# Kent County Cricket Club in 2014

In 2014, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group B of the 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup and the South Group of the NatWest t20 Blast. Kent also hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against Loughborough MCCU at the start of the season. It was the third season in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams. The club captain was former England batsmen Rob Key, who resumed the captaincy after James Tredwell had spent one season in the role. Australia bowler Doug Bollinger signed for the club for the 2014 season. Other new additions to the squad included fast bowlers Mitchell Claydon – who had a load spell with Kent in 2013 – from Durham, David Griffiths from Hampshire and former Kent player Robbie Joseph.
With young off-spinner Adam Riley getting an extended run in the side, James Tredwell signed a short-term loan deal with Sussex in order to play first-class cricket in Division One of the County Championship. He continued to play List A and T20 cricket for Kent during this time.
Kent had a slightly better season than in 2013, but remained struggling in mid-table of the County Championship Division Two and again made little impact in the NatWest t20 Blast. They did however reach the semi-finals of the Royal London One-Day Cup, where they were beaten by Warwickshire.
Bowler Mark Davies was forced to retire from playing in September after failing to recover from a shoulder injury. At the end of the season, and having lost his place in the first team to Sam Billings, former England wicket-keeper Geraint Jones left the county to join Gloucestershire as four-day captain after 15 seasons with Kent.
James Tredwell continued to earn international recognition for England in 2014, taking 23 wickets in 20 One Day Internationals (taking his total to 59 wickets in 44 ODIs) and 4 wickets in 10 T20 Internationals (for a career total of 7 wickets in 17 T20Is). Tredwell featured in all of England's matches at the 2014 World Twenty20.

## Squad

* No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
* Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 6 April 2014.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| 4 | Rob Key | England | (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Club captain |
| 10 | Alex Blake | England | (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 17 | Sam Northeast | England | (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Vice-captain |
| 23 | Daniel Bell-Drummond | England | (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| 30 | Fabian Cowdrey | England | (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 40 | Brendan Nash | Jamaica | (1977-12-14)14 December 1977 (aged 36) | Left-handed | Left arm medium | Kolpak Registration |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 3 | Darren Stevens | England | (1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 37) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| 21 | Ben Harmison | England | (1986-01-09)9 January 1986 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 24 | Adam Ball | England | (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Left arm fast-medium | |
| 25 | Calum Haggett | England | (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 26 | Matt Coles | England | (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 9 | Geraint Jones | England | (1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 34) | Right-handed | — | |
| 20 | Sam Billings | England | (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 22) | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers |||||||
| 5 | Ivan Thomas | England | (1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 6 | Doug Bollinger | Australia | (1981-07-24)24 July 1981 (aged 32) | Left-handed | Left arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
| 8 | Mitchell Claydon | England | (1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 11 | Imran Qayyum | England | (1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 12 | Robbie Joseph | England | (1982-01-20)20 January 1982 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | |
| 14 | Matt Hunn | England | (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| 15 | James Tredwell | England | (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 32) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
| 18 | David Griffiths | England | (1985-11-10)10 November 1985 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| 19 | Sam Weller | England | (1994-11-21)21 November 1994 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| 22 | Charlie Hartley | England | (1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 31 | Mark Davies | England | (1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| 33 | Adam Riley | England | (1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |

## County Championship
### Division Two

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
| Hampshire (C) | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 50 | 38 | 0 | 240 |
| Worcestershire (P) | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 47 | 0 | 237 |
| Essex | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 45 | 0 | 229 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 41 | 0 | 188 |
| Surrey | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 44 | 3 | 183 |
| Kent | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 0 | 171 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 163 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 41 | 0 | 153 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 42 | 0 | 108 |
Source:

### Matches
## Royal London One-Day Cup
### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0.364 |
| 2 | Kent Spitfires | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0.245 |
| 3 | Warwickshire Bears | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.343 |
| 4 | Durham | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.212 |
| 5 | Glamorgan | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.230 |
| 6 | Somerset | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.067 |
| 7 | Middlesex Panthers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −0.280 |
| 8 | Sussex Sharks | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.501 |
| 9 | Surrey | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −0.643 |

### Semi-finals
## Other List A Matches
### Tour Matches

2014 Sri Lanka tour of England

## NatWest t20 Blast
### South Group

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Essex Eagles | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.401 |
| 2 | Surrey | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.426 |
| 3 | Hampshire | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.136 |
| 4 | Glamorgan | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0.145 |
| 5 | Somerset | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | −0.107 |
| 6 | Kent Spitfires | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | −0.229 |
| 7 | Sussex Sharks | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.022 |
| 8 | Gloucestershire Gladiators | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −0.362 |
| 9 | Middlesex Panthers | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −0.457 |

