Derbyshire vs Kent - Preview, Predictions & H2H · County Championship Division Two
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KENKent
County Championship Division Two · Division 2
The Statz verdict
Derbyshire lead this head-to-head 2–1. The season batting edge is DER's, 355.8 runs per game vs 295.9, while DER's attack takes 9.8 wickets a match, the better bowling unit.
Head-to-head record
3 meetings · 2025–2026Season comparison
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Projected win probability
toss pending · blend of both scenariosPlayer projections
expected XI · per-player output| Derbyshire | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ov | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | Perf | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Reece | 77.3 | 149 | 52 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 15.4 | 2.9 | 52 | 3.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 136.8 | 196.3 |
| Harry Came | 70.2 | 154 | 46 | 8.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 72.8 | 120.3 |
| Caleb Jewell | 70.5 | 118 | 60 | 9.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | - | - | 81.1 | 128.5 |
| Wayne Madsen | 100.6 | 150 | 67 | 12.8 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 1.3 | - | - | 114.0 | 182.6 |
| Matthew Montgomery | 57.8 | 127 | 46 | 8.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 9 | 3.6 | 0.8 | - | 0.0 | 68.9 | 111.4 |
| Anuj Dal | 39.4 | 68 | 58 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 17.7 | 2.1 | 49 | 2.8 | 0.1 | - | - | 82.2 | 115.1 |
| Martin Andersson | 74.6 | 107 | 70 | 8.7 | 0.8 | 13.9 | 1.2 | 42 | 3.0 | 0.8 | - | - | 106.5 | 160.6 |
| Brooke Guest | 57.9 | 118 | 49 | 6.4 | 0.3 | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | - | 0.1 | 92.3 | 123.1 |
| Ben Aitchison | 49.7 | 73 | 68 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 33.4 | 4.6 | 85 | 2.5 | 0.9 | - | 0.1 | 151.4 | 205.0 |
| Mohammad Abbas | 4.6 | 16 | 29 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 31.2 | 3.6 | 69 | 2.2 | 0.2 | - | 0.0 | 78.6 | 95.8 |
| Rory Haydon | 3.2 | 9 | 37 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30.7 | 4.5 | 94 | 3.1 | 0.3 | - | - | 96.8 | 115.5 |
| ▾ Full squad projections (13 more) | ||||||||||||||
| Zak Chappell | 35.0 | 69 | 51 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 26.7 | 2.6 | 83 | 3.1 | 0.5 | - | 0.1 | 92.0 | 126.2 |
| Aneurin Donald | 62.5 | 79 | 80 | 8.5 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | 1.5 | - | - | 77.5 | 124.0 |
| Nick Potts | 28.3 | 50 | 57 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 44 | 5.5 | 0.6 | - | - | 56.8 | 81.3 |
| Jack Morley | 12.7 | 50 | 26 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 48.6 | 2.1 | 146 | 3.0 | 0.7 | - | 0.1 | 61.9 | 77.5 |
| Shoaib Bashir | 11.1 | 30 | 37 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 30.0 | 1.4 | 91 | 3.1 | 0.5 | - | 0.1 | 43.3 | 55.0 |
| Mitchell Wagstaff | 21.1 | 16 | 135 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.5 | 0.0 | - | - | 31.1 | 48.8 |
| Pat Brown | 5.9 | 6 | 110 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 9.6 | 1.0 | 55 | 5.7 | 1.0 | - | - | 35.9 | 43.6 |
| Ross Whiteley | 21.1 | 16 | 135 | 1.8 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 24.1 | 41.2 |
| Harry Moore | 11.7 | 9 | 130 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.5 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 24.7 | 37.6 |
| AM Ghazanfar | 5.9 | 6 | 110 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.5 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 18.9 | 27.9 |
| Sufiyan Muqeem | 5.9 | 6 | 110 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.5 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 18.9 | 27.9 |
| Joe Hawkins | 5.9 | 6 | 110 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.5 | 0.0 | - | - | 15.9 | 24.1 |
| Amrit Basra | 5.9 | 6 | 110 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | 5.9 | 12.7 |
| Kent | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ov | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | Perf | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Compton | 74.1 | 166 | 45 | 9.2 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | 78.8 | 127.9 |
| Ben Dawkins | 54.9 | 119 | 46 | 7.4 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 0.1 | 58.8 | 100.9 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | 58.4 | 107 | 55 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 6 | 2.7 | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 69.1 | 111.7 |
| Sam Northeast | 63.3 | 119 | 53 | 7.7 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | 0.1 | 70.8 | 112.6 |
| Harry Finch | 44.6 | 91 | 49 | 5.9 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 1.5 | - | 0.1 | 59.3 | 89.4 |
| Chris Benjamin | 60.4 | 111 | 55 | 6.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | 74.7 | 111.5 |
| Ekansh Singh | 44.5 | 86 | 52 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 39 | 4.5 | 0.1 | - | - | 65.8 | 103.2 |
| Grant Stewart | 46.0 | 58 | 80 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 21.3 | 1.7 | 68 | 3.2 | 0.3 | - | - | 82.4 | 123.9 |
