Kent County Cricket Club in 2015

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Kent County Cricket Club
2015 season
Coach West Indies Cricket Board Jimmy Adams
Captain England Robert Key
England Sam Northeast (on-field captain from 10 May)
Overseas player None
Ground(s) St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship 7th, Division Two
Royal London One-Day Cup Quarter-Finals
NatWest t20 Blast Quarter-Finals
Most runs FC: SA Northeast (1204)
LA: DJ Bell-Drummond (272)
T20: SA Northeast (641)
Most wickets FC: MT Coles (67)
LA: MT Coles (16)
T20: ME Claydon (20)
Most catches FC: MT Coles (15)
LA: AJ Blake (6); FK Cowdrey (6)
T20: MT Coles (8)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals FC: SW Billings (34)
LA: SW Billings (9)
T20: SW Billings (10)
← 2014 2016 →

In 2015, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group B of the 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup and the South Group of the NatWest t20 Blast. The team reached the quarter-finals of both one day competitions but struggled in the County Championship, finishing seventh in Division Two.

The season was the fourth in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams. The club captain was former England batsmen Rob Key,[1] although Sam Northeast took over the on-field captaincy in May after Key, having dropped himself due to poor form, chose to relinquish the captaincy to concentrate on his batting.[2] Northeast replaced Key as the club captain for the 2016 season.

Two players from the Kent squad gained senior international appearances for England in 2015. James Tredwell was a part of the World Cup squad, but only featured in the final group stage match against Afghanistan after both sides had already been eliminated from the tournament. He then played in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua (only his second Test, having made his debut in 2010). Tredwell took 5 wickets in the match but did not play in the remainder of the series, and with England turning to several younger players after the disappointing World Cup, he was not selected during the English summer. One of the new faces in the England team over the summer was Kent keeper Sam Billings who played as a specialist batsmen in all 5 ODI matches against Australia and the single T20I matches against both Australia and New Zealand.

Squad

The start of the season saw the return of top-order batsman Joe Denly and fast bowler Matt Coles after spells at Middlesex and Hampshire, respectively.[3][4] The squad did not include an overseas player.[5][6]

South African born batsman Sean Dickson, who holds a UK passport, signed for the county midway through the season after an impressive trial in the Second XI.[7] Having not made an appearance for the first XI since May, former West Indies international Brendan Nash agreed to end his three-and-a-half year spell at Kent by mutual consent.[8][9]

Squad list

  • Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 12 April 2015.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
4 Robert Key  England (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 35) Right-handed Right arm off break Club captain
6 Joe Denly  England (1986-03-16)16 March 1986 (aged 29) Right-handed Right arm leg break
10 Alex Blake  England (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 26) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
17 Sam Northeast  England (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 25) Right-handed Right arm off break Vice-captain
23 Daniel Bell-Drummond  England (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 21) Right-handed Right arm medium
30 Fabian Cowdrey  England (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 (aged 22) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
40 Brendan Nash  Jamaica (1977-12-14)14 December 1977 (aged 37) Left-handed Left arm medium Kolpak Registration. Released in August.[8][9]
58 Sean Dickson  South Africa (1991-09-02)2 September 1991 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm medium British passport holder. Signed in July.[7]
All-rounders
3 Darren Stevens  England (1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 38) Right-handed Right arm medium
21 Ben Harmison  England (1986-01-09)9 January 1986 (aged 29) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
24 Adam Ball  England (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 22) Right-handed Left arm fast-medium
25 Calum Haggett  England (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 24) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
26 Matt Coles  England (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 24) Left-handed Right arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
7 Ryan Davies  England (1993-11-05)5 November 1993 (aged 21) Right-handed —
20 Sam Billings  England (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 23) Right-handed —
Bowlers
5 Ivan Thomas  England (1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
8 Mitchell Claydon  England (1982-01-25)25 January 1982 (aged 33) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
11 Imran Qayyum  England (1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 21) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
14 Matt Hunn  England (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 21) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
15 James Tredwell  England (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 33) Left-handed Right arm off break
18 David Griffiths  England (1985-11-10)10 November 1985 (aged 29) Left-handed Right arm fast-medium
19 Sam Weller  England (1994-11-21)21 November 1994 (aged 20) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
22 Charlie Hartley  England (1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 21) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
27 Hugh Bernard  England (1996-09-14)14 September 1996 (aged 18) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
33 Adam Riley  England (1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm off break

County Championship

Kent endured another difficult season in Division Two of the County Championship. Poor batting performances ultimately resulted in a seventh-place finish, although the team finished the season strongly and ended with 4 victories. The team regularly featured a number of young players and the bowling was impressive. Matt Coles took 67 championship wickets in 14 matches on his return to the county (and 100 wickets across all formats), while veteran all-rounder Darren Stevens again made a significant contribution with the ball. In addition, young seam bowlers including Calum Haggett and Ivan Thomas impressed throughout the season and were rewarded with contract extensions[10] while Matt Hunn broke into the side after taking his first five wicket haul against the touring Australian side in June.[11][12]

