Kent County Cricket Club
2007 season
CoachSouth Africa Graham Ford
CaptainEngland Rob Key
Overseas playersPakistan Yasir Arafat
South Africa Andrew Hall (May–July)
Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga (August)
South Africa Morné Morkel (June–July; Twenty20 only)
Ground(s)St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
County Ground, Beckenham
County Championship7th, Division One
Friends Provident Trophy4th, South Conference
Natwest Pro405th, Division Two
Twenty20 CupChampions
Most runsFC: RWT Key (1,250)
LA: RWT Key (695)
T20: RWT Key (282)
Most wicketsFC: R McLaren (44)
LA: SJ Cook (27)
T20: SJ Cook (17)
Most catchesFC: M van Jaarsveld (17)
LA: M van Jaarsveld (16)
T20: R McLaren (9)
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsFC: GO Jones (46)
LA: GO Jones (20)
T20: GO Jones (6)
← 2006 2008 →

In 2007, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division One of the County Championship, the South Conference of the 50-over Friends Provident Trophy, Division Two of the NatWest Pro40 and the South Division of the Twenty20 Cup. Kent also hosted a List A match against the touring Sri Lanka A team and a three-day match without first-class status against Cardiff UCCE, both at the St Lawrence Ground.

The team narrowly avoided relegation from Division One of the County Championship, with a number of matches affected by rain including one match in Worcester that was abandoned without a ball being bowled.[1] In List A cricket, Kent finished mid-table in both the South Conference of the Friends Provident Trophy and Division Two of the Natwest Pro40 (although they only missed out on promotion in the latter tournament by a single point).

The highlight of the season was victory at finals day of the Twenty20 Cup at Edgbaston on 4 August. Kent defeated Sussex in their semi-final by 5 wickets, and then later in the day beat Gloucestershire by 4 wickets – aided by a hat-trick by Ryan McLaren – to win the title for the first time.[2]

Squad

Rob Key was re-appointed as club captain ahead of the 2007 season.[3] Key lead a new-look squad, including overseas signing Yasir Arafat (the Pakistan all-rounder joined after having played for Sussex in 2006).[3] Yasir would be Kent's second overseas player for 2007, joining South African all-rounder Andrew Hall. Following the 2006 season, Kent had released former captain David Fulton, wicket-keeper Niall O'Brien and bowlers Simon Cusden, Matthew Dennington and David Stiff.[3]

Due to international commitments, Hall was away from the county during the group stage of the Twenty20 Cup in the second half of June and early July. Kent signed another South African, fast bowler Morné Morkel, to play in these eight T20 matches.[4] After returning for two County Championship matches, Hall then left the county again in late-July and this time was replaced by Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga on a short-term contract until the end of the season.[5]

Left-arm spinner Min Patel retained the vice-captaincy, but injury restricted him to just a single championship appearance plus the tour match against Sri Lanka A (in which he captained a mostly young side) and he retired at the end of the season. Patel made his debut for Kent in 1989, earned two Test caps for England in 1996, and took a total of 630 first class wickets as well as 88 in List A and 15 in Twenty20 cricket (he played very little limited overs cricket in the latter years of his career).[6] Patel had been at Kent throughout his career, also playing a short spell for Central Districts in New Zealand ahead of the 2006 English summer.

Squad list

Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Alex Blake  England (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 18) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
Joe Denly  England (1986-03-16)16 March 1986 (aged 21) Right-handed Right arm leg break
Neil Dexter  England (1984-08-21)21 August 1984 (aged 22) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
James Goodman  England (1990-11-19)19 November 1990 (aged 16) Right-handed Right arm medium
Robert Key  England (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 27) Right-handed Right arm off break Club captain
Sam Northeast  England (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 17) Right-handed Right arm off break
Martin van Jaarsveld  South Africa (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 32) Right-handed Right arm medium / Right arm off break Kolpak player
Matt Walker  England (1974-01-02)2 January 1974 (aged 33) Left-handed Right arm medium
All-rounders
Andrew Hall  South Africa (1975-07-31)31 July 1975 (aged 31) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Overseas player (until late July)
Ryan McLaren  South Africa (1983-02-09)9 February 1983 (aged 24) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast Kolpak player
Darren Stevens  England (1976-04-30)30 April 1976 (aged 30) Right-handed Right arm medium
Yasir Arafat  Pakistan (1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 25) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
Paul Dixey  England (1987-11-02)2 November 1987 (aged 19) Right-handed —
Geraint Jones  England (1979-07-14)14 July 1979 (aged 27) Right-handed —
Bowlers
Simon Cook  England (1977-01-15)15 January 1977 (aged 30) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
James Iles  England (1990-02-11)11 February 1990 (aged 17) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Robbie Joseph  England (1982-01-20)20 January 1982 (aged 25) Right-handed Right arm fast
Amjad Khan  England (1980-10-14)14 October 1980 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Lasith Malinga  Sri Lanka (1983-08-28)28 August 1983 (aged 23) Right-handed Right arm fast Overseas player (replaced Andrew Hall from late July)
Morné Morkel  South Africa (1984-10-06)6 October 1984 (aged 22) Left-handed Right arm fast Overseas player (Twenty20 Cup group stage only)
Tom Parsons  England (1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 19) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Min Patel  England (1970-07-07)7 July 1970 (aged 36) Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox Vice-captain
Martin Saggers  England (1972-05-23)23 May 1972 (aged 34) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
James Tredwell  England (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 25) Left-handed Right arm off break