| Keith Dudgeon | 37.2 | 73 | 51 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 26.3 | 4.8 | 95 | 3.6 | 0.9 | - | - | 142.2 | 181.4 |
| Matt Milnes | 18.4 | 40 | 46 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 26.9 | 3.9 | 85 | 3.2 | 0.2 | - | - | 98.1 | 124.8 |
| Hasan Mahmud | 8.9 | 14 | 64 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 13.6 | 3.2 | 81 | 5.9 | 0.0 | - | - | 71.9 | 90.1 |
| Matt Parkinson | 11.3 | 41 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 34.0 | 2.5 | 121 | 3.6 | 0.2 | - | 0.0 | 63.4 | 81.6 |
| ▾ Full squad projections (17 more) | ||||||||||||||
| Joey Evison | 44.0 | 89 | 50 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 17.8 | 1.8 | 59 | 3.3 | 0.4 | - | - | 83.4 | 120.7 |
| Tawanda Muyeye | 59.1 | 90 | 66 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.3 | - | - | 73.0 | 114.2 |
| Joe Denly | 50.3 | 91 | 55 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 0.3 | 34 | 4.3 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 59.2 | 106.3 |
| Zak Crawley | 53.1 | 83 | 64 | 7.9 | 0.3 | - | - | - | - | 0.9 | - | - | 61.8 | 102.7 |
| James Philip Arthur Taylor | 7.8 | 12 | 63 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 18.3 | 3.5 | 84 | 4.6 | 0.3 | - | - | 81.8 | 100.2 |
| Matthew Quinn | 12.5 | 25 | 50 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 26.6 | 3.1 | 75 | 2.8 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 76.8 | 98.3 |
| Sam Billings | 35.8 | 67 | 53 | 4.3 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 2.7 | - | 0.1 | 62.7 | 83.8 |
| Jaydn Denly | 37.7 | 66 | 57 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 31 | 4.3 | 0.5 | - | - | 53.4 | 82.2 |
| Jaskaran Singh | 8.8 | 27 | 32 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 19.8 | 1.9 | 94 | 4.7 | 0.2 | - | - | 50.0 | 64.5 |
| Bertie Foreman | 9.2 | 20 | 46 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 1.0 | 65 | 5.7 | 3.0 | - | - | 58.3 | 63.4 |
| Michael Cohen | 10.7 | 32 | 34 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 22.3 | 1.5 | 91 | 4.1 | 0.2 | - | - | 42.1 | 57.0 |
| Oliver Curtiss | 13.1 | 10 | 140 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 31 | 7.2 | 0.5 | - | - | 29.9 | 42.6 |
| Senuran Muthusamy | 16.9 | 13 | 135 | 1.5 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 19.9 | 34.5 |
| Thomas Stewart Rogers | 9.4 | 8 | 130 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 33 | 9.4 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 22.4 | 33.9 |
| Frederick Klaassen | 4.7 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 33 | 9.4 | 1.0 | - | - | 24.7 | 30.4 |
| Corey Flintoff | 4.7 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 53 | 6.6 | 0.5 | - | - | 16.7 | 22.9 |
| Glenton Stuurman | 4.7 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 33 | 9.4 | 0.0 | - | - | 14.7 | 22.4 |
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- Captain pick: Ben Aitchison (208 pts) - narrowest of margins over the VC.
- Stacks DER heavily (7 of 11) - more of their players grade as fantasy-relevant tonight; even out if you fancy KEN's XI to outperform projections.
Small League: safe floor picks.
Grand League: higher-variance ceiling.
All re-run when XIs confirm.
Venue not yet announced
Ground stats will appear once the venue is confirmed
Top performers in this fixture
from 3 H2H meetings
DER in form
KEN in form
Full squads
Who is playing in Derbyshire vs Kent?
Confirmed XIs are announced around the toss, ~30 minutes before the start. Based on their last matches, Derbyshire are likely to field Harry Came, Caleb Jewell, Matthew Montgomery, Wayne Madsen and 7 more, and Kent Ben Dawkins, Ben Compton, Sam Northeast, Daniel Bell-Drummond and 7 more — full predicted XIs and squads are on this page.
Who leads the Derbyshire vs Kent head-to-head record?
Derbyshire lead 2–1 from 3 matches.
What is Derbyshire's current form in 2026?
Derbyshire have won 3 and lost 5 from 9 matches in 2026, averaging 355.8 runs per match.
What is Kent's current form in 2026?
Kent have won 4 and lost 1 from 8 matches in 2026, averaging 295.9 runs per match.
Where is Derbyshire vs Kent being played?
Derbyshire vs Kent is being played on 8 Sep 2026 at 15:30 IST.
Who are the top run-scorers in Derbyshire vs Kent head-to-head matches?
The top run-scorers in Derbyshire vs Kent H2H are Luis Reece (345 runs), Wayne Madsen (333 runs), Caleb Jewell (244 runs).
Who are the top wicket-takers in Derbyshire vs Kent head-to-head matches?
The top wicket-takers in Derbyshire vs Kent H2H are Jack Morley (6 wkts), Zak Chappell (5 wkts), Rory Haydon (5 wkts).
Who are the top 2026 run-scorers for Derbyshire and Kent?
The leading run-scorers in 2026 are Martin Andersson (576 runs), Wayne Madsen (559 runs), Luis Reece (553 runs).
Who are the top 2026 wicket-takers for Derbyshire and Kent?
The leading wicket-takers in 2026 are Ben Aitchison (31 wkts), Keith Dudgeon (22 wkts), Matt Milnes (13 wkts).
Where are Derbyshire and Kent in the standings?
Derbyshire are 6th with 56 points and Kent are 2nd with 88 points.