2019 season | |||
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Coach | Matthew Walker | ||
Captain | Sam Billings | ||
Overseas players | Matt Renshaw Wiaan Mulder Adam Milne (T20 only) Mohammad Nabi (T20 only) Faf du Plessis | ||
Ground(s) | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham | ||
County Championship | 4th, Division One | ||
Royal London One-Day Cup | 7th, South Group | ||
Vitality Blast | 5th, South Group | ||
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In 2019 Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division One of the County Championship after gaining promotion in the 2018 season, the Royal London One-Day Cup and the 2019 t20 Blast.
The season was the third in charge for head coach, and former player, Matthew Walker. Sam Billings retained the club captaincy that he was first awarded in 2018. [1] With Billings and vice-captain Joe Denly playing in the Indian Premier League, which ran until 5 May, Heino Kuhn was announced as interim captain for the early part of the season. [2] Following an injury to Billings in April, [3] Denly and Kuhn captained the side during the first half of the season, with Kuhn standing in as captain in June and July to allow Denly to focus on his batting following a period of poor form. [4] [5]
At the end of the 2018 season, and after an 18-year career with Kent, former England off-spinner James Tredwell announced his retirement from cricket. [6] Tredwell represented England in two Tests, 45 One Day Internationals and 17 T20 Internationals. Will Gidman and Matt Hunn also retired from professional cricket when their contracts expired. [7] [8]
Spin bowler Adam Riley left the club by "mutual consent" in June, having played four matches during the season. Riley had joined the club in 2011 and made over 100 appearances for Kent. [9] Veteran all-rounder Darren Stevens was loaned out to Derbyshire for the T20 Blast competition in July. Stevens, who had not played for Kent in the 2018 Blast, was not part of the county's plans for the competition but wanted to play T20 cricket during the season with an eye to maintaining his fitness if required by Kent. [10]
In July, it was reported that 43 year-old all-rounder Darren Stevens would not be offered a new contract after the 2019 season. [11] However, after a string of strong performances featuring a sequence of 445 runs and 34 wickets in five championship matches, including a ten-wicket match haul against Nottinghamshire and a career high score of 237 against Yorkshire, the club made a u-turn and Stevens signed an extension. [12]
In September, the club announced that seamer Mitchell Claydon would be leaving after seven years at the end of the season to join Sussex. [13]
In September 2018, Kent announced the signing of 24 year-old seam bowler Matt Milnes from Nottinghamshire on a three-year deal beginning at the start of the 2019 season. [14] Milnes had played only eight first-class matches, making his Nottinghamshire debut in June, and previously having played for Durham MCCU. On 1 October 2018, Kent announced another signing for the 2019 season with Dutch international left-arm fast bowler Fred Klaassen joining on a two-year contract. [15] [16] In October, Kent awarded a first professional contract to academy graduate wicketkeeper-batsman Jordan Cox. [17]
In February, Kent announced the signing of English-born Australian international batsman Matt Renshaw as their overseas player for the early part of the season, making him available for the opening three County Championship matches and the entire Royal London One-Day Cup campaign. [18] New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne re-signed to play for the county in the T20 Blast later the same month and Afghanistan's veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi was also signed for the first 11 matches of the competition. [19] [20]
In May, Kent announced that Wiaan Mulder had signed with the county as the overseas player for seven County Championship matches. The South African all-rounder replaced Matt Renshaw after his stint ended in the middle of May, [21] although he was only able to play in three matches before being recalled by South Africa to rest a foot injury ahead of their tour of India. [22] On 5 June, Kent announced that South African fast bowler Hardus Viljoen was to rejoin the club for a second spell to play in the T20 Blast. [23] Viljoen previously had a short spell with Kent at the end of the 2016 season and rejoins as a Kolpak signing. [23] [24] On 7 June, Middlesex off-spinner Ollie Rayner joined the county on loan for the last eight County Championship matches of the season [25] and on 6 August Academy graduate Marcus O'Riordan signed his first professional contract, initially for the remainder of the season. [26] [27] On 25 August, Kent announced the signing of South Africa captain Faf du Plessis for their remaining two group matches of the T20 Blast, replacing the departed Mohammad Nabi. [28] It was later announced that du Plessis would also play in the County Championship match against Yorkshire at Headingley, providing him with some first-class preparation prior to captaining South Africa in their Test series against India. [29]
