Still on the books but Billings is being given an opportunity which he has so far taken.
Geraint is also building up his coaching business and another rumour I heard was that he is looking to get fast tracked, in the same way as Saggers was, to the 1st Class Umpiring list.
He played for Sandwich yesterday against Bexley in the Kent Premier League:
Practice in the middle and maximum batting points would seem to be the order of the day tomorrow. Unless, of course, we try to rattle up 250 in say 30 overs and then bowl them out for under 150.
Practice in the middle and maximum batting points would seem to be the order of the day tomorrow. Unless, of course, we try to rattle up 250 in say 30 overs and then bowl them out for under 150.
Roughly what they did, strange declaration though with Nash 5 short of a century and on what was a benign pitch. May have been better to bat on for some more bonus points, however it was good to see Rob Key being positive and looking to win.
Australia to play four day match against Kent. ECB announces international dates and venues for 2015 summer.
ECB today announced the full international programme for the summer of 2015 which will see England host tours by New Zealand and Australia.
Kent will be part of the 2015 action with the County set to host the touring Australian team in the opening fixture of the tour. The four day match will be played at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury, from Thursday 25 June until Sunday 28th June. Commenting on the match Kent Cricket CEO, Jamie Clifford noted that, “the county has a long history of tour matches against Australia dating back to 1882. Many members have vivid memories of Don Bradman playing here in 1948, when 19,000 attended the first day and 23,000 on the second. It will be six years since the Australians last visit to Canterbury, when they played the England Lions in 2009, and we know this is going to be very popular with the Kent public. This is a great announcement at the start of the week when the Kent Spitfires will be playing the current ICC World T20 Champions, Sri Lanka, in a 50 over match on Friday night (16 May).”
Cardiff’s SWALEC stadium will host the opening Investec Ashes Test Match of the five-match series as it did in 2009 when England’s last pair James Anderson and Monty Panesar clung on for a famous draw on the final day of a gripping Ashes encounter.
Lord’s, Edgbaston, Trent Bridge and The Kia Oval will also stage Investec Test Matches as England bid to regain the famous Ashes urn and win a fourth successive home Ashes series following their previous triumphs in 2005, 2009 and 2013.
After the Ashes, England and Australia will do battle again in a NatWest IT20 at Cardiff before the international season reaches its climax in September with The Ageas Bowl, Lord’s, Emirates Old Trafford and Headingley hosting matches in the Royal London One-Day International series.
New Zealand’s tour of England will begin in May with tour matches against Somerset and Worcestershire before the two countries meet in the opening international action of the summer – the 1st Investec Test Match at Lords.
Headingley will stage the second Investec Test Match of the two-match series against the Black Caps before the focus shifts to the Royal London One-Day International series with Edgbaston, The Kia Oval, The Ageas Bowl, Trent Bridge and Emirates Durham ICG all staging ODIs and Emirates Old Trafford hosting a NatWest IT20.
ECB Chief Executive David Collier said: “Next summer promises to be a hugely exciting international season with England’s bid to regain the Ashes set to be one of the major highlights of the sporting year. We’re also delighted to be hosting New Zealand again across all three formats of the international game and would like to thank all those county and international venues who will be hosting our touring teams next year.”
