List of Kent County Cricket Club List A cricket records
This is a list of Kent County Cricket Club List A cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in List A cricket for Kent County Cricket Club. List A cricket is a limited overs form of cricket usually played over one day.
Kent played their first List A match in the 1963 domestic season against Sussex in the 1963 Gillette Cup at the Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells.[1] The county have competed in List A competitions in every season since 1963 and, as of February 2018, have played just over 1,000 List A matches, including against representative and touring international sides.[2] In January and February 2017 they competed in the 2016–17 Regional Super50, the List A competition of the West Indies domestic season. This was the first time that any English county had competed in an overseas domestic competition.[3] Kent competed again in the competition in 2018.[4][5]
The county have won ten domestic List A competitions, most recently the 2001 National League. Long serving spin bowler Derek Underwood holds the record for most List A appearances for Kent with 377 matches played for the county between 1963 and 1987.[2]
Team records
All records last updated 7 May 2019
- Highest total for: 384/6 vs Berkshire at Finchampstead, 1994 (60 over match) and 384/8 vs Surrey at Beckenham, 2018 (50 over match)
- Highest total against: 380/5 by Middlesex at Canterbury, 2019 (50 over match)
- Lowest total for: 69 all out vs Somerset at Taunton, 1979
- Lowest total against: 60 all out by Derbyshire at Canterbury, 2008
Highest partnerships
The highest partnership for Kent was 241 runs for the 2nd wicket between Trevor Ward and Aravinda de Silva made against Surrey at Canterbury in 1995 in a 40 over match.[2]
| Highest partnership for each wicket | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership | Runs | Players | Opposition | Venue | Season | |
| 1st wicket | 229 | Trevor Ward | Mark Benson | v Surrey | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | 1995 |
| 2nd wicket | 241 | Trevor Ward | Aravinda de Silva | v Surrey | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | 1995 |
| 3rd wicket | 208 | Carl Hooper | Alan Wells | v Durham | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | 1998 |
| 4th wicket | 216* | Martin van Jaarsveld | Darren Stevens | v Surrey | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | 2008 |
| 5th wicket | 163 | Alan Ealham | Bernard Julien | v Leicestershire | Grace Road, Leicester | 1977 |
| 6th wicket | 226 | Nigel Llong | Matthew Fleming | v Cheshire | South Downs Road Cricket Ground, Bowdon | 1999 |
| 7th wicket | 88 | Matthew Fleming | Mark Ealham | v Yorkshire | Headingley, Leeds | 1992 |
| 8th wicket | 174 | Rob Key | James Tredwell | v Surrey | The Oval, London | 2007 |
| 9th wicket | 81 | John Shepherd | Derek Underwood | v Middlesex | Lord's, London | 1975 |
| 10th wicket | 64 | Matt Coles | Matt Hunn | v Surrey | The Oval, London | 2015 |
Individual batting records
Over 100 players have scored a century for Kent in List A cricket since the county began competing in this form of cricket in 1963. The first century for Kent was made by Colin Cowdrey against Suffolk in the 1966 Gillette Cup. Chris Tavaré, Robert Key, Martin van Jaarsveld and Joe Denly have all scored eight centuries in their Kent careers.[2]
The highest individual score for Kent is 150 not out made by Joe Denly in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup against Glamorgan in May 2018 at Canterbury.[6] Denly surpassed the innings of 147 made by Darren Stevens in the previous year's competition and Andrew Symonds' score of 146 in the 2004 National League.[2][7]
- Highest individual score: 150 Joe Denly vs Glamorgan at Canterbury, 2018 (50 over match)[6]
- Most runs in a season: 1,073 Trevor Ward, 1995
- Most career runs: 7,814 Mark Benson, 1980–1995
Individual bowling records
Long serving spin bowler Derek Underwood dominates Kent bowling records in List A cricket, leading the county in wickets taken and, with 530 wickets, is the only player with more than 400 wickets for Kent. Underwood also has the best bowling figures in Kent List A history, with Alan Dixon taking the second best figures for the county, and took five wickets in an innings eight times.[2] Three players have taken hat-tricks for Kent in List A cricket, Richard Ellison, Martin McCague and, most recently in 2015, Matt Coles.[2]
See also
References
- List A matches played by Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- Milton H (2016) 'Limited-Overs Records' in Reid J (ed) 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual, pp.236–242, Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club
- 'Matt Walker's Kent embark on a winter Caribbean odyssey', The Cricketer, February 2017. (Available online Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine)
- Kent, Hampshire invited for WI Regional Super50, CricInfo, 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- 2018 FGS Plant Tour squad announced, Kent County Cricket Club, 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- One-Day Cup: Denly stars as Kent beat Glamorgan by four wickets, BBC Sport, 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- Darren Stevens hits record one-day score as Kent Spitfires lose to Glamorgan in Royal London One-Day Cup, Kent Online, 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2017-05-15.