Also in August, Kent announced that they had signed Yorkshire all-rounder Jack Leaning on a three-year contract from October 2019. [30] During their last game of the season, Kent announced the signing of teenage Afghan-born England Under-19 off-spinner Hamidullah Qadri on a three-year deal from the 2020 season. [31] Shortly after the same match, Kent announced the signing of 35 year-old seamer Tim Groenewald from Somerset on a two-year deal from 2020. [32]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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4 | Heino Kuhn | South Africa | 1 April 1984 (aged 35) | Right-handed | — | Kolpak signing |
6 | Joe Denly | England | 16 March 1986 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | Vice-captain |
13 | Faf du Plessis | South Africa | 13 July 1984 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Overseas player (August–September) |
10 | Alex Blake | England | 25 January 1989 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
16 | Zak Crawley | England | 3 February 1998 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
23 | Daniel Bell-Drummond | England | 3 August 1993 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
58 | Sean Dickson | South Africa | 2 September 1991 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | British passport holder |
77 | Matt Renshaw | Australia | 28 March 1996 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | Overseas player (April–May) |
All-rounders | ||||||
3 | Darren Stevens | England | 30 April 1976 (aged 42) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | On loan at Derbyshire for T20 matches [10] |
9 | Grant Stewart | Australia | 19 February 1994 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | EU passport holder |
14 | Wiaan Mulder | South Africa | 19 February 1998 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Overseas player (May–July) |
25 | Calum Haggett | England | 30 October 1990 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
55 | Marcus O'Riordan | England | 25 January 1998 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Signed a professional contract on 6 August |
77 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 1 January 1985 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Overseas player; T20 Blast only |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
7 | Sam Billings | England | 15 June 1991 (aged 27) | Right-handed | — | Club captain |
12 | Adam Rouse | England | 30 June 1992 (aged 26) | Right-handed | — | |
21 | Ollie Robinson | England | 1 December 1998 (aged 20) | Right-handed | — | |
22 | Jordan Cox | England | 21 October 2000 (aged 18) | Right-handed | — | |
Bowlers | ||||||
1 | Harry Podmore | England | 23 July 1994 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
2 | Ollie Rayner | Germany | 1 November 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | On loan from Middlesex |
5 | Ivan Thomas | England | 25 September 1991 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
8 | Mitchell Claydon | England | 25 November 1982 (aged 36) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
11 | Imran Qayyum | England | 23 May 1993 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
17 | Hardus Viljoen | South Africa | 6 March 1989 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | Kolpak signing, T20 Blast only |
18 | Fred Klaassen | Netherlands | 13 November 1992 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Left arm medium-fast | |
20 | Adam Milne | New Zealand | 13 April 1992 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | Overseas player; T20 Blast only |
29 | Matt Milnes | England | 29 July 1994 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
33 | Adam Riley | England | 23 March 1992 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Left the club by mutual consent in June [9] |
The season is Kent's first in Division One of the County Championship since 2010. They will play 14 matches, playing each of the seven other teams in the division twice, once at home and once away. Five of the county's home matches will be staged at the St Lawrence Ground, with one match at each of the Nevill Ground in Tunbridge Wells and County Cricket Ground, Beckenham. [33]
Kent's first match of the season began on 5 April against Somerset at Taunton, although the whole of the first day was lost to rain and a wet outfield. [34]
Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | |
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Essex (C) | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 38 | 0 | 228 |
Somerset | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 217 |
Hampshire | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 36 | 1 | 176 |
Kent | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 172 |
Yorkshire | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 36 | 0 | 165 |
Surrey | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 38 | 0 | 133 |
Warwickshire | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 131 |
Nottinghamshire (R) | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 32 | 1 | 67 |
5–8 April | Somerset (H) | v | Somerset won by 74 runs | | |
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11–14 April | v | Warwickshire (H) | Kent won by 8 wickets | | |
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14–17 May | v | Kent (H) | Yorkshire won by 172 runs | | |
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20–23 May | v | Kent (H) | Match drawn | | |
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27–30 May | Essex (H) | v | Essex won by 113 runs | | |
