| 2015 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach |  Jimmy Adams | ||
| Captain |  Rob Key Sam Northeast (on-field captain from 10 May) | ||
| Overseas player | None | ||
| Ground(s) | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham | ||
| County Championship | 7th, Division Two | ||
| Royal London One-Day Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| NatWest t20 Blast | Quarter-finals | ||
| Most runs | FC: SA Northeast (1,204) LA: DJ Bell-Drummond (272) T20: SA Northeast (641) | ||
| Most wickets | FC: MT Coles (67) LA: MT Coles (16) T20: ME Claydon (20) | ||
| Most catches | FC: MT Coles (15) LA: AJ Blake (6); FK Cowdrey (6) T20: MT Coles (8) | ||
| Most wicket-keeping dismissals | FC: SW Billings (34) LA: SW Billings (9) T20: SW Billings (10) | ||
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In 2015, 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. The team reached the quarter-finals of both one day competitions but struggled in the County Championship, finishing seventh in Division Two.
The season was the fourth in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams. The club captain was former England batsmen Rob Key,[1] although Sam Northeast took over the on-field captaincy in May after Key, having dropped himself due to poor form, chose to relinquish the captaincy to concentrate on his batting.[2] Northeast replaced Key as the club captain for the 2016 season.
Two players from the Kent squad made senior international appearances for England in 2015. James Tredwell was a part of the World Cup squad, but only featured in the final group stage match against Afghanistan after both sides had already been eliminated from the tournament. He then played in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua (only his second Test, having made his debut in 2010). Tredwell took 5 wickets in the match but did not play in the remainder of the series, and with England turning to several younger players after the disappointing World Cup, he was not selected during the English summer. One of the new faces in the England team over the summer was Kent keeper Sam Billings who played as a specialist batsmen in all 5 ODI matches against Australia and the single T20I matches against both Australia and New Zealand.
Matt Coles won the club's Player of the Year award, taking 100 wickets across all formats in the first season of his second spell at the county.[3]
- ^ Rob Key remains as club captain as Northeast leads side, BBC Sport website, 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ Sam Northeast rising to the challenge of being Kent captain after Rob Key decided to take a short break, BBC Sport website, 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2015-18-09.
- ^ Matt Coles wins Spitfire Kent player of the year 2015, Kent County Cricket Club, 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2017-04-19.