Kent County Cricket Club in 2020

Kent County Cricket Club
2020 season
CoachEngland Matthew Walker
CaptainEngland Sam Billings
Ground(s)St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Bob Willis Trophy2nd, South Group
Vitality BlastQuarter-finals

In 2020 Kent County Cricket Club were scheduled to compete in Division One of the County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup and the 2020 t20 Blast. However, the season was heavily disrupted by the global COVID-19 pandemic, with no county cricket fixtures played until August.[1] For the shortened season, the majority of counties voted on 7 July to play first-class and Twenty20 cricket,[2] with the Royal London One-Day Cup being cancelled.[3] Instead of the County Championship this year, the 18 first-class counties competed for the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy, which consisted of three regional groups of six teams and a final at Lord's.[4]

The season was the fourth in charge for head coach, and former player, Matthew Walker. Former Kent bowler Simon Cook became the new bowling coach after a spell as head coach of the Hong Kong national team, replacing South African Allan Donald who left the county at the end of the previous season.[5][6] Former England all-rounder Michael Yardy joined Kent as the new batting coach in February 2020.[7] Sam Billings retained the club captaincy that he was first awarded in 2018.[8] Billings and vice-captain Joe Denly both spent time away with England squads throughout the season, and so Daniel Bell-Drummond captained the side on several occasions.[9]

The delayed start of the season and the resulting loss of income meant that, like many other counties, Kent decided to cancel contracts for their overseas signings.[10] New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry had been due to return for the first part of the season after a highly successful spell with the county in 2018.[11][12] Meanwhile, Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi had signed to play for the county in the t20 Blast for a second successive year.[13][14]

Squad

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Batsman Alex Blake signed a new white-ball (limited overs) contract with the county in January 2020, becoming the first homegrown player to sign such a deal with Kent.[15]

Departures

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Mitchell Claydon left Kent after seven years with the team, to join Sussex at the end of the 2019 season.[16] In July 2020, batsman Sean Dickson departed the club to join Durham, initially on loan for the 2020 season.[17] On 30 July, wicket-keeper Adam Rouse announced his retirement from cricket at the age of 28, after having played four seasons with Kent.[18]

All-rounder Calum Haggett and bowler Ivan Thomas were both released by the club after their contracts expired in October.[19][20]

Arrivals

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In August 2019, Kent announced that they had signed Yorkshire all-rounder Jack Leaning on a three-year contract from October 2019.[21] In September 2019, Kent announced the signings of teenage Afghan-born England Under-19 off-spinner Hamidullah Qadri from Derbyshire on a three-year deal.[22] A few days later, the county also announced the signing of 35 year-old seamer Tim Groenewald from Somerset on a two-year deal from 2020.[23]

Zimbabwean-born 20-year old fast bowler Nathan Gilchrist, who had yet to play a senior match, joined Kent in August, initially on loan from Somerset ahead of signing a three-year contract.[24]

Squad list

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No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
4 Heino Kuhn  South Africa (1984-04-01)1 April 1984 (aged 36) Right-handed Kolpak signing
6 Joe Denly  England (1986-03-16)16 March 1986 (aged 34) Right-handed Right arm leg break Vice-captain
10 Alex Blake  England (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 31) Left-handed Right arm off break White-ball contract only[15]
16 Zak Crawley  England (1998-02-03)3 February 1998 (aged 22) Right-handed Right arm medium
23 Daniel Bell-Drummond  England (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm medium
34 Jack Leaning  England (1993-10-18)18 October 1993 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm medium/off break
All-rounders
3 Darren Stevens  England (1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 44) Right-handed Right arm medium
9 Grant Stewart  Australia (1994-02-19)19 February 1994 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm medium EU passport holder
25 Calum Haggett  England (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 29) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
55 Marcus O'Riordan  England (1998-01-25)25 January 1998 (aged 22) Right-handed Right arm off break
Wicket-keepers
7 Sam Billings  England (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 29) Right-handed Club captain
21 Ollie Robinson  England (1998-12-01)1 December 1998 (aged 21) Right-handed
22 Jordan Cox  England (2000-10-21)21 October 2000 (aged 19) Right-handed
Bowlers
1 Harry Podmore  England (1994-07-23)23 July 1994 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm medium
5 Ivan Thomas  England (1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 28) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
11 Imran Qayyum  England (1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 27) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
17 Nathan Gilchrist  South Africa (2000-06-11)11 June 2000 (aged 20) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium On loan from Somerset for 2020; UK passport
18 Fred Klaassen  Netherlands (1992-11-13)13 November 1992 (aged 27) Right-handed Left arm medium-fast
29 Matt Milnes  England (1994-07-29)29 July 1994 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
34 Tim Groenewald  England (1984-01-10)10 January 1984 (aged 36) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
75 Hamidullah Qadri  England (2000-01-05)5 January 2000 (aged 20) Right-handed Right arm off break

