In 2017,

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 Ke ...

competed in Division Two of the

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, the

Royal London One-Day Cup The Royal London One-Day Cup is a fifty-over limited overs cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties. It began in 2014 as a replacement for the ECB 40 tournament, which ran from 2010 to 2013. In contrast to its 40-ove ...

and the

NatWest t20 Blast The T20 Blast, currently named the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket competition for English and Welsh first-class counties. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (E ...

. In addition, before the start of the English cricket season, Kent competed in the

2016–17 Regional Super50 The 2016–17 Regional Super50 was the 43rd edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The tournament was held in Antigua and Barbuda. Ten teams pa ...

, the

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competition of the West Indian domestic season.Kent to play in West Indies Super50 as part of FGS Plant Tour
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'', 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2017-01-21. This was the first time that any English county had competed in an overseas domestic competition.'Matt Walker's Kent embark on a winter Caribbean odyssey', ''

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'', February 2017.
Available online
) The invitation to take part in the tournament was largely due to the influence of former

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captain

Jimmy Adams James Clive Adams OD (born 9 January 1968) is a former Jamaican cricketer, who represented the West Indies as player and captain during his career. He was a left-handed batsman, left-arm orthodox spin bowler and fielder, especially in th ...

who had been Kent's Head Coach until September 2016. The season was the first in charge for new head coach and former player, Matthew Walker.Kent name Matt Walker and Allan Donald as new coaching team
BBC Sport, 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-01-21. Former South African fast-bowler

Allan Donald Allan Anthony Donald (born 20 October 1966) is a South African former cricketer who is also the current bowling coach of Bangladesh national cricket team. Often nicknamed 'White Lightning' due to his lightning quick bowling, he is considered ...

was announced as the new assistant coach, but his arrival was delayed while he worked towards the ECB level three qualification he required to gain the visa necessary to take up the role.Allan Donald: Kent look for stand-in coach until visa issue resolved
BBC Sport, 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-01-21. Former Yorkshire coach, and Australia fast-bowler,

Jason Gillespie Jason Neil Gillespie (born 19 April 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played all three formats of the game. A right-arm fast bowler, he was also a competent lower-order batsman whose unbeaten 201 in his last Test matc ...

was appointed as assistant coach on an interim basis for the first few weeks of the season.Jason Gillespie: Ex-Yorkshire coach joins Kent as assistant to Matt Walker
BBC Sport, 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-23. It was later announced that Donald would not be joining up with Kent until 2018.Allan Donald: Kent assistant coach unable to join county until 2018
BBC Sport, 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-05-01.

Sam Northeast Sam Alexander Northeast (born 16 October 1989) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Glamorgan County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman. Northeast made his senior debut in 2007 and until 2017 played for Kent County Cricket ...

retained the club captaincy for a second season.Kent Cricket confirm Sam Northeast will continue as captain in 2017
''

Kent Online KM Media Group is a multimedia company in the county of Kent, England which originated as the publisher of the Kent Messenger. The Group now produces local newspapers, radio stations and websites throughout the county. Iliffe Media acquired KM ...

'', 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2017-03-21.

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 f ...

won the club's Player of the Year award, having scored over 1,895 runs across all formats.Denly & Davidson-Richards win Players of the Year
''

'', 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-10-02.

Squad

Departures

Fast bowler David Griffiths left the club at the end of his contract in September 2016 after three seasons with KentDavid Griffiths and Sam Weller to leave Kent

, 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2017-01-21.David Griffiths: Fast bowler departs Kent after three seasons
BBC Sport, 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2017-01-21. and academy graduate Sam Weller left without having played for the first XI (he had played 6 First Class matches for

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during his time with Kent).

Hardus Viljoen GC Viljoen (born 6 March 1989), known as Hardus Viljoen,Borland K (2016Viljoen desperate to earn a place in the national team, '' The Citizen'', 4 July 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016. is a South African professional cricketer. Viljoen played for ...

