Kent County Cricket Club in 2011

Kent County Cricket Club
2011 season
Coach England Paul Farbrace
Captain England Rob Key
Overseas players Pakistan Wahab Riaz (June–August)
South Africa Charl Langeveldt (Twenty20 only)
Ground(s) St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship 8th, Division Two
Clydesdale Bank 40 4th, Group A
Friends Life t20 Quarter-Finals
Most runs FC: JL Denly (1,024)
LA: M van Jaarsveld (538)
T20: Azhar Mahmood (485)
Most wickets FC: JC Tredwell (42)
LA: Azhar Mahmood (18)
T20: Wahab Riaz (20)
Most catches FC: M van Jaarsveld (24)
LA: M van Jaarsveld (7)
T20: AJ Ball (9)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals FC: GO Jones (61)
LA: GO Jones (11)
T20: GO Jones (9)
← 2010 2012 →

In 2011, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group A of the 40-over Clydesdale Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Life t20. Kent also hosted a Twenty20 match at the St Lawrence Ground against the touring Indians, and a three-day first-class MCC Universities match against Loughborough MCCU, also at the St Lawrence Ground. It was the second and final 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. Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz joined Kent as their overseas player in June,[2] and another fast bowler, South African Charl Langeveldt, signed as Kent's second overseas player for the Friends Life t20 competition only.

Kent finished a very disappointing eighth of nine in Division Two of the County Championship in their first season since relegation from Division One. They won 6 and lost 6 matches in the Clydesdale Bank 40, leaving them in the middle of the final Group A standings (they did not progress to the knock-out stages). Kent did progress to the quarter-final stage of the Friends Life t20 after finishing in 3rd place in the South Group, with the side winning 9 out of 14 completed matches. They lost their quarter final at Grace Road against Leicestershire, in what was a high scoring game, by 3 wickets.[3]

Squad

Fast bowler Amjad Khan left Kent at the end of the 2010 season to join Sussex,[4] having been at the county since 2001. This, coupled with injuries affecting the remaining bowling unit, lead to Kent making several new signings.

Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz joined Kent as their overseas player in June.[2] Another fast bowler, South African Charl Langeveldt, signed as Kent's second overseas player for the Friends Life t20 competition only (two overseas players were permitted in this tournament). Langeveldt in fact also played a single match in the Clydesdale Bank Pro40 competition against the Netherlands immediately after the conclusion of the Twenty20 group stage. Charlie Shreck signed on loan from Nottinghamshire in early April, but was recalled by his county just a few days later after playing in just one County Championship match.[5][6] Shreck would later sign for Kent on a permanent contract after being released by Nottinghamshire at the end of the season, and would remain at the club for the next two seasons.[7]

South Africa-born Scotland international bowler Dewald Nel left Kent early in the season due to an ongoing back injury.[8] Nel had signed a two-year contract with Kent in March 2010.[9] Former Surrey bowler Neil Saker was on trial with Kent over the winter and played four first-class matches in May due to injuries to several other bowlers. However, he did not win a long-term contract.[10] Kent signed David Balcombe from Hampshire on loan in early July initially for one month, but the player remained at the county until the end of the season.[11]

The squad for 2011 featured a number of young players, including Adam Ball, Sam Billings, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Adam Riley and Ashley Shaw, who all made their first-class debuts during the season.

Fast bowler Robbie Joseph left the club after the end of the season, having debuted for the county in 2004, and would go on to sign for Leicestershire.[12] Joseph would return to the county for a brief spell in 2014.[13]

Kent suffered a double blow at the end of the 2011 season when high-profile players Joe Denly and Martin van Jaarsveld left the county.[1] Van Jaarsveld had initially agreed to join Leicestershire, but later cancelled the deal and instead announced his retirement from county cricket in November 2011, citing fatigue.[14] Denly signed for Middlesex in order to play Division One cricket and enhance his chances of reviving his international career with England.[15] Denly and van Jaarsveld debuted for Kent in 2004 and 2005, respectively.