New Zealand to UK 2015
Fri 8 – Mon 11 May 4-day v Somerset Taunton
Thu 14 – Sun 17 May 4-day v Worcestershire New Road
Thu 21 – Mon 25 May 1st Investec Test Match Lord’s
Fri 29 May – Tue 2 June 2nd Investec Test Match Headingley
Sat 6 June 50-over v Leicestershire Grace Road
Tue 9 June 1st Royal London ODI (D/N) Edgbaston
Fri 12 June 2nd Royal London ODI (D/N) Kia Oval
Sun 14 June 3rd Royal London ODI Ageas Bowl (Southampton)
Wed 17 June 4th Royal London ODI (D/N) Trent Bridge
Sat 20 June 5th Royal London ODI Emirates Durham ICG
Tue 23 June NatWest IT20 (Floodlit) Emirates Old Trafford
Australia to UK 2015
Thu 25 – Sun 28 June 4-day v Kent Canterbury
Wed 1 – Sat 4 July 4-day v Essex Chelmsford
Wed 8 – Sun 12 July 1st Investec Test Match SWALEC, Cardiff
Thu 16 – Mon 20 July 2nd Investec Test Match Lord’s
Thu 23 – Sat 25 July 3-day v Derbyshire 3aaa County Grd, Derby
Wed 29 July – Sun 2 Aug 3rd Investec Test Match Edgbaston
Thu 6 – Mon 10 Aug 4th Investec Test Match Trent Bridge
Fri 14 – Sun 16 Aug 3-day v Northants Northampton
Thu 20 – Mon 24 Aug 5th Investec Test Match Kia Oval
Thu 27 Aug 50-over v Ireland Venue tbc
Mon 31 Aug NatWest IT20 SWALEC, Cardiff
Thu 3 Sept 1st Royal London ODI (D/N) Ageas Bowl
Sat 5 Sept 2nd Royal London ODI Lord’s
Tue 8 Sept 3rd Royal London ODI (D/N) Emirates Old Trafford
Fri 11 Sept 4th Royal London ODI Headingley
Sun 13 Sept 5th Royal London ODI Emirates Old Trafford
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The Sri Lanka team have arrived in Canterbury for their match against the Kent Spitfires on Friday. The current World T20 Champions will be playing at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence against Kent in just 2 DAYS and the weather forecast couldn't be better!
If you haven't purchased your tickets yet, you've got till 9pm tomorrow (Thursday) to save £10 on gate prices.
This is also a great time to remind you about our Super 8 reasons to come to watch LIVE CRICKET this year! All these matches are floodlit fixtures, at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, with seven on Friday nights!
1. Kent Spitfires v Sri Lanka – Friday 16 May, 2pm start. ONLY 2 DAYS TO GO! International Cricket in your own backyard! The 2014 World T20 Champions & one of the world’s best international 50 over teams will be playing the Kent Spitfires. Save £10 on adult tickets when you pre-buy - Adult £20 (£30 on gate), Woolley Stand £25 (£35 on gate), Junior £5 (£8 on gate).
2. Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire – Friday 30 May, 7pm start. This is Blast off night for Kent’s campaign in the new NatWest T20 Blast. Check out the new competition and all the action for the first time at home.
3. Kent Spitfires v Middlesex Panthers – Friday 6 June, 7pm start, Spitfire Boys Night Out – 1,000 free pints of Spitfire Ale and packets of crisps at no extra cost. Get in quick and order an e-ticket online - just type in SPITFIRE in the promotional box on the ticket sales page, to receive great freebies.
4. Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles - Wednesday 11 June, 6.30pm start, Battle of the Bridge. Let’s make sure the Eagles and their supporters know they are in Kent this night!
5. Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks - Friday 20 June, 7pm start. Fancy Dress Night – come in your most outrageous outfits and win big with Kent Cricket & Spitfire Ale.
6. Kent Spitfires v Hampshire - Friday 4 July, 7pm start – Pimm's Girls Night Out – 500 complimentary glasses of Pimm's and packets of crisps on offer. Type in PIMMS in the promotional box, to receive your free goodies.
7. Kent Spitfires v Somerset - Friday 18 July, 7pm start – Thatchers’ Gold Rush – 500 free pints of Thatchers Gold Cider and packets of crisps at no extra cost. Type in THATCHERS in the promotional box, to receive great free products. (e tickets only)
8. Kent Spitfires v Surrey - Friday 25 July, 5.30pm start. - The Last Stand. The final scheduled home NatWest T20 Blast game of the 2014 season.
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Pre-buy prices for NatWest T20 Blast:
£20 Adult ground entry, (£25 on match day) £25 Woolley Stand* (£30 on match day) £5 Juniors (5 –15) (£8 on a match day)
Pre-buy cut off, 9pm the day before the fixture.
Buy early to receive the limited offer free drinks and crisps promotions.
* Adult ticket plus covered seating
Save £45 with a Six Pack
There are so many great matches over a two month period! Why not buy a Six Pack for only £105 meaning two of the matches are virtually free! Six Packs allow access to all stands and the Chiesman Pavilion and can be used at any six days you choose throughout the season.
Save £130 with a Spitfire Membership
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Well done the Kent lads !!
This could turn out to be one special season !!!
( or not ....)
He played for Sandwich yesterday against Bexley in the Kent Premier League:
bexley.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11919554
He also didn't keep with up and coming youngster Ryan Davies having the gloves.
