Kent County Cricket Club in 2008

In 2008, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division One of the County Championship, the South-East Division of the 50-over Friends Provident Trophy, Division Two of the NatWest Pro40 and the South Division of the Twenty20 Cup. Kent also hosted a three-day first-class match against the touring New Zealanders and a three-day match without first-class status against Leeds/Bradford UCCE, both at the St Lawrence Ground.

Kent County Cricket Club

2008 season
Coach	Graham Ford
Captain	Rob Key
Overseas player	Yasir Arafat
Ground(s)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship	8th, Division One (relegated)
Friends Provident Trophy	Runners-up
Natwest Pro40	4th, Division Two
Twenty20 Cup	Runners-up
Most runs	FC: M van Jaarsveld (1,150) LA: M van Jaarsveld (907) T20: JL Denly (451)
Most wickets	FC: RH Joseph (55) LA: Yasir Arafat (27) T20: Yasir Arafat (23)
Most catches	FC: M van Jaarsveld (28) LA: DI Stevens (7) T20: M van Jaarsveld (8)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	FC: GO Jones (67) LA: GO Jones (28) T20: GO Jones (10)
← 2007 2009 →

Kent were relegated from Division One of the County Championship, finishing second from bottom. They performed more strongly in limited overs cricket, finishing fourth in Division Two of the NatWest Pro40 and reaching the final of both the Twenty20 Cup and the Friends Provident Trophy, where they were defeated by Middlesex and Essex,[1][2] respectively. Kent had been the defending champions in the Twenty20 Cup.

Squad

Former Pakistan international all-rounder Azhar Mahmood signed a contract with Kent in November 2007 and, having recently applied for British citizenship, he would not count as an overseas player.[3] South African all-rounder Justin Kemp, who played for Kent in 2005 and 2006, re-signed for the county on a two-year deal in February as a Kolpak player.[4]

Left-arm spinner Min Patel announced his retirement in February, ending a 19-year career with Kent that included two Test caps for England and a total of 630 first-class wickets.[5]

Neil Dexter signed for Essex on a one-month load in June and this was subsequently extended.[6][7] After becoming frustrated at a lack of first XI opportunities, Dexter turned down a new contract at the end of the season and went on to sign for Middlesex.[8]

Batsman Matt Walker was released in September after 20 years with Kent, and having made his first-team debut in 1992.[9] Walker went on to sign for Essex.[10] The 2008 season would also be the second and last with Kent for Yasir Arafat, before he re-signed for Sussex.[11]

Squad list

• Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 16 April 2008.

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Alex Blake	England	(1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Joe Denly	England	(1986-03-16)16 March 1986 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
Neil Dexter	England	(1984-08-21)21 August 1984 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
James Goodman	England	(1990-11-19)19 November 1990 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Robert Key	England	(1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Club captain
Sam Northeast	England	(1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Martin van Jaarsveld	South Africa	(1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right arm medium / Right arm off break	Kolpak player, vice-captain
Matt Walker	England	(1974-01-02)2 January 1974 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Right arm medium
All-rounders
Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan	(1975-02-28)28 February 1975 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	British citizen
Justin Kemp	South Africa	(1977-10-02)2 October 1977 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	Kolpak player
Ryan McLaren	South Africa	(1983-02-09)9 February 1983 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast	Kolpak player
Darren Stevens	England	(1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Yasir Arafat	Pakistan	(1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
Paul Dixey	England	(1987-11-02)2 November 1987 (aged 20)	Right-handed	—
Geraint Jones	England	(1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 28)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Simon Cook	England	(1977-01-15)15 January 1977 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
James Iles	England	(1990-02-11)11 February 1990 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Robbie Joseph	England	(1982-01-20)20 January 1982 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right arm fast
Amjad Khan	England	(1980-10-14)14 October 1980 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Martin Saggers	England	(1972-05-23)23 May 1972 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
James Tredwell	England	(1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right arm off break

County Championship

Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	L	Tie	D	Aban	Bat	Bowl	Deduct	Pts	Promoted / Relegated
1	Durham	16	6	3	0	6	1	37	41	0	190	Winners of Championship
2	Nottinghamshire	16	5	3	0	7	1	37	43	0	182
3	Hampshire	16	5	4	0	7	0	33	47	0	178
4	Somerset	16	3	2	0	11	0	44	44	0	174
5	Lancashire	16	5	2	0	8	1	24	40	0	170
6	Sussex	16	2	2	0	12	0	45	38	0	159
7	Yorkshire	16	2	5	0	9	0	50	45	0	159
8	Kent	16	4	6	0	6	0	30	44	0	154	Relegated to Championship Division 2
9	Surrey	16	0	5	0	10	1	45	36	1	124