County Championship

Division One

Team Pld W T L D A Bat Bwl Adj Pts
Sussex 16 7 0 3 5 1 37 43 0 202
Durham 16 7 0 5 4 0 38 47 –1½ 197½
Lancashire 16 5 0 2 8 1 40 44 0 190
Surrey 16 5 0 4 6 1 41 40 –1 178
Hampshire 16 5 0 3 8 0 32 43 0 177
Yorkshire 16 4 0 4 8 0 49 38 0 175
Kent 16 3 0 5 7 1 43 36 0 153
Warwickshire 16 2 0 5 9 0 40 38 0 139
Worcestershire 16 1 0 8 5 2 18 35 0 95

Matches

16–19 April
v
(H) Sussex
Sussex won by 8 wickets
  
 
216 (59.2 overs)
R McLaren 44 (73)
Mushtaq Ahmed 6/74 (21.3 overs)
510 (156.2 overs)
RR Montgomerie 175 (445)
RH Joseph 3/78 (22 overs)
349 (88.1 overs)
JL Denly 63 (87)
Naved-ul-Hasan 4/106 (24 overs)
57/2 (8.1 overs)
33* (54)
Yasir Arafat 1/10 (3.1 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Sussex 22, Kent 3
2–3 May
Kent (H)
v
Kent won by an innings and 106 runs
  
 
368 (96.3 overs)
Yasir Arafat 122 (162)
RSC Martin-Jenkins 5/67 (23.3 overs)
102 (33.3 overs)
CJ Adams 42 (56)
R McLaren 4/12 (7.3 overs)
160 (42.5 overs) (f/o)
MJ Prior 35 (25)
SJ Cook 6/35 (13.5 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 21, Sussex 3
9–12 May
Durham (H)
v
Durham won by 157 runs
  
 
407 (86.5 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 204* (248)
JC Tredwell 4/88 (27 overs)
400 (113.3 overs)
RWT Key 169 (279)
LE Plunkett 5/105 (32 overs)
319/6d (72.5 overs)
DM Benkenstein 77* (135)
AJ Hall 4/68 (17 overs)
169 (50.3 overs)
JL Denly 92 (137)
SJ Harmison 5/61 (19.3 overs)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Durham 22, Kent 8
23–26 May
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
  
 
199 (58.4 overs)
JL Denly 115* (189)
SR Clark 4/48 (14 overs)
272 (84.3 overs)
AD Mascarenhas 90 (146)
Yasir Arafat 5/63 (21.3 overs)
533/8d (149 overs)
RWT Key 120 (221)
SR Clark 3/80 (28 overs)
275/5 (89 overs)
SM Ervine 56* (100)
Yasir Arafat 4/90 (23 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 7, Hampshire 9
30 May – 2 June
Surrey (H)
v
Kent won by an innings and 79 runs
  
 
166 (44 overs)
MJ Nicholson 48* (53)
AJ Hall 5/59 (17 overs)
564/5d (123.2 overs)
DI Stevens 174 (202)
Mohammad Akram 1/81 (27 overs)
319 (92.1 overs)
MR Ramprakash 108 (239)
JC Tredwell 3/53 (16.1 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Surrey 1, Kent 22
6–9 June
v
(H) Kent
Match drawn
  
 
551/8d (166.2 overs)
JJ Sayers 187 (379)
DI Stevens 3/91 (27.2 overs)
292 (84.5 overs)
AJ Hall 77 (89)
D Gough 6/47 (16.2 overs)
383/6 (129 overs) (f/o)
JC Tredwell 116* (233)
TT Bresnan 2/82 (22 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 7, Yorkshire 11
15–18 June
v
Lancashire won by 8 wickets
  
