Joseph Liam Denly 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.
Sam Alexander Northeast 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 Club. He captained the Kent First XI for most of the 2015 season before being formally appointed as club captain in 2016. He captained the side in 2017 before being replaced before the 2018 season after declining to sign a contract extension committing himself to the club in the longer term.
Paul Robert Stirling is an Irish cricketer. Stirling is the opening batsman for the Ireland cricket team and an occasional right-arm,off-break bowler. He is one of the top 10 run scorers in T20 internationals. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Ireland's first ever Test match,against Pakistan,in May 2018. He was appointed as the vice-captain of the Ireland team in June 2020. He subsequently served as interim captain of Ireland in the T20I and ODI format following the resignation of Andrew Balbirnie,before being appointed as permanent limited-overs captain in October 2023.
Frances Claire Wilson is an English cricketer. A right handed batter and right arm off break bowler,she was born in Farnham in Surrey and plays for Gloucestershire,Western Storm and Trent Rockets. She previously played for Somerset,Middlesex,Kent,Sunrisers,Oval Invincibles,Welsh Fire and Canterbury. She has appeared for the England Academy Women's team and the England Cricket Board Development Women's XI. She made her One Day International debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo on 15 November 2010 and played her first Twenty20 International game for her country four days later. In October 2021,Wilson announced her retirement from international cricket.
Shan Masood is a Pakistani international cricketer and the current captain of Pakistan Test cricket team,Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Karachi Kings. He is a left-handed batter and an occasional right-arm medium-fast bowler.
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.
Thomas Michael John Smith is an English cricketer who plays for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.
Liam Connor Norwell is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire. A right-handed batsman and right-hand medium pace bowler he made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Derbyshire in April 2011. Norwell signed a new two-year contract for Gloucestershire in 2013.
Matthew Peter Dunn is an English cricketer. Dunn is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Egham,Surrey.
Daniel William Lawrence is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket,he represents Surrey having previously represented Essex. Lawrence made his Test debut in 2021. He plays as a right-handed middle-order batsman,and occasional offbreak bowler.
Thomas Anthony Wood is an English cricketer who plays for Derbyshire County Cricket Club. His career started with a cover drive for four runs off his very first ball against a Sri Lanka A touring team in a List A game,where he went onto score 44 off 41 balls. After scoring heavily in Derbyshire's second XI,Wood went onto make his first-class debut for Derbyshire at the end of 2016 where he played the last two games of the season against Leicestershire and Worcestershire. Primarily an aggressive right-handed batsman,he also bowls right-arm off spin. He made his Twenty20 debut for Derbyshire in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 3 August 2017.
Jared David Warner is an English cricketer who most recently played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He made his List A debut on 6 May 2019,for Yorkshire in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup. He made his first-class debut on 27 May 2019,for Sussex in the 2019 County Championship. He made his Twenty20 debut on 29 May 2022,for Gloucestershire against the Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI during their tour of England. Gloucestershire announced at the end of the 2023 season that his contract would not be renewed.
Thomas James Price is an English cricketer.
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 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.
Oliver Joseph Price is an English cricketer. He is the younger brother of fellow cricketer Tom Price. He was educated at Magdalen College School in Oxford before attending Durham University. He made his debut aged 17 for Oxfordshire in the minor counties competition. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021,for Gloucestershire in the 2021 County Championship. He made his List A debut on 12 August 2021,for Gloucestershire in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup. He made his Twenty20 debut on 29 May 2022,for Gloucestershire against the Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI during their tour of England.
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.
In 2022,Kent County Cricket Club competed in the 2022 County Championship,the 2022 One-Day Cup and the 2022 T20 Blast. The season was the sixth in charge for head coach,and former player,Matthew Walker. Sam Billings retained the club captaincy that he was first awarded in 2018. Daniel Bell-Drummond and Jack Leaning was named as vice-captains for limited overs and first-class matches,respectively.
Nicholas James Potts is an English cricketer who plays for Derbyshire.
