Kent Cricket 2025

We closed on 406-8 (85) with Ekansh making 135 (127) and Jaydn 109 (119) 

killerandflash said:

I never knew Pigott was also a cricketer.

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. 

Benik Afobe, as well as Ball, Chuks and Kane was in that team too. Chuks, seated right in the middle of the front row, was an imposing unit even at that age.  

000__Jaaaaay__000 said:

I’m sure Richards will eventually turn into a decent county player but he looked well off it at lords 

He batted well in the second innings but he is really inexperienced in the bowling department and this was only his second FC game. I recall us taking James Harris on loan from Middx who was 26 at the time and ready to do a job straightaway. Those days seem to have gone and effectively we have taken Richards on loan, in the same way as a Championship side might take a PL footballer with next to no experience.  That said, to lose Dudgeon, Gilchrist, Quinn, Evison, Jas and Cohen is pretty brutal and needs must. 

fenaddick said:

killerandflash said:

Addick Addict said:

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. 

Crawley not being allowed to play is baffling, when the Test isn't for 2 weeks. He's not a fast bowler needing his minutes to be managed, he's an out of form player desperately needing minutes in the middle, to try and build on his better 2nd innings performance in the last game. He could play this game, have a couple of days off, and still have a whole week to prepare for the mighty Zimbabwe. 

Aren't the England players having a training camp this week, then a rest and then the test?

They are. I've been fortunate enough to see their schedule:

Sunningdale, St George's, Walton Heath and Princes followed by a week in Marbella 

fenaddick said:

Not that it affects us but the IPL being suspended will have an interesting effect on the CC. Will be a few players suddenly available you’d think 

I'm not sure how much it will as there is only one more round of matches before the Blast kicks in. Certainly the likes of Buttler isn't going to be rushing back to play for Lancs because he doesn't play red ball anyway. Most will probably just take the opportunity to have another week or so off.