Source: [12][13]
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points

Matches

16–19 April	Kent (H)	v	Nottinghamshire	Nottinghamshire won by 10 wickets
Scorecard	162 (53.4 overs) RWT Key 79 (163) Darren Pattinson 5/22 (13 overs)		434/9d (128 overs) MA Ealham 130* (216) DI Stevens 4/70 (24 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: TE Jesty and NJ Llong
	293 (88.5 overs) Azhar Mahmood 116 (160) Darren Pattinson 3/63 (23 overs)		24/0 (5.4 overs) Matt Wood 17* (20)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 3, Nottinghamshire 22

23–26 April	Sussex (H)	v	Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	303 (100.1 overs) MJ Prior 105 (176) Yasir Arafat 4/88 (22 overs)		204 (72.1 overs) Geraint Jones 51* (117) Mushtaq Ahmed 5/83 (29.1 overs)	County Ground, Hove Umpires: IA Gould and JW Lloyds
	237 (66.4 overs) MJ Prior 59 (88) Azhar Mahmood 5/30 (9.4 overs)		193/3 (63 overs) M van Jaarsveld 82* (148) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/74 (24 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Sussex 10, Kent 8

7–10 May	Nottinghamshire (H)	v	Kent	Kent won by 3 wickets
Scorecard	202 (82.4 overs) AC Voges 43 (86) DI Stevens 3/42 (24 overs)		238 (76.2 overs) Yasir Arafat 67 (93) RJ Sidebottom 5/55 (23 overs)	Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: NL Bainton and RK Illingworth
	279 (89.1 overs) CMW Read 88 (132) R McLaren 6/75 (21.1 overs)		244/7 (71.3 overs) M van Jaarsveld 63 (98) SCJ Broad 3/59 (15 overs)
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Nottinghamshire 4, Kent 18

21–24 May	Somerset	v	(H) Kent	Somerset won by 20 runs
Scorecard	208 (57.3 overs) PD Trego 49 (57) R McLaren 5/31 (12.3 overs)		273 (88.1 overs) M van Jaarsveld 95 (199) PD Trego 4/52 (22 overs)	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: RJ Bailey and B Leadbeater
	335 (95.4 overs) ME Trescothick 139 (249) 3/59 (19 overs)		R McLaren 250 (73.5 overs) JL Denly 149 (233) PS Jones 5/63 (17.3 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 5, Somerset 18

30 May – 2 June	Kent	v	(H) Hampshire	Match drawn
Scorecard	431/8d (107.4 overs) M van Jaarsveld 133 (234) JA Tomlinson 3/116 (22.4 overs)		215 (75.1 overs) AD Mascarenhas 45 (69) R McLaren 4/49 (21 overs)	Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: JW Holder and JW Lloyds
			33/0 (12.5 overs) (f/o) MJ Brown 21* (39)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to field No play on day 1 due to rain Points: Hampshire 7, Kent 12

6–9 June	Kent (H)	v	Sussex	Match drawn
Scorecard	350/8d (95.5 overs) JM Kemp 102 (156) RG Aga 4/63 (16.5 overs)		300/8d (85.1 overs) CD Hopkinson 69 (117) R McLaren 3/42 (15 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RK Illingworth and NA Mallender
	14/1 (17.1 overs) JL Denly 8 (11) RSC Martin-Jenkins 1/1 (3.1 overs)
Sussex won the toss and elected to field No play on day 1 due to rain Points: Kent 10, Sussex 9

29 June – 2 July	Surrey (H)	v	Kent	Kent won by 4 wickets
Scorecard	397 (132.3 overs) JN Batty 136* (343) JC Tredwell 3/79 (29 overs)		270 (66.1 overs) M van Jaarsveld 114* (159) Saqlain Mushtaq 5/79 (21 overs)	The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: RJ Bailey and JH Evans
	130 (39.3 overs) SA Newman 72 (101) M van Jaarsveld 5/33 (13 overs)		260/6 (65.5 overs) M van Jaarsveld 115* (157) PT Collins 2/44 (11 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat Points: Surrey 7, Kent 18

11–14 July	Yorkshire	v	(H) Kent	Kent won by 3 wickets
Scorecard	410 (109.4 overs) A McGrath 144 (226) Azhar Mahmood 6/55 (24.4 overs)		467 (121 overs) RWT Key 157 (267) AU Rashid 5/140 (35 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: TE Jesty and RA Kettleborough
	196 (51.1 overs) GL Brophy 51 (62) Yasir Arafat 4/38 (9.1 overs)		142/7 (38.3 overs) M van Jaarsveld 41 (52) Naved-ul-Hasan 3/24 (4.3 overs)
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Yorkshire 8, Kent 22

