# Kent County Cricket Club in 2013

In 2013, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group A of the 40-over Yorkshire Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Life t20. Kent also hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against Cardiff MCCU at the start of the season and a T20 match against the touring New Zealanders in June. It was the second season in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams. The club captain was England spinner James Tredwell, taking over from Rob Key who had been club captain since 2006. Brendan Nash registered as a Kolpak player, ending his West Indies international career, which allowed Kent to sign another overseas player. South African fast bowler Vernon Philander filled this role, although he was only with the club for a short spell in July. Another new addition to the squad was 22-year-old Calum Haggett from Somerset. Shortly before the end of the season, Kent signed two young fast bowlers: Charlie Hartley and Matt Hunn (Matt Hunn made his debut in the final county championship match of 2013). In addition, Mitchell Claydon joined on loan from Durham on 11 June initially for one month, but this was extended for a second month (he later signed on a permanent basis for 2014).
Kent endured a difficult season, finishing seventh of nine in Division two of the County Championship (despite only losing twice; 11 of their 16 matches were drawn) and making little impact on the List A Yorkshire Bank 40 competition (won 6, lost 6) or the Friends Life t20 (won 3, lost 7).
23-year-old all-rounder Matt Coles joined Hampshire on loan in August before signing a three-year contract with them in September. Batsman Mike Powell announced his retirement in September after two years with Kent (and previously 15 years with Glamorgan). Despite being Kent's leading wicket taker in the County Championship in 2013, Charlie Shreck was not offered a new contract and he later signed for Leicestershire.
James Tredwell received further international recognition for England, playing in all five One Day Internationals of the January 2013 tour of India, and a further 10 ODIs during the English summer - including the final of the 2013 Champions Trophy. Tredwell took a total of 25 wickets in these matches, taking his tally to 36 wickets in 24 ODIs. He also took 2 wickets in 5 T20 Internationals (taking his total to 3 wickets in 7 T20Is), and was made captain for the second home T20I against New Zealand.

## 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, 10 April 2013.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| 4 | Rob Key | England | (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Club captain |
| 10 | Alex Blake | England | (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 14 | Mike Powell | Wales | (1977-02-03)3 February 1977 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| 17 | Sam Northeast | England | (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Vice-captain |
| 23 | Daniel Bell-Drummond | England | (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| 30 | Fabian Cowdrey | England | (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 40 | Brendan Nash | Jamaica | (1977-12-14)14 December 1977 (aged 35) | Left-handed | Left arm medium | Kolpak Registration |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 3 | Darren Stevens | England | (1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| 21 | Ben Harmison | England | (1986-01-09)9 January 1986 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 24 | Adam Ball | England | (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Left arm fast-medium | |
| 25 | Calum Haggett | England | (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 22) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 26 | Matt Coles | England | (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 22) | Left-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 9 | Geraint Jones | England | (1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 33) | Right-handed | — | |
| 20 | Sam Billings | England | (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 21) | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers |||||||
| 5 | Ivan Thomas | England | (1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 15 | James Tredwell | England | (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
| 19 | Charlie Shreck | England | (1978-01-06)6 January 1978 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| 31 | Mark Davies | England | (1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| 33 | Adam Riley | England | (1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| ? | Mitchell Claydon | England | (1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | Signed (on loan) 11 June |
| ? | Vernon Philander | South Africa | (1985-06-24)24 June 1985 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | Overseas player (July) |
| ? | Matt Hunn | England | (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | Signed 23 September |
| - | Charlie Hartley | England | (1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | Signed 23 September |

## County Championship
### Division Two

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
| Lancashire (C) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 1.0 | 238 |
| Northamptonshire (P) | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 55 | 43 | 0.0 | 202 |
| Essex | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 41 | 3.0 | 182 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 35 | 0.0 | 171 |
| Worcestershire | 16 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 43 | 0.0 | 167 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 36 | 0.0 | 167 |
| Kent | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 31 | 0.0 | 151 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 39 | 0.0 | 149 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 0.0 | 79 |
| Source: Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Matches
## Yorkshire Bank 40
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | +0.457 |
| Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | +0.393 |
| Sussex Sharks | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +0.464 |
| Kent Spitfires | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.229 |
| Worcestershire Royals | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.249 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | –1.157 |
| Warwickshire Bears | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | –0.929 |
| Source: Cricinfo ||||||||

