List of Kent County Cricket Club Twenty20 cricket records
This is a list of Kent County Cricket Club Twenty20 cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in Twenty20 cricket for Kent County Cricket Club.
Kent played their first Twenty20 match in the domestic 2003 Twenty20 Cup. Their first match was against Hampshire at Beckenham.[1] The club has played in each of the domestic Twenty20 competitions since, winning the competition in 2007 and finishing as runners-up in 2008. The club plays Twenty20 cricket under the name Kent Spitfires, an allusion to the role of the Supermarine Spitfire in the Battle of Britain during 1940, much of which took place in the skies over the county. As of November 2016 the club has played over 150 domestic Twenty20 matches as well as two matches against touring international teams.[2]
Team records
All records last updated 7 August 2016
- Highest total for: 231/7 vs Surrey at The Oval, 2015
- Highest total against: 224/7 by Somerset at Taunton, 2015
- Lowest total for: 72 all out vs Hampshire at The Rose Bowl, 2011
- Lowest total against: 82 all out by Somerset at Taunton, 2010
- Highest partnership: 151, 2nd wicket by Daniel Bell-Drummond and Sam Northeast vs Surrey at Tunbridge Wells, 2016
Individual batting records
Five batsmen have scored centuries for Kent in Twenty20 cricket. Nine players have scored more than 1,000 runs for the county in the format.
- Highest individual score: 114 Sam Northeast vs Somerset at Taunton, 2015
- Most runs in a season: 641 Sam Northeast, 2015
- Most career runs: 3,015 Darren Stevens, 2005–present
Individual bowling records
Two bowlers have taken five wickets in a Twenty20 innings for Kent, Wahab Riaz in 2011 and Mitchell Claydon in 2013.[3] Wahab Riaz and Ryan McLaren are the county's only hat-trick taking bowlers in the format,[4] McLaren doing so in the 2007 Twenty20 Cup final against Gloucestershire, Kent's only Twenty20 final success as of November 2016.[5] Only James Tredwell has taken more than 100 wickets in total for the county as of the end of the 2016 English season.
- Best bowling: 5/17 Wahab Riaz vs Gloucestershire at Beckenham, 2011
- Most wickets in a season: 23 Yasir Arafat, 2008
- Most career wickets: 115 James Tredwell, 2003–present
See also
- List of Kent County Cricket Club first-class cricket records
- List of Kent County Cricket Club List A cricket records
References
- ↑ Twenty20 matches played by Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Playing Record, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Most wickets in an innings for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- ↑ Hat-tricks for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- ↑ McGlashan A (2007) Kent take Twenty20 in thrilling final, CricInfo, 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2016-11-01.