Kent County Cricket Club in 2007 explained

Club:Kent County Cricket Club
Season:2007
Coach: Graham Ford
Captain: Rob Key
Overseas: Yasir Arafat
Andrew Hall (May–July)
Lasith Malinga (August)
Morné Morkel (June–July; Twenty20 only)
Overseastitle:Overseas players
Ground:St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
County Ground, Beckenham
Comp1:County Championship
Comp1 Result:7th, Division One
Comp2:Friends Provident Trophy
Comp2 Result:4th, South Conference
Comp3:Natwest Pro40
Comp3 Result:5th, Division Two
Comp4:Twenty20 Cup
Comp4 Result:Champions
Most Runs:

Most Wickets:

Most Catches:

Most Dismissals:

Prevseason:2006
Nextseason:2008

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). 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.

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

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
April 18, 2007 Left-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed Club captain
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed Kolpak player
April 18, 2007 Left-handed
All-rounders
April 18, 2007 Right-handed Overseas player (until late July)
April 18, 2007 Left-handed Kolpak player
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
April 18, 2007 Right-handed —
April 18, 2007 Right-handed —
Bowlers
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed Overseas player (replaced Andrew Hall from late July)
April 18, 2007 Left-handed Overseas player (Twenty20 Cup group stage only)
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Right-handed Vice-captain
April 18, 2007 Right-handed
April 18, 2007 Left-handed

County Championship

Division One

width=175 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wwidth=20 abbr="Tied" Twidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=20 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=20 abbr="Abandoned" Awidth=20 abbr="Batting Bonus Points" Batwidth=20 abbr="Bowling Bonus Points" Bwlwidth=30 abbr="Adjustments" Adjwidth=20 abbr="Points" Pts
Sussex167035137430202
Durham16705403847 - 1½197½
Lancashire165028140440190
Surrey16504614140 - 1178
Hampshire165038032430177
Yorkshire164048049380175
Kent163057143360153
Warwickshire162059040380139
Worcestershire16108521835095

Matches

Friends Provident Trophy

South Conference

width=175 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wwidth=20 abbr="Tied" Twidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=20 abbr="No result" NRwidth=20 abbr="Points" Ptswidth=20 abbr="Net run rate" NRR
Hampshire Hawks9611114+0.315
Essex Eagles9602113+1.050
Gloucestershire Gladiators9602113+0.125
Kent Spitfires9503111+0.889
Surrey Brown Caps9403210+0.779
Somerset Sabres9413110+0.198
Middlesex Crusaders930517-0.377
Sussex Sharks920526-0.687
Glamorgan Dragons900633-1.416
Ireland900633-1.793

Matches

NatWest Pro40

Division Two

TeamPWLTNRNRRPts
1. Durham Dynamos86200+1.31112
2. Somerset Sabres85201+0.69011
3. Middlesex Crusaders85300+0.48210
4. Surrey Brown Caps85300+0.40010
5. Kent Spitfires85300+0.26310
6. Yorkshire Phoenix84301-0.2299
7. Leicestershire Foxes83401-0.3937
8. Derbyshire Phantoms81700-1.0402
9. Glamorgan Dragons80701-2.3781

