Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks (Friday, 11am)
Kent Spitfires are aiming to reignite their Royal London One-Day Cup campaign with a home double-header against Sussex on Friday (May 5) and Middlesex on Sunday (May 7) at The Spitfire Ground.
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There will be at least one change in the Spitfires attack with on-loan seamer James Harris recalled by Middlesex.
Paceman Matt Coles returns after a chest infection and Calum Haggett (pictured above) is added to the squad that lost in a high-scoring match against Somerset on Tuesday.
Kent assistant coach Jason Gillespie said: “We need to adapt quicker to situations. We talked about the first 10-15 overs at Taunton being key and we didn’t adapt quick enough to the conditions.
“They scored a lot of runs off the front foot and we bowled a fraction wide so that’s something we’ll work on to adjust our lines and lengths.
“The lads will just fine-tune their skills as we did a lot of good things and unfortunately we didn’t come out on top.”
Kent Spitfires squad: 17 Sam Northeast (c), 23 Daniel Bell-Drummond, 6 Joe Denly, 10 Alex Blake, 58 Sean Dickson, 42 Will Gidman, 3 Darren Stevens, 12 Adam Rouse (wk), 25 Calum Haggett, 26 Matt Coles, 36 Wayne Parnell, 15 James Tredwell, 8 Mitch Claydon, 11 Imran Qayyum.
Sussex Sharks squad: Luke Wright (c), Jofra Archer, Will Beer, Danny Briggs, Ben Brown (wk), Laurie Evans, Harry Finch, George Garton, Chris Nash, Ajmal Shahzad, Jerome Taylor, Stiaan van Zyl, David Wiese.
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Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks stats:
- Kent have won nine of their last 12 games against Sussex, including each of the last four.
- Sussex haven’t won away from home since August 2014, and haven’t won at The Spitfire Ground since August 2012.
- Sussex Sharks have won nine of their last 11 matches played on a Friday.
- Alex Blake (Kent Spitfires) comes into this game having posted his maiden List A century (116 v Somerset).