Kent County Cricket Club in 2012 explained

Club:	Kent County Cricket Club
Season:	2012
Coach:	Jimmy Adams
Captain:	Rob Key
Overseas:	Brendan Nash
Ground:	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham
Comp1:	County Championship
Comp1 Result:	3rd, Division Two
Comp2:	Clydesdale Bank 40
Comp2 Result:	3rd, Group C
Comp3:	Friends Life t20
Comp3 Result:	4th, South Group
Most Runs:
Most Wickets:
Most Catches:
Most Dismissals:
Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

In 2012, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group C of the 40-over Clydesdale Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Life t20. Kent also hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against the touring South Africans. At the start of the season, Kent played a three-day MCC Universities match at Oxford MCCU, but this match did not have first-class status. It was the first season in charge for new head coach Jimmy Adams after the departure of Paul Farbrace who had been the club's Director of Cricket for two seasons.^[1] The club captain was former England batsman Rob Key who had been club captain since 2006. Brendan Nash joined Kent as their overseas player.^[2]

Kent finished third of nine in Division Two of the County Championship, narrowly missing out on promotion to Division One. The county performed well in the Clydesdale Bank 40, winning 7 out of 9 completed matches, but missed out on qualification for the knockout stages despite finishing level on points with group runners-up Warwickshire. A surprise loss to the Unicorns and a no result against the same opposition when rain forced an abandonment after Kent had restricted their opponents to just 177/8 ultimately proved costly, and Kent missed out on a semi-final appearance after losing their final match against Sussex.^{[3] [4] [5]} The Friends Life t20 campaign was disappointing for Kent, with the side winning just 4 out of 10 matches and finishing in 4th place (out of 6) in the South Group.

At international level, James Tredwell played One Day Internationals for England during the English summer, playing in a single match against Australia and later three matches against South Africa. Tredwell also played two First Class matches for the England Lions against Australia A. Matt Coles also played in one of these matches for the England Lions.^[6]

Squad

Kent signed five players ahead of the 2012 season. Fast bowler Charlie Shreck joined from Nottinghamshire in September 2011.^[7] Veteran batsman Mike Powell signed for the county after spending 15 seasons with Glamorgan in November.^[8] Durham all-rounder Ben Harmison was the third new signing before the end of 2011 when he joined Kent in December.^[9] Kent signed Australian-born West Indian batsman Brendan Nash as their overseas player for 2012 in March. The other addition to the squad saw batsman Scott Newman join on loan for the first two months of the season from Middlesex as cover for Daniel Bell-Drummond who was on England Under-19 duty.^[10] Newman had dropped down the pecking order at Middlesex after the arrival of Joe Denly from Kent after the end of the 2011 season.^[11] Denly had made his debut for Kent in 2004. In addition to Denly, Martin van Jaarsveld had also left the county after the 2011 season. He had been with Kent since 2005 and initially agreed to join Leicestershire, but later cancelled the deal and instead announced his retirement from county cricket in November 2011, citing fatigue.^[12] Simon Cook, who had also joined the county in 2005, retired from playing towards the end of the 2012 season.^[13]

Squad list

• Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 5 April 2012.

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
		April 5, 2012	Left-handed
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed		Club captain
		April 5, 2012	Left-handed		Overseas player
		April 5, 2012	Left-handed		On loan from Middlesex
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
		April 5, 2012	Left-handed
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
All-rounders
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed		British citizen
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
		April 5, 2012	Left-handed
Ben Harmison		April 5, 2012	Left-handed
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
Wicket-keepers
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed	—
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
Ben Kemp		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
		April 5, 2012	Right-handed
		April 5, 2012	Left-handed

County Championship

Division Two

Team	Pld	W	L	T	D	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Derbyshire (C)	16	6	2	0	8	0	31	43	0.0	194
Yorkshire (P)	16	5	0	0	11	0	41	40	0.0	194
	16	4	3	0	9	0	39	40	0.0	170
	16	4	5	0	7	0	28	40	0.0	153
	16	3	3	0	10	0	27	40	0.0	145
	16	3	6	0	6	1	28	35	1.0	131
	16	3	3	0	10	0	24	33	5.0	130
	16	2	5	0	9	0	37	34	0.0	130
	16	3	6	0	6	1	22	35	0.0	126
Source: Cricinfo^[14]

Matches

Other first-class match

Tour match

Clydesdale Bank 40

Matches

Friends Life t20

Matches

MCCU match

Kent's 3-day match against Oxford MCCU in May did not have first-class status.

Statistics

Batting

First-class (County Championship and Tour match)!Player!Matches!Innings!!Runs!!!!!!!!