16–19 July	Somerset (H)	v	Kent	Somerset won by 246 runs
Scorecard	427 (88.5 overs) Z de Bruyn 81 (128) MJ Saggers 3/84 (18 overs)		208 (57.5 overs) R McLaren 34 (34) CM Willoughby 3/30 (14 overs)	County Ground, Taunton Umpires: SA Garratt and P Willey
	243/8d (73 overs) JL Langer 88 (130) R McLaren 3/57 (20 overs)		216 (67.5 overs) GO Jones 53* (118) PS Jones 5/53 (16.5 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Somerset 22, Kent 4

30 July – 2 August	Hampshire	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	367 (110.2 overs) MA Carberry 92 (179) Yasir Arafat 6/86 (27.2 overs)		369 (104.5 overs) JL Denly 89 (160) Imran Tahir 5/96 (30.5 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: AA Jones and NJ Llong
	311/7d (93 overs) N Pothas 105* (219) Azhar Mahmood 3/38 (17 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 11, Hampshire 11

6–8 August	Durham (H)	v	Kent	Durham won by 43 runs
Scorecard	146 (57.3 overs) MJ Di Venuto 27 (47) MJ Saggers 4/26 (14.3 overs)		78 (39.5 overs) JL Denly 21 (44) M Davies 5/21 (14 overs)	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: JW Holder and RT Robinson
	108 (41.2 overs) WR Smith 28 (66) RH Joseph 6/32 (14 overs)		133 (33.2 overs) M van Jaarsveld 53 (65) M Davies 5/24 (11 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Durham 17, Kent 3

20–23 August	Kent (H)	v	Lancashire	Kent won by 211 runs
Scorecard	283 (110.1 overs) GO Jones 106 (197) DG Cork 3/43 (23 overs)		125 (36.5 overs) G Chapple 44* (40) RH Joseph 5/34 (14 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: B Dudleston and MJ Harris
	317/4d (86 overs) M van Jaarsveld 118 (217) SJ Croft 2/80 (15 overs)		264 (80.2 overs) MJ Chilton 102 (229) M van Jaarsveld 3/18 (6 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 19, Lancashire 3

27–30 August	Kent	v	(H) Yorkshire	Match drawn
Scorecard	227 (63.1 overs) M van Jaarsveld 107 (139) D Gough 2/34 (13 overs)		457 (143 overs) JA Rudolph 146 (221) A Khan 3/79 (26 overs)	North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Umpires: JH Evans and RT Robinson
	433 (122.2 overs) NJ Dexter 105 (224) Naved-ul-Hasan 4/86 (21.2 overs)		175/9 (51 overs) A Lyth 52 (84) A Khan 3/79 (26 overs) 3/32 (12 overs)
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field Points: Yorkshire 12, Kent 7

4–7 September	Surrey	v	(H) Kent	Match drawn
Scorecard	307/9d (106.4 overs) MR Ramprakash 127 (176) Yasir Arafat 3/66 (20 overs)		160/1 (21.2 overs) JL Denly 80 (60 overs) AJ Tudor 1/42 (5 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: GI Burgess and P Willey
Kent won the toss and elected to field No play on day 1, only 2.1 overs on day 2, and overs also lost on days 3 and 4 due to rain Points: Kent 7, Surrey 7

17–19 September	Lancashire (H)	v	Kent	Lancashire won by 70 runs
Scorecard	107 (39 overs) SJ Croft 30 (65) A Khan 3/10 (9 overs)		233 (58 overs) GO Jones 91 (88) OJ Newby 4/79 (19 overs)	Aigburth, Liverpool Umpires: JH Evans and JW Holder
	288 (81.5 overs) SG Law 79 (127) Yasir Arafat 4/41 (14.5 overs)		92 (38 overs) R McLaren 27 (65) G Chapple 6/40 (19 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Lancashire 17, Kent 4

24–27 September	Kent (H)	v	Durham	Durham won by an innings and 70 runs
Scorecard	225 (59.5 overs) RWT Key 58 (100) SJ Harmison 4/89 (21 overs)		500/8d (136 overs) GR Breese 121* (215) R McLaren 2/73 (18 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and G Sharp
	204 (60.3 overs) R McLaren 65* (115) CD Thorp 7/88 (23 overs)
Durham won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 3, Durham 22

Other first-class match

Tour match

28–30 April	Kent (H)	v	New Zealanders	Match drawn
Scorecard	324/1d RWT Key 178* (260) TG Southee 1/49 (15 overs)		92/1 (38.2 overs) JM How 53* (106) R McLaren 1/29 (10.2 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGC Cowley and A Hicks
Kent won the toss and elected to bat No play on day 3 due to rain AJ Blake made his first class debut