 
451/5d (112 overs)
BJ Hodge 156* (200)
JL Denly 1/34 (8 overs)
272 (88.4 overs)
JL Denly 77 (118)
M Muralitharan 4/73 (34 overs)
12/2 (2.5 overs)
MB Loye 8* (6)
SJ Cook 2/9 (1.5 overs)
190 (63 overs) (f/o)
M van Jaarsveld 85 (168)
M Muralitharan 4/72 (25 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Lancashire 22, Kent 3
8–11 July
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
  
 
  • No toss
  • Rescheduled for 30 July,[1] cancelled 26 July
  • Points: Worcestershire 4, Kent 4
20–23 July
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
  
 
550/9d (156 overs)
M van Jaarsveld 117 (226)
IJL Trott 2/33 (12 overs)
107 (36.3 overs)
DL Maddy 23 (30)
R McLaren 5/24 (11 overs)
268/7 (109.2 overs) (f/o)
DL Maddy 148* (334)
R McLaren 3/46 (23 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 12, Warwickshire 6
25–28 July
v
Match drawn
  
 
486 (124.3 overs)
JL Denly 114 (212)
AU Rashid 5/112 (23.3 overs)
550/9d (144.5 overs)
Younis Khan 217* (252)
R McLaren 4/89 (28 overs)
17/0 (10 overs)
JL Denly 11* (37)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Yorkshire 12, Kent 11
8–9 August
Kent (H)
v
Surrey won by 4 wickets
  
 
150 (60.4 overs)
RWT Key 75* (176)
Harbhajan Singh 5/34 (19.4 overs)
215 (62 overs)
MR Ramprakash 61 (130)
JC Tredwell 6/47 (16 overs)
171 (58.3 overs)
JC Tredwell 50 (82)
Harbhajan Singh 6/57 (23.3 overs)
108/6 (24 overs)
Harbhajan Singh 29 (22)
JL Denly 2/13 (2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 3, Surrey 18
14–17 August
v
Match drawn
  
 
213 (59.5 overs)
LC Parker 49 (74)
R McLaren 4/42 (13 overs)
400/4d (121.3 overs)
RWT Key 153 (268)
  • Warwickshire who the toss and elected to bat
  • No play on days 1 or 2 due to rain
  • Points: Warwickshire 6, Kent 12
21–24 August
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
  
 
293/3d (65 overs)
RWT Key 125 (149)
RJ Sillence 1/44 (10 overs)
110/3 (21 overs)
VS Solanki 42 (31)
MJ Saggers 3/37 (7 overs)
  • Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field
  • No play on days 1, 2 or 3 due to rain
  • Points: Kent 4, Worcestershire 4
28–31 August
Kent (H)
v
Match drawn
  
 
327 (110 overs)
MJ Walker 142 (271)
G Chapple 3/63 (22 overs)
317 (96.4 overs)
G Chapple 88 (81)
MJ Saggers 5/43 (25.4 overs)
419/6d (112.4 overs)
RWT Key 182 (332)
OJ Newby 2/74 (15.4 overs)
208/3 (67 overs)
PJ Horton 69 (100)
MJ Saggers 1/22 (14 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 10, Lancashire 10
11–13 September
v
Kent won by 10 wickets
  
 
495 (146.3 overs)
M van Jaarsveld 112 (197)
SK Warne 4/134 (44.3 overs)
216 (63.4 overs) (f/o)
MA Carberry 46 (77)
JC Tredwell 4/46 (23 overs)
6/0 (0.3 overs)
JL Denly 6* (3)
282 (100.4 overs)
MJ Lumb 89 (181)
JC Tredwell 4/114 (44 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Hampshire 3, Kent 22
19–21 September
Kent (H)
v
Durham won by 8 wickets
  
 
212 (50.5 overs)
R McLaren 54* (55)
M Davies 3/43 (11.5 overs)
321 (88 overs)
DM Benkenstein 117 (181)
MJ Saggers 4/89 (28 overs)
160 (44.1 overs)
RWT Key 33 (61)
PJ Wiseman 4/45 (12.1 overs)
52/2 (10.1 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 23* (21)
MJ Walker 1/10 (2 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 4, Durham 20
    SA Northeast made his first-class debut

