Nine members of Kent’s squad have signed contract extensions with all the county.
Adam Ball, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Sam Billings, Alex Blake, Charlie Hartley, Matt Hunn, Imran Qayyum, Adam Riley and Darren Stevens have all put pen to paper on new deals.
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Hampshire started their penultimate regular as strong favourites to make certain of the next promotion place from Division Two of the County Championship, but their troubles at home to Kent and an Essex success have complicated the equations.
Opener Daniel Bell-Drummond batted for nearly seven-and-a-half hours in Southampton, taking his career-best to 153 after he and Sam Northeast (128) prolonged their fourth-wicket partnership to 244.
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