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Key still has vital role to play for Kent despite losing captaincy

9:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

NEWS Shopper online has a new Kent CCC columnist for the 2013 campaign – freelance journalist and Spitfires fan BRAD PINARD.

Hartley set down a title marker on day one

4:34pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

CHAMPIONS Hartley began the new Kent Cricket League Premier Division campaign with a facile 10-wicket success at Blackheath.

Woolwich re-opens England's oldest cricket pitch for Blackheath

England cricketer Susie Rowe returns to Catford to boost new girls group

2:36pm Friday 10th May 2013

AN ENGLAND cricketer who grew up in Catford is returning to her home town to inspire girls to pick up a bat.

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England trio heading to Catford cricket club

1:00pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

CATFORD Wanderers Cricket Club will play host to a trio of England international women’s cricketers later this month.

Secondary schools to benefit from cricket scheme

12:13pm Friday 26th April 2013

KENT Cricket Board has confirmed £170,000 will be made available to promote the sport in secondary schools across the county.

Townley finish runners up at Kent cricket event

1:59pm Tuesday 5th March 2013

HAVING qualified for the county finals via the north Kent cluster of the Lady Taverner’s indoor U13 girls’ cricket competition, Townley Grammar School played in the county finals at the Kent CCC home ground in Canterbury.

Chis & Sid book Canterbury finals spot

4:48pm Wednesday 13th February 2013

CHISLEHURST & Sidcup Grammar School’s U15 girls’ indoor cricket team won the north Kent qualifying group at Hayes School on Monday to qualify for March’s county finals at Canterbury.

Lord's date awaits Bromley girls

3:03pm Wednesday 13th February 2013

BROMLEY U13 girls' indoor cricket team won their London Youth Games qualifying round at Harrow Sports Centre.

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Hartley cricket ace off to Abu Dhabi with MCC

3:51pm Thursday 7th February 2013

MCC head coach Mark Alleyne has announced Hartley Country Club wicket-keeper and batsman Scott Mckechnie, has been re-selected for the MCC Young Cricketers (YCs) programme.

Townley through to Kent finals by narrowest of margins

1:02pm Wednesday 6th February 2013

TOWNLEY Academy’s U13 girls’ team achieved the narrowest of wins when they took part in the north Kent group of the Lady Taverners indoor cricket competition.

Bexley kid attends cricket umpire course at Lord's

3:48pm Thursday 24th January 2013

DESPITE the wintry weather, it was no-balls rather than snowballs on the mind of a Bexley teenager last weekend.

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Lashings confirm Bexley date

1:42pm Wednesday 23rd January 2013

THE superstars of Lashings CC will be returning to north Kent this summer for a seventh consecutive year.

Sidcup secure borough indoor cricket trophy

4:47pm Tuesday 15th January 2013

SIDCUP narrowly pipped Bexley to the Bexley borough indoor girls’ U13 championship title by just 18 runs at Erith Leisure Centre.

England international officiates Bexley cricket tournament

5:33pm Thursday 20th December 2012

THE first ever Bexley U14 school girls’ indoor cricket competition was held at Bexley Grammar School on Wednesday.

Indoor experience made to count by Bexley

4:10pm Tuesday 11th December 2012

BEXLEY District indoor U13 girls hosted Dulwich CC at Harris Academy on Saturday.

Ashes star to promote cricket to Kent youngsters

4:16pm Tuesday 27th November 2012

ENGLAND Ashes hero Geraint Jones will be inspiring the next generation of Kent cricketers in 2013 thanks to a new role with the Kent Cricket Board.

Double defeat for Bexley cricketers

2:55pm Tuesday 27th November 2012

IT was a busy weekend for the Bexley District U13 girl cricketers.

Bexley see off Streatham in indoor cricket match

11:43am Wednesday 21st November 2012

BEXLEY District young adult ladies cricket team took on Streatham and Marlborough CC ladies in an indoor cricket match at Harris Academy, Falconwood on Saturday.

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