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10–13 June | Kent (H) | v | Somerset won by 10 wickets | | |
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17–20 June | Kent (H) | v | Kent won by 285 runs | | |
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30 June–3 July | Kent (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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7–10 July | Surrey (H) | v | Kent won by 5 wickets | | |
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13–16 July | Hampshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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18–21 August | Kent (H) | v | Essex won by 3 wickets | | |
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10–12 September | v | Nottinghamshire (H) | Kent won by 227 runs | | |
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16–19 September | v | Yorkshire (H) | Kent won by 433 runs | | |
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23–26 September | Kent (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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Kent began the season with a three-day first-class match against Loughborough MCC University on 31 March as part of the 2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches. With Joe Denly and Sam Billings away at the IPL and interim captain Heino Kuhn not in the side, Daniel Bell-Drummond stood in as captain for this match. Fred Klaassen and Matt Milnes made their Kent debuts in the match which was drawn after much of the final day was lost to rain. Sean Dickson scored Kent's first century of the season, with a score of 108 not out in the county's first innings. [42]
31 March–2 April | Kent (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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Kent played eight matches in the South Group in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup, winning only two matches in a competition that they had reached the final of in 2018. Four losses and an abandoned match at Cardiff to start the competition effectively knocked the county out of the knock-out stages before two wins against Surrey and Essex led to a seventh-place finish in the group.
The campaign saw maiden List A centuries for Matt Renshaw and Zak Crawley as well as a century for Daniel Bell-Drummond whilst bowler Matt Milnes took his first professional five wicket haul in Kent's first match of the competition, his List A debut. In April former England and Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott was announced as an additional coach for Kent's campaign. [43]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Hampshire [lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.020 |
2 | Middlesex [lower-alpha 2] | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.135 |
3 | Somerset [lower-alpha 2] | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.505 |
4 | Gloucestershire | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.270 |
5 | Sussex | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.013 |
6 | Glamorgan | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −0.298 |
7 | Kent | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −0.966 |
8 | Essex | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.325 |
9 | Surrey | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.007 |
17 April | Hampshire 310/9 (50 overs) | v | Kent (H) 220 (40 overs) | Hampshire won by 90 runs | |
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St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and DJ Millns Player of the match: SA Northeast (Hampshire) | |||||
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19 April | Somerset (H) 358/9 (50 overs) | v | Kent 94 (27 overs) | Somerset won by 264 runs | |
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21 April | Kent (H) 298 (50 overs) | v | Sussex 302/3 (40 overs) | Sussex won by 3 wickets (with 60 balls remaining) | |
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23 April | Kent 282/8 (50 overs) | v | Gloucestershire (H) 283/4 (46.5 overs) | Gloucestershire won by 19 runs (with 19 balls remaining) | |
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25 April | Glamorgan (H) 68/2 (15 overs) | v | No result | | |
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2 May | Surrey (H) 127 (35.2 overs) | v | Kent 131/2 (28 overs) | Kent won by 8 wickets (with 132 balls remaining) | |
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5 May | Essex 271/9 (50 overs) | v | Kent (H) 272/4 (46.4 overs) | Kent won by 6 wickets (with 20 balls remaining) | |
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7 May | Middlesex 380/5 (50 overs) | v | Kent (H) 347 (48.5 overs) | Middlesex won by 33 runs | |
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Kent hosted a 50-over match against the touring Pakistan national side ahead of their One Day International series against England. Due to a number of injuries and other availability issues affecting a significant number of players, Kent were given permission by the ECB to include two guest players for this fixture. [46] Middlesex seamer James Harris (who had previously had a loan spell with Kent during the 2017 season) and Essex's Dutch international seamer Shane Snater were both named in the team. Academy graduate Jordan Cox was also selected for his first senior appearance. [46] Adam Rouse stood in as captain.