Friends Provident Trophy

South Conference

Team Pld W T L NR Pts NRR
Hampshire Hawks 9 6 1 1 1 14 +0.315
Essex Eagles 9 6 0 2 1 13 +1.050
Gloucestershire Gladiators 9 6 0 2 1 13 +0.125
Kent Spitfires 9 5 0 3 1 11 +0.889
Surrey Brown Caps 9 4 0 3 2 10 +0.779
Somerset Sabres 9 4 1 3 1 10 +0.198
Middlesex Crusaders 9 3 0 5 1 7 -0.377
Sussex Sharks 9 2 0 5 2 6 -0.687
Glamorgan Dragons 9 0 0 6 3 3 -1.416
Ireland 9 0 0 6 3 3 -1.793

Matches

22 April
Kent
271 (46.2 overs)
v
(H) Surrey
274/7 (48.5 overs)
Surrey won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
  
 
RWT Key 108 (108)
SJ Magoffin 4/58 (8.2 overs)
SA Newman 73 (101)
Yasir Arafat 3/60 (10 overs)
29 April
Kent
231/7 (50 overs)
v
(H) Ireland
173 (43.5 overs)
Kent won by 58 runs
  
 
JL Denly 102* (97)
JF Mooney 2/29 (9.1 overs)
WK McCallan 45* (54)
SJ Cook 3/31 (10 overs)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Ireland 0, Kent 2
6 May
Kent
234 (47.5 overs)
v
(H) Essex
237/7 (49.4 overs)
Kent won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
  
 
RC Irani 81 (100)
Yasir Arafat 3/51 (8.5 overs)
DI Stevens 61 (64)
RN ten Doeschate 1/21 (3.4 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Essex 0, Kent 2
7 May
Middlesex
233/5 (41 overs)
v
(H) Kent
202/5 (29.2 overs)
Kent won by 5 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) (D/L method)
  
 
OA Shah 95* (89)
SJ Cook 2/46 (9 overs)
M van Jaarsveld 86* (65)
M Kartik 2/31 (6 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Match reduced to 41 overs per side before play began; further rain in the lunch break reduced Kent's inning to 32 overs with a D/L target of 200 runs
  • Points: Kent 2, Middlesex 0
20 May
Glamorgan
85 (31.5 overs)
v
(H) Kent
87/1 (11.4 overs)
Kent won by 9 wickets (with 230 balls remaining)
  
 
DL Hemp 25 (47)
SJ Cook 4/25 (9.5 overs)
GO Jones 44* (37)
AG Wharf 1/36 (5 overs)
  • Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 2, Glamorgan 0
27 May
v
No result (match abandoned without a toss)
  
 
  • No toss
  • Points: Somerset 1, Kent 1
3 June
Kent
264/9 (50 overs)
v
(H) Sussex
152 (33.4 overs)
Kent won by 112 runs
  
 
AJ Hall 123 (131)
RJ Kirtley 5/41 (10 overs)
MJ Prior 76 (72)
Yasir Arafat 3/20 (8 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Sussex 0, Kent 2
10 June
Hampshire
220 (49.4 overs)
v
(H) Kent
218 (49.3 overs)
Hampshire won by 2 runs
  
 
AD Mascarenhas 50 (56)
Yasir Arafat 3/48 (8.4 overs)
MJ Walker 83 (118)
SR Clark 3/42 (8 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Hampshire 2
13 June
Gloucestershire
275/6 (50 overs)
v
(H) Kent
235 (46.2 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 40 runs
  
 
HJH Marshall 63 (76)
SJ Cook 2/43 (10 overs)
AJ Hall 55 (65)
ID Fisher 3/45 (10 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Gloucestershire 2

NatWest Pro40

Division Two

Team P W L T NR NRR Pts
1. Durham Dynamos 8 6 2 0 0 +1.311 12
2. Somerset Sabres 8 5 2 0 1 +0.690 11
3. Middlesex Crusaders 8 5 3 0 0 +0.482 10
4. Surrey Brown Caps 8 5 3 0 0 +0.400 10
5. Kent Spitfires 8 5 3 0 0 +0.263 10
6. Yorkshire Phoenix 8 4 3 0 1 -0.229 9
7. Leicestershire Foxes 8 3 4 0 1 -0.393 7
8. Derbyshire Phantoms 8 1 7 0 0 -1.040 2
9. Glamorgan Dragons 8 0 7 0 1 -2.378 1

Matches

14 July
Leicestershire (H)
175 (39.5 overs)
v
Kent
179/4 (33.3 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 39 balls remaining)
  