Friends Provident Trophy

South-East Division

Team	Pld	W	T	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Kent Spitfires	8	5	0	2	1	11	+0.647
Essex Eagles	8	4	0	3	1	9	+0.310
Middlesex Crusaders	8	3	0	3	2	8	+0.064
Surrey Brown Caps	8	3	0	4	1	7	-0.627
Sussex Sharks	8	1	0	4	3	5	-0.534

Matches

20 April	Essex 317/5 (50 overs)	v	(H) Kent 286/9 (50 overs)	Essex won by 31 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: TE Jesty and NJ Llong
	ML Pettini 119 (141) Yasir Arafat 2/39 (9 overs)		M van Jaarsveld 124 (93) JD Middlebrook 2/38 (7 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 0, Essex 2

27 April	Middlesex (H) 177/8 (36.5 overs)	v	Kent 166 (33 overs)	Middlesex won by 6 runs (D/L method)
Scorecard				Lord's, St John's Wood, London Umpires: SA Garratt and NJ Llong
	BA Godleman 43 (69) Yasir Arafat 2/26 (7 overs)		M van Jaarsveld 53 (68) TJ Murtagh 4/29 (7 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat Rain stopped the Middlesex innings after 36.5 overs and Kent's D/L target 173 runs to win from 33 overs Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0

4 May	Sussex (H) 245/6 (50 overs)	v	Kent 249/6 (49.5 overs)	Kent won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Scorecard				County Ground, Hove Umpires: RA Kettleborough and NA Mallender
	MH Yardy 50 (78) Yasir Arafat 3/58 (9 overs)		JM Kemp 68* (79) LJ Wright 3/65 (10 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2

5 May	Kent 282/7 (50 overs)	v	(H) Surrey 192 (42.4 overs)	Kent won by 90 runs
Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: B Dudleston and NA Mallender Player of the match: GO Jones
	GO Jones 86 (88) PT Collins 4/46 (10 overs)		JN Batty 63 (91) R McLaren 5/46 (10 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Surrey 0, Kent 2

11 May	Sussex 218/9 (50 overs)	v	(H) Kent 219/1 (42.1 overs)	Kent won by 9 wickets (with 47 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: SA Garratt and MJ Harris
	MH Yardy 54 (78) SJ Cook 3/41 (8 overs)		M van Jaarsveld 109* (102) RSC Martin-Jenkins 138 (7 overs)
Sussex won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Sussex 0

16 May	Kent 230/7 (50 overs)	v	(H) Essex 124 (25.5 overs)	Kent won by 106 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: AA Jones and JF Steele
	JM Kemp 51 (86) GR Napier 3/29 (9 overs)		JER Gallian 24 (20) Yasir Arafat 4/29 (8 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Essex 0, Kent 2

18 May	Kent (H) 337/3 (50 overs)	v	Surrey 320 (49.4 overs)	Kent won by 17 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: IJ Gould and AA Jones
	DI Stevens 119* (77) CJ Jordan 3/53 (10 overs)		MA Butcher 139 (121) Azhar Mahmood 4/40 (9.4 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Surrey 0 M van Jaarsveld and DI Stevens set a Kent List A record for the 4th wicket, scoring an unbeaten 216 runs

26 May	Kent (H)	v	Middlesex	No result (match abandoned without a toss)
Scorecard				Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Umpires: B Dudleston and JW Holder
No toss Points: Kent 1, Middlesex 1

Quarter-Finals

4–5 June	Kent (H) 259/5 (50 overs)	v	Somerset 222 (44.5 overs)	Kent won by 37 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: RK Illingworth and NA Mallender
	NJ Dexter 101* (113) BJ Phillips 2/55 (10 overs)		C Kieswetter 90 (119) Yasir Arafat 3/23 (8 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Match moved to reserve day due to heavy rain The match was originally scheduled to be played at Canterbury, but was moved to Beckenham on the reserve day due to wet conditions at the St Lawrence Ground[14]

Semi-Finals

4 July	Kent 301/4 (50 overs)	v	(H) Durham 218 (43.1 overs)	Kent won by 83 runs
Scorecard				Riverside, Chester-le-Street Umpires: RA Kettleborough and NA Mallender Player of the match: M van Jaarsveld (Kent)
	M van Jaarsveld 122* (93) SJ Harmison 4/47 (10 overs)		DM Benkenstein 80* (89) JC Tredwell 3/37 (10 overs)
Durham won the toss and elected to field

