Kent County Cricket Club in 2017
In 2017, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast. In addition, before the start of the English cricket season, Kent competed in the 2016–17 Regional Super50, the List A competition of the West Indian domestic season. This was the first time that any English county had competed in an overseas domestic competition. The invitation to take part in the tournament was largely due to the influence of former West Indian captain Jimmy Adams who had been Kent's Head Coach until September 2016.
| 2017 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Matthew Walker | ||
| Captain | Sam Northeast | ||
| Overseas players | Wayne Parnell (April–May) Yasir Shah (June–July) Adam Milne (June–September) James Neesham (July–August, t20 only) | ||
| Ground(s) | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells County Ground, Beckenham | ||
| County Championship | 5th, Division Two | ||
| Royal London One-Day Cup | 9th, South Group | ||
| NatWest t20 Blast | 6th, South Group | ||
| 2016–17 Regional Super50 | 3rd, Group A | ||
| Most runs | FC: JL Denly (1,266) LA: DJ Bell-Drummond (584) T20: JL Denly (567) | ||
| Most wickets | FC: DI Stevens (63) LA: MT Coles (17) T20: AF Milne (15) | ||
| Most catches | FC: WRS Gidman (14) LA: DI Stevens; DJ Bell-Drummond (8) T20: AJ Blake (11) | ||
| Most wicket-keeping dismissals | FC: AP Rouse (34) LA: AP Rouse (12) T20: SW Billings (9) | ||
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The season was the first in charge for new head coach and former player, Matthew Walker. Former South African fast-bowler Allan Donald was announced as the new assistant coach, but his arrival was delayed while he worked towards the ECB level three qualification he required to gain the visa necessary to take up the role. Former Yorkshire coach, and Australia fast-bowler, Jason Gillespie was appointed as assistant coach on an interim basis for the first few weeks of the season. It was later announced that Donald would not be joining up with Kent until 2018. Sam Northeast retained the club captaincy for a second season.
Joe Denly won the club's Player of the Year award, having scored over 1,895 runs across all formats.