Division Two

Team
Pld W L T D A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Surrey (C) 16 8 1 0 7 0 56 45 0 264
Lancashire (P) 16 7 1 0 8 0 58 44 0 254
Essex 16 6 5 0 5 0 37 42 0 200
Glamorgan 16 4 4 0 8 0 42 37 0 183
Northamptonshire 16 3 3 0 10 0 38 46 2 180
Gloucestershire 16 5 5 0 6 0 31 36 0 177
Kent 16 4 7 0 5 0 28 44 0 161
Derbyshire 16 3 7 0 6 0 34 42 1 153
Leicestershire 16 2 9 0 5 0 36 41 16 118

Source: [13][14]

Matches

Other first-class match

Kent hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against Australia, providing the tourists first opposition of the 2015 Ashes tour. Australia won the game by 225 runs, although Kent opening batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond scored a century in the side's second innings and seamer Matt Hunn took his first five wickets haul.[12][15][16]

Royal London One-Day Cup

In the 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup, Kent edged through the group stage in fourth place after a thrilling run chase against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in the penultimate round of group games saw a target of 336 achieved with 8 balls to spare. The match featured a century from Sam Billings and a hatrick for bowler Matt Coles.[17][18] The final round of games in the group were all washed out by rain and the county progressed into the quarter-finals on net run rate.[19][20]

Kent lost the quarter-final against Surrey in a rain affected match at The Oval. After bowling Surrey out for 273, a target of 251 from 40 overs was set using the Duckworth-Lewis Method following a heavy rain storm at the start of the Kent innings. Despite a counter-attacking century from Matt Coles, Kent were bowled out for 233.[20][21]

Group B

Team
Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 8 5 1 0 2 0 12 +0.755
Essex Eagles 8 4 2 0 2 0 10 +0.480
Hampshire 8 3 3 0 2 0 9 +0.554
Kent Spitfires 8 3 3 0 2 0 8 +0.031
Lancashire Lightning 8 3 3 0 2 0 8 −0.034
Warwickshire Bears 8 3 3 0 2 0 8 −0.765
Middlesex Panthers 8 3 4 0 1 0 7 −0.224
Glamorgan 8 2 2 0 4 −4 3 +0.610
Sussex Sharks 8 0 5 0 3 0 3 −1.063

Source: [22]

Matches

Quarter-Finals

NatWest t20 Blast

After a series of good performances, Kent's young side topped the South Group of the 2015 NatWest t20 Blast[23][24] but went out of the competition at the quarter-final stage to Lancashire. After being bowled out for 142, late wickets led to a "dramatic" finish with Lancashire scoring two runs off the last ball of the match to tie the game with a score of 142/6.[25] Lancashire progressed to the finals day due to losing fewer wickets.[26]

South Group

Team
Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
Kent Spitfires 14 9 4 0 1 0 19 +0.166
Sussex Sharks 14 7 5 0 2 0 16 +0.206
Hampshire 14 8 6 0 0 0 16 −0.120
Essex Eagles 14 7 6 0 1 0 15 +0.208
Gloucestershire 14 7 7 0 0 0 14 +0.354
Glamorgan 14 7 7 0 0 0 14 −0.522
Surrey 14 5 6 0 3 0 13 -0.145
Somerset 14 4 8 0 2 0 10 -0.184
Middlesex 14 4 9 0 1 0 9 +0.030

Source: [27]

Matches

Quarter-Finals

MCCU match

Kent played a three-day match, without first-class status, against Loughborough MCC University before the start of the County Championship season.

Statistics

Sam Northeast and Joe Denly both made over a thousand runs in first-class cricket in 2015 with Denly making the highest score for the county. Daniel Bell-Drummond scored three first-class centuries during the season and led the team in List A runs. Northeast scored a county record high score of 114 runs in the Twenty20 competition.

Matt Coles led the bowling statistics with 100 wickets across all competitions during the season, including 67 in first-class matches. Coles took a hattrick in the Royal London One Day Cup quarter final loss to Surrey. Mitchell Claydon led the Twenty20 bowling statistics.