Final

16 August	Kent 214 (50 overs)	v	Essex 218/5 (48.5 overs)	Essex won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Scorecard				Lord's, St John's Wood, London Umpires: NJ Llong and G Sharp Player of the match: GW Flower (Essex)
	R McLaren 63 (71) DD Masters 2/34 (10 overs)		GW Flower 70* (97) RH Joseph 3/40 (10 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat

NatWest Pro40

Division Two

Team	Pld	W	T	L	N/R	Pts	Net R/R
Essex Eagles	8	6	1	0	1	14	+1.479
Yorkshire Carnegie	8	5	1	1	1	12	+0.250
Glamorgan Dragons	8	5	0	3	0	10	+0.113
Kent Spitfires	8	4	0	2	2	10	+1.629
Surrey Brown Caps	8	4	0	4	0	8	–0.444
Warwickshire Bears	8	3	0	3	2	8	–0.242
Leicestershire Foxes	8	1	1	4	2	5	–0.463
Derbyshire Phantoms	8	1	1	6	0	3	–0.892
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	8	0	0	6	2	2	–0.993

Matches

20 July	Kent 228/8 (40 overs)	v	(H) Warwickshire 206/9 (40 overs)	Kent won by 22 runs
Scorecard				Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: GI Burgess and NGB Cook
	RWT Key 80 (83) DL Maddy 2/26 (6 overs)		IJL Trott 91* (102) Azhar Mahmood 4/29 (8 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Warwickshire 0, Kent 2

3 August	Kent (H) 202/9 (36 overs)	v	Glamorgan 131/9 (30.2 overs)	Kent won by 59 runs (D/L method)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: AA Jones and NJ Llong
	Azhar Mahmood 68 (51) JAR Harris 4/48 (7 overs)		BJ Wright 51 (69) Azhar Mahmood 3/14 (6 overs)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field Rain stopped play after 5.5 overs of Kent's innings and the match was reduced to 36 overs per side. Further rain ended the match after 30.2 overs of Glamorgan's reply (the D/L victory target at this stage was 191) Points: Kent 2, Glamorgan 0

12 August	Kent (H) 226/7 (40 overs)	v	Leicestershire 23/2 (6 overs)	No result
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: IJ Gould and RK Illingworth
	RWT Key 62 (93) D du Preez 3/65 (8 overs)		J du Toit 12 (13) Azhar Mahmood 1/9 (3 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Bad light stopped play before enough overs had been bowled for a D/L target to be set Points: Kent 1, Leicestershire 1

18 August	Derbyshire 60 (22.4 overs)	v	(H) Kent 63/1 (9.4 overs)	Kent won by 9 wickets (with 182 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and RT Robinson
	JL Clare 18 (26) RH Joseph 5/13 (8 overs)		JL Denly 28* (32) R Clarke 1/17 (1.4 overs)
Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Derbyshire 0, Kent 2

25 August	Kent 189/4 (40 overs)	v	(H) Yorkshire 190/3 (33.1 overs)	Yorkshire won by 7 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)
Scorecard				North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Umpires: MJD Bodenham and JH Evans
	DI Stevens 60* (40) RM Pyrah 4/35 (8 overs)		A McGrath 85* (80) R McLaren 2/16 (5 overs)
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field Points: Yorkshire 2, Kent 0

31 August	Northamptonshire (H)	v	Kent	No result (match abandoned without a toss)
Scorecard				County Ground, Northampton Umpires: NL Bainton and NGC Cowley
No toss Points: Northamptonshire 1, Kent 1

2 September	Kent 314/6 (40 overs)	v	(H) Surrey 172 (31.4 overs)	Kent won by 142 runs
Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: B Leadbeater and G Sharp Player of the match: JL Denly (Kent)
	JL Denly 98 (97) JW Dernbach 3/60 (8 overs)		MNW Spriegel 54 (55) JC Tredwell 4/32 (6.4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Surrey 0, Kent 2

13 September	Kent (H) 246/5 (40 overs)	v	Essex 247/6 (39 overs)	Essex won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: IJ Gould and P Willey Player of the match: GW Flower (Essex)
	RWT Key 120* (117) R ten Doeschate 2/54 (5 overs)		GW Flower 68* (42) DI Stevens 2/27 (4 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 0, Essex 2

Twenty20 Cup

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Middlesex Crusaders	10	8	2	0	0	16	+0.732
2	Essex Eagles	10	6	3	1	0	13	+0.937
3	Kent Spitfires	10	6	4	0	0	12	+0.640
4	Hampshire Hawks	10	5	4	1	0	11	-0.505
5	Sussex Sharks	10	2	8	0	0	4	-0.876
6	Surrey Brown Caps	10	2	8	0	0	4	-0.905