Bob Willis Trophy

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Matches played in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy had first-class status, but there were some differences to the playing conditions compared to the County Championship. The minimum number of overs in a day was reduced to 90, the follow-on increased from 150 runs to 200, the new ball was to be available after 90 overs instead of 80, and each team's first innings was restricted to a maximum of 120 overs.[25] Kent's first match of the delayed season began on 1 August against Essex at Chelmsford.[26]

South Group

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Team Pld W L T D A Bat Bowl Ded PCF Pts
Essex (Q) 5 4 0 0 1 0 6 12 0 0 90
Kent[a] 5 3 1 0 1 0 12 15 1 0 82
Middlesex 5 2 2 0 1 0 8 14 0 0 62
Hampshire 5 2 2 0 1 0 4 13 0 0 57
Surrey 5 1 4 0 0 0 8 12 0 0 36
Sussex[b] 5 1 4 0 0 0 9 11 24 0 12
Source: BBC Sport,[29] CricInfo,[30] ECB[31]
(Q) Qualified for Final
Notes:
  1. ^ Kent were deducted 1 point for a slow over rate against Surrey.[27]
  2. ^ Sussex were deducted 24 points for ball tampering against Middlesex.[28]

Matches

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1–4 August
v
Essex (H)
Essex won by 2 wickets
 
 
387 (104.3 overs)
HG Kuhn 140 (248)
JA Porter 4/107 (26 overs)
298 (108.2 overs)
RN ten Doeschate 78 (170)
ME Milnes 4/46 (20.2 overs)
112 (49.1 overs)
JM Cox 29 (116)
SR Harmer 4/35 (18.1 overs)
202/8 (69.4 overs)
AN Cook 66 (116)
IAA Thomas 4/32 (8 overs)
8–10 August
v
Kent (H)
Kent won by an innings and 25 runs
 
 
332 (94.3 overs)
BC Brown 98 (175)
HW Podmore 4/85 (23.3 overs)
530/1 (120 overs)
JM Cox 238* (345)
ME Claydon 1/86 (24 overs)
173 (46.1 overs)
HZ Finch 66 (98)
DI Stevens 5/50 (15 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and chose to bat
  • Points: Kent 24, Sussex 3
  • TD Groenewald made his Kent debut
  • JM Cox scored his maiden first-class century, and double century (238 not out),[32][33] and JA Leaning also scored his maiden double century (220 not out)[34]
  • The unbeaten partnership of 423 runs between JM Cox and JA Leaning was a Kent record in first-class cricket[35]
  • Kent's score of 530/1 was the fourth highest single wicket score in global first-class cricket[35]
15–18 August
v
Kent (H)
Match drawn
 
 
269 (108 overs)
RG White 99 (220)
DI Stevens 5/79 (31 overs)
191 (49 overs)
JL Denly 89 (154)
ML Cummins 5/62 (19.1 overs)
169/1d (40 overs)
SD Robson 82* (143)
MK O'Riordan 1/42 (8 overs)
70/0 (14 overs)
MK O'Riordan 34* (41)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Only 9.3 overs were bowled on day one, and only a further 52 overs on day two due to rain
  • Points: Kent 11, Middlesex 13
22–25 August
v
Surrey (H)
Kent won by 17 runs
 