27 April | Pakistan 358/7 (50 overs) | v | Kent (H) 258 (44.1 overs) | Pakistan won by 100 runs | |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.803 |
2 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0.242 |
3 | Middlesex | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.216 |
4 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | −0.464 |
5 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.000 |
6 | Somerset | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.448 |
7 | Hampshire | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0.021 |
8 | Surrey | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | −0.246 |
9 | Glamorgan | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | −1.381 |
20 July | Kent (H) 165/9 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 124 (18.3 overs) | Kent won by 41 runs | |
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St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RJ Bailey and JW Lloyds Player of the match: Imran Qayyum (Kent) | |||||
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21 July | Hampshire (H) 145/5 (20 overs) | v | Kent 146/8 (19.5 overs) | Kent won by 2 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) | |
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26 July | Kent (H) 175/6 (20 overs) | v | Essex 153/7 (20 overs) | Kent won by 22 runs | |
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St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: BJ Debenham and RT Robinson Player of the match: HG Kuhn (Kent) | |||||
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30 July | Surrey (H) 54/4 (7 overs) | v | Kent 55/1 (4 overs) | Kent won by 9 wickets (with 18 balls remaining) | |
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1 August | Kent 204/4 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex (H) 176/7 (20 overs) | Kent won by 28 runs | |
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2 August | Kent 154/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex (H) 158/1 (16 overs) | Sussex won by 9 wickets | |
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4 August | Hampshire 135 (19.2 overs) | v | Kent (H) 138/6 (19.5 overs) | Kent won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) | |
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7 August | Kent 125/8 (20 overs) | v | Gloucestershire (H) 131/5 (18.5 overs) | Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) | |
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County Ground, Bristol Umpires: RT Robinson and AG Wharf Player of the match: BAC Howell (Gloucestershire) | |||||
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10 August | Somerset (H) 206/8 (20 overs) | v | Kent 151 (18.4 overs) | Somerset won by 55 runs | |
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14 August | Kent (H) | v | Match abandoned without a ball being bowled | | |
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16 August | Kent (H) | v | Match abandoned without a ball being bowled | | |
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23 August | Kent (H) 171/7 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 170/3 (20 overs) | Surrey won by 1 run | |
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St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NJ Llong and PR Pollard Player of the match: WG Jacks (Surrey) | |||||
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29 August | Gloucestershire 180/3 (20 overs) | v | Kent (H) 175/8 (20 overs) | Gloucestershire won by 5 runs | |
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St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: M Burns and DJ Millns Player of the match: M Klinger (Gloucestershire) | |||||
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30 August | Essex (H) 189/6 (20 overs) | v | Kent 179 (20 overs) | Essex won by 10 runs | |
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Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
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Daniel Bell-Drummond | 15 | 28 | 2 | 987 | 166 | 37.96 | 50.28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 133 | 1 |
Zak Crawley | 14 | 26 | 0 | 916 | 111 | 35.23 | 60.46 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 143 | 2 |
Ollie Robinson | 15 | 26 | 2 | 786 | 143 | 32.75 | 59.00 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 96 | 2 |
Sean Dickson | 12 | 23 | 2 | 668 | 161 | 31.80 | 47.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 83 | 0 |
Heino Kuhn | 14 | 24 | 0 | 605 | 95 | 25.20 | 61.79 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 82 | 0 |
Darren Stevens | 13 | 20 | 1 | 597 | 237 | 31.42 | 71.58 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 17 |
Joe Denly | 6 | 11 | 2 | 504 | 167* | 56.00 | 60.86 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 7 |
Sam Billings | 4 | 7 | 1 | 366 | 138 | 61.00 | 73.79 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 2 |
Harry Podmore | 15 | 22 | 6 | 279 | 54* | 17.43 | 52.34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 3 |
Matt Milnes | 15 | 20 | 6 | 183 | 31 | 13.07 | 35.95 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
Ollie Rayner | 8 | 10 | 1 | 152 | 40* | 16.88 | 69.40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
Alex Blake | 6 | 10 | 0 | 137 | 34 | 13.70 | 40.89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
Matt Renshaw | 3 | 6 | 1 | 118 | 48* | 23.60 | 55.66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
