Kent County Cricket Club in 2015

In 2015, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group B of the 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup and the South Group of the NatWest t20 Blast. The team reached the quarter-finals of both one day competitions but struggled in the County Championship, finishing seventh in Division Two.

Kent County Cricket Club
2015 season
CoachCricket West Indies Jimmy Adams
CaptainEngland Robert Key
England Sam Northeast (on-field captain from 10 May)
Overseas playerNone
Ground(s)St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship7th, Division Two
Royal London One-Day CupQuarter-finals
NatWest t20 BlastQuarter-finals
Most runsFC: SA Northeast (1,204)
LA: DJ Bell-Drummond (272)
T20: SA Northeast (641)
Most wicketsFC: MT Coles (67)
LA: MT Coles (16)
T20: ME Claydon (20)
Most catchesFC: MT Coles (15)
LA: AJ Blake (6); FK Cowdrey (6)
T20: MT Coles (8)
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsFC: SW Billings (34)
LA: SW Billings (9)
T20: SW Billings (10)
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The season was the fourth in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams. The club captain was former England batsmen Rob Key,[1] although Sam Northeast took over the on-field captaincy in May after Key, having dropped himself due to poor form, chose to relinquish the captaincy to concentrate on his batting.[2] Northeast replaced Key as the club captain for the 2016 season.

Two players from the Kent squad made senior international appearances for England in 2015. James Tredwell was a part of the World Cup squad, but only featured in the final group stage match against Afghanistan after both sides had already been eliminated from the tournament. He then played in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua (only his second Test, having made his debut in 2010). Tredwell took 5 wickets in the match but did not play in the remainder of the series, and with England turning to several younger players after the disappointing World Cup, he was not selected during the English summer. One of the new faces in the England team over the summer was Kent keeper Sam Billings who played as a specialist batsmen in all 5 ODI matches against Australia and the single T20I matches against both Australia and New Zealand.

Matt Coles won the club's Player of the Year award, taking 100 wickets across all formats in the first season of his second spell at the county.[3]

Squad

The start of the season saw the return of top-order batsman Joe Denly and fast bowler Matt Coles after spells at Middlesex and Hampshire, respectively.[4][5] The squad did not include an overseas player.[6][7]

South African born batsman Sean Dickson, who holds a UK passport, signed for the county midway through the season after an impressive trial in the Second XI.[8] Having not made an appearance for the first XI since May, former West Indies international Brendan Nash agreed to end his three-and-a-half year spell at Kent by mutual consent.[9][10]

Squad list
  • Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 12 April 2015.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
4Robert Key England (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 35)Right-handedRight arm off breakClub captain
6Joe Denly England (1986-03-16)16 March 1986 (aged 29)Right-handedRight arm leg break
10Alex Blake England (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 26)Left-handedRight arm medium-fast
17Sam Northeast England (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 25)Right-handedRight arm off breakVice-captain
23Daniel Bell-Drummond England (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 21)Right-handedRight arm medium
30Fabian Cowdrey England (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 (aged 22)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
40Brendan Nash Jamaica (1977-12-14)14 December 1977 (aged 37)Left-handedLeft arm mediumKolpak Registration. Released in August.[9][10]
58Sean Dickson South Africa (1991-09-02)2 September 1991 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm mediumBritish passport holder. Signed in July.[8]
All-rounders
3Darren Stevens England (1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 38)Right-handedRight arm medium
21Ben Harmison England (1986-01-09)9 January 1986 (aged 29)Left-handedRight arm medium-fast
24Adam Ball England (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 22)Right-handedLeft arm fast-medium
25Calum Haggett England (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 24)Left-handedRight arm medium-fast
26Matt Coles England (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 24)Left-handedRight arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
7Ryan Davies England (1993-11-05)5 November 1993 (aged 21)Right-handed—
20Sam Billings England (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 23)Right-handed—
Bowlers
5Ivan Thomas England (1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
8Mitchell Claydon England (1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 32)Left-handedRight arm medium-fast
11Imran Qayyum England (1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 21)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
14Matt Hunn England (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 21)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
15James Tredwell England (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 33)Left-handedRight arm off break
18David Griffiths England (1985-11-10)10 November 1985 (aged 29)Left-handedRight arm fast-medium
19Sam Weller England (1994-11-21)21 November 1994 (aged 20)Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
22Charlie Hartley England (1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 21)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
27Hugh Bernard England (1996-09-14)14 September 1996 (aged 18)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
33Adam Riley England (1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm off break

