Kent Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south west. The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames (connected by land via High Speed 1 and the Dartford Crossing), and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais through the Channel Tunnel. The county town is Maidstone. Canterbury Cathedral in Kent has been the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England, since the conversion of England to
Kent County Cricket Club in 2012 England Lions against Australia A. Matt Coles also played in one of these matches for the England Lions. Kent signed five players ahead of the 2012 season. Fast bowler Charlie Shreck joined from Nottinghamshire in September 2011. Veteran batsman Mike Powell signed for the county after spending 15 seasons with Glamorgan in November. Durham all-rounder Ben Harmison was the third new signing before the end of 2011 when he joined Kent in December. Kent signed Australian-born West Indian batsman Brendan Nash as their overseas player for 2012 in March. The other addition to the squad saw batsman Scott Newman join