Kent County Cricket Club in 2007
In 2007, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division One of the County Championship , the South Conference 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 List A match against the touring Sri Lanka A team and a three-day match without first-class status against Cardiff UCCE , both at the St Lawrence Ground .
The team narrowly avoided relegation from Division One of the County Championship, with a number of matches affected by rain including one match in Worcester that was abandoned without a ball being bowled.[1] In List A cricket, Kent finished mid-table in both the South Conference of the Friends Provident Trophy and Division Two of the Natwest Pro40 (although they only missed out on promotion in the latter tournament by a single point).
The highlight of the season was victory at finals day of the Twenty20 Cup at Edgbaston on 4 August. Kent defeated Sussex in their semi-final by 5 wickets, and then later in the day beat Gloucestershire by 4 wickets – aided by a hat-trick by Ryan McLaren – to win the title for the first time.[2]
Squad
Rob Key was re-appointed as club captain ahead of the 2007 season.[3] Key lead a new-look squad, including overseas signing Yasir Arafat (the Pakistan all-rounder joined after having played for Sussex in 2006).[3] Yasir would be Kent's second overseas player for 2007, joining South African all-rounder Andrew Hall . Following the 2006 season, Kent had released former captain David Fulton , wicket-keeper Niall O'Brien and bowlers Simon Cusden , Matthew Dennington and David Stiff .[3]
Due to international commitments, Hall was away from the county during the group stage of the Twenty20 Cup in the second half of June and early July. Kent signed another South African, fast bowler Morné Morkel , to play in these eight T20 matches.[4] After returning for two County Championship matches, Hall then left the county again in late-July and this time was replaced by Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga on a short-term contract until the end of the season.[5]
Left-arm spinner Min Patel retained the vice-captaincy, but injury restricted him to just a single championship appearance plus the tour match against Sri Lanka A (in which he captained a mostly young side) and he retired at the end of the season. Patel made his debut for Kent in 1989, earned two Test caps for England in 1996, and took a total of 630 first class wickets as well as 88 in List A and 15 in Twenty20 cricket (he played very little limited overs cricket in the latter years of his career).[6] Patel had been at Kent throughout his career, also playing a short spell for Central Districts in New Zealand ahead of the 2006 English summer.
Squad list
Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 18 April 2007.
County Championship
Division One
Matches
16–19 April
v
Sussex won by 8 wickets
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Sussex 22, Kent 3
2–3 May
v
Kent won by an innings and 106 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 21, Sussex 3
9–12 May
v
Durham won by 157 runs
Durham won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Durham 22, Kent 8
23–26 May
v
Match drawn
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 7, Hampshire 9
30 May – 2 June
v
Kent won by an innings and 79 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Surrey 1, Kent 22
6–9 June
v
Match drawn
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 7, Yorkshire 11
15–18 June
v
Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Lancashire 22, Kent 3
8–11 July
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
No toss
Rescheduled for 30 July,[1] cancelled 26 July
Points: Worcestershire 4, Kent 4
20–23 July
v
Match drawn
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 12, Warwickshire 6
25–28 July
v
Match drawn
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Yorkshire 12, Kent 11
8–9 August
v
Surrey won by 4 wickets
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 3, Surrey 18
14–17 August
v
Match drawn
Warwickshire who the toss and elected to bat
No play on days 1 or 2 due to rain
Points: Warwickshire 6, Kent 12
21–24 August
v
Match drawn
Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field
No play on days 1, 2 or 3 due to rain
Points: Kent 4, Worcestershire 4
28–31 August
v
Match drawn
Lancashire won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 10, Lancashire 10
11–13 September
v
Kent won by 10 wickets
6/0 (0.3 overs)
JL Denly 6* (3) 282 (100.4 overs)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Hampshire 3, Kent 22
19–21 September
v
Durham won by 8 wickets
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 4, Durham 20SA Northeast made his first-class debut
Friends Provident Trophy
South Conference
Matches
22 April
v
Surrey won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
29 April
v
Kent won by 58 runs
Ireland won the toss and elected to field
Points: Ireland 0, Kent 2
6 May
v
(H) Essex 237/7 (49.4 overs)
Kent won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Essex won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Essex 0, Kent 2
7 May
v
(H) Kent 202/5 (29.2 overs)
Kent won by 5 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) (D/L method)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Match reduced to 41 overs per side before play began; further rain in the lunch break reduced Kent's inning to 32 overs with a D/L target of 200 runs
Points: Kent 2, Middlesex 0
20 May
v
(H) Kent 87/1 (11.4 overs)
Kent won by 9 wickets (with 230 balls remaining)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 2, Glamorgan 0
27 May
v
No result (match abandoned without a toss)
No toss
Points: Somerset 1, Kent 1
3 June
v
Kent won by 112 runs
Sussex won the toss and elected to field
Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2
10 June
v
Hampshire won by 2 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 0, Hampshire 2
13 June
v
Gloucestershire won by 40 runs
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 0, Gloucestershire 2
NatWest Pro40
Division Two
Matches
14 July
v
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 39 balls remaining)
Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Leicestershire 0, Kent 2
29 July
v
Kent won by 10 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Derbyshire 0, Kent 2
12 August
v
(H) Kent 204/7 (38.5 overs)
Kent won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Durham won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 2, Durham 0
26 August
v
Middlesex won by 36 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0
27 August
v
Somerset won by 2 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 0, Somerset 2
4 September
v
Surrey won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 0, Surrey 2AJ Blake made his List A debut
178/8 (40 overs)
v
179/2 (29.5 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets (with 61 balls remaining)
Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Glamorgan 0, Kent 2
9 September
v
Kent won by 13 runs
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 2, Yorkshire 0
Other List A match
Tour match
Twenty20 Cup
South Division
Matches
22 June
v
Match tied
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Hampshire 1, Kent 1
23 June
v
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Rain stopped the Kent inning after 5.1 overs, and Essex were set a D/L) target of 50 to win from 5 overs
Points: Kent 2, Essex 0
26 June
v
Sussex won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Kent 0, Sussex 2
27 June
v
No result
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
Rain stopped play before the start of Kent's innings
Points: Middlesex 1, Kent 1
29 June
v
Kent won by 42 runs
Essex won the toss and elected to field
Points: Essex 0, Kent 2
2 July
v
Surrey won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
Surrey won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 0, Surrey 2
4 July
v
Kent won by 26 runs
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field
Points: Kent 2, Middlesex 0
6 July
v
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Surrey 0, Kent 2
Quarter-finals
17–18 July
v
Kent won by 9 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat
Reserve day was used due to rain
Kent advanced to the semi-finals
Semi-finals
4 August
v
Kent won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
Sussex won the toss and elected to bat
Kent advanced to the final
Final
4 August
v
Kent won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Kent won the toss and elected to field
Kent won the 2007 Twenty20 Cup[2] R McLaren took a hat-trick
UCCE match
Kent's 3-day match against Cardiff UCCE in April did not have first-class status.