County Championship

Kent endured another difficult season in Division Two of the County Championship. Poor batting performances ultimately resulted in a seventh-place finish, although the team finished the season strongly and ended with 4 victories. The team regularly featured a number of young players and the bowling was impressive. Matt Coles took 67 championship wickets in 14 matches on his return to the county (and 100 wickets across all formats), while veteran all-rounder Darren Stevens again made a significant contribution with the ball. In addition, young seam bowlers including Calum Haggett and Ivan Thomas impressed throughout the season and were rewarded with contract extensions[11] while Matt Hunn broke into the side after taking his first five wicket haul against the touring Australian side in June.[12][13]

Division Two
Team
 Pld W L T D A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Surrey (C) 168107056450264
Lancashire (P) 167108058440254
Essex 166505037420200
Glamorgan 164408042370183
Northamptonshire 1633010038462180
Gloucestershire 165506031360177
Kent 164705028440161
Derbyshire 163706034421153
Leicestershire 1629050364116118

Source: [14]

Matches
19–21 April
v
(H) Essex
Essex won by 5 wickets
  
 
193 (68.5 overs)
DI Stevens 50 (90)
JD Ryder 5/43 (18 overs)
164 (46.5 overs)
GR Napier 57 (40)
DI Stevens 4/47 (13 overs)
163 (51 overs)
SA Northeast 77 (124)
DD Masters 4/45 (13 overs)
193/5 (51.3 overs)
JS Foster 80* (103)
ME Claydon 3/55 (14 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Essex 19, Kent 3
26–29 April
v
Lancashire won by 9 wickets
  
 
444 (127.1 overs)
AG Prince 106 (172)
ME Claydon 4/103 (30.1 overs)
252 (71.2 overs)
SA Northeast 55 (129)
KM Jarvis 4/50 (18 overs)
107/1 (18.4 overs)
PJ Horton 67* (62)
ME Claydon 1/30 (6.4 overs)
295 (123.4 overs) (f/o)
JL Denly 60 (127)
KM Jarvis 4/67 (28 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Lancashire 23, Kent 4
3–6 May
v
(H) Kent
Match drawn
  
 
386 (91.5 overs)
MJ Cosgrove 113 (130)
DI Stevens 5/88 (22.5 overs)
268 (90.5 overs)
JL Denly 87 (214)
CJ McKay 6/54 (23.5 overs)
196 (62.3 overs)
CJ McKay 43 (36)
IAA Thomas 4/48 (62.3 overs)
273/7 (71 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 103 (191)
CE Shreck 4/75 (23 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 10, Leicestershire 12
10–13 May
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
  
 
357 (102 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 123 (249)
MG Hogan 5/71 (28 overs)
281 (84 overs)
WD Bragg 104 (208)
IAA Thomas 3/40 (17 overs)
327 (83.4 overs)
JL Denly 66 (112)
MG Hogan 4/65 (19.4 overs)
309/9 (107 overs)
DA Cosker 69 (183)
CJ Haggett 4/61 (23 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 12, Glamorgan 10
18–21 May
v
Kent won by 8 wickets
  
