Matt Coles

Favourite sports person: Andrew Flintoff or Stephen Jack Rigg

Favourite band: Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Favourite food: Roast Lamb

Favourite car: Land Rover, Defender

Quote to live by: 'Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action'

Best cricketing moment: watching the 2005 ashes

Proudest moment: walking out onto pitch for the first time in a Kent shirt

Favourite film: Anchorman

Most annoying habit: Talking when I shouldn't

Look alike: Warren

Education: Maplesden Noakes Secondary School

Player statistics

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Born	26 May 1990	Years of Service	2008 -
Squad number	26	Debut	2009 v Loughborough UCCE
Height	6'3"	Nicknames	Colesy
Capped		Bat	Left hand
Best bat	First Class - 51	Bowl	Right-arm fast-medium
Best bowl	First Class - 5-29

Biography

Shirt partner - Kent County Cricket Supporters' Club

Matt is a bustling, aggressive all-rounder who has impressed in the early stages of his career with a series of mature displays. His form for Kent saw him named in the Potential England Performance Programme Squad at the end of the 2011 season.

The call-up shows that the talented youngster is highly rated and he will hope to play a full part this season after an injury disrupted 2011. The right-arm quick bowler got his big break in 2010, after injuries to several of the senior bowlers, and already has over 60 first class wickets to his name despite his tender years. His current personal best came against Loughborough MCCU last season, when he ripped through the top-order, to claim fine figures of 5-29.

In one-day cricket, Matt can be destructive with both bat and ball. His death bowling qualities have already raised eyebrows and his 23 List A wickets, at 21.52, make him one to watch. The towering left-hander has also been deployed as a pinch-hitter in CB40 cricket. Batting at number three, he has shown glimpses of natural brute force highlighted in a 38-ball 47 against Yorkshire. Two first class half-centuries add weight to the proof that the Kent Academy graduate is a genuine all-rounder, and one who can fully play his part in the years ahead.

Jamie Reid, last amended January 2012