 
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: AA Jones and P Willey
Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
PA Nixon 61 (82)
SJ Cook 3/36 (8 overs)
RWT Key 63 (90)
Mansoor Amjad 2/34 (7 overs)
  • Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Leicestershire 0, Kent 2
29 July
Kent
282/3 (40 overs)
v
(H) Derbyshire
272/9 (40 overs)
Kent won by 10 runs
  
 
RWT Key 104 (100)
MG Dighton 2/46 (8 overs)
GM Smith 88 (68)
SJ Cook 3/53 (8 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Derbyshire 0, Kent 2
12 August
Durham
203 (39.4 overs)
v
(H) Kent
204/7 (38.5 overs)
Kent won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
  
 
MJ Di Venuto 57 (72)
DI Stevens 3/15 (5 overs)
DI Stevens 85* (59)
GR Breese 3/31 (8 overs)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 2, Durham 0
26 August
Middlesex (H)
187/5 (40 overs)
v
Kent
151 (36.4 overs)
Middlesex won by 36 runs
  
 
NRD Compton 48* (68)
MJ Saggers 2/9 (8 overs)
RWT Key 72 (105)
TJ Murtagh 4/21 (7 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Middlesex 2, Kent 0
27 August
Somerset
214/8 (40 overs)
v
(H) Kent
212/7 (40 overs)
Somerset won by 2 runs
  
 
JL Langer 92 (105)
R McLaren 4/46 (8 overs)
R McLaren 78* (72)
PD Trego 5/44 (8 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Somerset 2
4 September
Kent (H)
159/8 (40 overs)
v
Surrey
160/9 (40 overs)
Surrey won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)
  
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: RJ Bailey and RA Kettleborough
Player of the match: SA Newman (Surrey)
M van Jaarsveld 40 (55)
RJ Hamilton-Brown 3/36 (8 overs)
SA Newman 92* (132)
NJ Dexter 3/27 (7 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Surrey 2
    AJ Blake made his List A debut

178/8 (40 overs)
v

179/2 (29.5 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets (with 61 balls remaining)
  
 
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Umpires: JH Evans and JF Steele
Player of the match: RWT Key (Kent)
GP Rees 46 (75)
MJ Saggers 4/25 (8 overs)
RWT Key 107* (91)
HT Waters 1/35 (8 overs)
  • Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Glamorgan 0, Kent 2
9 September
Kent (H)
228/9 (40 overs)
v
Yorkshire
215/7 (40 overs)
Kent won by 13 runs
  
 
M van Jaarsveld 50 (48)
RM Pyrah 3/50 (7 overs)
JA Rudolph 86 (107)
MJ Saggers 3/21 (8 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 2, Yorkshire 0

Other List A match

Tour match

16 July
Sri Lanka A
259/8 (50 overs)
v
(H) Kent
7/0 (4 overs)
No result
  
 
ML Udawatte 67 (87)
M van Jaarsveld 3/43 (10 overs)
NJ Dexter 6* (15)

Twenty20 Cup

South Division

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Sussex Sharks 8 5 2 0 1 11 +0.179
2 Kent Spitfires 8 4 2 1 1 10 +0.324
3 Surrey Brown Caps 8 4 4 0 0 8 +0.809
4 Essex Eagles 8 3 4 0 1 7 -0.365
5 Middlesex Crusaders 8 2 3 0 3 7 -0.204
6 Hampshire Hawks 8 1 4 1 2 5 -1.116

Matches

22 June
Kent
153/6 (20 overs)
v
(H) Hampshire
153/7 (20 overs)
Match tied
  
 
Rose Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: IJ Gould and MJ Harris
Player of the match: AD Mascarenhas (Hampshire)
RWT Key 59 (53)
AD Mascarenhas 3/17 (4 overs)
CC Benham 45 (41)
SJ Cook 3/30 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Hampshire 1, Kent 1
23 June
Kent (H)
44/1 (5.1 overs)
v
Essex
46/6 (5 overs)
Kent won by 3 runs (D/L method)
  
 
RWT Key 21* (15)
AP Palladino 1/12 (2 overs)
GW Flower 20 (11)
R McLaren 2/3 (1 over)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain stopped the Kent inning after 5.1 overs, and Essex were set a D/L) target of 50 to win from 5 overs
  • Points: Kent 2, Essex 0
26 June
Kent (H)
181/3 (20 overs)
v
Sussex
182/3 (17.1 overs)
Sussex won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
  
 
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: VA Holder and JW Lloyds
Player of the match: LJ Wright (Sussex)
RWT Key 62 (46)
OP Rayner 1/20 (2 overs)
LJ Wright 103 (45)
JC Tredwell 1/20 (3 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 0, Sussex 2
27 June
Middlesex (H)
146/7 (20 overs)
v
No result
  