Matches

11 June	Sussex 137 (19.5 overs)	v	(H) Kent 140/4 (19.5 overs)	Kent won by 6 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NL Bainton and GI Burgess Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Kent)
	CJ Adams 57 (37) Yasir Arafat (cricketer, born 1982) 4/17 (3.5 overs)		JL Denly 50 (57) DR Smith 2/33 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Sussex 0

13 June	Kent 181/5 (20 overs)	v	(H) Surrey 168/7 (20 overs)	Kent won by 13 runs
Scorecard				The Oval, Kennington, London Umpires: GI Burgess and P Willey Player of the match: JL Denly (Kent)
	JL Denly 52 (33) Abdul Razzaq 2/32 (4 overs)		SA Newman 48 (31) R McLaren 3/28 (4 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to field Points: Surrey 0, Kent 2

14 June	Hampshire (H) 197/6 (20 overs)	v	Kent 153/7 (20 overs)	Hampshire won by 44 runs
Scorecard				Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: RJ Bailey and B Dudleston Player of the match: MJ Lumb (Hampshire)
	MA Carberry 57 (42) Yasir Arafat (cricketer, born 1982) 4/38 (4 overs)		JL Denly 63 (51) GA Lamb 2/25 (4 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Hampshire 2, Kent 0

16 June	Hampshire 162/7 (20 overs)	v	(H) Kent 166/6 (20 overs)	Kent won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: NGB Cook and JH Evans Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood
	MA Carberry 51 (39) SJ Cook 2/21 (4 overs)		JL Denly 50 (46) LA Dawson 1/14 (2 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 2, Hampshire 0

18 June	Essex (H) 147/5 (20 overs)	v	Kent 146/8 (20 overs)	Essex won by 1 run
Scorecard				County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: NA Mallender and G Sharp Player of the match: Danish Kaneria (Essex)
	JER Gallian 44 (30) JC Tredwell 2/25 (4 overs)		M van Jaarsveld 32 (27) GW Flower 3/21 (2 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to field Points: Essex 2, Kent 0

20 June	Kent (H) 86/7 (8 overs)	v	Middlesex 61/7 (8 overs)	Kent won by 25 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: MJD Bodenham and MJ Harris Player of the match: JM Kemp (Kent)
	JM Kemp 28 (10) M Kartik 2/15 (2 overs)		DJ Malan 25 (19) JC Trewell 3/9 (2 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Match reduced to 8 overs per side due to rain Points: Kent 2, Middlesex 0

22 June	Kent (H) 204/5 (20 overs)	v	Essex 123 (18.5 overs)	Kent won by 81 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Beckenham Umpires: RK Illingworth and B Leadbeater Player of the match: JL Denly (Kent)
	JL Denly 91 (57) Danish Kaneria 2/30 (4 overs)		RN ten Doeschate 22 (15) JC Trewell 3/17 (4 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to field Points: Kent 2, Essex 0

24 June	Middlesex (H) 171/7 (20 overs)	v	Kent 165/8 (20 overs)	Middlesex won by 6 runs
Scorecard				Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge Umpires: B Leadbeater and JF Steele Player of the match: T Henderson (Middlesex)
	EJG Morgan 62 (43) Azhar Mahmood 3/27 (4 overs)		RWT Key 49 (38) T Henderson 4/29 (4 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0

25 June	Surrey 166/7 (20 overs)	v	(H) Kent 160/9 (20 overs)	Surrey won by 6 runs
Scorecard				St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: RT Robinson and JF Steele Player of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Surrey)
	SA Newman 38 (25) R McLaren 2/26 (4 overs)		Azhar Mahmood 55 (31) Abdul Razzaq 4/17 (4 overs)
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat Points: Kent 0, Surrey 2

27 June	Kent 162/9 (20 overs)	v	(H) Sussex 112 (17 overs)	Kent won by 50 runs
Scorecard				County Ground, Hove Umpires: VA Holder and G Sharp Player of the match: Yasir Arafat (Kent)
	Yasir Arafat 42 (23) CJ Liddle 4/28 (4 overs)		RJ Hamilton-Brown 36 (32) Yasir Arafat 3/12 (2 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2 RH Joseph made his Twenty20 debut

Quarter-Finals

9–10 July	Kent 175/6 (20 overs)	v	(H) Warwickshire 133/8 (20 overs)	Kent won by 42 runs
Scorecard				Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: RJ Bailey and JW Lloyds Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
	DI Stevens 69 (32) DL Maddy 1/7 (0.3 overs)		AG Botha 35 (19) Yasir Arafat 3/29 (4 overs)
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field Match moved to reserve day due to rain[15]

