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In 2015, Kent County Cricket Club is playing in Division Two of the County Championship, Group B of the 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup and the South Group of the NatWest t20 Blast. Kent also hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against Australia, providing the tourists first opposition of the 2015 Ashes tour. It is the fourth season in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams. The club captain is former England batsmen Rob Key, although Sam Northeast took over the on-field captaincy in May after Key, having dropped himself due to poor form, chose to relinquish the captaincy to concentrate on his batting. The start of the season saw the return of fast-medium bowler Matt Coles and opening batsmen Joe Denly after spells at Hampshire and Middlesex, respectively. The squad will not include and overseas player this season. South African born batsman Sean Dickson, who holds a UK passport, signed for the county midway through the season after an impressive trial in the Second XI. Having not made an appearance for the first XI since May, former West Indies international Brendan Nash agreed to end his three-and-a-half year spell at Kent by mutual consent. Kent endured another difficult season in Division Two of the County Championship. Poor batting performances ultimately resulted in a seventh-place finish, although the team finished the season strongly and ended with 4 victories. The team regularly featured a number of young players and the bowling was impressive. Matt Coles took 67 championship wickets in 14 matches on his return to the county (and 100 wickets across all formats), while veteran all-rounder Darren Stevens again made a significant contribution with the ball. In addition, young seam bowlers including Calum Haggett, Ivan Thomas and Matt Hunn impressed throughout the season. Kent reached the quarter-final stage of both limited overs competitions, with a number of highly impressive totals, run chases and bowling/fielding performances. The team topped the South Group of the NatWest t20 Blast but lost to Lancashire in the quarter-final despite a late collapse by the visitors resulting in the match being tied (Kent went out due to losing more wickets). In the Royal London One-Day Cup, Kent edged through the group stage in fourth place after a thrilling run chase in Nottingham saw a target of 336 achieved with 8 balls to spare. Kent lost the quarter-final against Surrey despite an incredible counter-attacking century from Matt Coles. Two players from the Kent squad gained senior international appearances for England in 2015. James Tredwell was a part of the World Cup squad, but only featured in the final group stage match against Afghanistan after both sides had already been eliminated from the tournament. He then played in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua (only his second Test, having made his debut in 2010). Tredwell took 5 wickets in the match but did not play in the remainder of the series, and with England turning to several younger players after the disappointing World Cup, he was not selected during the English summer. One of the new faces in the England team over the summer was Kent keeper Sam Billings who played as a specialist batsmen in all 5 ODI matches against Australia and the single T20I matches against both Australia and New Zealand. ==Squad== * No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. * Ages given as of the first day of the County Championship season, 12 April 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kent County Cricket Club in 2015」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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