Kent vs Lancashire - Preview, Predictions & H2H · County Championship Division Two
KENKent
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LANLancashire
County Championship Division Two · Division 2
The Statz verdict
Lancashire lead this head-to-head 3–2. The season batting edge is KEN's, 295.9 runs per game vs 259.4, while LAN's attack takes 9.8 wickets a match, the better bowling unit.
Head-to-head record
8 meetings · 2022–20263 draws
Season comparison
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Projected win probability
toss pending · blend of both scenariosPlayer projections
expected XI · per-player output| Kent | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ov | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | Perf | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Compton | 72.9 | 164 | 45 | 9.0 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | 77.6 | 126.1 |
| Ben Dawkins | 54.1 | 118 | 46 | 7.3 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 0.1 | 58.0 | 99.4 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond | 57.5 | 105 | 55 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 6 | 2.6 | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 68.0 | 109.9 |
| Sam Northeast | 62.4 | 117 | 53 | 7.6 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | 0.1 | 69.9 | 111.1 |
| Harry Finch | 43.9 | 90 | 49 | 5.8 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 1.5 | - | 0.1 | 58.6 | 88.3 |
| Chris Benjamin | 59.5 | 109 | 55 | 6.5 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | 73.8 | 110.0 |
| Ekansh Singh | 43.9 | 85 | 52 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 37 | 4.3 | 0.1 | - | - | 64.2 | 100.9 |
| Grant Stewart | 45.3 | 57 | 80 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 21.3 | 1.6 | 64 | 3.0 | 0.3 | - | - | 80.1 | 120.8 |
| Keith Dudgeon | 36.6 | 72 | 51 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 26.3 | 4.6 | 90 | 3.4 | 0.9 | - | - | 137.1 | 174.8 |
| Matt Milnes | 18.2 | 39 | 46 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 26.9 | 3.7 | 81 | 3.0 | 0.2 | - | - | 94.1 | 119.9 |
| Hasan Mahmud | 8.8 | 14 | 64 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 13.6 | 3.0 | 77 | 5.7 | 0.0 | - | - | 68.8 | 86.4 |
| Matt Parkinson | 11.1 | 40 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 34.0 | 2.4 | 116 | 3.4 | 0.2 | - | 0.0 | 60.8 | 78.6 |
| ▾ Full squad projections (17 more) | ||||||||||||||
| Joey Evison | 43.3 | 87 | 50 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 17.8 | 1.7 | 56 | 3.2 | 0.4 | - | - | 81.1 | 117.7 |
| Tawanda Muyeye | 58.3 | 89 | 66 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.3 | - | - | 72.1 | 112.6 |
| Joe Denly | 49.6 | 89 | 55 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 0.3 | 32 | 4.1 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 58.1 | 104.5 |
| Zak Crawley | 52.4 | 82 | 64 | 7.8 | 0.3 | - | - | - | - | 0.9 | - | - | 61.1 | 101.3 |
| James Philip Arthur Taylor | 7.6 | 12 | 63 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 18.3 | 3.4 | 80 | 4.4 | 0.3 | - | - | 78.3 | 96.1 |
| Matthew Quinn | 12.3 | 24 | 50 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 26.6 | 2.9 | 71 | 2.7 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 73.7 | 94.6 |
| Sam Billings | 35.3 | 66 | 53 | 4.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 2.7 | - | 0.1 | 62.2 | 82.9 |
| Jaydn Denly | 37.1 | 65 | 57 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 30 | 4.1 | 0.5 | - | - | 52.3 | 80.7 |
| Bertie Foreman | 9.1 | 20 | 46 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 0.9 | 62 | 5.4 | 3.0 | - | - | 57.3 | 62.2 |
| Jaskaran Singh | 8.7 | 27 | 32 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 19.8 | 1.9 | 89 | 4.5 | 0.2 | - | - | 48.1 | 62.1 |
| Michael Cohen | 10.6 | 31 | 34 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 22.3 | 1.4 | 87 | 3.9 | 0.2 | - | - | 40.6 | 55.2 |
| Oliver Curtiss | 13.2 | 10 | 140 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 30 | 6.9 | 0.5 | - | - | 29.4 | 42.0 |
| 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 | 29 | 8.2 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 22.4 | 34.0 |
| Frederick Klaassen | 4.7 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 29 | 8.2 | 1.0 | - | - | 24.7 | 30.4 |
| Corey Flintoff | 4.7 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 0.3 | 51 | 6.2 | 0.5 | - | - | 16.4 | 22.6 |
| Glenton Stuurman | 4.7 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 29 | 8.2 | 0.0 | - | - | 14.7 | 22.4 |
| Lancashire | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ov | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | Perf | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keaton Jennings | 80.2 | 154 | 52 | 10.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.5 | - | 0.0 | 94.9 | 150.3 |
| Marcus Harris | 99.3 | 178 | 56 | 12.8 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | 107.7 | 177.1 |
| Josh Bohannon | 62.2 | 114 | 55 | 8.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | - | 0.1 | 68.4 | 114.1 |
| Michael Jones | 48.3 | 81 | 60 | 5.3 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | 56.7 | 90.1 |
| Harry Singh | 23.0 | 66 | 35 | 2.8 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | 1.7 | - | - | 39.7 | 51.9 |