 
342 (103.1 overs)
G Stewart 58 (103)
AW Finch 4/69 (23.1 overs)
278 (91.4 overs)
BT Foakes 118 (188)
DI Stevens 3/45 (25 overs)
127 (46.5 overs)
JM Cox 32 (74)
R Clarke 5/20 (14 overs)
174 (48.1 overs)
BT Foakes 57 (131)
DI Stevens 4/41 (13 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and chose to field
  • Points: Surrey 5, Kent 22
  • NN Gilchrist made his first-class debut
  • Kent were later deducted one point due to a slow over rate.[27]
6–9 September
v
Kent (H)
Kent won by 7 wickets
 
 
191 (75 overs)
IG Holland 42 (69)
DI Stevens 5/37 (27 overs)
170 (61 overs)
MK O'Riordan 37 (82)
SW Currie 3/42 (13 overs)
159 (64.1 overs)
TAR Scriven 68 (132)
HW Podmore 5/43 (23 overs)
185/3 (41.5 overs)
Z Crawley 105 (100)
AS Dale 1/22 (5 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Kent 19, Hampshire 3

t20 Blast

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South group

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Surrey 10 7 1 1 1 16 0.651
2 Sussex Sharks 10 6 3 0 1 13 0.377
3 Kent Spitfires 10 5 3 1 1 12 0.108
4 Middlesex 10 3 5 1 1 8 −0.296
5 Essex Eagles 10 2 6 1 1 6 −0.003
6 Hampshire 10 2 7 0 1 5 −0.803
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2020. Source: BBC Sport,[36] England and Wales Cricket Board[37]

Matches

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27 August
Hampshire
139/6 (20 overs)
v
Kent (H)
52/0 (4.1 overs)
No result
 
 
JJ Weatherley 68 (49)
ME Milnes 3/19 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and chose to field
  • No further play was possible due to rain
  • Points: Kent 1, Hampshire 1
29 August
Middlesex (H)
209/4 (20 overs)
v
Kent
209/5 (20 overs)
Match tied
 
 
Lord's, London
Umpires: NL Bainton and BJ Debenham
Player of the match: DJ Bell-Drummund (Kent)
SS Eskinazi 84 (52)
FJ Klaassen 2/50 (4 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummund 72 (32)
ST Finn 2/34 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and chose to field
  • Points: Middlesex 1, Kent 1
1 September
Surrey
161/4 (20 overs)
v
Kent (H)
162/5 (18.3 overs)
Kent won by 5 wickets
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: NJ Llong and M Newell
Player of the match: HG Kuhn (Kent)
HM Amla 75 (56)
TD Groenewald 2/31 (4 overs)
HG Kuhn 42* (31)
D Moriarty 3/25 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and chose to field
  • Points: Kent 2, Surrey 0
3 September
Kent
195/5 (20 overs)
v
Sussex (H)
194/7 (20 overs)
Kent won by 1 run
 
 
County Cricket Ground, Hove
Umpires: M Newell and BV Taylor
Player of the match: Z Crawley (Kent)
Z Crawley 67 (49)
GHS Garton 2/31 (4 overs)
LJ Wright 40 (20)
Imran Qayyum 2/27 (4 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and chose to field
  • Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2
5 September
Kent
192/6 (20 overs)
v
Essex (H)
163/7 (20 overs)
Kent won by 29 runs
 
 
The Oval, London
Umpires: BJ Debenham and IJ Gould
Player of the match: DJ Bell-Drummond (Kent)
DJ Bell-Drummond 81 (45)
SR Harmer 2/21 (4 overs)
RN ten Doeschate 42 (24)
Imran Qayyum 3/25 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and chose to bat
  • Points: Kent 2, Essex 0
12 September
Kent (H)
141/8 (20 overs)
v
Sussex
145/2 (15.4 overs)
Sussex won by 8 wickets
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: IJ Gould and NJ Llong
Player of the match: DMW Rawlins (Sussex)
JL Denly 32 (17)
DR Briggs 3/27 (4 overs)
DMW Rawlins 62* (33)
JL Denly 1/19 (3 overs)
  • Sussex win the toss and chose to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Sussex 2
14 September
Hampshire (H)
182/6 (20 overs)
v
Kent
183/2 (17.1 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets
 
