Both Jaydn and Ekansh have reached their tons. Good work boys!
Given the largely poor batting this season one or both deserve an opportunity in the first team I reckon. Jaydn's bowling potential might give him an edge.
Someone on the Kent group on Facebook has re-produced the Academy Group from 2010 - 15 in total. Probably our best in terms of all round sportsmen/women:
England cricketers - Sam Billings, Oli (?) Robinson & Tammy Beaumont Pro cricketers - Adam Ball, Adam Riley, Fabian Cowdrey & Daniel Bell-Drummond Pro footballer - Joe Pigott Semi-pro footballer - Tom Chapman
Never let it be said that Beckenham is flatter than the baize on a snooker table at the World Championships. The 2s game has finished Kent 530-9 dec vs Essex 554-4 dec. No less than six players hit a ton and another three made 50s with two of those undefeated.
You probably know all of these but a few others might not - Bolton's keeper Nathan Baxter and had to make a "really" difficult choice between Kent and Chelsea and England rugby's Ben Earl was in the same age group academy as Crawley and O'Riordan. On the flip side, Adam Ball was in the same U10s at Arsenal as someone called Harry Kane and another promising kid called Chuks Aneke but no idea what happened to him.
You probably know all of these but a few others might not - Bolton's keeper Nathan Baxter and had to make a "really" difficult choice between Kent and Chelsea and England rugby's Ben Earl was in the same age group academy as Crawley and O'Riordan. On the flip side, Adam Ball was in the same U10s at Arsenal as someone called Harry Kane and another promising kid called Chuks Aneke but no idea what happened to him.
With his injury record, Chuks would fit in very nicely at Kent.
Stewart and Finch return but the latter won't keep but presumably will open. Crawley has been made unavailable by England and Evison has a side strain and "is replaced by fellow seaming all-rounder Ekansh Singh as a like-for-like replacement". That comment allied with "Loan Player Jamal Richards is included in the squad and could make the final appearance of his spell at the Club" suggests that Richards might be the one to miss out.
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England cricketers - Sam Billings, Oli (?) Robinson & Tammy Beaumont
Pro cricketers - Adam Ball, Adam Riley, Fabian Cowdrey & Daniel Bell-Drummond
Pro footballer - Joe Pigott
Semi-pro footballer - Tom Chapman
Benik Afobe, as well as Ball, Chuks and Kane was in that team too. Chuks, sitting right in the middle of the front row, was massive even at that age.