| Liam Livingstone | 26.4 | 34 | 78 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 11.0 | 1.2 | 57 | 5.2 | 0.5 | - | - | 55.7 | 80.3 |
| George Balderson | 36.3 | 76 | 48 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 25.1 | 3.1 | 71 | 2.8 | 0.1 | - | 0.0 | 99.6 | 136.9 |
| Joseph Moores | 22.9 | 27 | 84 | 2.6 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | 2.5 | - | - | 47.6 | 64.3 |
| Paul Coughlin | 41.1 | 63 | 66 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 23.0 | 2.4 | 77 | 3.4 | 0.5 | - | - | 93.7 | 130.1 |
| Mitchell Stanley | 9.5 | 35 | 27 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 26.2 | 5.0 | 101 | 3.9 | 0.8 | - | - | 117.2 | 141.2 |
| James Anderson | 4.5 | 12 | 38 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 27.9 | 4.5 | 66 | 2.4 | 0.4 | - | - | 99.2 | 119.1 |
| ▾ Full squad projections (19 more) | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Green | 58.6 | 89 | 66 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 35.7 | 2.8 | 80 | 2.2 | 0.4 | - | - | 119.2 | 173.3 |
| Luke Wood | 19.6 | 42 | 46 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 24.5 | 4.9 | 69 | 2.8 | 0.2 | - | - | 118.3 | 150.0 |
| Luke Wells | 70.8 | 125 | 57 | 8.8 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 0.8 | 26 | 3.6 | 0.6 | - | - | 91.4 | 144.8 |
| Tom Bailey | 25.1 | 51 | 49 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 28.8 | 3.5 | 77 | 2.7 | 0.4 | - | 0.0 | 99.0 | 126.5 |
| Philip Salt | 52.4 | 73 | 72 | 6.2 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | - | 0.2 | 80.3 | 113.2 |
| Matthew Hurst | 51.1 | 100 | 51 | 5.1 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | - | 0.1 | 78.9 | 107.3 |
| Tom Hartley | 35.1 | 65 | 54 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 26.0 | 1.7 | 67 | 2.6 | 0.4 | - | - | 72.1 | 102.3 |
| Thomas Aspinwall | 12.6 | 24 | 52 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 18.1 | 2.8 | 70 | 3.9 | 0.2 | - | - | 71.5 | 90.7 |
| George Bell | 35.6 | 74 | 48 | 4.4 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | 0.0 | 48.0 | 70.1 |
| Saqib Mahmood | 16.0 | 26 | 62 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 29.8 | 1.7 | 89 | 3.0 | 0.2 | - | - | 50.8 | 69.3 |
| Jack Blatherwick | 14.4 | 27 | 52 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 16.5 | 1.2 | 69 | 4.2 | 0.5 | - | - | 43.1 | 58.4 |
| Ben McDermott | 26.7 | 21 | 138 | 2.3 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | 26.7 | 46.3 |
| Arav Shetty | 20.1 | 24 | 85 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 28 | 5.2 | 0.3 | - | - | 28.8 | 45.6 |
| Rocky Flintoff | 23.8 | 62 | 39 | 2.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | 23.8 | 40.8 |
| Ollie Sutton | 8.0 | 14 | 55 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 50 | 5.8 | 0.0 | - | - | 27.8 | 38.8 |
| Jos Buttler | 18.5 | 14 | 135 | 1.6 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 21.5 | 36.9 |
| Keshana Fonseka | 18.5 | 14 | 135 | 1.6 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 21.5 | 36.9 |
| Charlie Barnard | 5.2 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.5 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 18.2 | 26.9 |
| Ajeet Singh Dale | 5.2 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 27 | 4.9 | 0.0 | - | - | 16.2 | 24.2 |
KEN
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KEN
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- Captain pick: Keith Dudgeon (176.6 pts) - narrowest of margins over the VC.
- Slight LAN edge (6-5) - marginally more of their players grade as fantasy-relevant; flip the balance if you back KEN's XI more.
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 8 H2H meetings
KEN in form
LAN in form
Full squads
Who is playing in Kent vs Lancashire?
Confirmed XIs are announced around the toss, ~30 minutes before the start. Based on their last matches, Kent are likely to field Ben Dawkins, Ben Compton, Sam Northeast, Daniel Bell-Drummond and 7 more, and Lancashire Michael Jones, Keaton Jennings, Josh Bohannon, Marcus Harris and 7 more — full predicted XIs and squads are on this page.
Who leads the Kent vs Lancashire head-to-head record?
Lancashire lead 3–2 from 8 matches.
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.
What is Lancashire's current form in 2026?
Lancashire have won 2 and lost 4 from 8 matches in 2026, averaging 259.4 runs per match.
Where is Kent vs Lancashire being played?
Kent vs Lancashire is being played on 15 Sep 2026 at 15:30 IST.
Who are the top run-scorers in Kent vs Lancashire head-to-head matches?
The top run-scorers in Kent vs Lancashire H2H are Josh Bohannon (505 runs), Ben Compton (479 runs), Luke Wells (471 runs).
Who are the top wicket-takers in Kent vs Lancashire head-to-head matches?
The top wicket-takers in Kent vs Lancashire H2H are George Balderson (17 wkts), Tom Bailey (15 wkts), Matt Parkinson (13 wkts).
Who are the top 2026 run-scorers for Kent and Lancashire?
The leading run-scorers in 2026 are Ben Dawkins (428 runs), Keaton Jennings (373 runs), Josh Bohannon (336 runs).
Who are the top 2026 wicket-takers for Kent and Lancashire?
The leading wicket-takers in 2026 are James Anderson (23 wkts), Tom Bailey (23 wkts), Keith Dudgeon (22 wkts).
Where are Kent and Lancashire in the standings?
Kent are 2nd with 88 points and Lancashire are 7th with 48 points.