, who had a brief spell with Kent as an overseas player at the end of the 2016 season, signed a Kolpak deal with

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. Reports suggest that Kent had first refusal on signing Viljoen, but opted not to match Derbyshire's offer.Hardus Viljoen: Derbyshire sign South Africa bowler under Kolpak ruling
BBC Sport, 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2017-01-21. On the eve of the season

Fabian Cowdrey Fabian Kruuse Cowdrey (born 30 January 1993) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club. He made history by becoming the first third generation player to play for the county, following his father, Chris ...

left the club by mutual consent to pursue opportunities outside of cricket.All-rounder Fabian Cowdrey brings his time at Kent to a close
''

'', 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2017-03-28.Wilson J (2017
Pop goes the cricketer

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, 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-04-14.

Adam Ball Adam James Ball (born 1 March 1993) is an English cricketer who plays for Suffolk County Cricket Club. Ball is a batting allrounder who played top level cricket for Kent County Cricket Club from 2010 until 2017 and was captain of the England ...

Hugh Bernard Hugh Robert Bernard (born 14 September 1996) is an English former professional cricketer who has played for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm medium-fast pace bowler and a right-handed batsman.Charlie Hartley were released by Kent at the end of the season.Hoad A (2017
Kent all-rounder Adam Ball and seamer Hugh Bernard set for move away from club
''

'', 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-29.Charlie Hartley to leave Kent
''

'', 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-10-02. Matt Coles also left his home county to join county champions

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

in October.Matt Coles joins County Champions Essex from Kent on a two-year deal
''

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'', 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2017-10-30.

Arrivals

Having impressed while on loan at the county in 2016,

Will Gidman William Robert Simon Gidman (born 14 February 1985) is an English former professional cricketer who most recently played for Kent County Cricket Club as an all-rounder. He previously played county cricket for Durham, Gloucestershire and Nottingha ...

signed a permanent contract with Kent in October 2016 after he was released by

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.Will Gidman: Kent sign Nottinghamshire all-rounder after loan spell
BBC Sport, 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2017-01-21.Will Gidman signs for Kent following his release by Nottinghamshire
''

'', 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2017-01-21. Academy wicket-keeper

Ollie Robinson Oliver Edward Robinson (born 1 December 1993) is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England cricket team, England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket, he represents Sussex County Cricket Club, Sussex, havin ...

made his senior debut for the county in the final match of the

tournament after being called into the touring squad as cover for

Adam Rouse Adam Paul Rouse (born 30 June 1992) is a Zimbabwean-born English former professional cricketer. Rouse played as a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper, although he was considered versatile enough to play solely as a specialist bats ...

with

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away on England duty.Academy scholar in FGS Plant Tour squad
''

'', 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2017-02-12.Kent Cricket Academy scholar Ollie Robinson named in Kent Cricket’s 17-man squad for the FGS Plant Tour to the West Indies
''

'', 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2017-02-12. Robinson went on to sign his first professional contract with the club at the end of the season.Robinson signs first pro contract
''

'', 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-10-02. In March, Kent announced the signing of former England Under 19 captain Joe Weatherley on loan from

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

for the 2017 season, although he stayed with the county only for the first half of the season.Joe Weatherley joins Kent on loan
,

, 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-14.Joe Weatherley: Hampshire batsman signs new deal and agrees Kent season-long loan
BBC Sport, 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-14.

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fast bowler James Harris followed as another loan signing in early April, initially for the first three County Championship matches and the first section of the

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.James Harris: Kent sign Middlesex paceman on loan

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, 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-04.Middlesex and former England Lions fast-bowler James Harris joins Kent
''

'', 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-04. On 10 April, Kent announced the signing of South African international left-arm fast bowler

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, who had previously played for the county during the 2009 season, as an overseas player on a short-term contract. Parnell was available to play in the County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup until he joined up with the South African national team when they began their tour of England in May.Wayne Parnell: South Africa pace bowler re-signs for Kent
BBC Sport, 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-10.Kent sign South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell
''

'', 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-10. New Zealand fast bowler

Adam Milne Adam Fraser Milne (born 13 April 1992) is a New Zealand professional cricketer who plays limited overs cricket for the New Zealand national cricket team. He is a right-arm fast bowler. Early life Milne was born in Palmerston North, New Zeala ...

joined the team as an overseas player for the second half of the season after the conclusion of the

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that took place in England and Wales during the first half of JuneAdam Milne: New Zealand fast bowler to join Kent after Champions Trophy
BBC Sport, 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-06-06.Kent sign New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne as overseas player
''

'', 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-05-24. and Pakistan leg-spinner