Meantime, the 2nd X1, lead by Geraint Jones and including Fabian Cowdrey, have been playing MCC YC.
We set a mammoth total of 71 - lost 9 wickets for 24 runs in going from 25-0 to 49-9! MCC got them for the loss of a single wicket in 11.1 overs.
Chanderpaul still there though.
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WICKET! Cross c Stevens b Bollinger 15. Derbyshire 103/6 #DERvKEN
5 each for Doug and Darren
What a signing Bollinger is proving - 20 wickets so far in the CC at 16.25.
At least we have 3 bowling points....
Australia to play four day match against Kent.
ECB announces international dates and venues for 2015 summer.
ECB today announced the full international programme for the summer of 2015 which will see England host tours by New Zealand and Australia.
Kent will be part of the 2015 action with the County set to host the touring Australian team in the opening fixture of the tour. The four day match will be played at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury, from Thursday 25 June until Sunday 28th June. Commenting on the match Kent Cricket CEO, Jamie Clifford noted that, “the county has a long history of tour matches against Australia dating back to 1882. Many members have vivid memories of Don Bradman playing here in 1948, when 19,000 attended the first day and 23,000 on the second. It will be six years since the Australians last visit to Canterbury, when they played the England Lions in 2009, and we know this is going to be very popular with the Kent public. This is a great announcement at the start of the week when the Kent Spitfires will be playing the current ICC World T20 Champions, Sri Lanka, in a 50 over match on Friday night (16 May).”
Cardiff’s SWALEC stadium will host the opening Investec Ashes Test Match of the five-match series as it did in 2009 when England’s last pair James Anderson and Monty Panesar clung on for a famous draw on the final day of a gripping Ashes encounter.
Lord’s, Edgbaston, Trent Bridge and The Kia Oval will also stage Investec Test Matches as England bid to regain the famous Ashes urn and win a fourth successive home Ashes series following their previous triumphs in 2005, 2009 and 2013.
After the Ashes, England and Australia will do battle again in a NatWest IT20 at Cardiff before the international season reaches its climax in September with The Ageas Bowl, Lord’s, Emirates Old Trafford and Headingley hosting matches in the Royal London One-Day International series.
New Zealand’s tour of England will begin in May with tour matches against Somerset and Worcestershire before the two countries meet in the opening international action of the summer – the 1st Investec Test Match at Lords.
Headingley will stage the second Investec Test Match of the two-match series against the Black Caps before the focus shifts to the Royal London One-Day International series with Edgbaston, The Kia Oval, The Ageas Bowl, Trent Bridge and Emirates Durham ICG all staging ODIs and Emirates Old Trafford hosting a NatWest IT20.
ECB Chief Executive David Collier said: “Next summer promises to be a hugely exciting international season with England’s bid to regain the Ashes set to be one of the major highlights of the sporting year. We’re also delighted to be hosting New Zealand again across all three formats of the international game and would like to thank all those county and international venues who will be hosting our touring teams next year.”
New Zealand to UK 2015
Fri 8 – Mon 11 May 4-day v Somerset Taunton
Thu 14 – Sun 17 May 4-day v Worcestershire New Road
Thu 21 – Mon 25 May 1st Investec Test Match Lord’s
Fri 29 May – Tue 2 June 2nd Investec Test Match Headingley
Sat 6 June 50-over v Leicestershire Grace Road
Tue 9 June 1st Royal London ODI (D/N) Edgbaston
Fri 12 June 2nd Royal London ODI (D/N) Kia Oval
Sun 14 June 3rd Royal London ODI Ageas Bowl (Southampton)
Wed 17 June 4th Royal London ODI (D/N) Trent Bridge
Sat 20 June 5th Royal London ODI Emirates Durham ICG
Tue 23 June NatWest IT20 (Floodlit) Emirates Old Trafford
Australia to UK 2015
Thu 25 – Sun 28 June 4-day v Kent Canterbury
Wed 1 – Sat 4 July 4-day v Essex Chelmsford
Wed 8 – Sun 12 July 1st Investec Test Match SWALEC, Cardiff
Thu 16 – Mon 20 July 2nd Investec Test Match Lord’s
Thu 23 – Sat 25 July 3-day v Derbyshire 3aaa County Grd, Derby
Wed 29 July – Sun 2 Aug 3rd Investec Test Match Edgbaston
Thu 6 – Mon 10 Aug 4th Investec Test Match Trent Bridge
Fri 14 – Sun 16 Aug 3-day v Northants Northampton
Thu 20 – Mon 24 Aug 5th Investec Test Match Kia Oval
Thu 27 Aug 50-over v Ireland Venue tbc
Mon 31 Aug NatWest IT20 SWALEC, Cardiff
Thu 3 Sept 1st Royal London ODI (D/N) Ageas Bowl
Sat 5 Sept 2nd Royal London ODI Lord’s
Tue 8 Sept 3rd Royal London ODI (D/N) Emirates Old Trafford
Fri 11 Sept 4th Royal London ODI Headingley
Sun 13 Sept 5th Royal London ODI Emirates Old Trafford
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The Sri Lanka team have arrived in Canterbury for their match against the Kent Spitfires on Friday. The current World T20 Champions will be playing at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence against Kent in just 2 DAYS and the weather forecast couldn't be better!
