Durham v Kent (Tuesday, 10.30am)

Durham v Kent (Tuesday, 10.30am)

Kent add paceman Matt Hunn to the Specsavers County Championship squad to play Durham.

The 23-year-old took six wickets in a second XI friendly against Essex at Beckenham last week and bolster the bowling options.

Mitch Claydon could play his 100th first class match against his former county, where he won back-to-back County Championships in 2008 and 2009.

The 34-year-old spent six years in the North East before joining Kent in 2013 and is relishing a return to the Riverside Ground.

For Durham, England fast bowler Mark Wood returns from injury as Paul Coughlin misses out with a side strain and Usman Arshad replaces England U19 bowler Matt Potts.

Durham squad: 5 Paul Collingwood (c), 1 Keaton Jennings, 48 Tom Latham, 14 Cameron Steel, 8 Jack Burnham, 7 Graham Clark, 18 Michael Richardson (wk), 17 Ryan Pringle, 28 James Weighell, 33 Mark Wood, 78 Usman Arshad, 22 Chris Rushworth, 9 Graham Onions.

Kent squad: 23 Daniel Bell-Drummond, 58 Sean Dickson, 6 Joe Denly, 17 Sam Northeast (c), 7 Sam Billings (wk), 16 Zak Crawley, 3 Darren Stevens, 25 Calum Haggett, 26 Matt Coles, 20 Adam Milne, 8 Mitch Claydon, 11 Imran Qayyum, 14 Matt Hunn.

Durham v Kent stats:

  • Five of the last seven matches between these counties have been won by Durham; they’ve failed to claim a victory in their last two attempts against them however (D1 L1).
  • Only Paul Collingwood (965) has scored more runs than Joe Denly (942) in Division Two this summer.
  • Darren Stevens needs two more wickets to reach 50 in the competition this season. His best ever haul of 61 for a season came in 2015.
  • Durham are six games unbeaten ahead of this meeting with Kent (W3 D3).
  • Kent have only lost once in their last 11 outings (W4 D6); they have failed to win any of their last five however (D4 L1).