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

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Hampshire Royals | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | +0.810 |
| Surrey | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.915 |
| Essex Eagles | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | +0.040 |
| Middlesex Panthers | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | –0.194 |
| Kent Spitfires | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –0.941 |
| Sussex Sharks | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.520 |
| Source: Cricinfo ||||||||

### Matches
## Other T20 Match
### Tour Match

2013 New Zealand tour of England

## Statistics
### Batting

First-class (County Championship and MCCU match) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| Darren Stevens | 16 | 22 | 1 | 1,304 | 205* | 62.09 | 80.49 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 166 | 22 |
| Rob Key | 17 | 28 | 3 | 1,169 | 180 | 46.76 | 52.14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 139 | 4 |
| Brendan Nash | 17 | 27 | 4 | 1,110 | 199* | 48.26 | 61.90 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 142 | 4 |
| Ben Harmison | 13 | 19 | 3 | 712 | 106 | 44.50 | 48.23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 92 | 4 |
| Sam Northeast | 16 | 27 | 1 | 664 | 94 | 25.53 | 47.83 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 86 | 0 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | 14 | 21 | 1 | 568 | 102* | 28.40 | 45.88 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 5 |
| Geraint Jones | 15 | 20 | 2 | 404 | 67 | 22.44 | 53.08 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Mike Powell | 7 | 10 | 3 | 265 | 70 | 37.85 | 41.66 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| Calum Haggett | 12 | 14 | 7 | 249 | 44* | 35.57 | 42.13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 12 | 15 | 1 | 238 | 48 | 17.00 | 56.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Mark Davies | 11 | 15 | 4 | 158 | 41 | 14.36 | 64.22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| Matt Coles | 7 | 9 | 1 | 136 | 59 | 17.00 | 51.71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Adam Ball | 2 | 3 | 0 | 108 | 69 | 36.00 | 48.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mitchell Claydon | 3 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 40 | 23.25 | 62.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Shreck | 15 | 15 | 8 | 82 | 19* | 11.71 | 47.39 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Adam Riley | 5 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 21* | 15.00 | 24.39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Sam Billings | 2 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 24 | 15.00 | 41.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Vernon Philander | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 12.50 | 39.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Hunn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo |||||||||||||
List A (Yorkshire Bank 40) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| Rob Key | 11 | 11 | 1 | 505 | 144* | 50.50 | 94.04 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 2 |
| Brendan Nash | 12 | 12 | 3 | 436 | 98* | 48.44 | 86.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| Sam Northeast | 10 | 10 | 0 | 382 | 115 | 38.20 | 86.03 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| Darren Stevens | 12 | 12 | 2 | 309 | 118 | 30.90 | 108.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 11 |
| Geraint Jones | 12 | 10 | 3 | 155 | 46* | 22.14 | 92.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Fabian Cowdrey | 4 | 4 | 2 | 110 | 52* | 55.00 | 102.80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Ben Harmison | 7 | 6 | 2 | 96 | 42 | 24.00 | 75.59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| James Tredwell | 10 | 6 | 3 | 81 | 42* | 27.00 | 89.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Sam Billings | 5 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 57 | 16.00 | 68.37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Matt Coles | 10 | 7 | 4 | 74 | 21 | 24.66 | 132.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Adam Ball | 9 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 28 | 10.66 | 110.34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Alex Blake | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 43 | 28.50 | 142.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Mitchell Claydon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | 266.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Riley | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.00 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Haggett | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Davies | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Shreck | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Source:Cricinfo |||||||||||||
Twenty20 (Friends Life t20 and Tour match) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| Darren Stevens | 11 | 10 | 2 | 308 | 67* | 38.50 | 154.77 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 18 |