Sam Northeast	12	19	2	969	165	57.00	53.00	3	6	1	112	3
Brendan Nash	16	24	5	908	132*	47.78	57.14	3	4	0	98	1
Rob Key	15	24	3	797	119	37.95	47.04	1	5	1	92	0
Mike Powell	17	21	4	695	134	40.88	44.38	2	3	4	87	1
Geraint Jones	16	20	4	677	88	42.31	52.03	0	7	1	74	3
Darren Stevens	16	20	0	619	123	30.95	61.71	2	2	3	89	2
Matt Coles	15	18	1	392	103*	23.05	72.45	1	1	4	47	9
Ben Harmison	12	17	1	325	46	20.31	40.72	0	0	0	36	1
James Tredwell	13	13	2	227	87	20.63	43.48	0	1	2	25	0
Mark Davies	15	16	4	227	58	18.91	47.48	0	1	2	30	8
Scott Newman	6	9	0	215	64	23.88	49.53	0	1	1	34	0
Alex Blake	5	8	1	164	73	23.42	44.56	0	1	1	24	0
Daniel Bell-Drummond	2	4	1	123	48*	41.00	51.89	0	0	1	19	0
Charlie Shreck	17	17	11	86	16	14.33	55.84	0	0	1	13	3
Azhar Mahmood	1	2	0	49	49	24.50	63.63	0	0	1	5	0
Simon Cook	2	2	0	28	15	14.00	51.85	0	0	0	4	0
Adam Riley	6	6	0	20	8	3.33	13.69	0	0	1	0	0
Sam Billings	1	1	0	13	13	13.00	46.42	0	0	0	1	0
Ivan Thomas	2	2	1	0	0*	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	0	0
Source: Cricinfo^[15]

List A (Clydesdale Bank 40)!Player!Matches!Innings!!Runs!!!!!!!!

Sam Billings	11	11	4	315	143	45.00	100.00	1	1	0	44	1
Rob Key	11	11	3	283	101	35.37	73.50	1	0	1	26	2
Sam Northeast	11	8	1	198	69	28.28	71.48	0	1	1	12	1
Darren Stevens	11	7	0	197	59	28.14	80.08	0	1	0	23	0
Brendan Nash	9	5	3	189	70*	94.50	95.45	0	2	0	12	0
Geraint Jones	11	6	5	152	52*	152.00	117.82	0	1	0	11	2
Alex Blake	8	7	1	77	18*	12.83	68.75	0	0	0	12	0
Azhar Mahmood	4	2	1	28	20*	28.00	93.33	0	0	0	3	1
James Tredwell	10	3	2	19	14	19.00	73.07	0	0	0	2	0
Mark Davies	9	1	1	3	3*	-	25.00	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Coles	9	1	0	2	2	2.00	28.57	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Ball	5	1	0	1	1	1.00	33.33	0	0	0	0	0
Simon Cook	7	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adam Riley	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Source:Cricinfo^[16]

Twenty20 (Friends Life t20)!Player!Matches!Innings!!Runs!!!!!!!!

Sam Billings	9	9	0	216	59	24.00	101.88	0	1	0	17	4
Darren Stevens	9	9	1	207	60	25.87	135.29	0	1	0	11	12
Sam Northeast	9	8	1	192	60	27.42	122.29	0	1	0	19	4
Rob Key	8	8	1	116	51*	16.57	91.33	0	1	0	12	2
Azhar Mahmood	8	8	0	110	30	13.75	98.21	0	0	1	7	3
Alex Blake	4	4	0	75	35	17.50	127.27	0	0	1	3	4
Brendan Nash	6	5	1	69	26	17.25	106.15	0	0	0	7	0
Geraint Jones	9	7	3	64	24*	16.00	101.58	0	0	0	2	2
Adam Ball	9	6	2	39	18	9.75	130.00	0	0	0	4	1
Matt Coles	6	5	2	31	14*	10.33	124.00	0	0	1	6	0
Simon Cook	4	4	3	30	19*	30.00	115.38	0	0	0	1	1
Mark Davies	9	4	1	15	13	5.00	83.33	0	0	2	1	0
Adam Riley	3	1	1	5	5*	-	125.00	0	0	0	0	0
James Tredwell	6	2	0	3	2	1.50	60.00	0	0	0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo^[17]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship and Tour match)!Player!Matches!Innings!Overs!Maidens!Runs!Wickets!!!!!!!