 
193 (64.4 overs)
PSP Handscomb 69 (114)
MT Coles 3/49 (19 overs)
235 (84 overs)
MT Coles 66 (83)
LC Norwell 4/44 (24 overs)
282 (86.1 overs)
HJH Marshall 83 (131)
IAA Thomas 4/53 (19.1 overs)
243/2 (64.4 overs)
JL Denly 117* (197)
CN Miles 1/49 (14 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Gloucestershire 3, Kent 20
24–27 May
Kent (H)
v
Surrey beat Kent by 3 wickets
  
 
282 (85.3 overs)
RWT Key 89 (134)
TM Curran 3/64 (22 overs)
292 (101.1 overs)
SM Davies 45 (89)
DI Stevens 4/48 (19.1 overs)
204 (65.4 overs)
JL Denly 66 (152)
ZS Ansari 4/58 (21 overs)
196/7 (50.1 overs)
JJ Roy 60* (51)
DI Stevens 3/29 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 5, Surrey 21
7–9 June
Kent (H)
v
Derbyshire won by 8 wickets
  
 
205 (66.2 overs)
SA Northeast 85 (118)
MHA Footitt 5/45 (17 overs)
86 (32 overs)
WJ Durston 35 (46)
MT Coles 5/24 (12 overs)
112 (36.4 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 45 (66)
WA White 6/25 (9.4 overs)
232/2 (63.2 overs)
CF Hughes 94 (179)
MT Coles 2/75 (19 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 4, Derbyshire 19
20–22 June
v
Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets
  
 
140 (36.2 overs)
SA Northeast 36 (41)
Azharullah 5/31 (13 overs)
246 (71 overs)
RI Keogh 68 (99)
MT Coles 4/83 (24 overs)
151 (38.5 overs)
JL Denly 39 (70)
OP Stone 5/44 (10 overs)
46/2 (9 overs)
RI Newton 27 (20)
IAA Thomas 1/8 (3 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Northamptonshire 20, Kent 3
5–7 July
v
Kent won by 8 wickets
  
 
159 (51.1 overs)
EJH Eckersley 41 (52)
MT Coles 6/55 (15 overs)
210 (54.4 overs)
DI Stevens 63 (72)
OH Freckingham 3/32 (6 overs)
123 (48.2 overs)
BA Raine 41* (74)
MT Coles 4/43 (17.2 overs)
74/2 (15.2 overs)
JL Denly 37* (48)
BA Raine 2/34 (7.2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Leicestershire 3, Kent 20
13–16 July
v
(H) Surrey
Surrey won by 6 wickets
  
 
336 (92.2 overs)
SW Billings 99 (142)
SM Curran 5/101 (22.2 overs)
311 (82.3 overs)
KC Sangakkara 110 (183)
DI Stevens 4/76 (28 overs)
99 (41.1 overs)
SA Northeast 33 (64)
GJ Batty 4/12 (8.1 overs)
128/4 (38.1 overs)
BT Foakes 57* (93)
JC Tredwell 3/61 (17.1 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Surrey 22, Kent 6
19–21 July
v
(H) Kent
Kent won by an innings and 207 runs
  
 
260 (81.5 overs)
T Westley 77 (114)
DI Stevens 4/37 (23.5 overs)
633/8d (143.5 overs)
BW Harmison 123 (212)
RS Bopara 3/89 (20 overs)
166 (44.1 overs)
GR Napier 35* (45)
CJ Haggett 4/43 (13.1 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 24, Essex 3
4–6 August
Kent (H)
v
Northamptonshire won by an innings and 23 runs
  
 
167 (51.2 overs)
JL Denly 50 (73)
OP Stone 4/59 (16.2 overs)
398 (107.4 overs)
BM Duckett 145 (199)
JC Tredwell 3/59 (31.4 overs)
208 (78 overs)
SW Billings 43 (75)
BW Sanderson 4/44 (12 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 3, Northamptonshire 23
21–24 August
v
Match drawn
  