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played two County Championship games during the middle of the season.Yasir Shah: Pakistan leg-spinner signs for Kent
BBC Sport, 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-06.Yasir Shah signs for Kent
''

'', 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-06. Zealand all-rounder

Jimmy Neesham James Douglas Sheahan Neesham (born 17 September 1990), better known as Jimmy Neesham, is a New Zealand international cricketer who has played for New Zealand cricket team. He currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe as an All-ro ...

played in the T20 Blast campaign alongside Milne.Jimmy Neesham: New Zealand all-rounder joins Kent for T20 Blast
BBC Sport, 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2017-06-26. Australian-born fast-bowling all-rounder Grant Stewart signed his first professional contract with Kent at the end of August after impressing while on trial with the second XI as well as in the Kent Premier League with Sandwich Town. He holds an EU passport through his Italian mother and was not classed as an overseas player.Grant Stewart signs professional contract
Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-08-31.

Squad list

* Ages given as of the first day of the 2017 County Championship season, 7 April 2017.

Regional Super50

At the beginning of the year, Kent competed in the

, a

tournament that is part of the West Indian domestic season, after accepting an invitation from the

West Indies Cricket Board Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that once formed the British West Indies). It was originally ...

. The competition took place between 24 January and 18 February. It was the first time that Kent had competed in an overseas competition. Kent were drawn in Group A, and played two matches against each of the other teams in the group:

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Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

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and the

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. Group B included the other three regular teams of West Indian domestic cricket (

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Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

and

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

) and two development sides (

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and

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). Kent began the tournament with a seven wicket loss to the

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at the

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before consecutive wins against

and

.Ambris, Matthew help Windwards hold off West Indies U-19s

, 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2017-01-26.Powell, Joseph star as Leeward crush Windward by 184 runs

, 2017-01-29. Retrieved 2017-02-01.T&T flatten West Indies U-19 for 58

, 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-02-01. Four consecutive losses saw the county knocked out of the tournament at the group stage before a win in their final match of the competition.Trinidad & Tobago top Group A with win over Leeward Islands

, 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2017-02-13. The tournament was viewed by Kent as an opportunity for warm weather preparation for the English domestic season.Hoad A (2016
Kent to play in West Indies' domestic 50-over competition in Antigua in January and February 2017
''

'', 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2017-02-13.Hoad A (2017
Kent Cricket head coach Matt Walker says players have been improved by FGS Plant Tour to Regional Super50 competition in Antigua
''

'', 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-23.

Group A

Matches

County Championship

Kent played 14

Division Two matches in 2017. The Championship was restructured for 2017, with Division Two having ten teams, leaving the remaining eight counties in Division One instead of the previous nine-nine split. Teams in both divisions played fewer matches than in 2016 (14 instead of 16), meaning that teams in Division Two played five of their rivals twice and the other four teams only once during the season.County Championship, One-Day Cup and T20 Blast fixtures announced for 2017
BBC Sport, 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2017-01-21. Kent's opening fixture was at home against

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, starting on 7 April at the

St Lawrence Ground The St Lawrence Ground is a cricket ground in Canterbury, Kent. It is the home ground of Kent County Cricket Club and since 2013 has been known as The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, due to commercial sponsorship. It is one of the oldest grounds ...

, a match they won by 334 runs after bowling Gloucestershire out for a total of 61 in their second innings with

Darren Stevens Darren Ian Stevens (born 30 April 1976) is an English cricketer. An all-rounder, he bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium-pace. In first-class cricket, he has scored over 16,000 runs and since the age of 35 has taken over 500 wickets an ...

taking 6/22.Kent v Gloucestershire: Darren Stevens takes 6-22 in 334-run victory

, 2017-04-09. Retrieved 2017-04-14. They played seven home matches in total, five at the St Lawrence Ground and one each at the

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and the

County Cricket Ground, Beckenham The County Ground, Beckenham is a cricket ground in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley. The ground is owned by Leander Sports and Leisure and is used as an outground by Kent County Cricket Club for First XI fixtures, as well as for othe ...