 
ET Smith 66 (50)
SJ Cook 3/28 (4 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain stopped play before the start of Kent's innings
  • Points: Middlesex 1, Kent 1
29 June
Kent
141/7
v
(H) Essex
99 (14.5 overs)
Kent won by 42 runs
  
 
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: JW Holder and VA Holder
Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
NJ Dexter 31* (18)
GR Napier 2/21 (4 overs)
RS Bopara 27 (15)
DI Stevens 4/14 (3 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Essex 0, Kent 2
2 July
Kent (H)
131/8 (20 overs)
v
Surrey
132/2 (17.4 overs)
Surrey won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
  
 
County Ground, Beckenham
Umpires: NL Bainton and NGC Cowley
Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Surrey)
DI Stevens 27 (28)
CP Schofield 3/18 (4 overs)
Azhar Mahmood 39* (19)
SJ Cook 2/28 (4 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 0, Surrey 2
4 July
Kent (H)
146/4 (20 overs)
v
Middlesex
120 (18.4 overs)
Kent won by 26 runs
  
 
County Ground, Beckenham
Umpires: R Palmer and P Willey
Player of the match: M Morkel (Kent)
JL Denly 40 (33)
JWM Dalrymple 2/28 (4 overs)
EJG Morgan 34 (27)
M Morkel 3/24 (4 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 2, Middlesex 0
6 July
Surrey (H)
145 (19.5 overs)
v
Kent
148/4 (19.1 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
  
 
The Oval, Kennington, London
Umpires: NL Bainton and JH Evans
Player of the match: DI Stevens (Kent)
MR Ramprakash 33 (24)
SJ Cook 3/21 (4 overs)
DI Stevens 46* (34)
CP Schofield 2/23 (4 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 0, Kent 2

Quarter-finals

17–18 July
Nottinghamshire (H)
138/9 (20 overs)
v
Kent
139/1 (19.5 overs)
Kent won by 9 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
  
 
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: RA Kettleborough and P Willey
Player of the match: JL Denly (Kent)
SP Fleming 49 (28)
JC Tredwell 2/19 (4 overs)
JL Denly 63* (61)
GP Swann 1/23 (4 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Reserve day was used due to rain
  • Kent advanced to the semi-finals

Semi-finals

4 August
Sussex
140 (19.4 overs)
v
Kent
141/5 (19.2 overs)
Kent won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
  
 
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: NJ Llong and NA Mallender
Player of the match: RWT Key (Kent)
MW Goodwin 38 (35)
SL Malinga 3/30 (3.4 overs)
RWT Key 68* (54)
MH Yardy 1/9 (2 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Kent advanced to the final

Final

4 August
Gloucestershire
146/8 (20 overs)
v
Kent
147/6 (19.3 overs)
Kent won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
  
 
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: NA Mallender and P Willey
Player of the match: R McLaren (Kent)
HJH Marshall 65 (49)
R McLaren 3/22 (4 overs)
MJ Walker 45 (35)
MA Hardinges 2/24 (4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Kent won the 2007 Twenty20 Cup[2]
    R McLaren took a hat-trick

UCCE match

Kent's 3-day match against Cardiff UCCE in April did not have first-class status.

25–27 April
v
Kent won by an innings and 10 runs
  
 
443/6d (95 overs)
NJ Dexter 116 (181)
MJ Wood 2/80 (16 overs)
171 (71.5 overs)
DM Rushbrook 28 (86)
RH Joseph 3/28 (15 overs)
262 (90 overs) (f/o)
RI Kaufman 95 (127)
R McLaren 6/59 (20 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Match did not have first-class status

