Kent County Cricket Club in 2010
In 2010, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division One of the County Championship , Group C of the 40-over Clydesdale Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Provident t20 . Kent also hosted three-day first-class matches at the St Lawrence Ground against Loughborough MCCU and the touring Pakistanis . It was the first season in charge for Director of Cricket Paul Farbrace .[ 1] The club captain was former England batsman Rob Key who had been club captain since 2006. Kent's overseas players were South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini until late May,[ 2] and Sri Lankan leg-spinner Malinga Bandara for the rest of the season.[ 3]
Kent were relegated from Division One of the County Championship in their first season since promotion from Division Two. They finished second in Group C of the Clydesdale Bank 40 and seventh in the South Group of the Friends Provident t20 (they did not progress to the knock-out stages of either competition).
Squad
It was announced in December 2009 that former South Africa batsman Justin Kemp would not return for the 2010 season due to changes to the Kolpak regulations under which he had been able to play county cricket since 2005.[ 4] Kent had already lost fast bowler Martin Saggers after 11 seasons, when the player announced his retirement at the end of the 2009 season due to a serious knee injury.[ 5]
In January, Kent announced that their overseas player would be Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark for the first half of the season,[ 6] followed by Sri Lankan leg-spinner Malinga Bandara for the second half of the season.[ 3] Clark had previously signed to play for Kent in the 2009 season,[ 7] but later withdrew due to a late call up to the Australian tour of South Africa .[ 8] However, in March 2010 it was announced that, for a second time, Clark would not play for the county – this time due to concerns about his fitness.[ 9] A week later, Kent announced the signing of South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini as a replacement for Clark. Ntini signed a five-week deal to play until Bandara arrived in late May.[ 2]
South African-born Scotland international, Dewald Nel , signed a two-year contract with Kent in March 2010 after impressing while on trial.[ 10]
Leg-spin bowler Mark Lawson (cricketer) signed for Kent during the season and played a single match (against the touring Pakistanis), but was later released.[ 11]
In late July, Kent released slow left-arm spinner Rob Ferley 22 year-old medium-fast bowler Warren Lee) .[ 12] Lee would go on to play for the Unicorns (cricket team) in 2012 and 2013. A few days later, Kent released James Hockley from his second spell with the county.[ 13] Hockley would now concentrate on his teaching career. Phil Edwards was released in late August.[ 14]
Fast bowler Amjad Khan left Kent at the end of the 2010 season to join Sussex , having been at the county since 2001.[ 15] Second XI wicket-keeper Paul Dixey also left after the end of the season and signed for Leicestershire .
Squad list
Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 9 April 2010.
County Championship
Kent v Notts at Nevill Ground , 4 June 2010
Division One
Matches
15–17 April
v
Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 32 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Nottinghamshire 24, Kent 4
21–24 April
v
Match drawn
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 9, Yorkshire 8
27–30 April
v
Match drawn
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Lancashire 9, Kent 6 (Kent were deducted 1 point for a slow over rate)M Ntini made his first appearance for Kent
4–7 May
v
Warwickshire won by 44 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 7, Warwickshire 21
10–13 May
v
Match drawn
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Essex 8, Kent 11
17–20 May
v
Durham won by 6 wickets
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 7, Durham 23
24–25 May
v
Kent won by an innings and 4 runs
Durham won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 22, Durham 3JC Tredwell replaced AJ Blake after day 1
4–7 June
v
Match drawn
Nottinghamshire on the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 10, Nottinghamshire 9
5–7 July
v
Hampshire won by an innings and 111 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Hampshire 24, Kent 3
20–23 July
v
Match drawn
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Somerset 7, Kent 6
29 July – 1 August
v
