Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club

One Day name	Kent Spitfires
Personnel
Captain	Daniel Bell-Drummond
One Day captain	T20: Sam Billings
Coach	Matt Walker
Batting coach	Toby Radford
Bowling coach	Robbie Joseph
Overseas player(s)	Wes Agar Charlie Stobo Beyers Swanepoel Xavier Bartlett (T20)
Chief executive	Simon Storey[1]
Team information
Founded	6 December 1870[a]
Home ground	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Capacity	7,000
Secondary home ground(s)	County Cricket Ground, Beckenham Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells
History
First-class debut	All-England in 1842 at Bromley
Championship wins	7 (1 shared)
One-Day Cup wins	3
National League wins	5
B&H Cup wins	3
Twenty20 Cup wins	2
Official website	Official website
2024 Season

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Kent. A club representing the county was first founded in 1842 but Kent teams have played top-class cricket since the early 18th century, and the club has always held first-class status. The current Kent County Cricket Club was formed on 6 December 1870 following the merger of two representative teams. Kent have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club's limited overs team is called the Kent Spitfires after the Supermarine Spitfire.

The county has won the County Championship seven times, including one shared victory. Four wins came in the period between 1906 and 1913 with the other three coming during the 1970s when Kent also dominated one-day cricket cup competitions. A total of 13 one-day cricket cup victories include eight between 1967 and 1978, with the last trophy won by the club coming in the 2022 Royal London One-Day Cup.

The club plays most of its home matches at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, which hosts Canterbury Cricket Week, the oldest cricket festival in England. It also plays some home matches at the County Cricket Ground, Beckenham and the Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells which hosts Tunbridge Wells Cricket Week.

Kent also field a women's team. Kent Women won the Women's County Championship a record eight times, most recently in 2019, and the Women's T20 title three times, most recently in 2016. It has traditionally played matches at the Polo Farm in Canterbury, but since 2016 has moved to be based mainly at Beckenham.

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