Squad list

  • Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 8 April 2011.
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Daniel Bell-Drummond England3 August 1993 (aged 17)Right-handedRight arm medium
Alex Blake England25 January 1989 (aged 22)Left-handedRight arm medium-fast
Joe Denly England16 March 1986 (aged 25)Right-handedRight arm leg break
James Goodman England19 November 1990 (aged 20)Right-handedRight arm medium
Robert Key England12 May 1979 (aged 31)Right-handedRight arm off breakClub captain
Sam Northeast England16 October 1989 (aged 21)Right-handedRight arm off break
Chris Piesley England12 February 1992 (aged 19)Left-handedRight arm off break
Martin van Jaarsveld South Africa18 June 1974 (aged 36)Right-handedRight arm medium / Right arm off breakKolpak player, vice-captain
All-rounders
Azhar Mahmood Pakistan28 February 1975 (aged 36)Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumBritish citizen
Adam Ball England1 March 1993 (aged 18)Right-handedLeft arm fast-medium
Matt Coles England26 May 1990 (aged 20)Left-handedRight arm fast-medium
Darren Stevens England30 April 1976 (aged 34)Right-handedRight arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Sam Billings England15 June 1991 (aged 19)Right-handed—
Geraint Jones England14 July 1979 (aged 31)Right-handed—
Bowlers
David Balcombe England24 December 1984 (aged 26)Right-handedRight arm medium-fastOn loan from Hampshire (9 July to the end of the season)
Simon Cook England15 January 1977 (aged 34)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Robbie Joseph England20 January 1982 (aged 29)Right-handedRight arm fast
Charl Langeveldt South Africa17 December 1974 (aged 36)Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumOverseas player (June–July; Twenty20 only)
Dewald Nel Scotland6 June 1980 (aged 30)Right-handedRight arm medium-fastLeft in May due to injury[8]
Adam Riley England23 March 1992 (aged 19)Right-handedRight arm off break
Neil Saker England20 September 1984 (aged 26)Right-handedLeft arm mediumTrial contract (April–May)
Ashley Shaw England15 April 1991 (aged 19)Right-handedLeft arm fast-medium
Charlie Shreck England6 January 1978 (aged 33)Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumOn loan from Nottinghamshire (April)
James Tredwell England27 February 1982 (aged 29)Left-handedRight arm off break
Wahab Riaz Pakistan28 June 1985 (aged 25)Right-handedLeft arm fastOverseas player (June–August)

County Championship

Division Two

TeamPldWLTDABatBowlDedPts
Middlesex (C, P)168206050440.0240
Surrey (P)168404043440.0227
Northamptonshire167207048450.0226
Gloucestershire166505041471.0198
Derbyshire165605042440.0181
Glamorgan165604044401.0178
Essex164408029442.0159
Kent165902030429.0149
Leicestershire1611104024360.088

Matches

Other first-class match

MCCU match

Clydesdale Bank 40

Group A

Team Pld W L T N/R Pts Net R/R
Sussex Sharks 12840016+1.070
Middlesex Panthers 12840016+0.213
Derbyshire Falcons 12651013-0.079
Kent Spitfires 12660012–0.017
Netherlands 12551112–0.361
Yorkshire Carnegie 12570010-0.147
Worcestershire Royals 1229015–0.710

Matches

Friends Life t20

South Division

Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Hampshire Royals[nb1] 161120323+1.093
Sussex Sharks 16950220+0.061
Kent Spitfires 16950220–0.205
Somerset 16741419+0.978
Surrey Lions 16760317+0.131
Essex Eagles 16770216–0.086
Glamorgan Dragons 16590212+0.045
Gloucestershire Gladiators 16411019–0.473
Middlesex Panthers 16212116–1.247

^ The Hampshire Royals began the tournament on minus two points for a poor pitch from last season.[17]