Statistics

Batting

First-class (County Championship)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Robert Key 15 25 3 1,250 182 56.81 51.46 5 4 2 158 1
Martin van Jaarsveld 15 23 1 1,011 166 45.95 55.18 5 3 4 125 13
Joe Denly 15 25 3 902 115* 41.00 58.41 2 5 1 134 3
Matt Walker 12 18 0 733 157 40.72 49.96 3 2 1 93 3
Darren Stevens 11 17 0 628 174 36.94 61.68 2 2 0 85 10
Geraint Jones 15 21 3 623 106* 34.61 60.19 2 3 1 80 4
James Tredwell 14 19 2 454 116* 26.70 48.86 1 2 2 62 1
Yasir Arafat 10 13 1 369 122 30.75 69.49 2 0 1 46 1
Neil Dexter 8 10 2 350 86 43.75 49.57 0 3 1 52 2
Ryan McLaren 15 18 5 272 54* 20.92 53.86 0 1 4 29 5
Andrew Hall 7 10 1 264 77 29.33 55.34 0 2 0 36 0
Simon Cook 12 14 5 151 50* 16.77 61.13 0 1 2 19 2
Min Patel 1 2 0 67 52 33.50 101.51 0 1 0 9 0
Robbie Joseph 3 5 4 60 36* 60.00 62.50 0 0 0 3 4
Martin Saggers 7 7 1 47 16 7.83 52.22 0 0 2 8 1
Lasith Malinga 4 3 1 13 12 6.50 20.00 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Northeast 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 29.41 0 0 1 1 0
Source: Cricinfo[7]
List A (Friends Provident Trophy, NatWest Pro40 and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
Robert Key 16 15 1 695 108 49.64 83.53 3 2 0 73 10
Martin van Jaarsveld 17 15 2 428 86* 32.92 87.52 0 3 2 42 6
Darren Stevens 15 14 3 319 85* 29.00 93.00 0 2 0 43 4
Matt Walker 15 11 1 276 83 27.60 68.31 0 2 1 28 1
Andrew Hall 7 7 1 269 123 44.83 89.36 1 1 0 34 1
Joe Denly 15 13 1 255 102* 21.25 73.27 1 1 2 29 6
James Tredwell 17 11 4 243 88 34.71 90.33 0 2 0 21 6
Geraint Jones 17 14 2 235 45 19.58 71.42 0 0 1 23 0
Ryan McLaren 13 11 3 202 78* 25.25 93.95 0 1 2 15 6
Simon Cook 16 10 3 121 49 17.28 98.37 0 0 1 13 3
Yasir Arafat 10 6 2 44 26* 11.00 59.45 0 0 0 4 0
Neil Dexter 8 5 1 38 14 9.50 61.29 0 0 0 3 0
Alex Blake 3 2 2 15 11* - 62.50 0 0 0 0 0
Martin Saggers 7 3 2 5 2* 5.00 41.66 0 0 0 0 0
Lasith Malinga 3 1 1 1 1* - 50.00 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Dixey 1 0 - - - - - - - - - -
James Goodman 1 0 - - - - - - - - - -
James Iles 1 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Robbie Joseph 2 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sam Northeast 1 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Tom Parsons 1 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Min Patel 1 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Source:Cricinfo[8]
Twenty20 (Twenty20 Cup)
Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
RWT Key 6 6 2 282 68* 70.50 127.02 0 4 0 29 6
Joe Denly 11 10 1 279 63* 31.00 118.72 0 1 0 35 4
Matt Walker 10 8 0 161 45 20.12 111.80 0 0 0 17 3
Martin van Jaarsveld 11 10 3 148 42* 21.14 106.47 0 0 0 11 2
Ryan McLaren 11 8 5 128 46* 42.66 131.95 0 0 1 13 2
Darren Stevens 11 7 2 127 46* 25.40 109.48 0 0 1 13 0
Geraint Jones 11 7 2 62 24* 12.40 88.57 0 0 1 3 2
Neil Dexter 6 2 1 45 31* 45.00 125.00 0 0 0 6 0
Simon Cook 11 1 1 25 25* - 192.30 0 0 0 2 1
Yasir Arafat 11 4 3 19 7 19.00 100.00 0 0 0 1 0
James Tredwell 11 2 0 13 12 6.50 81.25 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew Hall 1 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Lasith Malinga 2 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Morné Morkel 8 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Source: Cricinfo[9]