25–27 April
v
Kent won by an innings and 10 runs
Kent won the toss and elected to bat
Match did not have first-class status
Statistics
Batting
Bowling
First-class (County Championship)
Player
Matches
Innings
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Ryan McLaren
15
21
316.0
58
1,079
44
5/24
8/70
24.52
3.41
43.0
1
0
James Tredwell
14
19
415.3
76
1,285
36
6/47
8/95
35.69
3.09
69.2
1
0
Yasir Arafat
10
15
238.5
44
882
27
5/63
9/153
32.66
3.69
53.0
1
0
Simon Cook
12
20
242.4
58
740
22
6/35
6/66
33.63
3.04
66.1
1
0
Martin Saggers
7
10
156.4
36
463
19
5/43
6/65
24.36
2.95
49.4
1
0
Andrew Hall
7
12
163.0
27
610
15
5/59
5/135
40.66
3.74
65.2
1
0
Darren Stevens
11
13
112.5
24
305
12
3/91
4/32
25.41
2.70
56.4
0
0
Joe Denly
15
11
67.1
15
203
6
2/13
2/13
33.83
3.02
67.1
0
0
Martin van Jaarsveld
15
5
20.2
4
68
5
2/17
2/17
13.60
3.34
24.4
0
0
Robbie Joseph
3
6
57.0
11
233
3
3/78
3/94
77.66
4.08
114.0
0
0
Lasith Malinga
4
5
40.0
2
197
2
1/40
1/40
98.50
4.92
120.0
0
0
Matt Walker
12
1
2.0
0
10
1
1/10
1/10
10.00
5.00
12.0
0
0
Neil Dexter
8
3
13.0
0
72
1
1/35
1/35
72.00
5.53
78.0
0
0
Min Patel
1
2
31.0
4
107
1
1/17
1/107
107.00
3.45
186.0
0
0
Geraint Jones
15
1
2.0
0
14
0
-
-
-
7.00
-
0
0
Robert Key
15
2
7.0
0
33
0
-
-
-
4.71
-
0
0
Source: Cricinfo[10]
List A (Friends Provident Trophy, NatWest Pro40 and Tour match)
Player
Matches
Innings
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Simon Cook
16
16
132.5
8
624
27
4/25
23.11
4.69
29.5
1
0
James Tredwell
17
16
127.3
4
646
19
2/20
34.00
5.06
40.2
0
0
Yasir Arafat
10
10
82.3
6
386
18
3/20
21.44
4.67
27.5
0
0
Ryan McLaren
13
12
91.0
4
457
17
4/29
26.88
5.02
32.1
2
0
Martin Saggers
7
7
52.5
9
203
11
4/25
18.45
3.84
28.8
1
0
Darren Stevens
15
8
40.0
1
153
9
3/15
17.00
3.82
26.6
0
0
Andrew Hall
7
7
52.5
4
240
9
2/12
26.66
4.54
35.2
0
0
Martin van Jaarsveld
17
9
35.0
1
169
7
3/43
24.14
4.82
30.0
0
0
Neil Dexter
8
5
33.0
1
160
4
3/27
40.00
4.84
49.5
0
0
Robbie Joseph
2
2
20.0
0
100
3
3/50
33.33
5.00
40.0
0
0
Tom Parsons
1
1
6.0
0
41
2
2/41
20.50
6.83
18.0
0
0
Lasith Malinga
3
3
23.4
0
145
2
1/44
72.50
6.12
71.0
0
0
James Iles
1
1
6.0
0
27
1
1/27
27.00
4.50
36.0
0
0
Alex Blake
3
2
12.0
1
61
1
1/25
61.00
5.08
72.0
0
0
Joe Denly
15
1
1.0
0
6
0
-
-
6.00
-
0
0
Source:Cricinfo[11]
References
^ a b New Road match rescheduled by ECB , Cricnfo, 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
^ a b Twenty20 Cup finals day , BBC Sport, 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
^ a b c Key keeps job as Kent sign Arafat , BBC Sport, 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
^ Kent sign up South African Morkel , BBC Sport, 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
^ Malinga pens short-term Kent deal , BBC Sport, 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
^ Min Patel announces retirement , Cricinfo, 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most runs , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most runs , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most runs , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most wickets , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most wickets , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most wickets , ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
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