Matches

Quarter-Finals

Twenty20 tour match

Statistics

Batting

First-class (County Championship and MCCU match)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Joe Denly 142811,02419937.9261.872511483
Robert Key 1224289516240.6853.432531043
Sam Northeast 1733088017626.6655.452451137
Darren Stevens 1631081914326.4170.661441226
Martin van Jaarsveld 142837559530.2051.46061974
Geraint Jones 163116997923.3049.57044912
Azhar Mahmood 71335219752.1063.22053634
James Tredwell 122223624718.1047.82001461
Alex Blake 91703459620.2960.52032542
Matt Coles 1016424250*20.1666.85012363
Simon Cook 71422375119.7552.66011273
Adam Ball 91511844613.1435.24002232
Daniel Bell-Drummond 4701478021.0060.99010212
James Goodman 4701215617.2841.86012160
Wahab Riaz 591853410.6256.66001111
Ashley Shaw 4535022*25.0071.42001110
Robbie Joseph 71264219*7.0021.9800360
David Balcombe 58240126.6645.9700170
Neil Saker 45029185.8023.0100040
Chris Piesley 23026228.6641.9300120
Sam Billings 110191919.0051.3500030
Adam Riley 6841754.2537.7700220
Charlie Shreck 121444.0023.5200010
Dewald Nel 12122*2.0022.2200100
Source: Cricinfo[20]
List A (Clydesdale Bank 40)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Martin van Jaarsveld 1212053812444.83105.07142538
Darren Stevens 121213867035.09103.480303410
Sam Northeast 1212230863*30.8074.75030181
Azhar Mahmood 10902466827.3391.44021262
Geraint Jones 10901593917.6682.38000110
Robert Key 5501265925.2069.23010121
Joe Denly 6601234620.5075.4600093
James Tredwell 121021213715.1298.37000113
Daniel Bell-Drummond 5501114222.2098.23000152
Alex Blake 760721912.0080.0000180
Matt Coles 550704714.00109.3700071
Adam Ball 986621931.0093.9300060
Sam Billings 330542618.00100.0000081
Wahab Riaz 3212212*22.00110.0000020
Simon Cook 42297*-90.0000010
Ashley Shaw 65384*4.0088.8800210
David Balcombe 320663.0035.2900100
Chris Piesley 110444.0040.0000000
Adam Riley 61133*-42.8500000
Charl Langeveldt 11100*-0.0000000
Source:Cricinfo[21]
Twenty20 (Friends Life t20 and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Azhar Mahmood 15142485106*40.41143.911315012
Joe Denly 1616142010028.00113.82132389
Darren Stevens 161686756846.87143.120202522
Robert Key 151502697517.93114.46011302
Martin van Jaarsveld 98421563*53.75148.27020263
Sam Northeast 159411539*23.00121.05000111
Geraint Jones 16727930*15.8092.9400062
Wahab Riaz 13527832*26.00173.3300065
James Tredwell 15546134*61.00112.9600132
Adam Ball 133022157.3395.6500111
Charl Langeveldt 15212013*20.00105.2600030
Daniel Bell-Drummond 110111111.00183.3300011
Matt Coles 310555.00166.6600010
Alex Blake 630551.6645.4500200
Simon Cook 21144*-80.0000000
Sam Billings 420321.50101.8800000
David Balcombe 10----------
Adam Riley 10----------
Source: Cricinfo[22]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship and MCCU match)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5w 10w
James Tredwell 1221394.5781,175425/356/14127.972.9756.420
Darren Stevens 1620288.274862417/2111/7021.022.9842.121
David Balcombe 59174.540588336/5110/10217.813.3631.741
Matt Coles 1018284.3511,020325/297/14931.873.5853.320
Azhar Mahmood 713210.163546236/367/10823.732.5954.810
Robbie Joseph 711145.130552204/256/5227.603.8043.500
Adam Ball 916143.025560153/363/4537.333.9157.200
Adam Riley 610131.214547145/765/7639.074.1656.210
Neil Saker 47111.018392135/1125/11230.153.5351.210
Wahab Riaz 510121.424436134/944/5833.533.5856.100
Ashley Shaw 4881.15400115/1186/17536.364.9244.210
Simon Cook 710144.128448113/405/8340.723.1078.600
Joe Denly 141592.01030573/436/11443.573.3178.800
Martin van Jaarsveld 14514.006022/332/4130.004.2842.000
Dewald Nel 1115.016011/601/6060.004.0090.000
Robert Key 1210.4080---12.00-00
James Goodman 437.50210---2.68-00
Alex Blake 936.00270---4.50-00
Charlie Shreck 1225.08690---2.76-00
Source: Cricinfo[23]
List A (Clydesdale Bank 40)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Azhar Mahmood 101073.32437184/5224.275.9424.520
Adam Ball 9952.32283122/3123.585.3926.200
James Tredwell 121288.01383112/2734.814.3548.000
Wahab Riaz 3322.3012095/4613.335.3315.001
Darren Stevens 121161.0233682/2742.005.5045.700
David Balcombe 3316.318664/3814.335.2116.510
Simon Cook 4425.0115553/4031.006.2030.000
Ashley Shaw 6627.0118453/2636.806.8132.400
Adam Riley 6636.0019752/3239.405.4743.200
Matt Coles 5529.0021852/3743.607.5134.800
Joe Denly 6415.038733/4229.005.8030.000
Alex Blake 712.011322/136.506.506.000
Charl Langeveldt 118.00330--4.12-00
Martin van Jaarsveld 12413.00770--5.92-00
Source:Cricinfo[24]
Twenty20 (Friends Life t20 and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Wahab Riaz 131346.21397205/1719.858.5613.901
Charl Langeveldt 151550.00463153/3730.869.2620.000
Azhar Mahmood 151552.20414143/1429.577.9122.400
Adam Ball 131338.00280102/2828.007.3622.800
James Tredwell 151553.00352102/1437.206.6431.800
Darren Stevens 16519.0013184/2116.376.8914.210
Martin van Jaarsveld 914.002033/206.665.008.000
David Balcombe 113.002311/2323.007.6618.000
Adam Riley 113.003411/3434.0011.3318.000
Joe Denly 1645.00440--8.80-00
Simon Cook 223.00550--18.33-00
Matt Coles 338.00600--7.50-00
Source: Cricinfo[25]

