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Kent County Cricket Club In 2020
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. For the shortened season, the majority of counties voted on 7 July to play first-class and Twenty20 cricket, with the Royal London One-Day Cup being cancelled. 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. 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. Former England all-rounder Michael Yardy joined Kent as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Kent. A club representing the county was first founded in 1842 but Kent teams have played top-class cricket since the early 18th century, and the club has always held first-class status. The current Kent County Cricket Club was formed on 6 December 1870 following the merger of two representative teams. Kent have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club's limited overs team is called the Kent Spitfires after the Supermarine Spitfire. The county has won the County Championship seven times, including one shared victory. Four wins came in the period between 1906 and 1913 with the other three coming during the 1970s when Kent also dominated one-day cricket cup competitions. A total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Cook (English Cricketer)
Simon James Cook (born 15 January 1977) is an English former professional cricketer who was the head coach of the Hong Kong cricket team between 2015 and 2019. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Middlesex and Kent County Cricket Clubs between 1999 and 2012. Cook batted right handed. Cook was born at Oxford. His brother, Adam, has played Minor counties and List A cricket for Oxfordshire. Cricket career Cook initially played in 1996 for Cumnor in Oxfordshire before a year later being signed by Middlesex along with Andrew Strauss. After suffering from shin splints and stress fractures he gradually established himself as a front-line bowler in the County Championship. In 2004 he took 39 wickets in the National League, equalling the record of Adam Hollioake. After seven years at Middlesex, Cook signed a contract with Kent at the end of 2004. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club (rebranded as Durham Cricket in February 2019) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Durham. Founded in 1882, Durham held minor status for over a century and was a prominent member of the Minor Counties Championship, winning the competition seven times. In 1992, the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to senior status as an official first-class team. Durham has been classified as an occasional List A team from 1964, then as a full List A team from 1992; and as a senior Twenty20 team since the format's introduction in 2003. Durham CCC competes in the Specsavers County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup and in the North Group of the NatWest t20 Blast. They won the County Championship in 2008 for the first time, retained the trophy in the 2009 season, and then won it for a third time in 2013. In one-day competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Dickson (cricketer)
Sean Robert Dickson (born 2 September 1991) is an English-South African cricketer who plays as a right-handed top-order batter. Dickson was born in Johannesburg and made his first-class debut in South Africa before signing for Kent in July 2015, qualifying as a non-overseas player due to his British mother and UK passport.Harvey R (2015Kent sign batsman Sean Dickson after his impressive season playing for the 2nd XI '' Kent Online'', 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.Sean Dickson: Kent sign batsman after Second XI trial BBC Sport, 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-09-01. Dickson scored 318 for Kent in July 2017, the county's second highest individual score and making him one of only two men to have made a triple-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the Sussex Sharks. The club was founded in 1839 as a successor to the various Sussex county cricket teams, including the old Brighton Cricket Club, which had been representative of the county of Sussex as a whole since the 1720s. The club has always held first-class status. Sussex have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club colours are traditionally blue and white and the shirt sponsors are Galloways Accounting for the LV County Championship and Dafabet for Royal London One-Day Cup matches and Vitality Blast T20 matches. Its home ground is the County Cricket Ground, Hove. Sussex also play matches around the county at Arundel, Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Claydon
Mitchell Eric Claydon (born 25 November 1982) is an Australian-English former first-class cricketer. Although he was born at Fairfield, New South Wales he holds a British passport. Claydon is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Claydon most recently played for Sussex County Cricket Club. In July 2021, Claydon announced that he would retire from cricket at the end of the 2021 season. Career Claydon's debut match came as a tailender batsman for a Yorkshire Second XI against a combined Kent and Middlesex XI. Though neither team were victorious, Claydon proved himself economical with the ball. He later played for the team during a Bangladeshi tour of 2005, which saw a Bangladesh A team play against eight first-class counties. Claydon made his County Championship debut in April of the following year. The match was a rain-affected draw, and Claydon's contribution was negligible. He made more of an impact in a later County Championship game against Durham in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Blake (cricketer)
