Kent County Cricket Club in 2021

Kent County Cricket Club
2021 season
CoachEngland Matthew Walker
CaptainEngland Sam Billings
Overseas playersSouth Africa Heino Kuhn
Cricket West Indies Miguel Cummins
Afghanistan Qais Ahmad (T20 only)
New Zealand Adam Milne (T20 only)
Ground(s)St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
County Ground, Beckenham
County ChampionshipWinners, Division Three
One-Day Cup9th, Group A
T20 BlastWinners
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In 2021 Kent County Cricket Club competed in the 2021 County Championship, the 2021 One-Day Cup and the 2021 T20 Blast. The season was the fifth in charge for head coach, and former player, Matthew Walker. Sam Billings retained the club captaincy that he was first awarded in 2018.[1] Daniel Bell-Drummond was named as vice-captain, replacing Joe Denly.[2] Jack Leaning was named as captain for the One-Day Cup.[3]

As a result of Brexit, the ECB confirmed that all Kolpak contracts would be terminated after the 2020 season.[4] Counties were instead able to field two overseas players in all formats.[5] Heino Kuhn, who had been contracted to Kent under a Kolpak deal, was, as a result, counted as an overseas player for this season.

On 18 September, during the T20 Blast Finals day at Edgbaston, Kent defeated Sussex in the semi-final.[6] In the final, Kent defeated Somerset by 25 runs to win the tournament for a second time.[7] This was the first trophy for the county since winning the 2007 Twenty20 Cup.[8]

  1. ^ "Sam Billings: England limited-overs player replaces Sam Northeast as Kent captain". BBC Sport. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Daniel Bell-Drummond appointed Kent vice-captain". The Cricketer. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Kent Spitfires' Royal London Cup squad confirmed". Kent County Cricket Club. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Kolpak: PCA would back two overseas players per county post-Brexit". BBC Sport. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Kolpak: Two overseas players allowed in County Championship & One-Day Cup from 2021". BBC Sport. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ^ "T20 Blast Finals Day: Kent beat Sussex to reach T20 Blast final". BBC Sport. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  7. ^ "T20 Blast final: Kent Spitfires beat Somerset to lift trophy for second time". BBC Sport. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Kent beat Somerset to lift T20 Blast trophy with Jordan Cox the hero". The Guardian. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.