References

  1. 1 2 Joe Denly, Martin van Jaarsveld and coach Paul Farbrace leave Kent, BBC Sport website, 2011-9-28. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  2. 1 2 Kent Cricket to sign Wahab Riaz, Kent County Cricket Club, 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  3. ↑ Leicestershire reach finals day with stunning chase, Cricinfo, 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  4. ↑ Amjad Khan to join Sussex, The Argus, 2010-9-14. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  5. ↑ Kent sign Nottinghamshire's Charlie Shreck on loan, BBC Sport, 2011-4-7. Retrieved 2017-1-27.
  6. ↑ Shreck recalled to Nottinghamshire from Kent loan, BBC Sport, 2011-4-13. Retrieved 2017-1-27.
  7. ↑ Charlie Shreck leaves Nottinghamshire to join Kent, BBC Sport, 2011-9-6. Retrieved 2017-1-27.
  8. 1 2 Dewald Nel leaves Kent County Cricket Club, Kent Online, 2011-5-24. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  9. ↑ Kent County Cricket Club sign Scotland bowler Dewald Nel, Kent Online, 2010-3-29. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  10. ↑ Neil Saker in line to start for Kent County Cricket Club against Essex in opening LV= County Championship match, Kent Online, 2011-4-6. Retrieved 2017-1-24.
  11. ↑ Hampshire bowler David Balcombe joins Kent on one-month loan deal, Kent Online, 2011-7-10. Retrieved 2017-1-25.
  12. ↑ Kent County Cricket Club confirms Robbie Joseph is to leave the club, Kent County Cricket Club, 2011-11-2. Retrieved 2017-1-24.
  13. ↑ Robbie Joseph: Kent re-sign Antigua-born fast bowler, BBC Sport, 2014-4-9. Retrieved 2017-1-24.
  14. ↑ Martin van Jaarsveld cancels Leicestershire deal and retires, BBC Sport website, 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  15. ↑ Joe Denly has signed for Middlesex, Middlesex County Cricket Club, 2011-9-28. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  16. ↑ Kent win but docked eight points, Cricinfo, 2011-9-2. Retrieved 2017-1-25.
  17. ↑ "Lumb guides Hampshire to opening win". CricInfo. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  18. ↑ Downpour shortens tour game to Twenty20, Cricinfo, 2011-8-26. Retrieved 2017-1-28.
  19. ↑ Indians win despite Denly ton, Cricinfo, 2011-8-27. Retrieved 2017-1-28.
  20. ↑ Season 2011 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most runs, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  21. ↑ Season 2011 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most runs, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  22. ↑ Season 2011 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most runs, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  23. ↑ Season 2011 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most wickets, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  24. ↑ Season 2011 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most wickets, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  25. ↑ Season 2011 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most wickets, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
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