker. Sam Billings stepped down as club captain, signed a white-ball only contract and retained captaincy of the Twenty20 side.[1] Daniel Bell-Drummond was named as the 36th men's Captain of Kent Cricket.[2] Paul Downton retired as Director of Cricket at the end of the 2023 season,[3] and was replaced by bowling coach Simon Cook.[4] Former Kent bowler Robbie Joseph replaced Cook as bowling coach.[5] Batting coach Alex Gidman left his role to become assistant coach with the England women's team.[6] Gidman was replaced by Toby Radford.[7]
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Squad
Departures
Michael Hogan retired from cricket at the end of the 2023 season.[8] Wicket-keeper Jordan Cox signed for Essex.[9] Alex Blake, who made his debut for Kent in 2008, and James Logan were both released by the county after the 2023 season.[10]
Arrivals
In June 2023, Kent announced that England leg-spinner Matt Parkinson would join from Lancashire at the end of the season.[11] In 2023, Parkinson played on loan for Kent in the One Day Cup.[12] In October 2023, Kent announced the signing of bowler George Garrett.[13] The following month, Kent signed bowler Michael Cohen, a South African who qualifies as a non-overseas player through residency.[14]
Kent re-signed Australian fast bowler Wes Agar for the first four months of the season, having represented the county in 2023.[15] Kent also signed a second Australian fast bowler for the first half of the season, Xavier Bartlett, who had played alongside Sam Billings for Brisbane Heat during Big Bash 13.[16] However, Cricket Australia withdrew permission for Bartlett's Championship stint the day before the start of the season.[17] Kent signed South African all-rounder Beyers Swanepoel from 1 May.[18] It was later announced that Bartlett would join up with Kent for eight matches in the 2024 T20 Blast.[19] On 1 May, Kent announced a fourth overseas player, with Australian pace bowler Charlie Stobo signing a contract until 16 September, making him available for all formats.[20]
On 28 June, Kent signed Essex batsman Feroze Khushi on a short-term loan deal to play one match in the County Championship and three in the T20 Blast.[21] On 4 July, Kent signed their fifth overseas player of the season, with Australian bowler Tom Rogers joining the club for the remainder of the T20 Blast.[22]
Squad list
- Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship, 5 April 2024.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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2 | Ben Compton | ![]() | 29 March 1994 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
6 | Joe Denly | ![]() | 16 March 1986 (aged 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
14 | Tawanda Muyeye | ![]() | 5 March 2001 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Qualifies as a domestic player[23] |
16 | Zak Crawley | ![]() | 3 February 1998 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
23 | Daniel Bell-Drummond | ![]() | 3 August 1993 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Club captain |
34 | Jack Leaning | ![]() | 18 October 1993 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium/off break | Vice-captain |
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9 | Grant Stewart | ![]() | 19 February 1994 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | EU passport |
13 | Beyers Swanepoel | ![]() | 6 May 1998 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas player (May–September) |
33 | Joey Evison | ![]() | 14 November 2001 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
42 | Jaydn Denly | ![]() | 5 January 2006 (aged 18) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |
55 | Marcus O'Riordan | ![]() | 25 January 1998 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
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7 | Sam Billings | ![]() | 15 June 1991 (aged 32) | Right-handed | — | White-ball contract only |
72 | Harry Finch | ![]() | 10 February 1995 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
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8 | Wes Agar | ![]() | 5 February 1997 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player (April–July) |
15 | Xavier Bartlett | ![]() | 17 December 1998 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player (T20 only) |
17 | Nathan Gilchrist | ![]() | 11 June 2000 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | UK passport |
18 | Fred Klaassen | ![]() | 13 November 1992 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | |
19 | Jas Singh | ![]() | 19 September 2002 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
26 | Arafat Bhuiyan | ![]() | 11 October 1996 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
28 | Matt Parkinson | ![]() | 24 October 1996 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
35 | Charlie Stobo | ![]() | 8 March 1995 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas player (May–September) |
44 | George Garrett | ![]() | 4 March 2000 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | |
45 | Michael Cohen | ![]() | 4 August 1998 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | UK residency |
64 | Matt Quinn | ![]() | 28 February 1993 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | UK passport |
75 | Hamidullah Qadri | ![]() | 5 January 2000 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
County Championship
Division One
5–8 April | Kent (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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12–15 April | Essex (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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19–22 April | Kent (H) | v | Surrey won by an innings and 37 runs | | |
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3–6 May | v | Lancashire (H) | Kent won by 7 wickets | | |
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10–13 May | v | Kent (H) | Match drawn | | |
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17–20 May | Somerset (H) | v | Somerset won by 8 wickets | | |
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24–27 May | v | Kent (H) | Essex won by an innings and 96 runs | | |
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23–26 June | Kent (H) | v | Lancashire won by an innings and 83 runs. | | |
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30 June–3 July | Hampshire (H) | v | Hampshire won by 6 wickets | | |
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22–25 August | Worcestershire (H) | v | | ||
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29 August–1 September | Warwickshire (H) | v | | ||
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9–12 September | Kent (H) | v | | ||
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17–20 September | Kent (H) | v | | ||
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26–29 September | Durham (H) | v | | ||
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One-Day Cup
Group A
26 July | v | Kent (H) | | ||
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28 July | v | Kent (H) | | ||
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31 July | Kent (H) | v | | ||
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4 August | Kent (H) | v | | ||
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7 August | Worcestershire (H) | v | | ||
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9 August | Derbyshire (H) | v | | ||
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11 August | Kent (H) | v | | ||
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14 August | Kent (H) | v | | ||
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T20 Blast
South Group
31 May | Kent 205/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex (H) 107 (14.1 overs) | Kent won by 98 runs | |
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2 June | Kent 165/9 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire (H) 166/7 (19.5 overs) | Hampshire won by 3 wickets | |
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7 June | Somerset 197/6 (20 overs) | v | Kent (H) 198/6 (19.2 overs) | Kent won by 4 wickets | |
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9 June | Kent (H) 173/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 178/6 (19.2 overs) | Middlesex won by 4 wickets | |
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14 June | Somerset (H) 55/6 (5 overs) | v | Kent 46/5 (5 overs) | Somerset won by 14 runs (DLS method) | |
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16 June | Kent (H) 125 (19.5 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 127/1 (11.4 overs) | Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets | |
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20 June | Sussex (H) 201/7 (20 overs) | v | Kent 170/7 (20 overs) | Sussex won by 31 runs | |
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21 June | Kent (H) 156/7 (20 overs) | v | Essex 157/5 (15 overs) | Essex won by 5 wickets | |
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5 July | Kent 150 (19.2 overs) | v | Gloucestershire (H) 29/2 (5 overs) | Kent won by 8 runs (DLS method) | |
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7 July | Surrey (H) 103/5 (10 overs) | v | Kent 81/3 (8 overs) | Surrey won by 5 runs (DLS method) | |
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11 July | Essex (H) 187/3 (20 overs) | v | Kent 165/5 (20 overs) | Essex won by 22 runs | |
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12 July | Kent (H) | v | | ||
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16 July | Kent (H) | v | | ||
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19 July | Kent (H) | v | | ||
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References
External links
- Kent home at ESPN cricinfo
- Kent County Cricket Club official site