Kent County Cricket Club in 2016

Kent County Cricket Club

2016 season
Coach	Jimmy Adams
Captain	Sam Northeast
Overseas players	Tom Latham (May–July) Kagiso Rabada (June–July) Hardus Viljoen (August–September)
Ground(s)	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship	Runners-up, Division Two
Royal London One-Day Cup	Quarter-finals
NatWest t20 Blast	7th, South Group
Most runs	FC: SA Northeast (1,402) LA: JL Denly (428) T20: SA Northeast (462)
Most wickets	FC: ME Claydon (50) LA: MT Coles (24) T20: DA Griffiths (13)
Most catches	FC: JC Tredwell (14) LA: AJ Blake (8) T20: AJ Blake (8)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	FC: AP Rouse (31) LA: SW Billings (11) T20: SW Billings (7)
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In 2016, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast. The season was the fifth, and last, in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams and the first for new club captain Sam Northeast, who took over from Rob Key at the end of the 2015 season, having captained the side on the field for much of the season.^[1]

Sam Billings continued to be selected for England limited overs squads, although he had to settle for only three appearances in 2016. On 21 February, he played in the second of two T20I matches at the end of the South Africa tour, scoring 5 runs in Johannesburg. Billings was selected in England's squad for the 2016 World Twenty20 in India, but did not play during the tournament other than as a substitute fielder.^[2] On 5 July, he featured in the only T20I during Sri Lanka's tour of England. Billings played a single ODI, the final match of three during England's tour of Bangladesh, on 12 October at Chittagong, opening the batting with a useful 62 in a four wicket win.

Sam Northeast won the club's Player of the Year award, having scored over 2,000 runs across all formats for a second successive season.^[3]