 
Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: M Newell and BV Taylor
Player of the match: Z Crawley (Kent)
James Fuller 50* (23)
FJ Klaassen 1/24 (3 overs)
Z Crawley 108* (54)
IG Holland 1/27 (2.1 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and chose to field.
  • Points: Hampshire 0, Kent 2
  • Z Crawley scored his first Twenty20 century[38]
16 September
Middlesex
184/6 (20 overs)
v
Kent (H)
182/7 (20 overs)
Middlesex won by 2 runs
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: NL Bainton and NJ Llong
Player of the match: LBK Hollman (Middlesex)
JB Cracknell 50 (22)
Imran Qayyum 1/21 (4 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 89 (54)
TJ Murtagh 2/23 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and chose to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Middlesex 2
18 September
Essex
167/9 (20 overs)
v
Kent (H)
171/6 (19.4 overs)
Kent won by 4 wickets
 
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: NJ Llong and MJ Saggers
Player of the match: JA Leaning (Kent)
RN ten Doeschate 52 (33)
FJ Klaassen 3/36 (4 overs)
JA Leaning 55* (32)
JH Plom 3/32 (3.4 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and chose to bat
  • Points: Kent 2, Essex 0
20 September
Kent
159/8 (20 overs)
v
Surrey (H)
161/4 (18.4 overs)
Surrey won by 6 wickets
 
 
The Oval, London
Umpires: IJ Gould and NJ Llong
Player of the match: LJ Evans (Surrey)
SW Billings 50 (33)
LE Plunkett 3/19 (4 overs)
LJ Evans 73 (45)
G Stewart 2/28 (3.4 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and chose to field
  • Points: Surrey 2, Kent 0

Quarter-final

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1 October
Surrey (H)
169/2 (20 overs)
v
Kent
113/7 (20 overs)
Surrey won by 56 runs
 
 
The Oval, London
Umpires: NGB Cook and MJ Saggers
Player of the match: WG Jacks (Surrey)
HM Amla 73* (53)
Imran Qayyum 2/34 (4 overs)
JA Leaning 34 (28)
WG Jacks 4/15 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and chose to bat

Statistics

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Batting

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First-class (Bob Willis Trophy)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Jordan Cox 4 6 1 324 238* 64.80 53.02 1 0 0 39 4
Jack Leaning 5 8 1 279 220* 39.85 52.14 1 0 2 36 0
Marcus O'Riordan 5 8 3 216 52* 43.20 45.00 0 1 0 32 0
Heino Kuhn 2 4 1 202 140 67.33 57.71 1 0 0 25 2
Daniel Bell-Drummond 5 9 1 185 45 23.12 54.89 0 0 0 25 0
Ollie Robinson 5 6 0 138 78 23.00 57.02 0 1 1 21 1
Grant Stewart 4 6 0 129 58 21.50 61.72 0 1 0 15 2
Zak Crawley 1 2 0 105 105 52.50 97.22 1 0 1 18 0
Matt Milnes 4 6 0 96 43 16.00 43.83 0 0 0 14 0
Joe Denly 1 1 0 89 89 89.00 57.79 0 1 0 14 0
Harry Podmore 3 3 1 79 47 39.50 91.86 0 0 0 12 1
Darren Stevens 5 6 0 77 36 12.83 56.20 0 0 2 11 1
Nathan Gilchrist 1 2 0 38 25 19.00 48.10 0 0 0 7 0
Sam Billings 2 1 0 20 20 20.00 50.00 0 0 0 4 0
Hamidullah Qadri 4 5 2 11 5 3.66 26.19 0 0 2 1 0
Ivan Thomas 2 2 1 3 3* 3.00 20.00 0 0 1 0 0
Fred Klaassen 1 1 1 0 0* 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Groenewald 1 0