If you haven't purchased your tickets yet, you've got till 9pm tomorrow (Thursday) to save £10 on gate prices.
Adult £20 (£30 gate), Woolley Stand £25 (£35 gate), Junior £5 (£8 gate).
Buy Your Tickets Here >>
This is also a great time to remind you about our Super 8 reasons to come to watch LIVE CRICKET this year! All these matches are floodlit fixtures, at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, with seven on Friday nights!
1. Kent Spitfires v Sri Lanka – Friday 16 May, 2pm start. ONLY 2 DAYS TO GO! International Cricket in your own backyard! The 2014 World T20 Champions & one of the world’s best international 50 over teams will be playing the Kent Spitfires.
Save £10 on adult tickets when you pre-buy - Adult £20 (£30 on gate), Woolley Stand £25 (£35 on gate), Junior £5 (£8 on gate).
2. Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire – Friday 30 May, 7pm start. This is Blast off night for Kent’s campaign in the new NatWest T20 Blast. Check out the new competition and all the action for the first time at home.
3. Kent Spitfires v Middlesex Panthers – Friday 6 June, 7pm start, Spitfire Boys Night Out – 1,000 free pints of Spitfire Ale and packets of crisps at no extra cost. Get in quick and order an e-ticket online - just type in SPITFIRE in the promotional box on the ticket sales page, to receive great freebies.
4. Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles - Wednesday 11 June, 6.30pm start, Battle of the Bridge. Let’s make sure the Eagles and their supporters know they are in Kent this night!
5. Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks - Friday 20 June, 7pm start. Fancy Dress Night – come in your most outrageous outfits and win big with Kent Cricket & Spitfire Ale.
6. Kent Spitfires v Hampshire - Friday 4 July, 7pm start – Pimm's Girls Night Out – 500 complimentary glasses of Pimm's and packets of crisps on offer. Type in PIMMS in the promotional box, to receive your free goodies.
7. Kent Spitfires v Somerset - Friday 18 July, 7pm start – Thatchers’ Gold Rush – 500 free pints of Thatchers Gold Cider and packets of crisps at no extra cost. Type in THATCHERS in the promotional box, to receive great free products. (e tickets only)
8. Kent Spitfires v Surrey - Friday 25 July, 5.30pm start. - The Last Stand. The final scheduled home NatWest T20 Blast game of the 2014 season.
Buy Your Tickets Here >>
Pre-buy and Save
Pre-buy prices for NatWest T20 Blast:
£20 Adult ground entry, (£25 on match day)
£25 Woolley Stand* (£30 on match day)
£5 Juniors (5 –15) (£8 on a match day)
Pre-buy cut off, 9pm the day before the fixture.
Buy early to receive the limited offer free drinks and crisps promotions.
* Adult ticket plus covered seating
Save £45 with a Six Pack
There are so many great matches over a two month period! Why not buy a Six Pack for only £105 meaning two of the matches are virtually free! Six Packs allow access to all stands and the Chiesman Pavilion and can be used at any six days you choose throughout the season.
Save £130 with a Spitfire Membership
A Spitfire Membership (£150) gives you access to all 12 one-day matches the Kent Spitfires play – the eight above, plus four Royal London One-Day Cup floodlit matches (50 over) late July into August. You will enjoy full Member rights with access to all covered stands, as well as the Chiesman Pavilion. You could miss five fixtures and still be saving!