Herschelle Herman Gibbs is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer,who played all formats of the game for fourteen years. A right-handed batsman,who mostly opened the batting,Gibbs became the first player to hit six consecutive sixes in one over in One Day International (ODI) cricket,doing so against the Netherlands in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Simon Philip Jones is a Welsh former cricketer,and data analytics head. He played international cricket for England,and county cricket for Glamorgan,Worcestershire and Hampshire,before retiring in 2013. His father,Jeff Jones,played cricket for Glamorgan and England in the 1960s.
The Kolpak ruling is a European Court of Justice ruling handed down on 8 May 2003 in favour of MarošKolpak,a Slovak handball player. It declared that citizens of countries which have signed European Union Association Agreements have the same right to freedom of work and movement within the EU as EU citizens. Thus any restrictions placed on their right to work are deemed illegal under EU law. The legal actions in Germany set a precedent for professional sports in Europe,which have had a wide-ranging effect,especially in regard to English county cricket and European professional rugby.
Justin Miles Kemp is a South African former international cricketer who played all formats of the game for South Africa.
Zander de Bruyn is a former South African cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played three Test matches for South Africa,and played domestic cricket for the Highveld Lions. He was a batting all-rounder whose elegance at the crease drew comparisons with former South African captain Hansie Cronje. His medium-pace bowling was able to take the pressure off the front-line bowlers,with his ability to restrict the run-rate and take partnership-breaking wickets.
The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa for cricket matches in the 2005–06 season. Owing to South Africa's busy schedule,the tour was split into two legs,one to be played in October 2005 with the six limited overs matches,and the second leg to be played in April and May 2006,including three Test matches. Before the limited overs series began,New Zealand were ranked third on the ICC ODI Championship table,two places ahead of their hosts South Africa. However,New Zealand had never won an ODI series in South Africa before this tour,and they were not to do it this summer either. In fact,New Zealand did not win a single one of the five matches,and only the rain –which sent the fourth match into a no-result –prevented the Kiwis from going down 0–5. The test series was similarly disappointing for New Zealand,with South Africa claiming it 2-0. After two series losses to Australia it was a satisfying result for the South Africans.
The 2005–06 edition of the VB Series was a three-team One Day International men's cricket tournament held in Australia in January and February 2006,between the hosting nation's team,South Africa and Sri Lanka.. The teams played each other four with five points awarded for a win and a possible bonus point awarded either to the winners or losers depending on run rate. The top two teams on points went through to the best-of-three finals series. All matches were day-night matches except the final meeting between South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Claude William Henderson is a South African former cricketer who bowled left-arm spin and played in seven Test matches and four One Day Internationals in 2001 to 2002.
Johannes Jacobus van der Wath is a South African former cricketer who played Limited Over Internationals.
Alviro Nathan Petersen is a former South African international cricketer who played domestic cricket in South Africa for the Highveld Lions and in England for Lancashire. A right-handed batsman,he has represented South Africa in Test,One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 cricket. He was the captain of the Highveld Lions in South African domestic cricket.
Adam Lyth is a former English Test cricketer,who has played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club since 2007. He is a left-handed opening batsman.
James Stuart Pressdee was a Welsh first class cricketer. He was a left-arm spinner and aggressive right-handed batsman. He also played association football in the Football League and Welsh Football League where he played as a left-back.
James Allenby is an Australian former professional cricketer who most recently played for Somerset. He played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
James William Arthur Taylor is an English former cricketer and cricket selector who played for Nottinghamshire and England. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg break bowler,Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket in 2008 for Leicestershire and made major impressions in his first county seasons. He is noted as being a fine fielder in the covers. He became the youngest Leicestershire one-day centurion and first-class double centurion. In 2009,Taylor also became the youngest player in Leicestershire's history to score 1,000 championship runs in a season. A promising talent in his 34 white-ball appearances for England,Taylor was forced into retirement at just 26 years of age due to a previously undiagnosed heart condition.
Wayne Dillon Parnell is a South African professional cricketer who most recently played for Northamptonshire in English county cricket.
Oliver Edward Robinson is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket,he represents Sussex,having previously played for Yorkshire and Hampshire. He made his Test debut in 2021,and plays as a right-arm medium-pace bowler.He made a comeback in test cricket against India in the 4th test at Ranchi after a long break from injury.
In 2013,Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship,Group A of the 40-over Yorkshire Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Life t20. Kent also hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against Cardiff MCCU at the start of the season and a T20 match against the touring New Zealanders in June. It was the second season in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams. The club captain was England spinner James Tredwell,taking over from Rob Key who had been club captain since 2006. Brendan Nash registered as a Kolpak player,ending his West Indies international career,which allowed Kent to sign another overseas player. South African fast bowler Vernon Philander filled this role,although he was only with the club for a short spell in July. Another new addition to the squad was 22-year-old Calum Haggett from Somerset. Shortly before the end of the season,Kent signed two young fast bowlers:Charlie Hartley and Matt Hunn. In addition,Mitchell Claydon joined on loan from Durham on 11 June initially for one month,but this was extended for a second month.
In 2017,Hampshire County Cricket Club will compete in Division One of the County Championship,the Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast.
The 2020 Bob Willis Trophy was a first-class cricket tournament held in the 2020 English cricket season,and the inaugural edition of the Bob Willis Trophy. It was separate from the County Championship,which was not held in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The eighteen county cricket teams were split into three regional groups of six,with the two group winners with the most points advancing to a final held at Lord's. The maximum number of overs bowled in a day was reduced from 96 to 90,and the team's first innings could be no longer than 120 overs.
