Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Kent. The club was first founded in 1842 but teams representing the county have played top-class cricket since the early 18th century and the club has always held first-class status. Kent have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club's limited overs team is called the Kent Spitfires after the Supermarine Spitfire.
List of Kent County Cricket Club first-class cricket records
Kent's highest score in an innings was achieved in 1934 against Essex at Brentwood. Their highest score at a home ground was set in 2017 at Beckenham with Northamptonshire as the opposition. This surpassed the score of 633/8 made in 2015 at Tunbridge Wells against Essex. The county's lowest innings totals all date from the 19th century.The highest partnership in Kent's history was 382 runs, set in 2017 at Beckenham against Northamptonshire. This surpassed the previous highest partnership of 368 runs set in 1995.