 
253 (83 overs)
BA Godleman 108 (161)
MD Hunn 3/45 (21 overs)
159 (57.5 overs)
RWT Key 29 (51)
MHA Footitt 4/61 (19.5 overs)
234/3 (67 overs)
BA Godleman 105* (186)
IAA Thomas 2/68 (17 overs)
231/5 (66.5 overs)
SA Northeast 76 (155)
MHA Footitt 2/64 (24 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Rain ended play at Tea on Day 4
  • Points: Derbyshire 10, Kent 8
1–4 September
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
  
 
570/8d (147 overs)
SA Northeast 139 (221)
J Clark 3/87 (30 overs)
259 (87.1 overs)
SJ Croft 85 (170)
MT Coles 3/75 (22.1 overs)
258/4 (102 overs)
SJ Croft 72* (209)
JC Tredwell 1/17 (20 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 12, Lancashire 8
9–12 September
v
Kent won by 316 runs
  
 
309 (78.3 overs)
RWT Key 94 (150)
MG Hogan 4/51 (20 overs)
207 (43.5 overs)
GG Wagg 58 (59)
AEN Riley 4/47 (7.5 overs)
451/2d (96 overs)
JL Denly 161* (220)
GG Wagg 1/89 (21 overs)
237 (62.3 overs)
CA Ingram 105* (179)
DI Stevens 5/58 (22 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Glamorgan 4, Kent 22
14–17 September
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
  
 
67/1 (15 overs)
SR Dickson 31* (49)
DA Payne 1/22 (5 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field
  • No play on days 2, 3 or 4 due to rain and a wet outfield
  • Points: Kent 5, Gloucestershire 5

Other first-class match

Kent hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against Australia, providing the tourists first opposition of the 2015 Ashes tour. Australia won the game by 225 runs, although Kent opening batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond scored a century in the side's second innings and seamer Matt Hunn took his first five wickets haul.[13][15][16]

25–28 June
v
(H) Kent
Australians won by 255 runs
  
 
507/8d (124.4 overs)
SE Marsh 114 (196)
MD Hunn 5/99 (27 overs)
280 (80.2 overs)
RWT Key 87 (108)
MG Johnson 4/56 (18 overs)
322/4d (62 overs)
MR Marsh 101 (94)
AEN Riley 3/114 (19 overs)
294 (58.4 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 127 (112)
SPD Smith 3/54 (5.4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field

Royal London One-Day Cup

In the 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup, Kent edged through the group stage in fourth place after a thrilling run chase against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in the penultimate round of group games saw a target of 336 achieved with 8 balls to spare. The match featured a century from Sam Billings and a hat-trick for bowler Matt Coles.[17][18] The final round of games in the group were all washed out by rain and the county progressed into the quarter-finals on net run rate.[19][20]

Kent lost the quarter-final against Surrey in a rain affected match at The Oval. After bowling Surrey out for 273, a target of 251 from 40 overs was set using the Duckworth-Lewis Method following a heavy rain storm at the start of the Kent innings. Despite a counter-attacking century from Matt Coles, Kent were bowled out for 233.[20][21]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
1 Nottinghamshire Outlaws 8 5 1 0 2 0 12 0.755
2 Essex Eagles 8 4 2 0 2 0 10 0.480
3 Hampshire 8 3 3 0 2 0 9[lower-alpha 1] 0.554
4 Kent Spitfires 8 3 3 0 2 0 8 0.031
5 Lancashire Lightning 8 3 3 0 2 0 8 −0.034
6 Warwickshire Bears 8 3 3 0 2 0 8 −0.765
7 Middlesex 8 3 4 0 1 0 7 −0.224
8 Glamorgan 8 2 2 0 4 4 3[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 1] 0.160
9 Sussex Sharks 8 0 5 0 3 0 3 −1.063
Source: [23]
Notes:
  1. The match between Glamorgan and Hampshire was abandoned due to a dangerous pitch (the match was recorded as a 'no result', but Hampshire were awarded 2 points and Glamorgan were docked 2 points).[22]
  2. Glamorgan were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2014.