Batting

First-class (County Championship and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Sam Northeast 17 30 3 1204 139 44.59 59.45 1 9 2 148 9
Joe Denly 17 31 4 1081 161* 40.03 52.86 2 7 2 155 9
Robert Key 13 24 0 958 158 39.91 54.06 2 5 1 119 2
Daniel Bell-Drummond 17 31 0 894 127 28.83 58.01 3 2 2 134 3
Darren Stevens 15 23 0 635 92 27.60 68.35 0 6 3 94 10
Sam Billings 12 19 2 474 100* 27.88 63.11 1 1 3 68 2
Calum Haggett 11 16 2 345 80 24.64 40.63 0 2 3 41 3
Ben Harmison 7 11 0 283 123 25.72 44.92 1 1 0 40 0
Matt Coles 14 22 3 277 66 14.57 59.31 0 1 1 37 3
Brendan Nash 4 8 0 229 49 28.62 50.00 0 0 0 36 0
Fabian Cowdrey 5 9 0 169 54 18.77 49.12 0 1 1 22 1
Mitchell Claydon 7 11 4 151 53 21.57 75.50 0 1 0 22 3
Sean Dickson 3 4 2 113 59 56.50 59.47 0 1 0 17 0
James Tredwell 7 11 0 107 53 9.72 36.39 0 1 2 9 1
Adam Riley 9 13 4 106 34 11.77 28.72 0 0 2 12 0
Adam Ball 4 7 0 99 45 14.14 61.11 0 0 1 18 1
Matt Hunn 8 8 6 59 23* 29.50 37.10 0 0 2 5 2
Ivan Thomas 11 18 8 40 13 4.00 23.12 0 0 6 5 0
Ryan Davies 5 6 0 35 17 5.83 52.23 0 0 3 4 1
Alex Blake 1 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[28]
List A (Royal London One-Day Cup)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Daniel Bell-Drummond 8 7 2 272 80* 54.40 72.72 0 3 0 30 1
Sam Billings 8 7 2 271 118* 54.20 103.04 1 2 1 31 3
Alex Blake 7 6 2 203 89 50.75 123.78 0 2 0 14 11
Sam Northeast 8 7 0 198 74 28.28 68.27 0 1 0 21 0
Darren Stevens 8 6 0 193 110 32.16 107.22 1 0 0 18 8
Joe Denly 8 7 0 182 78 26.00 92.85 0 1 1 24 5
Matt Coles 8 4 1 113 100 37.66 115.30 1 0 0 8 9
Fabian Cowdrey 8 6 0 102 51 17.00 90.26 0 1 1 10 1
James Tredwell 8 4 1 19 9 6.33 51.35 0 0 0 2 0
Mitchell Claydon 8 3 0 7 4 2.33 41.17 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Hunn 5 2 2 6 5* - 50.00 0 0 0 0 0
Ivan Thomas 3 1 1 0 0* - 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Dickson 1 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[29]
Twenty20 (Natwest t20 Blast)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Sam Northeast 14 14 1 641 114 49.30 152.98 1 4 0 68 16
Daniel Bell-Drummond 14 14 0 338 77 24.14 131.51 0 3 0 36 7
Alex Blake 14 14 6 304 71* 38.00 167.03 0 3 2 28 14
Joe Denly 12 12 0 281 70 23.41 147.89 0 2 0 35 9
Sam Billings 11 11 2 228 46 25.33 133.33 0 0 0 19 7
Darren Stevens 14 12 0 206 90 17.16 151.47 0 1 0 18 11
Fabian Cowdrey 14 13 0 184 42 14.15 127.77 0 0 2 22 3
James Tredwell 9 3 2 38 31* 38.00 165.21 0 0 0 5 1
Matt Coles 13 10 3 34 18* 4.85 103.03 0 0 4 1 3
Calum Haggett 7 4 2 23 11 11.50 104.54 0 0 0 1 0
Mitchell Claydon 14 4 2 19 9* 9.50 126.66 0 0 0 3 0
Adam Ball 3 2 2 14 9* - 175.00 0 0 0 1 1
Ryan Davies 3 1 0 6 6 6.00 300.00 0 0 0 0 1
Adam Riley 5 1 1 1 1* - 100.00 0 0 0 0 0
David Griffiths 2 1 1 0 0* - - 0 0 0 0 0
Ivan Thomas 4 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Hunn 1 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[30]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5w 10w
Matt Coles 14 25 433.0 82 1574 67 6/55 10/98 23.49 3.63 38.7 2 1
Darren Stevens 15 27 419.1 100 1242 61 5/58 8/133 20.36 2.96 41.2 2 0
Calum Haggett 12 20 268 60 792 28 4/43 7/97 28.28 2.95 57.4 0 0
Ivan Thomas 11 21 289.4 57 923 27 4/48 6/75 34.18 3.18 64.3 0 0
Matt Hunn 8 12 199.0 35 704 23 5/99 6/125 30.60 3.53 51.9 1 0
Mitchell Claydon 7 11 175.5 19 656 13 4/103 5/133 50.46 3.73 81.1 0 0
Adam Riley 9 14 153.5 18 634 12 4/47 4/78 52.83 4.12 76.9 0 0
James Tredwell 7 11 164.5 45 443 11 3/59 3/59 40.27 2.68 89.9 0 0
Joe Denly 17 7 23.0 4 70 1 1/16 1/16 70.00 3.04 138.0 0 0
Adam Ball 4 3 25.4 0 139 1 1/87 1/126 139.00 5.41 154.0 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[31]
List A (Royal London One-Day Cup)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Matt Coles 8 7 60.5 5 304 16 4/34 19.00 4.99 22.8 1 0
Mitchell Claydon 8 7 58.2 3 364 15 4/66 24.26 6.24 23.3 1 0
Darren Stevens 8 7 66.0 3 305 11 4/29 27.72 4.62 36.0 1 0
James Tredwell 8 7 69.0 2 329 6 3/47 54.83 4.76 69.0 0 0
Fabian Cowdrey 8 6 35.0 0 178 5 3/32 35.60 5.08 42.0 0 0
Matt Hunn 5 4 33.0 1 191 5 2/31 38.20 5.78 39.6 0 0
Ivan Thomas 3 3 17.0 0 119 3 2/64 39.66 7.00 34.0 0 0
Joe Denly 8 1 2.0 0 12 0 - - 6.00 - 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[32]
Twenty20 (Natwest t20 Blast)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Mitchell Claydon 14 14 53.1 0 406 20 3/16 20.30 7.63 15.9 0 0
Matt Coles 13 13 46.0 0 431 17 3/22 25.35 9.36 16.2 0 0
Darren Stevens 14 14 49.0 0 413 15 4/39 27.53 8.42 19.6 1 0
Fabian Cowdrey 14 13 29.0 0 255 8 2/15 31.87 8.79 21.7 0 0
James Tredwell 9 9 35.0 1 243 7 2/21 34.71 6.94 30.0 0 0
Calum Haggett 7 7 21.0 0 220 6 2/12 36.66 10.47 21.0 0 0
Adam Riley 5 4 13.0 0 123 4 2/40 30.75 9.46 19.5 0 0
Matt Hunn 1 1 4.0 0 30 3 3/30 10.00 7.50 8.0 0 0
Ivan Thomas 4 4 13.0 0 113 3 1/21 37.66 8.69 26.0 0 0
David Griffiths 2 2 8.0 0 77 2 2/36 38.50 9.62 24.0 0 0
Adam Ball 3 2 4.0 0 40 1 1/30 40.00 10.00 24.0 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[33]