Kent won by 99 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 24, Essex 4
3–6 August
v
Match drawn
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 10, Somerset 10
18–21 August
v
Lancashire won by 121 runs
Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Lancashire 21, Kent 4
31 August – 2 September
v
Warwickshire won by 95 runs
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Warwickshire 21, Kent 3
7–10 September
v
Hampshire won by 130 runs
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 3, Hampshire 20
13–16 September
v
Kent won by 4 wickets
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Yorkshire 5, Kent 22
Other first-class matches
MCCU match
10–12 April
v
Match drawn
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
JD Nel made his first appearance for Kent
Tour match
28–30 June
v
Match drawn
Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat
JE Goodman and CD Piesley made their first-class debutsMAK Lawson made his first (and only) appearance for Kent
Clydesdale Bank 40
Group A
Matches
25 April
v
Warwickshire won by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 0, Warwickshire 2
2 May
v
No result (match abandoned without a toss)
No toss
Points: Kent 1, Durham 1
8 May
v
No result
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field
Match reduced to 10 overs per side and later stopped due to rain
Points: Nottinghamshire 1, Kent 1
16 May
v
Warwickshire won by 6 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field
Points: Warwickshire 2, Kent 0
22 May
v
Kent won by 9 wickets (with 56 balls remaining)
Scotland won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Scotland 0, Kent 2
31 May
v
Kent won by 58 runs
Scotland won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 2, Scotland 0
25 July
v
Hampshire won by 2 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 0, Hampshire 2
8 August
v
(H) Kent 150/2 (26.1 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets (with 83 balls remaining)
Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 2, Leicestershire 0
22 August
v
Kent won by 42 runs
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field
Match reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain
Points: Kent 2, Nottinghamshire 0
29 August
v
Kent won by 20 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Hampshire 0, Kent 2
30 August
v
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 40 balls remaining)
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Leicestershire 0, Kent 2
4 September
v
Kent won by 31 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Durham 0, Kent 2AJ Ball and PB Muchall made their List A debuts (this was Muchall's only appearance for Kent)
Friends Life t20
South Division
Matches
2 June
Essex (H)167/9 (20 overs)
v
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Essex 0, Kent 2AJ Blake made his Twenty20 debutHMCM Bandara made his first appearance for Kent
3 June
v
Hampshire won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Hampshire 2, Kent 0MT Coles made his Twenty20 debut
9 June
v
Sussex won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Sussex won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 0, Sussex 2
11 June
v
Middlesex won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 0, Middlesex 2
13 June
v
Kent won by 36 runs
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field
Points: Gloucestershire 0, Kent 2
18 June
v
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Rain stopped play after 12.5 overs of Kent's innings (D/L target was 97 runs to win)
Points: Surrey 2, Kent 0SA Northeast made his Twenty20 debut
20 June
v
Somerset won by 84 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Somerset 2, Kent 0
23 June
v
Surrey won by 38 runs
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Surrey 2, Kent 0
24 June
v
Middlesex won by 13 runs
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0SA Shaw made his Twenty20 debut
27 June
v
Kent won by 27 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2
2 July
v
Hampshire won by 45 runs
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 0, Hampshire 2
4 July
v
Kent won by 12 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 2, Gloucestershire 0
9 July
v
Essex won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 0, Essex 2 Kent staged this home match outside of the county at The Oval[ 16]
11 July
v
(H) Kent 130/4 (19.1 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 2, Glamorgan 0
16 July
v
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field