### Matches
## Statistics
### Batting

First-class (County Championship and MCCU match) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | 17 | 29 | 3 | 1,058 | 153 | 40.69 | 41.53 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 137 | 1 |
| Brendan Nash | 16 | 26 | 2 | 926 | 126 | 38.58 | 61.73 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 122 | 7 |
| Sam Northeast | 15 | 25 | 1 | 905 | 128 | 37.70 | 52.80 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 109 | 3 |
| Darren Stevens | 17 | 27 | 2 | 904 | 105 | 36.16 | 72.72 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 122 | 19 |
| Sam Billings | 17 | 25 | 3 | 755 | 92 | 34.31 | 56.46 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 103 | 3 |
| Ben Harmison | 16 | 25 | 1 | 693 | 125 | 28.87 | 43.39 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 97 | 1 |
| Rob Key | 16 | 27 | 1 | 561 | 126 | 21.57 | 48.11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 67 | 1 |
| Mitchell Claydon | 16 | 22 | 2 | 291 | 77 | 14.55 | 58.43 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 3 |
| Adam Ball | 9 | 10 | 2 | 268 | 50 | 33.50 | 44.66 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 |
| Adam Riley | 15 | 20 | 9 | 132 | 23* | 12.00 | 30.13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Calum Haggett | 4 | 7 | 0 | 119 | 44 | 17.00 | 44.07 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Bollinger | 8 | 9 | 5 | 91 | 33* | 22.75 | 81.98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Fabian Cowdrey | 4 | 7 | 0 | 85 | 21 | 12.14 | 38.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 4 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 29 | 11.57 | 48.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Robbie Joseph | 7 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 29* | 14.00 | 41.66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| David Griffiths | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 9.00 | 35.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Hartley | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.66 | 4.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Hunn | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0* | - | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo |||||||||||||
List A (Royal London One-Day Cup and Tour matches) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| Sam Billings | 11 | 9 | 3 | 490 | 135* | 81.66 | 147.14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 17 |
| Sam Northeast | 10 | 10 | 0 | 432 | 132 | 43.20 | 72.36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 1 |
| Fabian Cowdrey | 10 | 10 | 1 | 329 | 75 | 36.55 | 79.46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | 8 | 8 | 0 | 241 | 83 | 30.12 | 76.50 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| Alex Blake | 10 | 9 | 1 | 141 | 60 | 17.62 | 74.21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Darren Stevens | 10 | 9 | 1 | 141 | 62* | 17.62 | 73.82 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Ben Harmison | 8 | 8 | 1 | 128 | 43 | 18.28 | 74.85 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Rob Key | 4 | 4 | 0 | 88 | 47 | 22.00 | 70.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| James Tredwell | 8 | 6 | 3 | 77 | 38* | 25.66 | 95.06 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Calum Haggett | 7 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 36 | 11.00 | 96.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Brendan Nash | 5 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 21 | 9.75 | 58.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Adam Ball | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 16.00 | 69.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mitchell Claydon | 9 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 4.80 | 70.58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Bollinger | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12* | 15.00 | 125.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| David Griffiths | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12* | 15.00 | 35.71 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hartley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4.50 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Adam Riley | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5* | 5.00 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie Joseph | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source:Cricinfo |||||||||||||
Twenty20 (NatWest t20 Blast) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| Rob Key | 12 | 12 | 1 | 384 | 89* | 34.90 | 152.98 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 12 |
| Sam Northeast | 14 | 14 | 1 | 358 | 75 | 27.53 | 137.16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 |
| Darren Stevens | 14 | 14 | 1 | 351 | 71 | 27.00 | 158.82 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Alex Blake | 14 | 14 | 4 | 311 | 58* | 31.10 | 140.72 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 16 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | 14 | 14 | 0 | 264 | 59 | 18.85 | 114.28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 |
| Sam Billings | 14 | 14 | 2 | 210 | 33 | 17.50 | 137.25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
| Fabian Cowdrey | 6 | 6 | 0 | 99 | 55 | 16.50 | 98.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Adam Ball | 11 | 7 | 2 | 67 | 18 | 13.40 | 91.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Ben Harmison | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18* | 11.50 | 104.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| David Griffiths | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18* | - | 128.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Tredwell | 12 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 6.00 | 94.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Riley | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4.50 | 81.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitchell Claydon | 12 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5* | 1.75 | 41.17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Bollinger | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2.00 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo |||||||||||||

