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Kent Cricket 2026

Addick Addict
Addick Addict Posts: 40,627
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So, a new season and a new thread required. Feel that it will be another season of transition but here's hoping we surprise ourselves.

Link to all known fixtures:

https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/fixtures-and-results/?team-category=mens-first-team&competition-category=&venue-category=

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,627
    According to the Guardian, Sussex are one of five counties that are in the "red" zone so far as their finances are concerned and are the latest, following Middlesex, to be placed in "special measures" by the ECB due to alleged financial mismanagement and breaches of the governing body’s sustainability regulations. Their most recently published accounts for 2024 showed that Sussex recorded an operating loss of £297,000, but their losses for last year are understood to have been far greater.

    The question is an obvious one - is Kent one of the others in financial trouble? The ECB will not allow the windfall from the Hundred to be utilised to fund players' salaries so that might explain why we aren't seeing more high profile players joining the Club. 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,713
    Addick Addict said:
    According to the Guardian, Sussex are one of five counties that are in the "red" zone so far as their finances are concerned and are the latest, following Middlesex, to be placed in "special measures" by the ECB due to alleged financial mismanagement and breaches of the governing body’s sustainability regulations. Their most recently published accounts for 2024 showed that Sussex recorded an operating loss of £297,000, but their losses for last year are understood to have been far greater.

    The question is an obvious one - is Kent one of the others in financial trouble? The ECB will not allow the windfall from the Hundred to be utilised to fund players' salaries so that might explain why we aren't seeing more high profile players joining the Club. 

    This actually doesn't surprise me. There's been some off the field stuff tried that really hasn't worked and I'm not convinced that Danny Briggs and Leaning on 3 year deals is overly sensible management.

    Would not be surprised if it's all non test hosting counties in trouble. 
  • billysboots
    billysboots Posts: 1,620
    Haven’t they tried to build a hotel and/or business center at hove ? 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,713
    edited January 18
    billysboots said:
    Haven’t they tried to build a hotel and/or business center at hove ? 
    Built a load of flats out the front but there's not a load of space for much else. Converted the bottom of the new stand into a Sixes Cricket Bar but they've gone into administration. 

    There's some business centre/offices on the far side but I don't know how much they're used 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,374
    An overseas all rounder! Senuran Muthusamy signs for the blast and 8 count games

    https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/senuran-muthusamy-joins-kent-for-majority-of-2026-season/
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,739
    Slow left armer.

    Nice to have someone around for a decent length of time, but interesting that despite being here for the rest of the season, once the Blast starts, it doesn't mention him playing in the 50 over games.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,374
    killerandflash said:
    Slow left armer.

    Nice to have someone around for a decent length of time, but interesting that despite being here for the rest of the season, once the Blast starts, it doesn't mention him playing in the 50 over games.
    Hoping for a deal in the other comp maybe?
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,627
    So, according to the official site, we now have a notional 24-man squad albeit the length of contracts signed by DBD, Klaassen and Crawley have still to be confirmed:

    Bell-Drummond (batter)
    Benjamin (batter/keeper)
    Billings (keeper/batter, white ball only)
    Cohen (seamer)
    Crawley (batter)
    Compton (batter)
    Curtiss (seamer/batter)
    Dawkins (batter/keeper)
    Jaydn Denly (batter/spinner)
    Joe Denly (batter/spinner)
    Dudgeon (seamer)
    Evison (batter/seamer)
    Finch (keeper/batter)
    Flintoff (seamer/batter)
    Klaassen (seamer, white ball only)
    Milnes (seamer)
    Muthusamy (spinner/batter, from 22 May-27 September)
    Muyeye (batter)
    Northeast (batter)
    Parkinson (spinner)
    Quinn (seamer)
    Ekansh Singh (batter/seamer)
    Jas Singh (seamer)
    Stewart (seamer/batter)






  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,627
    edited January 19
    Once Muthusamy arrives, our first choice side in the CC might look something like this:

    Crawley 
    Compton 
    Northeast 
    Bell-Drummond 
    Muyeye 
    Evison 
    Muthusamy 
    Finch 
    Stewart 
    Dudgeon 
    Milnes 

    Leaving out the two white ball players, that would make our 2nd XI as below - it looks remarkably similar to some of the teams we were forced to put out at times last season:

    Dawkins 
    Jaydn Denly 
    Benjamin 
    Joe Denly 
    Ekansh Singh 
    Curtiss 
    Flintoff 
    Jas Singh 
    Parkinson 
    Cohen 
    Quinn



  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,655
    fenaddick said:
    An overseas all rounder! Senuran Muthusamy signs for the blast and 8 count games

    https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/senuran-muthusamy-joins-kent-for-majority-of-2026-season/
    I'm glad you missed the 'y' out of county in that typo.

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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,374
    thai malaysia addick said:
    fenaddick said:
    An overseas all rounder! Senuran Muthusamy signs for the blast and 8 count games

    https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/senuran-muthusamy-joins-kent-for-majority-of-2026-season/
    I'm glad you missed the 'y' out of county in that typo.
    No you misunderstand, he’s a vampire 

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