Kent v Sussex at Tunbridge Wells (Friday, 11am)
Kent will aiming to do the double against Sussex in the Specsavers County Championship match this Bank Holiday weekend at Tunbridge Wells, starting on Friday (11am).
Matt Walker leads a 12-man squad hoping to repeat the comprehensive win achieved at Hove last month at The Nevill Ground in the Bank Holiday fixture sponsored by Parker Building Supplies.
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The Kent head coach said: “We’ve got four more games in this block of red-ball cricket and we need to get back to our very best.
“Tunbridge Wells is a difficult place to win and take 20 wickets but we have prepared and will do our best to win.
“Last year, we played well and got the best of the draw. They will know the ground a bit better.
“It was a great win at Hove and I don’t think too many people outside of Kent expected that. They are a good side but we outplayed them and caught them a bit cold as it was their first game of the season.
“They have hit a bit of form now and we won’t take anything for granted. They are a dangerous side with some very good cricketers and a bowling attack that can hurt you.”
Sussex paceman Steve Magoffin, who has led the attack with so much success in recent years, is fit again after a knee injury and could replace former South Africa all-rounder Wiese.
Ben Brown (broken finger), Matt Machan (wrist) and former Kent Cricket Academy scholar Ollie Robinson (sore shins) are all sidelined for Sussex.
Joe Weatherley is added to the Kent XI that travelled to Leicester with Adam Rouse passed fit after injuring his thumb keeping wicket at Grace Road. Mitch Claydon is away on compassionate leave.
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Kent squad: 17 Sam Northeast, 23 Daniel Bell-Drummond, 58 Sean Dickson, 6 Joe Denly, 9 Joe Weatherley, 42 Will Gidman, 3 Darren Stevens, 12 Adam Rouse, 4 James Harris, 15 James Tredwell, 26 Matt Coles, 14 Matt Hunn.
Sussex squad: Luke Wright (c), Jofra Archer, Will Beer, Danny Briggs, Michael Burgess (wkt), Harry Finch, Chris Jordan, Steve Magoffin, Chris Nash, Vernon Philander, Delray Rawlins, Stiaan van Zyl, Luke Wells, David Wiese.
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Kent v Sussex stats:
- Kent have not lost to Sussex in six meetings (W3 D3).
- There have been two draws and two wins apiece over the last six meetings between these sides at Tunbridge Wells.
- Darren Stevens has reached 50 in five of his seven innings this summer for Kent.
- Luke Wells is set to make his 100th first-class appearance in the match; his 258 against Durham earlier in the week represents the highest score by any batsman to date this season.