### Bowling

First-class (County Championship and MCCU match) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5w | 10w |
| Mitchell Claydon | 16 | 28 | 525.1 | 93 | 1,761 | 59 | 5/61 | 9/151 | 29.84 | 3.35 | 53.4 | 3 | 0 |
| Darren Stevens | 17 | 29 | 526.4 | 123 | 1,553 | 56 | 6/64 | 9/89 | 27.73 | 2.94 | 56.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Adam Riley | 15 | 24 | 460.4 | 79 | 1,564 | 48 | 5/78 | 9/155 | 32.58 | 3.39 | 57.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Bollinger | 8 | 15 | 241.4 | 54 | 713 | 27 | 5/29 | 7/81 | 26.40 | 2.95 | 53.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Robbie Joseph | 7 | 11 | 161.0 | 32 | 520 | 14 | 3/43 | 5/92 | 37.14 | 3.22 | 69.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 4 | 6 | 139.0 | 22 | 426 | 11 | 4/102 | 8/212 | 38.72 | 3.06 | 75.8 | 0 | 0 |
| David Griffiths | 2 | 3 | 48.3 | 7 | 174 | 8 | 6/63 | 6/85 | 21.75 | 3.58 | 36.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Ball | 9 | 11 | 95.2 | 11 | 364 | 7 | 2/29 | 2/29 | 52.00 | 3.81 | 81.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hartley | 2 | 4 | 48.0 | 6 | 190 | 5 | 2/40 | 3/91 | 38.00 | 3.95 | 57.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Haggett | 4 | 8 | 94.0 | 9 | 353 | 5 | 2/48 | 3/110 | 70.60 | 3.75 | 112.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Cowdrey | 4 | 1 | 12.4 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 3/59 | 3/59 | 19.66 | 4.65 | 25.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Harmison | 16 | 8 | 35.1 | 3 | 141 | 3 | 2/26 | 2/26 | 47.00 | 4.00 | 70.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Hunn | 2 | 4 | 36.0 | 6 | 155 | 3 | 1/7 | 2/82 | 51.66 | 4.30 | 72.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Nash | 16 | 7 | 27.0 | 3 | 106 | 1 | 1/15 | 1/15 | 106.00 | 3.92 | 162.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Billings | 17 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 24.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Northeast | 15 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Key | 16 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo ||||||||||||||
List A (Royal London One-Day Cup and Tour matches) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
| Doug Bollinger | 7 | 7 | 59.4 | 1 | 364 | 15 | 5/35 | 24.26 | 6.10 | 23.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Mitchell Claydon | 9 | 9 | 73.5 | 2 | 428 | 14 | 3/26 | 30.57 | 5.79 | 31.6 | 0 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 8 | 8 | 73.0 | 4 | 336 | 9 | 4/27 | 37.33 | 4.60 | 48.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Darren Stevens | 10 | 10 | 73.0 | 4 | 347 | 9 | 2/11 | 38.55 | 4.75 | 48.6 | 0 | 0 |
| David Griffiths | 4 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 187 | 7 | 3/49 | 26.71 | 5.58 | 28.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Harmison | 8 | 4 | 25.2 | 1 | 108 | 6 | 3/40 | 18.00 | 4.26 | 25.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Cowdrey | 10 | 10 | 43.0 | 1 | 232 | 5 | 2/28 | 46.40 | 5.39 | 51.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie Joseph | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 4/58 | 14.50 | 5.80 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Riley | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | 0 | 178 | 4 | 1/30 | 44.50 | 5.23 | 51.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Haggett | 7 | 6 | 36.0 | 0 | 214 | 4 | 2/54 | 53.50 | 5.94 | 54.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hartley | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 104 | 2 | 1/51 | 52.00 | 5.77 | 54.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Ball | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 1/58 | 58.00 | 5.80 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | 8 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 7.50 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Thomas | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | - | 5.22 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Source:Cricinfo |||||||||||||
Twenty20 (NatWest t20 Blast) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
| Darren Stevens | 14 | 14 | 46.0 | 2 | 350 | 18 | 4/17 | 19.44 | 7.60 | 15.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Bollinger | 9 | 9 | 30.0 | 0 | 236 | 15 | 3/19 | 15.73 | 7.86 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Claydon | 12 | 12 | 38.0 | 0 | 311 | 13 | 3/24 | 23.92 | 8.18 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 12 | 12 | 41.3 | 0 | 313 | 11 | 2/12 | 28.45 | 7.54 | 22.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Riley | 9 | 8 | 26.0 | 0 | 213 | 9 | 4/22 | 23.66 | 8.19 | 17.3 | 1 | 0 |
| David Griffiths | 7 | 7 | 19.1 | 0 | 170 | 8 | 4/22 | 21.25 | 8.86 | 14.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Harmison | 6 | 5 | 15.0 | 1 | 168 | 7 | 3/35 | 24.00 | 11.20 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Ball | 11 | 10 | 26.3 | 0 | 264 | 4 | 1/7 | 66.00 | 9.96 | 39.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Cowdrey | 6 | 4 | 14.5 | 0 | 116 | 3 | 2/28 | 38.66 | 7.82 | 29.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo |||||||||||||