Kent Cricket Competitors

The Kia Oval is the proud home of Surrey County Cricket Club and England Cricket. The Kia Oval is one of the most iconic sports venues in the world. Located in central London, The Kia Oval hosts world-class cricket week-in-week-out throughout the spring summer months. As well as this, the venue offers an array of industry-leading facilities for conferences and events, which boast spectacular views of the pitch and the city. Founded in 1845, Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the most historic and successful cricket clubs in the world. Having first won the County Championship in 1890, we have since lifted the most prestigious trophy in English domestic cricket twenty times, most recently in 2018. We have also seen great success in the limited overs game, with nine limited overs titles, including the first ever Twenty20 Cup in 2003. An integral part of Surrey County Cricket Club is the Surrey Cricket Foundation, which is the charitable body charged with the delivery of recreational cricket in Surrey and South London. The Foundation work with schools, clubs, charities and governing bodies to increase participation in the sport amongst all demographics, as well as providing infrastructure to help the game thrive amongst our local communities. In 2020, we also launched the ACE Programme - Cricket's Afro Caribbean Engagement programme. Now an independent charity, the Club still supports ACE in helping diverse talent progress from the grassroots to the elite through a multitude of avenues, including, talent pathways, elite academy support, workforce development and an inspiring vision. The Kia Oval & Surrey County Cricket Club is a global brand and venue that welcomes a diverse audience through its gates every single week of the year.

Founded in 1882 Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire.

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of the world's most famous cricket clubs. Founded in 1863, Yorkshire is England's most successful club, winning a record 33 County Championships, joint Champions twice and five One-Day cricket crowns. Yorkshire can also lay to claim producing more England players in history than any other County, and no fewer than five players – Geoffrey Boycott, Len Hutton, Wilfred Rhodes, Fred Trueman and Herbert Sutcliffe – have been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. There is no other English county that can boast five members in the Hall of Fame. Away from the professional arena, Yorkshire is the hotbed of cricket in the country with in excess of 850 grassroots clubs and schools playing the game every week in the summer equating to over 125,000 recreational players. Its outstanding work in the local community, via the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation, is regarded as one of the region’s best organised sporting foundations with over 20,000 schoolchildren visiting the Club’s home Headingley Cricket Ground across the year. Headingley is also one of the world’s renowned international venues and is guaranteed the staging of international cricket every year until at least 2019. The ground opened in 1890 and will celebrate 125 years of sporting heritage in 2015. The Club play their matches at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds and also play home games at North Marine Road, Scarborough – the home of the world famous Scarborough Cricket Festival.