| Sam Billings | 11 | 11 | 1 | 198 | 28 | 19.80 | 107.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| Fabian Cowdrey | 6 | 6 | 2 | 173 | 50 | 43.25 | 118.49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| Sam Northeast | 6 | 6 | 0 | 121 | 61 | 20.16 | 104.31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Alex Blake | 11 | 10 | 2 | 110 | 37* | 13.75 | 104.76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | 5 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 31 | 16.20 | 102.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Rob Key | 5 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 26 | 16.00 | 93.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Matt Coles | 11 | 8 | 1 | 78 | 40 | 11.14 | 136.84 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Vernon Philander | 7 | 6 | 3 | 71 | 15* | 23.66 | 102.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ben Harmison | 8 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 19* | 15.00 | 96.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Geraint Jones | 7 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 22 | 9.25 | 82.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 15* | 6.00 | 112.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brendan Nash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 15.00 | 48.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Claydon | 11 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4* | 3.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Riley | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.00 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Haggett | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | - | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Davies | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| Charlie Shreck | 15 | 24 | 435.2 | 98 | 1,316 | 33 | 4/65 | 4/91 | 39.87 | 3.02 | 79.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Stevens | 16 | 21 | 403.4 | 111 | 1,051 | 32 | 5/39 | 6/57 | 32.84 | 2.60 | 75.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Davies | 11 | 15 | 272.3 | 76 | 639 | 26 | 4/36 | 7/67 | 24.57 | 2.34 | 62.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Haggett | 12 | 17 | 298.0 | 72 | 907 | 26 | 4/94 | 4/94 | 34.88 | 3.04 | 68.7 | 0 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 12 | 18 | 331.3 | 67 | 965 | 17 | 5/51 | 6/170 | 56.76 | 2.91 | 117.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Riley | 5 | 7 | 102.3 | 11 | 361 | 14 | 7/150 | 7/167 | 25.78 | 3.52 | 43.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Coles | 7 | 12 | 162.0 | 28 | 549 | 13 | 5/31 | 5/35 | 42.23 | 3.38 | 74.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitchell Claydon | 3 | 4 | 64.4 | 12 | 226 | 4 | 3/85 | 3/85 | 56.50 | 3.49 | 97.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Hunn | 1 | 2 | 31.4 | 6 | 118 | 3 | 2/51 | 3/118 | 39.33 | 3.72 | 63.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Ball | 2 | 3 | 37.0 | 4 | 170 | 3 | 2/42 | 2/100 | 56.66 | 4.59 | 74.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Nash | 17 | 5 | 9.0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1/9 | 1/9 | 43.00 | 4.77 | 54.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Northeast | 16 | 3 | 20.0 | 0 | 131 | 1 | 1/60 | 1/60 | 131.00 | 6.55 | 120.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Harmison | 13 | 6 | 37.0 | 1 | 161 | 1 | 1/21 | 1/21 | 161.00 | 4.35 | 222.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | 14 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 54 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.90 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Key | 17 | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 86 | 0 | - | - | - | 9.21 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Philander | 2 | 4 | 64.0 | 9 | 170 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.65 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo ||||||||||||||
List A (Yorkshire Bank 40) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
| Matt Coles | 10 | 10 | 62.2 | 2 | 367 | 15 | 4/20 | 24.46 | 5.88 | 24.9 | 1 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 10 | 10 | 70.0 | 2 | 304 | 13 | 4/22 | 23.38 | 4.34 | 32.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Darren Stevens | 12 | 12 | 83.1 | 1 | 421 | 13 | 3/19 | 32.38 | 5.06 | 38.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Riley | 11 | 11 | 64.0 | 0 | 377 | 10 | 2/33 | 37.70 | 5.89 | 38.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Davies | 8 | 8 | 51.2 | 5 | 280 | 8 | 2/14 | 35.00 | 5.45 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Claydon | 5 | 5 | 27.4 | 1 | 193 | 5 | 2/29 | 38.60 | 6.97 | 33.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Haggett | 3 | 3 | 20.0 | 0 | 161 | 4 | 2/97 | 40.25 | 8.05 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Ball | 9 | 9 | 43.0 | 0 | 282 | 4 | 3/36 | 70.50 | 6.55 | 64.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Nash | 12 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1/15 | 15.00 | 5.00 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Cowdrey | 4 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Shreck | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | 9.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Source:Cricinfo |||||||||||||
Twenty20 (Friends Life t20 and Tour match) :
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
| Mitchell Claydon | 11 | 11 | 39.1 | 0 | 325 | 18 | 5/31 | 18.05 | 8.29 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vernon Philander | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 1 | 211 | 9 | 4/8 | 23.44 | 8.11 | 17.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Coles | 11 | 11 | 35.4 | 0 | 307 | 9 | 3/14 | 34.11 | 8.60 | 23.7 | 0 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 6 | 6 | 20.0 | 0 | 115 | 7 | 3/19 | 16.42 | 5.75 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Riley | 11 | 10 | 37.4 | 0 | 256 | 7 | 2/23 | 36.57 | 6.79 | 32.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Stevens | 11 | 11 | 29.0 | 0 | 246 | 6 | 2/16 | 41.00 | 8.48 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Davies | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 1/33 | 38.50 | 9.62 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Cowdrey | 6 | 3 | 8.0 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 1/30 | 67.00 | 8.37 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Haggett | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | 13.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo |||||||||||||