The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.
Owais Alam Shah is a former England cricketer. A middle-order batsman,he played for Middlesex from 1995 to 2010 and Essex from 2011 to 2013 before announcing his retirement from first-class cricket. He played Twenty20 cricket for Hampshire in 2014 and 2015. He also represented England in all forms of the game.
James Cullum Tredwell is an English former international cricketer. A left-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler,he played his domestic cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and was appointed as County Captain for the 2013 season. He made his debut for Kent in the 2001 season,nine days before his first appearance for England Under-19s. He often fielded at slip. Tredwell was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Nicholas Richard Denis Compton is a South African-born English former Test and first-class cricketer who most recently played for Middlesex County Cricket Club. The grandson of Denis Compton,he represented England in 16 Test matches.
Billy Ashley Godleman is an English first-class cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire.
Paul Michael Hutchison is an English former first-class cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman,and a left-arm fast-medium bowler.
Abdul-Kadeer Ali is an English first-class cricketer who is currently Assistant Head Coach at Worcestershire,where he started his first class playing career. He later played for Gloucestershire,Leicestershire and minor counties side Staffordshire as well as appearing for England A. He was capped by Gloucestershire in 2005. He is of Pakistani descent and studied at Handsworth Grammar School.
Mark Newell is a former English cricketer and current first class umpire. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler who played for Sussex County Cricket Club and Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1995 and 1999. He joined the ECB panel of first class umpires in 2017.
Cricket is one of the most popular sports in England,and has been played since the 16th century. Marylebone Cricket Club,based at Lord's,developed the modern rules of play and conduct. The sport is administered by the England and Wales Cricket Board and represented at an international level by the England men's team and England women's team. At a domestic level,teams are organised by county,competing in tournaments such as the County Championship,Royal London One-Day Cup,T20 Blast and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. Recent developments include the introduction of a regional structure for women's cricket and the establishment of The Hundred for both men's and women's cricket. Recreational matches are organised on a regional basis,with the top level being the ECB Premier Leagues.
Azeem Rafiq is an English cricketer who played professionally in England for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. A right-arm off-spin bowler,Rafiq played for the county between 2008 and 2014 and 2016 and 2018,making his senior debut at the age of 17. He captained the England under-15 and under-19 sides,and in 2012 became the youngest man to captain a Yorkshire side as well as the first person of Asian origin to do so.
Alexander Zak Lees is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket,he represents Durham,captaining the ListA and t20 teams.
Nathan Theodore Wood is a former English cricketer. Wood was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium. He was born at Thornhill Edge,Yorkshire.
Imran Qayyum is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club. A slow left arm bowler,he made his first-class cricket debut in May 2016 against Northamptonshire in the 2016 County Championship and has gone on to play in limited overs competitions for the county. In May 2021,he was forced to retire from the game due to a shoulder injury.
In 2017,Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship,the Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast. In addition,before the start of the English cricket season,Kent competed in the 2016–17 Regional Super50,the List A competition of the West Indian domestic season. This was the first time that any English county had competed in an overseas domestic competition. The invitation to take part in the tournament was largely due to the influence of former West Indian captain Jimmy Adams who had been Kent's Head Coach until September 2016.
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 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.
The 2020 Vitality Blast was the 2020 season of the t20 Blast,a professional Twenty20 cricket league being played in England and Wales. It was the third season in which the domestic T20 competition,run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB),which was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship deal. On 12 August 2020,following a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic,the ECB confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.
The 2021 County Championship was the 121st cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. For the first phase of the tournament,the teams were split into three groups of six,with each side playing ten matches. The top two teams from each group progressed into Division One for the second phase of the competition,with the other teams progressing to Divisions Two and Three. The team that finished top of Division One became the county champions;and the top two teams from Division One contested a five-day match at Lord's for the Bob Willis Trophy. On 17 December 2020,the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed all the fixtures for the tournament. After completion of the group stage on 14 July 2021,the ECB confirmed the fixtures for the division stage on 22 July 2021.
Joshua Michael de Caires is an English cricketer,and the son of former England cricket captain Michael Atherton. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021,for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship.
The 2022 County Championship was the 122nd cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. The season began on 7 April and ended on 29 September 2022. Warwickshire were the defending champions.
