Thought I'd start a new thread
https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/blake-signs-new-kent-deal/Alex Blake has signed a new deal until the end of 2022, our first ever white ball only contract. It rumoured a few years ago that he was fed up with his lack of chances in the red ball side, maybe with all the money in the white ball leagues around the world, he's now very happy to be a white ball specialist!
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https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/stewart-extends-kent-stay/
and Klassen signed a 1 year extension
https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/stewart-extends-kent-stay/
with Milnes and Robinson in the Lions squad, Cox and Qadri in the England u19 squad we are certainly trying to build for the future
Do they have big hopes for him at Kent?
We do have a glut of talent in the keeper/batsman area though with Billings, Robinson and the even younger Jordan Cox. It'll be interesting who takes the gloves in which format this summer
I believe that Billings, due to his injury and form with the bat last season when not keeping, may just bat which will mean that Ollie Robinson can take the gloves and bat at 6/7 in the County Championship. Billings, I would think, will then keep in the shorter form of the game.
Leaning
DBD
Denly
Kuhn
Billings
Blake
Nabi
Groenwald
Podmore
Milnes
Qayyum
That would leave out from these batsmen/all rounders in the squad: Dickson, Robinson, Cox, Crawley, Stevens, Rouse, Cox, Stewart and O'Riordan
du Plessis?
Odds on when the first "piss off canters" of the year occurs?
There is another connection and perhaps the person that persuaded Faf to play for us last season - Faf is married to the sister of Hardys Viljoen's girlfriend and Viljoen was already in our T20 squad last season.
great news!
We also pushed the ECB significantly further after that re use of the Oval threatening to not allow use etc.
The ECB have massively pushed surrey to include the 100 in ALL memberships. Surrey refused and decided to offer one membership which had it as an added extra. A membership they aren't actively promoting and all the unofficial messages from the club are that they would love it if there was zero take up of this as it would massively help their case with the ECB.
As for finance, aside from the bribe which every county gets the only additional finance we are receiving for this is the payment for not being allowed to use our own ground in peak season - which i'm told is not actually as much as the estimated income lost by having to host games at out grounds.