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This is a list of cricketers who played List A cricket for Kent Cricket Board (KCB). The side, which was made up of recreational club players, played 13 List A cricket matches in knock-out competitions between 1999 and 2003 and competed in other competitions organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board between 1998 and 2003. 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 side 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 side played. Many players also played for the side in Minor Counties Trophy matches and for other sides in a range of competitions. Only their List A appearances for KCB are shown here.
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 side, and took one wicket.
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.
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.
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 sides before being released at the end of the 2006 season.
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 side 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 side, later becoming the President of Cricket Brazil.
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 side in 2001.
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.
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.
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.
In his five List A matches for KCB, Lincoln score a total of 11 runs and took a single wicket. He played seven Minor Counties Trophy matches for the side between 2001 and 2002 and Second XI cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 2001 and 2003. Born at Ashford, Middlesex in 1981, he played club cricket in the Kent Cricket League for Bapchild, Gore Court, St Lawrence and Highland Court, Bickley Park and Roebucks.
Took seven wickets for KCB, with best bowling figures of 6/8 taken on his debut against Leicestershire Cricket Board. Minter was born at Canterbury in 1979 and played club cricket for the Beverley and Canterbury clubs in the city. He played in three Minor Counties Trophy matches for KCB between 2000 and 2002.
As well as three List A matches for KCB, Morgan, who was born at Willesborough in Kent in 1979, played five Minor Counties Trophy matches for the side. He scored a total of 66 List A runs. He played club cricket for Folkestone and for Hythe and for Kent County Cricket Club's Second XI and under-21 side in 2003.
Took one wicket and scored seven runs in his only List A match for KCB, having played eight first-class and four List A matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1998 and 2000. Scott also played five Minor Counties Trophy matches for KCB. He was born at Canterbury in 1972 and later became the Director of Cricket at Kent College in the city.
Made his only List A appearance in a rain-affected match against Hampshire Cricket Board in the first round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which KCB won in a bowl-out after only 10 overs play was possible. He did not bat or bowl in the match. Snowden was born at Dartford in 1973 and played club cricket for Dartford Cricket Club between 1990 and 2008.
Future England cricket team captain who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 2001 and 2018 having been signed to a developmental contract in 2001. Tredwell made his senior cricket debut for KCB, playing six List A and five Minor Counties Trophy matches for the side between 1999 and 2001. He scored 166 runs, with a highest score of 71, and took three List A wickets for the side.
Born at Lower Hutt in New Zealand, Trigger played club cricket for St Lawrence and Highland Court in the Kent Cricket League and made a single appearance for Kent County Cricket Club's Second XI in 2000. For KCB he took 14 wickets and scored a total of 56 runs in his 10 List A matches.
A right-arm medium pace bowler, Tutt took 9 wickets in List A matches for KCB, captaining the side in 1999 when they beat Denmark in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played a single first-class match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1992 and for the county Second XI in 1992 and 1993. He was born at Bermondsey in 1968 and worked as a florist in London. He played in the Kent Cricket League for a variety of sides.
A Zimbabwean born in 1965 who played Kent Cricket League cricket for Bromley Cricket Club and Lordswood between 1994 and 2002. Walton took four wickets and scored 13 runs in his three List A matches for KCB. He played a single Minor Counties Trophy match for the side in the same year and has played Over-50s World Cup cricket for Zimbabwe.
The range of seasons the player represented Kent Cricket Board in List A cricket.
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