Matches
26 July
Kent (H)
v
No result (match abandoned without a toss)
  
 
  • No toss
  • Points: Kent 1, Essex 1
28 July
Kent
317/7 (50 overs)
v
(H) Glamorgan
321/7 (49.4 overs)
Glamorgan won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
  
 
SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff
Umpires: MA Gough and PJ Hartley
Player of the match: CB Cooke (Glamorgan)
DI Stevens 110 (72)
DA Cosker 2/50 (10 overs)
CA Ingram 109 (106)
MT Coles 3/53 (9 overs)
  • Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field
  • Rain stopped play after 42.2 overs of the Glamorgan innings. No overs were lost.
  • Points: Glamorgan 2, Kent 0
30 July
Hampshire
233 (47.5 overs)
v
(H) Kent
236/5 (43 overs)
Kent won by 5 wickets (with 42 balls remaining)
  
 
MA Carberry 61 (50)
FK Cowdrey 3/32 (10 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 80* (111)
FH Edwards 3/47 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 2, Hampshire 0
31 July
Middlesex (H)
260/9 (50 overs)
v
Kent
173 (41.2 overs)
Middlesex won by 87 runs
  
 
NRT Gubbins 56 (64)
JC Tredwell 2/24 (10 overs)
SW Billings 68 (83)
OP Rayner 4/45 (10 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0
2 August
Sussex
154 (44.3 overs)
v
(H) Kent
155/2 (30.5 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets (with 115 balls remaining)
  
 
EC Joyce 36 (61)
DI Stevens 4/29 (10 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 55* (78)
MH Yardy 1/25 (5.5 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 2, Sussex 0
8 August
Lancashire
258/9 (50 overs)
v
(H) Kent
207 (37.4 overs)
Lancashire won by 51 runs
  
 
LS Livingstone 91 (88)
MT Coles 4/34 (10 overs)
AJ Blake 89 (56)
SD Parry 3/60 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Lancashire 2
17 August
Nottinghamshire (H)
335 (49.2 overs)
v
Kent
340/5 (48.4 overs)
Kent won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
  
 
JWA Taylor 109 (111)
ME Claydon 4/66 (10 overs)
SW Billings 118* (89)
BA Hutton 3/72 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 0, Kent 2
19 August
v
No result (match abandoned with a toss)
  
 
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Warwickshire 1, Kent 1

Quarter-finals
27 August
Surrey (H)
273 (49.5 overs)
v
Kent
233 (37.4 overs)
Surrey won by 17 runs (D/L method)
  
 
JJ Roy 112 (116)
JC Tredwell 3/47 (10 overs)
MT Coles 100* (73)
TK Curran 3/22 (7.4 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain reduced the Kent innings to 40 overs with a target of 251 to win
  • Surrey progressed
    MT Coles and MD Hunn set a Kent List A record for the 10th wicket, scoring 64 runs

NatWest t20 Blast

After a series of good performances, Kent's young side topped the South Group of the 2015 NatWest t20 Blast[24][25] but went out of the competition at the quarter-final stage to Lancashire. After being bowled out for 142, late wickets led to a "dramatic" finish with Lancashire scoring two runs off the last ball of the match to tie the game with a score of 142/6.[26] Lancashire progressed to the finals day due to losing fewer wickets.[27]

South Group
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Ded Pts NRR
1 Kent Spitfires 14 9 4 0 1 0 19 0.166
2 Sussex Sharks 14 7 5 0 2 0 16 0.206
3 Hampshire 14 8 6 0 0 0 16 −0.120
4 Essex Eagles 14 7 6 0 1 0 15 0.208
5 Gloucestershire 14 7 7 0 0 0 14 0.354
6 Glamorgan 14 7 7 0 0 0 14 −0.522
7 Surrey 14 5 6 0 3 0 13 −0.145
8 Somerset 14 4 8 0 2 0 10 −0.184
9 Middlesex 14 4 9 0 1 0 9 0.030
Source: [28]