Semi-Finals

26 July	Kent 173/8 (20 overs)	v	Essex 159/8 (20 overs)	Kent won by 14 runs
Scorecard				Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: RJ Bailey and JW Lloyds Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Kent)
	JL Denly 36 (27) RS Bopara 3/36 (3 overs)		ML Pettini 54* (47) Yasir Arafat 2/22 (4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat

Final

26 July	Middlesex 187/6 (20 overs)	v	Kent 184/5 (20 overs)	Middlesex won by 3 runs
Scorecard				Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: JW Lloyds and NA Mallender Player of the match: OA Shah (Middlesex)
	OA Shah 75 (35) Yasir Arafat 2/20 (4 overs)		RWT Key 52 (30) SD Udal 1/21 (4 overs)
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat

UCCE match

Kent's 3-day match against Leeds/Bradford UCCE in April did not have first-class status.

12–14 April	Kent	v	Leeds/Bradford UCCE	Match drawn
Scorecard	481/5d (101 overs) JL Denly 122 (149) JRC Campbell 1/16 (4 overs)		299/7 (94.1 overs) JR Moorhouse 94 (160) R McLaren 2/28 (17 overs)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: GI Burgess and DJ Millns
Leeds/Bradford UCCE won the toss and elected to field Match did not have first-class status

Statistics

Batting

First-class (County Championship and Tour match)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Martin van Jaarsveld	16	27	3	1,150	133	47.91	60.46	4	7	4	140	6
Joe Denly	17	30	0	905	149	30.16	60.81	2	4	8	128	8
Robert Key	15	25	3	864	178*	39.27	56.21	2	4	2	124	0
Geraint Jones	17	26	4	668	106	30.36	52.43	1	3	3	92	3
James Tredwell	17	28	3	566	123*	22.64	38.50	1	3	3	79	1
Ryan McLaren	16	23	3	464	65*	23.20	47.63	0	2	3	73	0
Darren Stevens	14	21	1	463	127	23.15	65.02	1	1	5	66	5
Justin Kemp	10	17	1	412	102	25.75	56.20	1	3	0	49	3
Yasir Arafat	12	19	5	395	90*	28.21	62.30	0	2	0	53	0
Azhar Mahmood	6	8	2	306	116	51.00	73.20	1	1	0	46	3
Neil Dexter	7	8	0	265	105	33.12	42.74	1	1	0	29	1
Robbie Joseph	15	18	5	118	23*	9.07	42.29	0	0	5	16	0
Martin Saggers	11	16	7	101	33	11.22	34.23	0	0	3	19	0
Matt Walker	6	10	1	94	23	10.44	40.00	0	0	1	9	0
Amjad Khan	6	7	1	46	21*	7.66	33.57	0	0	3	7	0
Alex Blake	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Simon Cook	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Source: Cricinfo[16]

List A (Friends Provident Trophy and NatWest Pro40)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Martin van Jaarsveld	16	16	4	907	124	75.58	105.22	4	5	2	85	14
Joe Denly	17	17	2	579	102	38.60	69.84	1	2	1	73	3
Robert Key	16	16	1	543	120*	36.20	80.32	1	3	1	58	4
Darren Stevens	15	13	3	336	119*	33.60	106.66	1	1	2	28	10
Justin Kemp	12	10	1	267	68*	29.66	66.08	0	3	0	21	2
Azhar Mahmood	14	12	0	258	68	21.50	120.00	0	2	0	14	11
Geraint Jones	17	12	2	231	86	23.10	82.79	0	1	0	17	4
Ryan McLaren	15	11	6	222	63	44.40	105.71	0	1	1	14	4
Matt Walker	7	7	0	168	43	24.00	78.50	0	0	0	12	3
Neil Dexter	2	2	1	122	101*	122.00	86.52	1	0	0	7	3
Yasir Arafat	12	5	2	81	27	27.00	117.39	0	0	0	6	2
Simon Cook	13	3	0	44	42	14.66	86.27	0	0	1	5	0
James Tredwell	17	10	6	38	20*	9.50	73.07	0	0	1	1	0
Amjad Khan	3	1	0	4	4	4.00	66.66	0	0	0	0	0
Martin Saggers	1	1	1	3	3*	-	37.50	0	0	0	0	0
Robbie Joseph	10	2	2	3	2*	-	50.00	0	0	0	0	0
Source:Cricinfo[17]

Twenty20 (Twenty20 Cup)

