List of Kent County Cricket Club List A cricket records
This is a list of Kent County Cricket Club List A cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in List A cricket for Kent County Cricket Club. List A cricket is a limited overs form of cricket usually played over one day.
Kent played their first List A match in the 1963 domestic season against Sussex in the 1963 Gillette Cup at the Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells.[1] The county have competed in List A competitions in every season since 1963 and, as of November 2016, have played over 950 List A matches, including against representative and touring international sides.[2]
The county have won ten domestic List A competitions, most recently the 2001 National League. Long serving spin bowler Derek Underwood holds the record for most List A appearances for Kent with 377 matches played for the county between 1963 and 1987.[3]
Team records
All records last updated 1 November 2016
- Highest total for: 384/6 vs Berkshire at Finchampstead, 1994 (60 over match)
- Highest total against: 371/8 by Somerset at Taunton, 2014 (50 over match. Total made in 48 overs due to rain)
- Lowest total for: 69 all out vs Somerset at Taunton, 1979
- Lowest total against: 60 all out by Derbyshire at Canterbury, 2008
- Highest partnership: 241, 2nd wicket by Trevor Ward and Aravinda de Silva vs Surrey at Canterbury, 1995 (40 over match)
Individual batting records
Over 100 players have scored a century for Kent in List A cricket since the county began competing in this form of cricket in 1963. The first century for Kent was made by Colin Cowdrey against Suffolk in the 1966 Gillette Cup. The highest individual score for Kent was made by Andrew Symonds in the 2004 National League.[4] Chris Tavaré, Robert Key and Martin van Jaarsveld have all scored eight centuries in their Kent careers.[5]
- Highest individual score: 146 Andrew Symonds vs Lancashire at Tunbridge Wells, 2004 (45 over match)
- Most runs in a season: 1,073 Trevor Ward, 1995
- Most career runs: 7,814 Mark Benson, 1980–1995
Individual bowling records
Long serving spin bowler Derek Underwood dominates Kent bowling records in List A cricket, leading the county in wickets taken by 170 wickets from the nearest challenger.[6] Underwood also has the best bowling figures in Kent List A history, with Alan Dixon taking the second best figures for the county.[7] Three players have taken hat-tricks for Kent in List A cricket, Richard Ellison, Martin McCague and, most recently, Matt Coles.[8]
- Best bowling: 8/31 Derek Underwood vs Scotland at Myreside, Edinburgh, 1987
- Most wickets in a season: 49, Martin McCague, 1992
- Most career wickets: 530, Derek Underwood, 1963–1987
See also
- List of Kent County Cricket Club first-class cricket records
- List of Kent County Cricket Club Twenty20 cricket records
References
- ↑ List A matches played by Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Playing record, Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Most appearances for Kent, Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ↑ Most runs in an innings for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ↑ Most centuries for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ↑ Most wickets for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ↑ Most wickets in an innings for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ↑ Hat-tricks for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-11-10.