Matches
15 May
Kent (H)
185/9 (20 overs)
v
Sussex
178/6 (20 overs)
Kent won by 7 runs
  
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: NL Bainton and NJ Llong
Player of the match: OE Robinson (Sussex)
SW Billings 46 (28)
OE Robinson 3/35 (4 overs)
CD Nash 61 (45)
ME Claydon 2/29 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 2, Sussex 0
20 May
Hampshire (H)
172/6 (20 overs)
v
Kent
178/5 (19.2 overs)
Kent won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
  
 
Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: RJ Bailey and RT Robinson
Player of the match: AJ Blake (Kent)
JM Vince 66 (43)
DA Griffiths 2/36 (4 overs)
AJ Blake 71* (30)
WR Smith 3/24 (4 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Hampshire 0, Kent 2
28 May
Middlesex (H)
205/5 (20 overs)
v
Kent
90 (14.4 overs)
Middlesex won by 115 runs
  
 
Lord's, St John's Wood, London
Umpires: SA Garratt and AG Wharf
Player of the match: PR Stirling (Middlesex)
PR Stirling 90 (50)
DI Stevens 2/44 (4 overs)
SA Northeast 20 (22)
JEC Franklin 5/21 (4 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0
29 May
Kent (H)
193/8 (20 overs)
v
Surrey
170/8 (20 overs)
Kent won by 23 runs
  
 
County Ground, Beckenham
Umpires: BJ Debenham and MA Gough
Player of the match: SA Northeast (Kent)
SA Northeast 96 (47)
TK Curran 3/31 (4 overs)
MC Henriques 63 (47)
MT Coles 2/36 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 2, Surrey 0
31 May
Kent
227/7 (20 overs)
v
(H) Somerset
224/7 (20 overs)
Kent won by 3 runs
  
 
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: RJ Evans and JW Lloyds
Player of the match: CH Gayle (Somerset)
SA Northeast 114 (58)
AC Thomas 3/46 (4 overs)
CH Gayle 151* (62)
ME Claydon 2/23 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Somerset 0, Kent 2
5 June
Kent (H)
156/6 (20 overs)
v
Gloucestershire
157/1 (17.2 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 9 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
  
 
County Ground, Beckenham
Umpires: MJD Bodenham and BJ Debenham
Player of the match: BAC Howell (Gloucestershire)
DJ Bell-Drummond 31 (24)
BAC Howell 3/18 (4 overs)
M Klinger 69* (51)
ME Claydon 1/21 (2.2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Gloucestershire 2
12 June
Kent (H)
183/5 (18 overs)
v
Hampshire
187/4 (17.5 overs)
Hampshire won by 6 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
  
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: NL Bainton and GD Lloyd
Player of the match: JM Vince (Hampshire)
SA Northeast 54 (33)
FH Edwards 2/41 (4 overs)
JM Vince 99* (57)
MT Coles 2/44 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Match reduced to 18 overs per side before play began due to rain
  • Points: Kent 0, Hampshire 2
18 June
Essex
173/6 (20 overs)
v
(H) Kent
174/4 (19.1 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
  
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: NL Bainton and NGC Cowley
Player of the match: SA Northeast (Kent)
ML Pettini 56 (45)
MT Coles 2/28 (4 overs)
SA Northeast 90 (52)
GR Napier 1/17 (2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 2, Essex 0
19 June
Kent
231/7 (20 overs)
v
(H) Surrey
177 (19.1 overs)
Kent won by 54 runs
  
 
The Oval, Kennington, London
Umpires: RJ Bailey and JW Lloyds
Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
DI Stevens 90 (39)
TE Linley 4/45 (4 overs)
GC Wilson 55 (36)
DI Stevens 4/39 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 0, Kent 2
3 July
Sussex (H)
136/8 (20 overs)
v
Kent
137/3 (14.2 overs)
Kent won by 7 wickets (with 34 balls remaining)
  