Wiaan Mulder | 3 | 6 | 2 | 114 | 68* | 28.50 | 55.07 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
Grant Stewart | 5 | 7 | 2 | 113 | 59 | 22.60 | 61.08 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
Jordan Cox | 3 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 27 | 17.75 | 36.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Mitchell Claydon | 6 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 13* | 16.66 | 80.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Fred Klaassen | 2 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 14* | 18.50 | 19.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Faf du Plessis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 18.00 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Marcus O'Riordan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 10.50 | 26.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Imran Qayyum | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15* | – | 26.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adam Riley | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10.00 | 15.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Adam Rouse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Cricinfo [50]
Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
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Zak Crawley | 9 | 8 | 0 | 401 | 120 | 50.12 | 84.77 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
Matt Renshaw | 7 | 6 | 1 | 213 | 109 | 42.60 | 90.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
Alex Blake | 9 | 7 | 1 | 201 | 89 | 33.50 | 110.43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 |
Daniel Bell-Drummond | 4 | 4 | 1 | 184 | 120* | 61.33 | 87.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Ollie Robinson | 7 | 5 | 0 | 132 | 49 | 26.40 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Adam Rouse | 9 | 7 | 1 | 131 | 45* | 21.83 | 86.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
Heino Kuhn | 6 | 5 | 1 | 116 | 36* | 29.00 | 109.43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
Harry Podmore | 8 | 5 | 0 | 103 | 40 | 20.60 | 94.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
Matt Milnes | 8 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 26 | 15.40 | 140.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Joe Denly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 56 | 56.00 | 81.15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Imran Qayyum | 9 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 26* | 11.50 | 76.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Darren Stevens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 30 | 13.66 | 70.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Sean Dickson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 30 | 9.00 | 73.46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Jordan Cox | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21.00 | 80.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Fred Klaassen | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 15.00 | 88.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Shane Snater | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 80.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Adam Riley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 125.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mitchell Claydon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5* | – | 62.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Billings | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Source: CricInfo [51]
Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
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Daniel Bell-Drummond | 12 | 12 | 0 | 317 | 64 | 26.41 | 119.62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
Zak Crawley | 12 | 11 | 0 | 307 | 89 | 27.90 | 144.81 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 |
Heino Kuhn | 10 | 10 | 4 | 255 | 55* | 42.50 | 132.12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
Alex Blake | 12 | 11 | 2 | 204 | 66* | 22.66 | 148.90 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
Mohammad Nabi | 9 | 9 | 1 | 147 | 43* | 18.37 | 153.12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
Ollie Robinson | 12 | 10 | 0 | 139 | 53 | 13.90 | 104.51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
Faf du Plessis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 60 | 46.00 | 139.39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Sam Billings | 4 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 55 | 24.66 | 125.42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Adam Milne | 9 | 7 | 2 | 60 | 16 | 12.00 | 150.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Jordan Cox | 7 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 23* | 14.50 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Hardus Viljoen | 12 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 7.16 | 153.57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Sean Dickson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 9.50 | 86.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Imran Qayyum | 9 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13* | 16.00 | 133.33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Fred Klaassen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4* | 8.00 | 133.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mitchell Claydon | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5* | 5.00 | 83.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grant Stewart | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | – | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Milnes | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Marcus O'Riordan | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Source: CricInfo [52]
Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5w | 10w |
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Matt Milnes | 15 | 26 | 408.2 | 70 | 1,478 | 58 | 5/68 | 7/111 | 25.48 | 3.61 | 42.2 | 2 | 0 |
Darren Stevens | 13 | 23 | 422.0 | 134 | 937 | 54 | 5/20 | 10/92 | 17.35 | 2.22 | 46.8 | 5 | 1 |
Harry Podmore | 15 | 27 | 499.3 | 114 | 1,444 | 54 | 5/41 | 8/123 | 26.74 | 2.89 | 55.5 | 2 | 0 |
Mitchell Claydon | 6 | 10 | 130.2 | 20 | 466 | 19 | 5/46 | 9/112 | 24.52 | 3.57 | 41.1 | 1 | 0 |
Grant Stewart | 5 | 9 | 135.3 | 16 | 514 | 15 | 3/37 | 4/145 | 34.26 | 3.79 | 54.2 | 0 | 0 |
Ollie Rayner | 8 | 12 | 166.3 | 76 | 292 | 10 | 2/7 | 2/7 | 29.20 | 1.75 | 99.9 | 0 | 0 |
Wiaan Mulder | 3 | 6 | 91.5 | 22 | 307 | 10 | 4/118 | 5/159 | 30.70 | 3.34 | 55.1 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Bell-Drummond | 15 | 10 | 67.2 | 13 | 169 | 8 | 2/6 | 3/44 | 21.12 | 2.50 | 50.5 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Denly | 6 | 7 | 72 | 20 | 184 | 4 | 3/48 | 3/72 | 46.00 | 2.55 | 108.0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Klaassen | 2 | 3 | 45.0 | 2 | 170 | 2 | 1/44 | 2/132 | 85.00 | 3.77 | 135.0 | 0 | 0 |
Adam Riley | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 33 | 341 | 2 | 1/45 | 2/101 | 95.00 | 3.16 | 180.0 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Blake | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 9.00 | – | 0 | 0 |
Sean Dickson | 12 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 2.25 | – | 0 | 0 |
Zak Crawley | 14 | 1 | 11.0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | – | – | – | 3.00 | – | 0 | 0 |
Marcus O'Riordan | 1 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | – | – | – | 4.71 | – | 0 | 0 |
Imran Qayyum | 1 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | – | – | – | 5.37 | – | 0 | 0 |
Matt Renshaw | 3 | 4 | 16.0 | 2 | 53 | 0 | – | – | – | 3.31 | – | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricInfo [53]
Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
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Matt Milnes | 8 | 8 | 71.5 | 1 | 494 | 16 | 5/79 | 30.87 | 6.87 | 26.9 | 0 | 1 |
Imran Qayyum | 9 | 8 | 63.0 | 0 | 353 | 9 | 4/45 | 39.22 | 5.60 | 42.0 | 1 | 0 |
Fred Klaassen | 7 | 7 | 50.2 | 1 | 329 | 8 | 2/83 | 41.12 | 6.53 | 37.7 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Podmore | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 4 | 411 | 6 | 2/54 | 51.37 | 5.78 | 53.2 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Bell-Drummond | 4 | 3 | 23.0 | 2 | 103 | 5 | 2/22 | 20.60 | 4.47 | 27.6 | 0 | 0 |
Darren Stevens | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | 0 | 130 | 3 | 2/50 | 43.33 | 5.00 | 52.0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Renshaw | 7 | 3 | 9.0 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 2/17 | 24.00 | 5.33 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mitchell Claydon | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | 1 | 152 | 2 | 1/55 | 76.00 | 6.90 | 66.0 | 0 | 0 |
Shane Snater | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 1/68 | 68.00 | 6.80 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 |
James Harris | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 87 | 1 | 1/87 | 87.00 | 8.70 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Blake | 9 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 149 | 1 | 1/32 | 149.00 | 7.45 | 120.0 | 0 | 0 |
Zak Crawley | 9 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | – | – | 8.50 | – | 0 | 0 |
Sean Dickson | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | – | – | 10.00 | – | 0 | 0 |
Adam Riley | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | – | – | 7.00 | – | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricInfo [54]
Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
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Hardus Viljoen | 12 | 14 | 45.2 | 0 | 355 | 18 | 3/15 | 19.72 | 7.83 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 |
Imran Qayyum | 9 | 8 | 30.1 | 0 | 226 | 12 | 5/21 | 18.83 | 7.49 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 |
Adam Milne | 9 | 9 | 31.3 | 1 | 242 | 10 | 3/21 | 24.20 | 7.68 | 18.9 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Klaassen | 12 | 12 | 41.1 | 0 | 384 | 10 | 2/24 | 38.40 | 9.32 | 24.7 | 0 | 0 |
Mohammad Nabi | 9 | 9 | 31.0 | 0 | 224 | 8 | 2/32 | 28.00 | 7.22 | 23.2 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Bell-Drummond | 12 | 7 | 12.3 | 0 | 132 | 5 | 2/19 | 26.40 | 10.56 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
Grant Stewart | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2/23 | 11.50 | 5.75 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Blake | 12 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1/17 | 29.00 | 5.80 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mitchell Claydon | 4 | 4 | 15.0 | 0 | 134 | 1 | 1/37 | 134.00 | 8.93 | 90.0 | 0 | 0 |
Marcus O'Riordan | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | – | – | 6.50 | – | 0 | 0 |
Matt Milnes | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | – | – | 12.50 | – | 0 | 0 |
Source: CricInfo [55]
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