Source: Cricinfo[39]

Twenty20 (t20 Blast)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Daniel Bell-Drummond 11 11 1 423 89 42.30 154.94 0 3 0 53 12
Zak Crawley 11 11 2 342 108* 38.00 156.88 1 1 0 43 7
Jack Leaning 11 9 3 201 55* 33.50 138.62 0 1 0 18 6
Alex Blake 11 9 1 171 52* 21.37 134.64 0 1 0 11 8
Joe Denly 6 6 0 152 38 25.33 142.05 0 0 0 11 6
Heino Kuhn 8 8 2 104 42* 17.33 118.18 0 0 1 11 0
Sam Billings 3 3 0 86 50 28.66 132.30 0 1 0 8 2
Grant Stewart 11 9 3 79 21* 13.16 98.75 0 0 0 3 3
Jordan Cox 8 6 2 75 39* 18.75 122.95 0 0 1 6 2
Calum Haggett 3 1 1 15 15* 107.14 0 0 0 1 0
Imran Qayyum 11 1 1 8 8* 88.88 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Groenewald 4 2 2 7 6* 87.50 0 0 0 1 0
Matt Milnes 10 3 2 6 3 6.00 85.71 0 0 0 0 0
Ollie Robinson 2 1 1 1 1* 33.33 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Klaassen 11 0

Source: CricInfo[40]

Bowling

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First-class (Bob Willis Trophy)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5w 10w
Darren Stevens 5 10 209.0 64 452 29 5/37 9/72 15.58 2.16 43.2 3 0
Harry Podmore 3 6 117.3 30 307 19 5/43 7/92 16.15 2.61 37.1 1 0
Matt Milnes 4 8 119.3 29 355 15 4/46 7/112 23.66 2.97 47.8 0 0
Marcus O'Riordan 5 7 62.1 5 255 8 3/50 4/72 31.87 4.10 46.6 0 0
Grant Stewart 4 8 95.5 19 299 5 3/48 3/87 59.80 3.12 115.0 0 0
Fred Klaassen 1 2 27.0 6 80 4 4/44 4/80 20.00 2.96 40.5 0 0
Ivan Thomas 2 4 30.0 3 136 4 4/32 4/74 34.00 4.53 45.0 0 0
Tim Groenewald 1 2 28.0 5 119 2 1/53 2/119 59.50 4.25 84.0 0 0
Hamidullah Qadri 4 5 38.4 7 104 1 1/24 1/58 104.00 2.68 232.0 0 0
Jack Leaning 5 1 2.0 1 2 0 1.00 0 0
Joe Denly 1 1 2.0 0 12 0 6.00 0 0
Daniel Bell-Drummond 5 2 5.0 0 22 0 4.40 0 0
Nathan Gilchrist 1 2 9.0 1 52 0 5.77 0 0

Source: CricInfo[41]

Twenty20 (t20 Blast)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Fred Klaassen 11 11 40.4 0 374 13 3/36 28.76 9.19 18.7 0 0
Imran Qayyum 11 11 41.0 0 329 11 3/25 29.90 8.02 22.3 0 0
Matt Milnes 10 10 37.0 0 338 7 3/19 48.28 9.13 31.7 0 0
Grant Stewart 11 11 37.4 0 329 6 2/28 54.83 8.73 37.6 0 0
Tim Groenewald 4 4 15.0 0 119 4 2/31 29.75 7.93 22.5 0 0
Joe Denly 6 6 21.0 0 166 3 1/19 55.33 7.90 42.0 0 0
Calum Haggett 3 3 9.0 0 93 2 1/28 46.50 10.33 27.0 0 0
Jack Leaning 11 5 6.0 0 43 0 7.16 0 0
Alex Blake 11 5 7.0 0 60 0 8.57 0 0

Source: CricInfo[42]

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