Charlie Shreck	17	27	526.3	122	1,544	58	5/41	9/140	26.62	2.93	54.4	2	0
Matt Coles	15	24	357.4	46	1,197	53	6/51	9/83	22.58	3.34	40.4	2	0
Mark Davies	15	24	368.3	128	699	36	5/27	7/58	19.41	1.89	61.4	1	0
Darren Stevens	16	23	304.3	63	840	35	5/35	6/46	24.00	2.75	52.2	1	0
James Tredwell	13	15	301	78	752	19	3/38	5/118	39.57	2.49	95.0	0	0
Adam Riley	6	8	81.4	19	301	7	2/43	3/111	43.00	3.68	70.0	0	0
Brendan Nash	16	10	28.5	1	72	4	1/2	1/2	18.00	2.49	43.2	0	0
Ivan Thomas	2	2	35.0	11	88	3	2/29	2/29	29.33	2.51	70.0	0	0
Azhar Mahmood	1	2	21.0	5	71	2	2/25	2/71	35.50	3.38	63.0	0	0
Simon Cook	2	1	12.0	5	19	1	1/19	1/19	19.00	1.58	72.0	0	0
Alex Blake	5	1	1.0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.00	-	0	0
Rob Key	15	2	4.0	1	27	0	-	-	-	6.75	-	0	0
Scott Newman	6	1	6.0	0	31	0	-	-	-	5.16	-	0	0
Ben Harmison	12	4	19.0	2	66	0	-	-	-	3/47	-	0	0
Source: Cricinfo^[18]

List A (Clydesdale Bank 40)!Player!Matches!Innings!Overs!Maidens!Runs!Wickets!!!!!!

Darren Stevens	11	11	74.1	2	326	20	5/36	16.30	4.39	22.2	1	1
Matt Coles	9	9	52.2	3	281	17	6/32	16.52	5.36	18.4	0	1
James Tredwell	10	10	61.4	1	300	13	4/24	23.07	4.86	28.4	1	0
Mark Davies	9	9	69.0	12	255	10	3/10	25.50	3.69	41.4	0	0
Simon Cook	7	7	39.0	0	187	5	2/30	37.40	4.79	46.8	0	0
Adam Ball	5	5	27.0	2	142	4	2/39	35.50	5.25	40.5	0	0
Azhar Mahmood	4	4	17.0	0	83	3	2/14	27.66	4.88	34.0	0	0
Brendan Nash	9	5	18.0	0	75	2	2/14	37.50	4.16	54.0	0	0
Adam Riley	2	2	4.0	0	19	0	-	-	4.75	-	0	0
Source:Cricinfo^[19]

Twenty20 (Friends Life t20)!Player!Matches!Innings!Overs!Maidens!Runs!Wickets!!!!!!

Adam Ball	9	9	28.3	0	217	12	2/18	18.08	7.61	14.2	0	0
Azhar Mahmood	8	8	24.2	0	212	10	3/12	21.20	8.71	14.6	0	0
Darren Stevens	9	9	22.0	0	135	7	3/13	19.28	6.13	18.8	0	0
Mark Davies	9	9	36.0	0	206	7	2/18	29.42	5.72	30.8	0	0
Simon Cook	4	4	14.0	0	103	4	3/41	25.75	7.35	21.0	0	0
James Tredwell	6	6	23.0	0	149	4	2/27	37.25	6.47	34.5	0	0
Matt Coles	6	6	16.0	0	192	4	2/46	48.00	12.00	24.0	0	0
Adam Riley	3	3	9.0	0	61	2	2/15	30.50	6.77	27.0	0	0
Brendan Nash	6	1	3.0	0	32	1	1/32	32.00	10.66	18.0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo^[20]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/kent/9598318.stm Joe Denly, Martin van Jaarsveld and coach Paul Farbrace leave Kent
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/17397432 Kent sign West Indian batsman Brendan Nash
3. http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/565574.html Querl stars as Unicorns win
4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/567414.html Rain denies Kent revenge shot
5. http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579654.html Wright, Prior blast Sussex into semis
6. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/542443.html Australia A tour of England, 2012
7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/14812025 Charlie Shreck leaves Nottinghamshire to join Kent
8. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/15836896 Former Glamorgan batsman Michael Powell joins Kent
9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/16255808 Kent snap up all-rounder Ben Harmison
10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/17341108 Middlesex opener Scott Newman joins Kent on loan
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20120403005235/http://www.middlesexccc.com/news-detail.asp?NewsID=2426 Joe Denly has signed for Middlesex
12. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/15797624 Martin van Jaarsveld cancels Leicestershire deal and retires
13. http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/simon-cook-calls-time-at-kent Simon Cook calls time at Kent
14. http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-championship-div2-2012/engine/series/542414.html?view=pointstable 2012 Championship Division Two points table
15. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=4;id=2012;team=1149;type=season Season 2012 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most runs
16. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=5;id=2012;team=1149;type=season Season 2012 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most runs
17. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=6;id=2012;team=1149;type=season Season 2012 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most runs
18. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=4;id=2012;team=1149;type=season Season 2012 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most wickets
19. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=5;id=2012;team=1149;type=season Season 2012 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most wickets
20. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/kent/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=6;id=2012;team=1149;type=season Season 2012 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most wickets