#kent ccc

[footballcardsstickers]

BEYOND RARE! Legendary cricketer Lord Harris of Kent CCC 

Made in the season on 1887-88 this cricket card is the only 1 of its type known!

[battingonjakku]

Kent!

1 - Some Matt Henry for the NZ fam

2 - I matched with him on bumble once, there’s some goss

3 - Coach looks happy. 4 - oh that’s why, mighty Darren Stevens

5 - Kuhn looking determined? or is that regret?

6 - Yep, still my least favourite kit on the scene. Or the second worst, we haven’t seen Lancashire yet

[tibsnews]

Jimmy Adams pens contract extenstion as Kent CCC head coach

Jimmy #Adams extends contract as #Kent CCC head coach by @MattClewesey #KCCC #cricket

Kent head coach Jimmy Adams has signed a contract extension to stay with the county at the St Lawrence Ground.

The former West Indies captain joined the county in January 2012 and has since gone through two tough seasons in Division two of the County Championship. But with the help of veteran captain Rob Key, he led Kent to a much improved state in 2014.

Adams guided Kent to mid-table of the…

View On WordPress

[roundthewicket-blog]

The famous lime tree in the outfield of the St. Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, Kent.

The weakened 200 year old tree met it's maker after a gale force storm in 2005. The club replanted it's successor, so here's to another 200 years!

[brettwalton-blog]

Day/Night Tests To Be Trialled In Canteburry

It is well known in the cricketing world that County Championship matches are often badly attended.

Starting at half past 10 in the morning and finishing by six o clock in the afternoon, it is not really any surprise though, because most people who are interesting in the game are at work or education during this time of the day. Compared to limited over match ups, test matches are seen almost deserted, unless of course it is England, and even when other international teams visit county sides as part of a tour attendances are disappointing.

In many ways though, this can’t be helped. People cannot realistically have enough time off work to regularly attend County Championship games, and even people who are not working (retirees and students for example) more than likely do not have the time (nor the money) to attend regularly.

So, the ICC’s idea to introduce a fresh approach to County Championship test matches could be just what is needed for the out of favour cricket competition. Using the pink ball that has been trialled since 2008, an experimental game between Glamorgan and Kent  will take place in  County Championship Division Two, starting at 2:30 PM and end at 9 o clock PM on 12 September. The idea is to attract crowds similar to how the 20:20 fixtures do, with the idea that more families can attend for an evening of entertainment.

Evening cricket is quite obviously more popular, this could be down to a number of things be it because the games are shorter and therefore are less likely to become tedious and boring and are easier to take in; because more people are actually available for these games having finished work for the day; or because the County teams are able to promote the game as a family showpiece, similar to going to the cinema or theatre.

But will the idea work? Only time will tell, and certainly after the trial game has taken place, the outcome will become more clear, so until then it really is not clear whether this is the answer that County cricket has been looking for for a long time. It may be that in order to really get people chomping at the bit of County Championship cricket, the test games will need to start even later, but this would of course mean playing until even later into the night, and then the argument of being played too early in the day could come back around full circle and keep people away for going on until too late, not to mention how this would affect the day to to day preparation and training of the players competing. All we can do for now is wait and see how the experiment game fairs. Will more people turn up or will attendances remain low? At least the ICC are making movements and being proactive in trying to address a long debated problem.

Picture source: tiflex.co.uk 07.09.11

[itallstartedokay]

Meanwhile...

Surrey lost by 265 runs.

But Dirtbag managed 2 fours and 1 six in eight balls before he got himself out.