 
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: PJ Hartley and DJ Millns
Player of the match: AJ Blake (Kent)
MW Machan 39 (32)
ME Claydon 3/40 (4 overs)
AJ Blake 52* (32)
OE Robinson 2/22 (2.2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2
10 July
Kent (H)
173/6 (20 overs)
v
Somerset
151/9 (20 overs)
Kent won by 22 runs
  
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: PJ Hartley and AG Wharf
Player of the match: DJ Bell-Drummond (Kent)
DJ Bell-Drummond 77 (51)
AC Thomas 3/28 (4 overs)
J Overton 31 (19)
CJ Haggett 2/12 (2 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 2, Somerset 0
12 July
Gloucestershire (H)
166/7 (20 overs)
v
Kent
170/7 (19.4 overs)
Kent won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
  
 
College Ground, Cheltenham
Umpires: JH Evans and JW Lloyds
Player of the match: AJ Blake (Kent)
M Klinger 75 (58)
ME Claydon 3/27 (4 overs)
AJ Blake 59* (24)
CN Miles 3/27 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Gloucestershire 0, Kent 2
19 July
Glamorgan
179/7 (20 overs)
v
(H) Kent
178/8 (20 overs)
Glamorgan won by 1 run
  
 
Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
Umpires: NGB Cook and PR Pollard
Player of the match: GG Wagg (Glamorgan)
GG Wagg 53* (28)
MD Hunn 3/30 (4 overs)
JL Denly 70 (36)
MG Hogan 3/40 (4 overs)
  • Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Glamorgan 2
24 July
Essex (H)
v
No result (match abandoned without a toss)
  
 
  • Points: Essex 1, Kent 1

Quarter-finals
15 August
Kent (H)
142 (20 overs)
v
Lancashire
142/6 (20 overs)
Match tied
  
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: NGB Cook and MA Gough
Player of the match: JC Buttler
JC Tredwell 31* (18)
SD Parry 3/31 (4 overs)
AG Prince 62 (50)
MT Coles 3/22 (4 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to field
  • Lancashire progressed due to losing fewer wickets

MCCU match

Kent played a three-day match, without first-class status, against Loughborough MCC University before the start of the County Championship season.

12–14 April
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
  
 
394/7d (82.2 overs)
DJ Bell-Drummond 134 (156)
SG Whittingham 2/63 (13 overs)
409/9d (113.0 overs)
NR Kumar 119 (122)
IAA Thomas 3/59 (19 overs)
364/8d (74 overs)
DI Stevens 100 (74)
SG Whittingham 4/86 (14 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Match did not have first-class status

Statistics

Sam Northeast and Joe Denly both made over a thousand runs in first-class cricket in 2015 with Denly making the highest score for the county. Daniel Bell-Drummond scored three first-class centuries during the season and led the team in List A runs. Northeast scored a county record high score of 114 runs in the Twenty20 competition.

Matt Coles led the bowling statistics with 100 wickets across all competitions during the season, including 67 in first-class matches. Coles took a hat-trick in the Royal London One Day Cup quarter final loss to Surrey. Mitchell Claydon led the Twenty20 bowling statistics.