References

  1. ↑ Rob Key remains as club captain as Northeast leads side, BBC Sport website, 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  2. ↑ Sam Northeast rising to the challenge of being Kent captain after Rob Key decided to take a short break, BBC Sport website, 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2015-18-09.
  3. ↑ Joe Denly: Kent re-sign Middlesex batsman as Nash & Adams stay, BBC Sport website, 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  4. ↑ Matt Coles: Kent re-sign all-rounder after Hampshire exit, BBC Sport website, 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  5. ↑ Kent Cricket officials back club's young prospects to fill any void left by not signing an overseas player for the 2015 season, Kent Online, 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  6. ↑ Kent 'may not sign overseas player' despite 2014 profit, BBC Sport website, 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sean Dickson: Kent sign batsman after Second XI trial, BBC Sport website, 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Brendan Nash leaves Kent, Kent County Cricket Club, 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Brendan Nash departs Kent after three years, Canterbury Times, 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  10. ↑ New deals for Kent young guns, England and Wales Cricket Board, 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  11. ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Kent quick Matt Hunn struggling to come to terms with taking five wickets against Australia, Kent Online, 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Steve Smith back to where it all began in Kent, The Australian, 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
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  15. ↑ Ashes 2015: Australia beat Kent by 255 runs at Canterbury, BBC Sport website, 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  16. ↑ Australia tick boxes but Bell-Drummond's ton reinforces Test future, CricInfo, 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  17. ↑ One-Day Cup: Matt Coles' hat-trick sees Kent beat Notts, BBC Sport website, 2015-08-17. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  18. ↑ Brilliant Billings keeps Kent season aflame, CricInfo, 2015-08-17. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  19. ↑ Rain helps Kent secure quarter-final, CricInfo, 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Coles gives Surrey fright after Roy's hundred, CricInfo, 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  21. ↑ One-Day Cup: Jason Roy hits 112 as Surrey beat Kent, BBC Sport website, 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2106-02-14.
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  23. ↑ Kent continue to soar as Somerset face exit, CricInfo, 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  24. ↑ Kent's rowdy bunch find their stride in T20, CricInfo, 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  25. ↑ Lancashire progress after dramatic tie, CricInfo, 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2106-02-14.
  26. ↑ T20 Blast: Lancashire beat Kent in dramatic tied quarter-final, BBC Sport website, 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
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