Kent Men travel to the 1st Central County Ground in Hove for their first two-day warm-up of the 2026 season against Division One side Sussex.
Kent Men’s 2026 pre-season schedule
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19-20 March: Sussex vs. Kent (two-day warm-up fixture) – the 1st Central County Ground, Hove: FREE ENTRY23-24 March: Two days of match practice between Kent & Surrey: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS28-30 March: Kent vs. Oxford UCCE (three-day University Match) – the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury: FREE ENTRYSave on your Summer with a Supporter Plus package 
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Entry to the 1st Central County Ground is free to all spectators, with no tickets needed for entry.
Scheduled hours of playSession One: 12:00pm – 2:00pmSession Two: 2:40pm – 4:40pmSession Three: 5:00pm – 7:00pm (light permitting)Live Match Centre
Sussex Cricket will not be providing a Live Stream for this two-day warm-up, and there will be no live updates via the Club’s official social media channels.
Kent supporters can follow the action via video clips and a live scorecard embedded into the Match Centre on the Kent Cricket website:
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A squad of 13 will all play some part in two days of match practice against Sussex, led by Club Captain Daniel Bell-Drummond.
Right-hander Sam Northeast and right-arm seamer Matt Milnes are included in a Kent squad for the first time since their respective returns to the Club this Winter, whilst Matt Quinn & Jas Singh return from their injuries sustained during the 2025 season.
Ben Dawkins & Ekansh Singh will not feature due to University commitments, whilst Olly Curtiss is away in South Africa playing for Loughborough UCCE.
Joe Denly’s new one-year contract has a T20 focus so has not been selected for this warm-up, and Zak Crawley will not travel to Hove after a busy Winter schedule with England. Both have been training with the Men’s first-team at the St Lawrence Ground this past week.
Sam Billings & Fred Klaassen have white-ball focused contracts at Kent and are therefore not in-line for selection in red-ball cricket.
Early season overseas players Keith Dudgeon & Glenton Stuurman are currently involved in Boland’s CSA One-Day Cup campaign in their native South Africa, and will arrive in the UK following their involvement in the tournament. The CSA One-Day Cup Final is scheduled to take place on Sunday 29 March.
Senuran Muthusamy & Tom Rogers will arrive in Canterbury ahead of the 2026 Vitality Blast, as previously communicated.
Kent’s Warm-Up Squad, presented by Bayliss Executive Travel Ltd >>>
Kent Men squad to face Sussex: Daniel Bell-Drummond (Captain), Mikey Cohen, Ben Compton, Jaydn Denly, Joey Evison, Harry Finch, Matt Milnes, Tawanda Muyeye, Sam Northeast, Matt Parkinson, Matt Quinn, Jas Singh, Grant StewartProud past. Bold future. Open to everyone
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