Rain stopped play after 14.4 overs of Glamorgan's innings (D/L target was 110 runs to win)
Points: Glamorgan 0, Kent 2
18 July
v
Kent won by 59 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Somerset 0, Kent 2
Statistics
Batting
Bowling
First-class (County Championship and MCCU match)
Player
Matches
Innings
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
James Tredwell
12
21
377.0
71
1,151
38
7/22
8/22
30.28
3.05
59.5
2
0
Amjad Khan
12
21
372.2
82
1,258
38
5/43
7/72
33.10
3.37
58.7
1
0
Simon Cook
15
25
331.3
68
1,132
37
4/62
7/141
30.59
3.41
53.7
0
0
Azhar Mahmood
8
15
279.3
55
847
30
5/62
7/116
28.23
3.03
55.9
2
0
Darren Stevens
15
24
280.1
74
768
28
4/38
7/101
27.42
2.74
60.0
0
0
Matt Coles
14
27
280.0
42
1,040
27
4/55
5/102
38.51
3.71
62.2
0
0
Makhaya Ntini
5
10
164.0
44
474
24
6/51
10/104
19.75
2.89
41.0
2
1
Malinga Bandara
6
10
210.4
32
745
18
4/42
8/141
41.38
3.53
70.2
0
0
Dewald Nel
3
4
54.0
12
190
10
6/62
9/119
19.00
3.51
32.4
1
0
Mark Lawson
1
2
34.0
2
164
6
4/93
6/164
27.33
4.82
34.0
0
0
Martin van Jaarsveld
17
16
123.0
17
332
5
2/50
2/33
66.40
2.69
147.6
0
0
Alex Blake
9
2
19.0
2
69
3
2/9
2/9
23.00
3.63
38.0
0
0
Phil Edwards
2
3
34.0
10
145
3
2/60
2/68
48.33
4.26
68.0
0
0
Joe Denly
18
9
53.0
2
215
3
2/100
2/138
71.66
4.05
106.0
0
0
Rob Key
16
3
15.2
3
45
2
2/31
2/31
22.50
2.93
46.0
0
0
Rob Ferley
1
2
26.0
2
142
2
1/54
2/142
71.00
5.46
78.0
0
0
James Hockley
6
8
43.0
5
175
2
1/8
1/8
87.50
4.06
129.0
0
0
Robbie Joseph
2
3
52.0
9
185
2
2/112
2/112
92.50
3.55
156.0
0
0
James Goodman
1
1
6.0
0
16
1
1/16
1/16
16.00
2.66
36.0
0
0
Geraint Jones
17
1
1.0
0
8
0
-
-
-
8.00
-
0
0
Sam Northeast
17
2
6.0
3
8
0
-
-
-
1.33
-
0
0
Source: Cricinfo[ 20]
References
^ Paul Farbrace set to be new Kent coach , Evening Standard, 2009-7-31. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ a b Kent sign Makhaya Ntini as overseas player , BBC Sport, 2010-4-23. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ a b Sri Lankan leg spinner Malinga Bandara signs for Kent , BBC Sport, 2010-1-28. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ South African batsman Justin Kemp will not be returning to Kent next summer , Kent Online, 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2017-1-28.
^ Martin Saggers announces retirement , Cricnfo, 2009-9-15. Retrieved 2017-1-28.
^ Kent capture Australian paceman Stuart Clark , BBC Sport, 2010-1-6. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Australia seamer Clark joins Kent , BBC Sport, 2009-3-17. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Clark call-up forces Kent rethink , BBC Sport, 2009-4-11. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Stuart Clark will not play for Kent in 2010 , Kent County Cricket Club, 2010-3-16. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ a b c Kent County Cricket Club sign Scotland bowler Dewald Nel , Kent Online, 2010-3-29. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
^ Lawson aiming to make it third time lucky with Kent , Kent County Cricket Club, 2010-7-4. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Kent to release Rob Ferley and Warren Lee , Kent County Cricket Club, 2010-7-27. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ a b Batsman James Hockley released by Kent , BBC Sport, 2010-8-11. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ a b Club release Phil Edwards , Kent County Cricket Club, 2010-8-25. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Amjad Khan to join Sussex , The Argus, 2010-9-14. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
^ Kent to stage home T20 Cup clash at the Brit Oval , Kent Online, 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
^ Season 2010 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most runs , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Season 2010 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most runs , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Season 2010 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most runs , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Season 2010 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most wickets , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Season 2010 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most wickets , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Season 2010 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most wickets , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
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