# Kent County Cricket Club in 2012

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. The club captain was former England batsman Rob Key who had been club captain since 2006. Brendan Nash joined Kent as their overseas player.
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. 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.

## Squad

Kent signed five players ahead of the 2012 season. Fast bowler Charlie Shreck joined from Nottinghamshire in September 2011. Veteran batsman Mike Powell signed for the county after spending 15 seasons with Glamorgan in November. Durham all-rounder Ben Harmison was the third new signing before the end of 2011 when he joined Kent in December. 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. Newman had dropped down the pecking order at Middlesex after the arrival of Joe Denly from Kent after the end of the 2011 season. 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. Simon Cook, who had also joined the county in 2005, retired from playing towards the end of the 2012 season.

### 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 ||||||
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | England | (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Alex Blake | England | (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Fabian Cowdrey | England | (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Rob Key | England | (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Club captain |
| Brendan Nash | Jamaica | (1977-12-14)14 December 1977 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Left arm medium | Overseas player |
| Scott Newman | England | (1979-11-03)3 November 1979 (aged 32) | Left-handed | Right arm medium | On loan from Middlesex |
| Sam Northeast | England | (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Chris Piesley | England | (1992-02-12)12 February 1992 (aged 20) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Mike Powell | Wales | (1977-02-03)3 February 1977 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Azhar Mahmood | Pakistan | (1975-02-28)28 February 1975 (aged 37) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | British citizen |
| Adam Ball | England | (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Left arm fast-medium | |
| Matt Coles | England | (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Ben Harmison | England | (1986-01-09)9 January 1986 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Darren Stevens | England | (1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Sam Billings | England | (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 20) | Right-handed | — | |
| Geraint Jones | England | (1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 32) | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Simon Cook | England | (1977-01-15)15 January 1977 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Mark Davies | England | (1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Ben Kemp | England | (1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Adam Riley | England | (1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Ashley Shaw | England | (1991-04-15)15 April 1991 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Left arm fast-medium | |
| Charlie Shreck | England | (1978-01-06)6 January 1978 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Ivan Thomas | England | (1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| James Tredwell | England | (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |

## 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 |
| Kent | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 40 | 0.0 | 170 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 40 | 0.0 | 153 |
| Essex | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 40 | 0.0 | 145 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 35 | 1.0 | 131 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 33 | 5.0 | 130 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 34 | 0.0 | 130 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 35 | 0.0 | 126 |
| Source: Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Matches
## Clydesdale Bank 40
### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Sussex Sharks | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 1.012 |
| 2 | Warwickshire Bears | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.660 |
| 3 | Kent Spitfires | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0.870 |
| 4 | Derbyshire Falcons | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | −0.438 |
| 5 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.006 |
| 6 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 7 | −0.568 |
| 7 | Unicorns | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | −1.545 |

### Matches
## Friends Life t20
### South Division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Sussex Sharks | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1.389 |
| 2 | Hampshire Royals | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0.693 |
| 3 | Essex Eagles | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −0.032 |
| 4 | Kent Spitfires | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.465 |
| 5 | Middlesex Panthers | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.210 |
| 6 | Surrey Lions | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.700 |

### 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 | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 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 |||||||||||||
List A (Clydesdale Bank 40) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 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 |||||||||||||
Twenty20 (Friends Life t20) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 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 |||||||||||||

### Bowling

First-class (County Championship and Tour match) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5w | 10w |
| 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 ||||||||||||||
List A (Clydesdale Bank 40) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
| 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 |||||||||||||
Twenty20 (Friends Life t20) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
| 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 |||||||||||||