This is a list of cricketers who played List A cricket for Kent Cricket Board (KCB). The team, which was made up of recreational club players,Potter S (1999) Denmark pay for nerves, The Times, 5 May 1999, p. 42. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2022. ) played 13 List A cricket matches in knock-out competitions between 1999 and 2003List A Matches played by Kent Cricket Board, CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2021. and competed in other competitions organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board between 1998 and 2003.Other events played by Kent Cricket Board, CricketArchive/ Retrieved 28 June 2022. The team won eight List A matches, reaching the third round of the competition each season in which they played. As well as six victories against other Cricket Board teams, they beat Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club, a Minor Counties team, in 2001 and Denmark, an ICC Trophy team at the time, in 1999. In each season they were defeated by first-class counties, losing to Hampshire three times, and Warwickshire and Derbyshire once.
This is a list of the players who appeared in the List A matches the team played. Many players also played for the team in Minor Counties Trophy matches and for other teams in a range of competitions. Only their List A appearances for KCB are shown here.
A NameSeasons Matches Comments RefMark Alexander 1999–2001 9 Born at Farnborough in 1962, Alexander played club cricket for Bexley, Bromley and Tunbridge Wells Cricket Clubs between 1983 and 2011. He played 15 Minor Counties Trophy matches for the team between 1998 and 2002 and keep wicket in the three List A matches it played in 2001. Scored a total of 198 runs in his nine List A matches for KCB, including a century against Worcestershire Cricket Board in 1999. Played a single Second Eleven Championship match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1982. Mark Alexander, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Mark Alexander, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 June 2022.Baldwin M (1999) Smith propels Hampshire, The Times, 24 June 1999, p. 47. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2022. )
B NameSeasons Matches Comments RefMatthew Banes 2001–2003 3 Played 11 first-class matches, including three for Kent County Cricket Club, between 1999 and 2003. For KCB he scored 110 runs, with a highest score of 82 made against Leicestershire Cricket Board on his debut for the team, and took one wicket. Matthew Banes, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Matthew Banes, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 June 2022.Tennant I (2003) Dean makes short work of Kent dreams, The Times, 8 May 2003, p. 49. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2022. )Matthew Bennett 2002–2003 2 A wicket-keeper, Bennett played two matches for KCB in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, the first to rounds of which were played towards the end of the 2002 season. He was born at Epsom in Surrey in 1982 and played club cricket for The Mote between 1999 and 2003 before playing for Reigate Priory in the Surrey Cricket League between 2004 and 2012. He played for the ECB Schools team against the West Indies under-19 cricket team in 2001, friendly matches for Kent and Essex County Cricket Clubs second XIs, and for MCC in matches between 2006 and 2012. Matthew Bennett, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Matthew Bennett, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 July 2022.Kenny Bingham 2002 2 Played in two matches for KCB in 2002, playing as the wicket-keeper in the first and a batsman in the second. Born at Oxford in 1980 at educated at St Edmund's School in Oxford, Bingham played club cricket for Gore Court and Sevenoaks Vine between 2001 and 2004 before playing in the Oxford area until 2013. He played in three Minor Counties Trophy matches for KCB in 2002 and a number of times for Kent County Cricket Club's Second XI during the same year. Kenny Bingham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Kenneth Bingham, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 July 2022.John Bowden 1999–2003 12 Bowden first played club cricket for Sevenoaks Vine in 1990 and had played for Sussex County Cricket Club's Second XI in 1997 before playing for KCB between 1998 and 2003, appearing in 14 Minor Counties Trophy matches as well as 12 List A fixtures. He scored a total of 342 List A runs, with a highest score of 98 made against Worcestershire Cricket Board in 2000. In MCT matches he scored two centuries, with hisa highest score of 121 coming against Oxfordshire in 2000. He was born at Sidcup in 1973. John Bowden, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 July 2022. John Bowden, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Andy Bray 2000–2001 5 Born in London in 1979, Bray played six Minor Counties Trophy matches for KCB and appeared for the Second XIs of Kent, Essex and Hampshire County Cricket Clubs between 1999 and 2002. A right-arm pace bowler, he took four wickets in his five List A matches. He played club cricket for Hythe between 1996 and 1998 and from 1997 played for Folkestone in the Kent Cricket League. Andy Bray, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Andrew Bray, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
D NameSeasons Matches Comments RefMatthew Dennington 2003 1 A South African all-rounder, Dennington made his first-class debut for Kent County Cricket Club before playing his only match for KCB during 2003. He went on to play 36 senior matches for Kent teams before being released at the end of the 2006 season. Matthew Pennington, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Matt Dennington, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
F NameSeasons Matches Comments RefMatthew Featherstone 1999–2000 6 Featherstone scored 205 runs in his six List A matches for KCB, including a century scored on his debut against Denmark in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. He also played seven Minor Counties Trophy matches for the team between 1998 and 2000. Born at Bromley in 1970 and educated at Millfield, Featherstone played internationally for Brazil between 2000 and 2018, making 47 appearances for the team, later becoming the President of Cricket Brazil. Matthew Featherstone, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Matthew Featherstone, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 July 2022.Case Study: Brazil , Lord's Taverners. Retrieved 1 July 2022.Rob Ferley 2001–2002 2 Played in over 100 top-class matches, playing for Kent and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Clubs between 2003 and 2010. Ferley took three wickets in his two List A matches for KCB and also played a Minor Counties Trophy match for the team in 2001. Rob Ferley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2022. Robert Ferley, CricInfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
G NameSeasons Matches Comments RefMark George 2003 1 An Australian born at Ryde, New South Wales in 1977, George spent three summers playing for The Mote between 2001 and 2003. He scored seven runs and took one wicket in his only List A appearance. He was a member of the Queensland Academy of Sport between 2001 and 2007 and had played for Queensland under-19s. Mark George, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2022. Mark George, CricInfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.James Golding 1999 3 Made his first-class debut for Kent County Cricket Club soon after playing for KCB, going on to play 47 top-level matches for the county team between 1999 and 2002. Golding played eight Minor Counties Trophy matches for KCB before going on to play Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire County Cricket Club between 2005 and 2009. James Golding, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2022. James Golding, CricInfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
H NameSeasons Matches Comments RefJames Hodgson 2001–2002 2 Hodgson was born at Reading, Berkshire in 1972 and played for England Schools and toured New Zealand with Young England in 1990/91, playing in one under-19 One Day International. He played Second XI cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in 1991 and Minor Counties cricket for Berkshire between 1993 and 1998, before playing club cricket for The Mote from 1995. He had played one List A match for Berkshire before his two matches for KCB, for whom he scored a total of 51 runs. James Hodgson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2022. James Hodgson, CricInfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
J NameSeasons Matches Comments RefLewis Jenkins 2001 4 Played under-19 and Second XI cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in 2000 and 2001 as well as four Minor Counties Trophy matches for KCB, also in 2001. Born at Canterbury in 1981, Jenkins played club cricket for St Lawrence and Highland Court from 1998. In his four List matches he scored a total of 91 runs, including an unbeaten half-century made against Leicestershire Cricket Board. Lewis Jenkins, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2022. Lewis Jenkins, CricInfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.Gary Joyce 1999 3 Born at Frome in Somerset in 1964, Joyce played under-25 and Second XI cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1980 and 1984. A wicket-keeper, he played for Bexley in the Kent Cricket League between 1994 and 2013, during which time he played in KCB's 1999 NatWest Trophy, scoring a total of 10 runs, as well as playing twice for the team in the Minor Counties Trophy. Gary Joyce, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2022. Gary Joyce, CricInfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
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