Bowling

First-class (County Championship)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5w 10w
Ryan McLaren 15 21 316.0 58 1,079 44 5/24 8/70 24.52 3.41 43.0 1 0
James Tredwell 14 19 415.3 76 1,285 36 6/47 8/95 35.69 3.09 69.2 1 0
Yasir Arafat 10 15 238.5 44 882 27 5/63 9/153 32.66 3.69 53.0 1 0
Simon Cook 12 20 242.4 58 740 22 6/35 6/66 33.63 3.04 66.1 1 0
Martin Saggers 7 10 156.4 36 463 19 5/43 6/65 24.36 2.95 49.4 1 0
Andrew Hall 7 12 163.0 27 610 15 5/59 5/135 40.66 3.74 65.2 1 0
Darren Stevens 11 13 112.5 24 305 12 3/91 4/32 25.41 2.70 56.4 0 0
Joe Denly 15 11 67.1 15 203 6 2/13 2/13 33.83 3.02 67.1 0 0
Martin van Jaarsveld 15 5 20.2 4 68 5 2/17 2/17 13.60 3.34 24.4 0 0
Robbie Joseph 3 6 57.0 11 233 3 3/78 3/94 77.66 4.08 114.0 0 0
Lasith Malinga 4 5 40.0 2 197 2 1/40 1/40 98.50 4.92 120.0 0 0
Matt Walker 12 1 2.0 0 10 1 1/10 1/10 10.00 5.00 12.0 0 0
Neil Dexter 8 3 13.0 0 72 1 1/35 1/35 72.00 5.53 78.0 0 0
Min Patel 1 2 31.0 4 107 1 1/17 1/107 107.00 3.45 186.0 0 0
Geraint Jones 15 1 2.0 0 14 0 - - - 7.00 - 0 0
Robert Key 15 2 7.0 0 33 0 - - - 4.71 - 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[10]
List A (Friends Provident Trophy, NatWest Pro40 and Tour match)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Simon Cook 16 16 132.5 8 624 27 4/25 23.11 4.69 29.5 1 0
James Tredwell 17 16 127.3 4 646 19 2/20 34.00 5.06 40.2 0 0
Yasir Arafat 10 10 82.3 6 386 18 3/20 21.44 4.67 27.5 0 0
Ryan McLaren 13 12 91.0 4 457 17 4/29 26.88 5.02 32.1 2 0
Martin Saggers 7 7 52.5 9 203 11 4/25 18.45 3.84 28.8 1 0
Darren Stevens 15 8 40.0 1 153 9 3/15 17.00 3.82 26.6 0 0
Andrew Hall 7 7 52.5 4 240 9 2/12 26.66 4.54 35.2 0 0
Martin van Jaarsveld 17 9 35.0 1 169 7 3/43 24.14 4.82 30.0 0 0
Neil Dexter 8 5 33.0 1 160 4 3/27 40.00 4.84 49.5 0 0
Robbie Joseph 2 2 20.0 0 100 3 3/50 33.33 5.00 40.0 0 0
Tom Parsons 1 1 6.0 0 41 2 2/41 20.50 6.83 18.0 0 0
Lasith Malinga 3 3 23.4 0 145 2 1/44 72.50 6.12 71.0 0 0
James Iles 1 1 6.0 0 27 1 1/27 27.00 4.50 36.0 0 0
Alex Blake 3 2 12.0 1 61 1 1/25 61.00 5.08 72.0 0 0
Joe Denly 15 1 1.0 0 6 0 - - 6.00 - 0 0
Source:Cricinfo[11]
Twenty20 (Twenty20 Cup)
Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Simon Cook 11 11 39.5 0 275 17 3/21 16.17 6.90 14.0 0 0
Yasir Arafat 11 11 32.3 0 280 14 3/24 20.00 8.61 13.9 0 0
Morné Morkel 8 8 29.0 2 184 11 3/24 16.72 6.34 15.8 0 0
Ryan McLaren 11 11 31.5 0 250 11 3/22 22.72 7.85 17.3 0 0
Darren Stevens 11 6 17.0 0 86 6 4/14 14.33 5.05 17.0 1 0
James Tredwell 11 9 28.0 0 187 6 2/19 31.16 6.67 28.0 0 0
Lasith Malinga 2 2 7.4 0 74 4 3/30 18.50 9.65 11.5 0 0
Andrew Hall 1 1 3.0 0 25 2 2/25 12.50 8.33 9.0 0 0
Martin van Jaarsveld 11 1 2.0 0 9 1 1/9 9.00 4.50 12.0 0 0
Neil Dexter 6 1 2.0 0 27 0 - - 13.50 - 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[12]

References

  1. ^ a b New Road match rescheduled by ECB, Cricnfo, 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  2. ^ a b Twenty20 Cup finals day, BBC Sport, 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  3. ^ a b c Key keeps job as Kent sign Arafat, BBC Sport, 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  4. ^ Kent sign up South African Morkel, BBC Sport, 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  5. ^ Malinga pens short-term Kent deal, BBC Sport, 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  6. ^ Min Patel announces retirement, Cricinfo, 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  7. ^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most runs, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  8. ^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most runs, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  9. ^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most runs, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  10. ^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / First-class matches / Most wickets, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  11. ^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / List A matches / Most wickets, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  12. ^ Season 2007 - Kent / Records / Twenty20 matches / Most wickets, ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

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