Kent v Surrey to 2024

1996 Oval. M.J.McCague gave Kent hopes of victory with a career-best score of 63 not out followed by dismissing the top four batters in Surrey’s second innings. 1997 Canterbury. Kent finished second in the Championship by beating Surrey on an under-prepared pitch that earned them a suspended ten-point penalty. 1998 Oval. Saqlain Mushtaq and I.D.K.Salisbury spun Surrey to victory on a used pitch and were awarded their county caps. 2001 Oval. D.P.Fulton, R.W.T.Key and M.J.Walker became the 14th trio, and the second for Kent, to score centuries in the same Championship innings against Surrey. M.R.Ramprakash scored a century on his debut for Surrey. 2001 Canterbury. M.P.Bicknell, assisted by the weather, saved Surrey from defeat with innings of 78 and 110 not out, his first century. 2002 Oval. M.P.Bicknell with 6 for 42 in Kent’s first innings completed a haul of 5 or more wickets in an innings against the other 17 counties. 2002 Canterbury. Having lost 7 wickets for 208, Surrey made their then highest ever score to win of 410 for 8, I.J.Ward carrying out his bat with 168, his highest career score. 2003 Canterbury. Kent made their highest score of 535 against Surrey at Canterbury 2004 Oval. J.N.Batty became the first British keeper to achieve the double of a century and 10 dismissals in a match, 8 of these in the first innings, a Surrey record. M.P.Bicknell took his 1,000th first-class wicket. 2004 Canterbury. Surrey batting on for maximum bonus points on the final morning allowed Kent to escape defeat. 2005 Tunbridge Wells. R.W.T.Key and M. van Jaarsveld put on 323 for Kent’s 3rd wicket, a county record, S.A. Newman and R.S.Clinton replying with 280, Surrey’s best opening stand against Kent. 2005 Guildford. Kent cruised to victory by 5 wickets in a match with the highest aggregate at Guildford of 1,606. 2007 Whitgift School. M. van Jaarsveld, D.I.Stevens and G.O.Jones scored centuries as Kent trounced Surrey by an innings and 79 runs. 2007 Canterbury. Surrey got their revenge as Harbhajan Singh took 11 for 91, the best match bowling in the fixture for Surrey since 1958. 2008 Oval. M. van Jaarsveld became only the second player to make two unbeaten hundreds and take 5 wickets in an innings in the same match. 2009 Oval. Kent made their highest total against Surrey in which J.L.Denly, R.W.T.Key, M. van Jaarsveld and J.M.Kemp all made centuries and Denly and Key made Kent’s highest opening stand of 247 against Surrey. 2011 Canterbury. D.I.Stevens took 7 for 21 In Surrey’s first innings and 11 for 70 in the match, his best career figures. 2014 Canterbury. R.W.T.Key scored his 24th century at Canterbury, easily a ground record. 2014 Guildford. Kent completed their first double over Surrey since 1957. R.W.T.Key became the first player since G.A.Gooch to score 2,000 runs against Surrey. 2015 Beckenham. Kent lost for the first time at the Worsley Bridge Road ground in a closely fought encounter. 2015 Oval. Surrey completed the double over Kent, with S.M.Curran, their second youngest debutant, taking 5 for 101 in Kent’s first innings. 2019 Beckenham. S.G.Borthwick and W.G.Jacks added 175 for Surrey’s 6th wicket, a record against Kent, Jacks making his maiden century. 2019 Oval. O.G.Robinson took 6 catches as keeper in Surrey’s second innings. 2022 Beckenham. Surrey recorded the highest total without a century and their highest ever against Kent. 2022 Oval. Surrey just exceeded the total at Beckenham with H.M.Amla, B.B.A.Geddes, S.M.Curran and W.G.Jacks all making centuries, Curran’s maiden century coming from only 64 balls. D.J.Bell-Drummond scored a century in each innings to save Kent from defeat. 2023 Canterbury. Surrey completed the double over Kent by making their highest ever 4th innings score of 501, one less than Middlesex’s Championship record in 1925. D.P Sibley carried his bat with 140 not out, scoring the slowest ever Championship century from 368 balls. 2024 Canterbury. M.W.Parkinson with 5 for 177 took his first 5 wickets in an innings for Kent.