Batting
First-class (County Championship and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Sam Northeast 173031,20413944.5959.451921489
Joe Denly 173141,081161*40.0352.862721559
Robert Key 1324095815839.9154.062511192
Daniel Bell-Drummond 1731089412728.8358.013221343
Darren Stevens 152306359227.6068.350639410
Sam Billings 12192474100*27.8863.11113682
Calum Haggett 111623458024.6440.63023413
Ben Harmison 711028312325.7244.92110400
Matt Coles 142232776614.5759.31011373
Brendan Nash 4802294928.6250.00000360
Fabian Cowdrey 5901695418.7749.12011221
Mitchell Claydon 71141515321.5775.50010223
Sean Dickson 3421135956.5059.47010170
James Tredwell 7110107539.7236.3901291
Adam Riley 91341063411.7728.72002120
Adam Ball 470994514.1461.11001181
Matt Hunn 8865923*29.5037.1000252
Ivan Thomas 1118840134.0023.1200650
Ryan Davies 56035175.8352.2300341
Alex Blake 10----------
Source: Cricinfo[29]
List A (Royal London One-Day Cup)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Daniel Bell-Drummond 87227280*54.4072.72030301
Sam Billings 872271118*54.20103.04121313
Alex Blake 7622038950.75123.780201411
Sam Northeast 8701987428.2868.27010210
Darren Stevens 86019311032.16107.22100188
Joe Denly 8701827826.0092.85011245
Matt Coles 84111310037.66115.3010089
Fabian Cowdrey 8601025117.0090.26011101
James Tredwell 8411996.3351.3500020
Mitchell Claydon 830742.3341.1700000
Matt Hunn 52265*-50.0000000
Ivan Thomas 31100*-0.0000000
Sean Dickson 10----------
Source: Cricinfo[30]
Twenty20 (Natwest t20 Blast)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Sam Northeast 1414164111449.30152.981406816
Daniel Bell-Drummond 141403387724.14131.51030367
Alex Blake 1414630471*38.00167.030322814
Joe Denly 121202817023.41147.89020359
Sam Billings 111122284625.33133.33000197
Darren Stevens 141202069017.16151.470101811
Fabian Cowdrey 141301844214.15127.77002223
James Tredwell 9323831*38.00165.2100051
Matt Coles 131033418*4.85103.0300413
Calum Haggett 742231111.50104.5400010
Mitchell Claydon 1442199*9.50126.6600030
Adam Ball 322149*-175.0000011
Ryan Davies 310666.00300.0000001
Adam Riley 51111*-100.0000000
David Griffiths 21100*--00000
Ivan Thomas 410000.000.0000100
Matt Hunn 10----------
Source: Cricinfo[31]

Bowling
First-class (County Championship and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5w 10w
Matt Coles 1425433.0821,574676/5510/9823.493.6338.721
Darren Stevens 1527419.11001,242615/588/13320.362.9641.220
Calum Haggett 122026860792284/437/9728.282.9557.400
Ivan Thomas 1121289.457923274/486/7534.183.1864.300
Matt Hunn 812199.035704235/996/12530.603.5351.910
Mitchell Claydon 711175.519656134/1035/13350.463.7381.100
Adam Riley 914153.518634124/474/7852.834.1276.900
James Tredwell 711164.545443113/593/5940.272.6889.900
Joe Denly 17723.047011/161/1670.003.04138.000
Adam Ball 4325.4013911/871/126139.005.41154.000
Source: Cricinfo[32]
List A (Royal London One-Day Cup)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Matt Coles 8760.55304164/3419.004.9922.810
Mitchell Claydon 8758.23364154/6624.266.2423.310
Darren Stevens 8766.03305114/2927.724.6236.010
James Tredwell 8769.0232963/4754.834.7669.000
Fabian Cowdrey 8635.0017853/3235.605.0842.000
Matt Hunn 5433.0119152/3138.205.7839.600
Ivan Thomas 3317.0011932/6439.667.0034.000
Joe Denly 812.00120--6.00-00
Source: Cricinfo[33]
Twenty20 (Natwest t20 Blast)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Mitchell Claydon 141453.10406203/1620.307.6315.900
Matt Coles 131346.00431173/2225.359.3616.200
Darren Stevens 141449.00413154/3927.538.4219.610
Fabian Cowdrey 141329.0025582/1531.878.7921.700
James Tredwell 9935.0124372/2134.716.9430.000
Calum Haggett 7721.0022062/1236.6610.4721.000
Adam Riley 5413.0012342/4030.759.4619.500
Matt Hunn 114.003033/3010.007.508.000
Ivan Thomas 4413.0011331/2137.668.6926.000
David Griffiths 228.007722/3638.509.6224.000
Adam Ball 324.004011/3040.0010.0024.000
Source: Cricinfo[34]

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