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Joe Denly	13	13	0	451	91	34.69	118.99	0	5	1	44	16
Robert Key	13	13	0	345	52	26.53	133.72	0	1	1	52	5
Azhar Mahmood	13	13	6	294	55	42.00	168.00	0	1	0	23	14
Darren Stevens	13	13	5	267	69	33.37	146.70	0	1	2	21	11
Justin Kemp	11	11	0	201	49	18.27	122.56	0	0	0	10	11
Martin van Jaarsveld	12	11	0	140	32	12.72	121.73	0	0	0	14	1
Yasir Arafat	13	8	2	130	42	21.66	154.76	0	0	0	13	5
Ryan McLaren	13	9	4	63	19*	12.60	143.18	0	0	0	6	0
Geraint Jones	13	11	3	59	28	7.37	100.00	0	0	3	2	2
Matt Walker	3	3	0	20	12	6.66	74.07	0	0	0	0	1
James Tredwell	13	5	4	6	2*	6.00	60.00	0	0	1	0	0
Robbie Joseph	1	1	1	1	1*	-	100.00	0	0	0	0	0
Simon Cook	12	1	1	0	0*	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[18]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship and Tour match)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10w
Robbie Joseph	15	27	419.1	87	1,433	55	6/36	9/62	26.05	3.41	45.7	2	0
Ryan McLaren	16	25	400.0	83	1,179	50	6/75	8/90	23.58	2.94	48.0	2	0
Yasir Arafat	12	20	317.4	62	1,105	38	6/86	7/149	29.07	3.47	50.1	1	0
Martin Saggers	11	19	276.5	69	873	24	4/26	5/48	36.37	3.15	69.2	0	0
James Tredwell	17	23	364.4	63	1,226	24	3/35	6/114	51.08	3.36	91.1	0	0
Azhar Mahmood	6	10	147.0	28	404	21	6/55	7/91	19.23	2.74	42.0	2	0
Amjad Khan	6	11	145.1	36	433	21	3/10	6/63	20.61	2.98	41.4	0	0
Martin van Jaarsveld	16	12	77.0	12	220	11	5/33	5/33	20.00	2.85	42.0	1	0
Darren Stevens	14	17	123.0	26	322	10	4/70	4/70	32.20	2.61	73.8	0	0
Matt Walker	6	2	9.0	1	40	1	1/34	1/40	40.00	4.44	54.0	0	0
Robert Key	15	1	2.0	1	2	0	-	-	-	1.00	-	0	0
Neil Dexter	7	1	2.0	0	9	0	-	-	-	4.50	-	0	0
Alex Blake	1	1	4.0	1	17	0	-	-	-	4.25	-	0	0
Simon Cook	1	1	7.0	0	25	0	-	-	-	3.57	-	0	0
Joe Denly	17	4	14.0	2	47	0	-	-	-	3.35	-	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[19]

List A (Friends Provident Trophy and NatWest Pro40)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Yasir Arafat	12	12	101.4	11	479	27	4/29	17.74	4.71	22.5	2	0
Azhar Mahmood	14	14	106.1	7	459	20	4/29	22.95	4.32	31.8	2	0
Ryan McLaren	15	14	101.3	4	525	19	5/46	27.63	5.17	32.0	0	1
Robbie Joseph	10	10	65.5	4	314	16	5/13	19.62	4.76	24.6	0	1
James Tredwell	17	14	89.4	1	478	15	4/32	31.86	5.33	35.8	1	0
Simon Cook	13	12	87.1	4	410	12	3/41	34.16	4.70	43.5	0	0
Darren Stevens	15	11	59.0	3	286	5	2/27	57.20	4.84	70.8	0	0
Amjad Khan	3	3	15.4	1	81	4	2/23	20.25	5.17	23.5	0	0
Martin van Jaarsveld	16	3	12.0	0	81	2	1/26	40.50	6.75	36.0	0	0
Justin Kemp	12	1	1.0	0	12	0	-	-	12.00	-	0	0
Martin Saggers	1	1	6.0	0	43	0	-	-	7.16	-	0	0
Source:Cricinfo[20]

Twenty20 (Twenty20 Cup)

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Yasir Arafat	13	13	44.0	0	341	23	4/17	14.82	7.75	11.4	2	0
James Tredwell	13	12	41.0	1	264	16	3/9	16.50	6.43	15.3	0	0
Ryan McLaren	13	13	43.5	0	334	15	3/28	22.26	7.61	17.5	0	0
Azhar Mahmood	13	13	47.5	0	368	15	3/27	24.53	7.69	19.1	0	0
Simon Cook	12	12	46.0	0	379	11	3/21	34.45	8.23	25.0	0	0
Darren Stevens	13	8	16.0	0	140	5	2/29	28.00	8.75	19.2	0	0
Robbie Joseph	1	1	4.0	0	24	2	2/24	12.00	6.00	12.00	0	0
Martin van Jaarsveld	12	1	1.0	0	13	0	-	-	13.00	-	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[21]

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External links

• Kent home at ESPN cricinfo
• Kent County Cricket Club official site