Matches

Other List A match

Tour match

Twenty20 Cup

Final

UCCE match

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

Statistics

Batting

First-class (County Championship)!Player!Matches!Innings!!Runs!!!!!!!!
Rob Key152531,25018256.8151.465421581
Martin van Jaarsveld152311,01116645.9555.1853412513
Joe Denly15253902115*41.0058.412511343
Matt Walker1218073315740.7249.96321933
Darren Stevens1117062817436.9461.682208510
Geraint Jones15213623106*34.6160.19231804
James Tredwell14192454116*26.7048.86122621
Yasir Arafat1013136912230.7569.49201461
Neil Dexter81023508643.7549.57031522
Ryan McLaren1518527254*20.9253.86014295
Andrew Hall71012647729.3355.34020360
Simon Cook1214515150*16.7761.13012192
Min Patel120675233.50101.5101090
Robbie Joseph3546036*60.0062.5000034
Martin Saggers77147167.8352.2200281
Lasith Malinga43113126.5020.0000100
Sam Northeast120552.5029.4100110
Source: Cricinfo[7]
List A (Friends Provident Trophy, NatWest Pro40 and Tour match)!Player!Matches!Innings!!Runs!!!!!!!!
Rob Key1615169510849.6483.533207310
Martin van Jaarsveld1715242886*32.9287.52032426
Darren Stevens1514331985*29.0093.00020434
Matt Walker151112768327.6068.31021281
Andrew Hall77126912344.8389.36110341
Joe Denly15131255102*21.2573.27112296
James Tredwell171142438834.7190.33020216
Geraint Jones171422354519.5871.42001230
Ryan McLaren1311320278*25.2593.95012156
Simon Cook161031214917.2898.37001133
Yasir Arafat10624426*11.0059.4500040
Neil Dexter85138149.5061.2900030
Alex Blake3221511*-62.5000000
Martin Saggers73252*5.0041.6600000
Lasith Malinga31111*-50.0000000
Paul Dixey10----------
James Goodman10----------
James Iles10----------
Robbie Joseph20----------
Sam Northeast10----------
Tom Parsons10----------
Min Patel10----------
Source:Cricinfo[8]
Twenty20 (Twenty20 Cup)!Player!Matches!Innings!!Runs!!!!!!!!
Rob Key66228268*70.50127.02040296
Joe Denly1110127963*31.00118.72010354
Matt Walker10801614520.12111.80000173
Martin van Jaarsveld1110314842*21.14106.47000112
Ryan McLaren118512846*42.66131.95001132
Darren Stevens117212746*25.40109.48001130
Geraint Jones11726224*12.4088.5700132
Neil Dexter6214531*45.00125.0000060
Simon Cook11112525*-192.3000021
Yasir Arafat114319719.00100.0000010
James Tredwell112013126.5081.2500010
Andrew Hall10----------
Lasith Malinga20----------
Morné Morkel80----------
Source: Cricinfo[9]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship)!Player!Matches!Innings!Overs!Maidens!Runs!Wickets!!!!!!!
Ryan McLaren1521316.0581,079445/248/7024.523.4143.010
James Tredwell1419415.3761,285366/478/9535.693.0969.210
Yasir Arafat1015238.544882275/639/15332.663.6953.010
Simon Cook1220242.458740226/356/6633.633.0466.110
Martin Saggers710156.436463195/436/6524.362.9549.410
Andrew Hall712163.027610155/595/13540.663.7465.210
Darren Stevens1113112.524305123/914/3225.412.7056.400
Joe Denly151167.11520362/132/1333.833.0267.100
Martin van Jaarsveld15520.246852/172/1713.603.3424.400
Robbie Joseph3657.01123333/783/9477.664.08114.000
Lasith Malinga4540.0219721/401/4098.504.92120.000
Matt Walker1212.001011/101/1010.005.0012.000
Neil Dexter8313.007211/351/3572.005.5378.000
Min Patel1231.0410711/171/107107.003.45186.000
Geraint Jones1512.00140---7.00-00
Rob Key1527.00330---4.71-00
Source: Cricinfo[10]
List A (Friends Provident Trophy, NatWest Pro40 and Tour match)!Player!Matches!Innings!Overs!Maidens!Runs!Wickets!!!!!!
Simon Cook1616132.58624274/2523.114.6929.510
James Tredwell1716127.34646192/2034.005.0640.200
Yasir Arafat101082.36386183/2021.444.6727.500
Ryan McLaren131291.04457174/2926.885.0232.120
Martin Saggers7752.59203114/2518.453.8428.810
Darren Stevens15840.0115393/1517.003.8226.600
Andrew Hall7752.5424092/1226.664.5435.200
Martin van Jaarsveld17935.0116973/4324.144.8230.000
Neil Dexter8533.0116043/2740.004.8449.500
Robbie Joseph2220.0010033/5033.335.0040.000
Tom Parsons116.004122/4120.506.8318.000
Lasith Malinga3323.4014521/4472.506.1271.000
James Iles116.002711/2727.004.5036.000
Alex Blake3212.016111/2561.005.0872.000
Joe Denly1511.0060--6.00-00
Source:Cricinfo[11]
Twenty20 (Twenty20 Cup)!Player!Matches!Innings!Overs!Maidens!Runs!Wickets!!!!!!
Simon Cook111139.50275173/2116.176.9014.000
Yasir Arafat111132.30280143/2420.008.6113.900
Morné Morkel8829.02184113/2416.726.3415.800
Ryan McLaren111131.50250113/2222.727.8517.300
Darren Stevens11617.008664/1414.335.0517.010
James Tredwell11928.0018762/1931.166.6728.000
Lasith Malinga227.407443/3018.509.6511.500
Andrew Hall113.002522/2512.508.339.000
Martin van Jaarsveld1112.00911/99.004.5012.000
Neil Dexter612.00270--13.50-00
Source: Cricinfo[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.espncricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/301587.html New Road match rescheduled by ECB
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/6931560.stm Twenty20 Cup finals day
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/kent/5373744.stm Key keeps job as Kent sign Arafat
  4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/kent/6768711.stm Kent sign up South African Morkel
  5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/kent/6926709.stm Malinga pens short-term Kent deal
  6. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/336752.html?object=18458 Min Patel announces retirement
  7. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=4;id=2007;team=1149;type=season Season 2007 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most runs
  8. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=5;id=2007;team=1149;type=season Season 2007 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most runs
  9. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=6;id=2007;team=1149;type=season Season 2007 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most runs
  10. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=4;id=2007;team=1149;type=season Season 2007 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most wickets
  11. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=5;id=2007;team=1149;type=season Season 2007 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most wickets
  12. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=6;id=2007;team=1149;type=season Season 2007 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most wickets

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