Alexander James Blake (born 25 January 1989) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls occasionally.Reid J (ed) ''2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual'', Kent County Cricket Club, pp.23–24. Blake was born in Farnborough in Bromley and attended Hayes School before studying at Leeds Metropolitan University. Blake is known as a "brutal limited-overs batsman" and an "athletic" fielder. Cricket career Blake was a member of the Kent Cricket Academy and played for the county at age group level before making his debut for the Kent Second XI in 2005.Hoad A (2015Kent Cricket white ball star Alex Blake agrees new contract at club following speculation about Sussex switch ''Kent Online'', 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2016-11-20.Teams Alex Blake played for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil ( ps, ; born 1 January 1985) is an Afghan cricketer and former captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team. Nabi is an attacking batting all-rounder, playing as a right-handed batsman and off break bowler. He played a major role in Afghanistan's rise to the top level of international cricket, playing in both their first One Day International in April 2009 and their first Test match in June 2018. He was part of Afghanistan's first ever T20I team when the team played against Ireland on 1 February 2010 and he became the fifth cap of Afghanistan national team in Twenty20 Internationals. He was also part of Afghanistan's first ever T20 World Cup team when Afghanistan played their first T20 World Cup match against India in a group stage match against India during the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. He captained the side during their first appearances in the 2014 Asia Cup and the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Nabi has also played in numerous Twen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent County Cricket Club In 2018
In 2018, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the 2018 County Championship, County Championship, the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup, Royal London One-Day Cup and the 2018 Vitality Blast, 2018 t20 Blast. The county finished second in Division Two of the Championship and were promoted to Division One for the 2019 English cricket season, 2019 season. They reached the final of the One-Day Cup. losing to Hampshire County Cricket Club, Hampshire at Lord's, and the quarter-final stage of the t20 Blast. In addition, before the start of the English cricket season, Kent competed in the 2017–18 Regional Super50, the List A cricket, List A competition of the West Indies domestic season, reaching the semi-final stage. This was the second time that Kent have competed in the competition, having played in the 2016–17 Regional Super50, 2016–17 competition. The season was the second in charge for head coach, and former player, Matthew Walker (English cricketer), Matthew Walker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Henry (cricketer)
Matthew James Henry (born 14 December 1991) is a New Zealand professional cricketer who plays for Canterbury, and for the New Zealand national team. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Education He was educated at St Joseph's School in Papanui and St Bede's College in Christchurch''Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2018'', p.27. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club. before completing his sixth form studies at St Joseph's College, Ipswich in England on a one-year scholarship.Watson S (2015Ex-Suffolk schoolboys resume rivalry on international stage at England’s cricketers take on New Zealand ''East Anglian Daily Times'', 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2018-03-14. Domestic and T20 career Henry has played for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket since 2011, making his first-class cricket debut in the 2010–11 Plunket Shield against Wellington in March 2011. He has played county cricket in England for Worcestershire for a period in 2016 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Bell-Drummond
Daniel James Bell-Drummond (born 4 August 1993) is an English professional cricketer, who plays for Kent County Cricket Club primarily as a batsman. He has represented England at youth level and has played for the England Lions cricket team at senior level. Early life Bell-Drummond was born in Lewisham in south-east London in 1993.Daniel Bell-Drummond CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-04-18. His parents are of Jamaican descent and he has described how watching both West Indian and English cricket home was a major influence on his development.Sajad K (2018 BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Denly
Joseph Liam Denly (born 16 March 1986) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional leg break bowler who plays as a top-order batsman. Denly played age group cricket for Kent and began his professional career with the county before moving to Middlesex for three seasons between 2012 and 2014. He won the Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year award in 2018 and was named the season's Most Valuable Player. Denly has represented England in Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. He played age group cricket for England and made 14 one-day appearances for the international team between 2009 and 2010 before falling out of favour with the national selectors. He was called back into the England Test match and one-day squads in 2018 following two seasons of good performances for Kent, making his Test debut for England in January 2019. Early life Denly was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
