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Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 First Class County county cricket clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure, representing the county of Kent . The county's limited overs team is called the '''Kent Spitfires'''. The county plays most of its home matches at the St. Lawrence Ground , Canterbury , but also plays some home matches at The County Cricket Ground, Beckenham , and the Nevill Ground , Tunbridge Wells . In the 2006 season, Kent finished fifth in Division One of the County Championship while the Spitfires were fifth in the NatWest Pro40 League Division Two. On August 4th 2007, Kent won the Twenty20 Cup for the first time, defeating co-favourites Sussex in the semi-finals, captain Rob Key hitting 68 not out. In the final they defeated Gloucestershire in a see-saw game where in the final over, chasing 148, they required 13 off the last over, before making it home with 2 balls to spare, Matthew Walker hitting 45 and Darren Stevens hitting 30 not out to see the Spitfires home. Earlier in the final, Ryan McLaren got a Hat-trick . HONOURS
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RECORDS Most first-class runs for Kent Qualification - 20000 runs {Link without Title} Most first-class wickets for Kent Qualification - 1000 wickets {Link without Title} HISTORY Pre-1840 Kent, jointly with Sussex , is the birthplace of cricket. It is widely believed that cricket was invented by children living on the Weald in Saxon or Norman times. The game's earliest tentative reference, re ''creag'' in 1300, relates to Newenden in Kent. The first definite mention of cricket in Kent concerned a match at Chevening in 1610 between teams from the Weald and the Downs. Cricket became established in Kent during the 17th century and the earliest village matches took place before the English Civil War . It is believed that the earliest county teams were formed in the aftermath of the Restoration in 1660. In 1705, West of Kent played Chatham at Malling. The first recorded inter-county match took place in 1709 between Kent and Surrey . Kent had strong teams throughout the 18th century, often challenging All-England. The county had several famous patrons including Lord John Sackville , his son John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke Of Dorset and Sir Horatio Mann . In the latter half of the 18th century, Kent and Surrey were the only counties that could realistically challenge the power of Hambledon . In the 1822 MCC versus Kent match at Lord’s, John Willes of Kent opened the bowling and was no-balled for using a Roundarm action, a style he had attempted to introduce since 1807. Willes promptly withdrew from the match and refused to play again in any important fixture. His action proved the catalyst for the so-called "roundarm revolution". In 1837 Kent was proclaimed "Champion County" and held the title through most of the 1840s. Mainstays of the Kent team in those years included Alfred Mynn , Fuller Pilch , Nicholas Wanostrocht ''aka'' "Felix", Ned Wenman and William Hillyer . William Jeffrey Prowse wrote these famous lines about the Kent side, as part of his poem ''In Memoriam, Alfred Mynn'': And with five such mighty cricketers, t'was but natural to win, As Felix, Wenman, Hillyer, Fuller Pilch, and Alfred Mynn. Post-1840 On 6 August 1842, formation of the original Kent County Cricket Club took place in Canterbury . The new Kent CCC played its initial first-class match against All-England at the White Hart Ground in Bromley on 25, 26 & 27 August 1842. On 1 March 1859, a substantial reorganisation occurred to create the present Kent CCC. Kent enjoyed two periods of prolonged success: the first in the years before World War I , when in the space of eight seasons they were County Champions four times. The bowling of Colin Blythe and the captaincy of Cloudesley Marsham , and later Ted Dillon were key factors in Kent's decade of success. They remained highly consistent until the 1930s, with high quality players such as Tich Freeman , Frank Woolley , Wally Hardinge and Les Ames all playing at the peak of their career. Kent did not become successful again until the 1970s, when they claimed ten domestic trophies, including the County Championship title in 1970, 1978 and a shared title in 1977. They also claimed the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1973, 1976, 1978, and the Gillette Cup in 1974. Their success was this time due to the batting of Brian Luckhurst , Asif Iqbal and Colin Cowdrey . Kent have become well-known for producing high-quality Wicket-keeper s, and Les Ames , Godfrey Evans , Alan Knott and Geraint Jones have all progressed from the Kent ranks to the English national side. PLAYERS WITH MOST FIRST-CLASS APPEARANCES
CLUB CAPTAINS 2007 SQUAD The Kent squad for the 2007 season consists of (this section could change as players are released or signed): Players with international caps are listed in bold. KENT FACTS AND FEATS
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