.Hoad A (2017
Kent Spitfires 2017 fixtures

, 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2017-01-22. One fixture, an away game against

, was a day–night match, part of an experiment by the

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ahead of the staging of the first UK day–night

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in August.ECB reveals details on floodlit Championship

, 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2017-01-22. Kent started strongly, winning four of their first five matches. However, in a frustrating remainder of the season they failed to win any further matches in the championship and slipped to 5th place in the table. One match, against

Queen's Park, Chesterfield Queen's Park is a county cricket ground located in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England and lies within a park in the centre of the town established for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee in 1887. It has a small pavilion and is surrounded by mature ...

in September, was abandoned as a draw without a ball being bowled due to heavy rain and a wet outfield.Chesterfield abandonment: Derbyshire escape punishment over washed-out Kent game

, 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14. As a result the team only played 13 of the scheduled 14 matches.

Division Two

Matches

Other first-class matches

Kent began the

2017 English cricket season The 2017 English cricket season was the 118th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. The season, which began on 28 March and ended on 29 September, featured two global one-day competitions played in England and Wales, ...

with a three-day University match against

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on 28 March and played a three-day match against the touring West Indians at the beginning of August. The fixture against the West Indians formed the centre-piece of the 166th

Canterbury Cricket Week Canterbury Cricket Week is the oldest cricket festival week in England and involves a series of consecutive Kent home matches, traditionally held in the first week in August. It was founded in 1842, although a similar festival week was first hel ...

.Hoad A (2016
Kent Cricket will host West Indies in a three-day Tour game at Canterbury in August with South Africa A visiting in June

, 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2017-01-22.

Royal London One-Day Cup

Kent competed in the South group of the

. They played each of the other eight teams in the group once, with all four home games being played at the

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. A disappointing campaignHoad A (2017
Kent coach Matt Walker eyeing return to winning ways at Leicestershire in Specsavers County Championship Division 2
''

'', 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-05-19. saw Kent finish bottom of the table, with just a single win against Middlesex. After an early elimination, the starting eleven increasingly featured fringe squad players, particularly in the bowling department, and academy graduate batsman

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made his senior debut in the final match against Essex.Essex top group to secure semi-final berth

, 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-05-18.

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had a good tournament, scoring successive centuries against

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and

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, as well as two half centuries.

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also scored a century against Somerset, his first in List A cricket, reaching 116 from just 58 balls.

, on his 300th List A appearance, scored a career-high 147 from just 67 deliveries (including 10 fours and 14 sixes) against Glamorgan at Swansea, almost leading Kent to an unlikely victory and setting a new record for Kent's highest individual score in List A cricket.Stevens 147 off 67 but loses in six-hitting frenzy

, 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2017-05-18.

South Group

Matches

NatWest t20 Blast

Kent played in the South group of the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast. The county played 14 matches, facing each team in the group at least once. They played seven home matches, one at

and the other six at the

. In a very tight group, Kent went into the final game against

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needing a win to progress to the quarter-finals, but lost by 10 runs.

scored two hundreds during the campaign. In a memorable match at

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against

he scored 166

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as Kent chased a total of 205 to win by eight wickets. Later in the tournament he scored 127 against

Essex County Cricket Club Essex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Essex. Founded in 1876, the club had minor county status until 1894 when ...

County Ground, Chelmsford The Essex County Ground (ECG) is a cricket venue in Chelmsford, Essex, England. It has been used by Essex County Cricket Club for first-class cricket since 1925 and List A matches since 1969, and has been the county's official home ground since ...

as part of a first-wicket stand of 207 runs with

. This set records for Kent's Twenty20 highest individual score and partnership and, as of the end of the season, was the highest partnership score for any wicket in T20 cricket in the UK, the third highest anywhere in the world and was a world record for the first wicket.

took five wickets in the fixture against

and recorded Kent's best bowling figures in Twenty20 cricket with 5/11.

South Group

Matches

Statistics

Batting

Source: Cricinfo Source: CricInfoSeason 2017 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most runs

. Retrieved 2017-07-16. Source: CricInfoSeason 2017 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most runs

. Retrieved 2017-07-16.

Bowling

Source: CricInfoSeason 2017 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most wickets

. Retrieved 2017-10-04. Source: CricInfoSeason 2017 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most wickets

. Retrieved 2017-02-21. Source: CricInfoSeason 2017 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most wickets

. Retrieved 2017-08-21.

References

External links

Kent home
at ESPN cricinfo
Kent County Cricket Club official site
{{2017 English cricket season

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