All-rounder Darren Stevens signs one-year extension with Kent; right-armer joined in 2005 and made over 600 appearances for the county; 45-year-old has taken over 800 wickets and scored more than 21,000 runs since debut. Earlier this summer, Stevens hit a stunning 190 off only 149 balls against Glamorgan, adding a whopping 166 for the ninth wicket with Miguel Cummins."I'm thrilled to commit to another season with Kent and continuing my really good form," Stevens said. "I've worked hard to continue to earn my place in the Kent playing XI across all formats this year, and I'm feeling fit and strong to continue to make more contributions as a Kent player.
"There's a great group of lads here and we're all focused on delivering good performances and winning more games of cricket for Kent. "Kent's Director of Cricket, Paul Downton, said: "Darren continues to be an invaluable member of the Kent team and I'm delighted that he will be with us for another season in 2022."Darren's skills are very underrated. Over the last couple of seasons, the pitches at Canterbury have regularly achieved the top mark of 'Very Good', which has seen Darren become even more effective as a bowler. He has also worked really hard on his batting to trust his defence again. The results have been spectacular. "The fact that he has worked his way back into our Vitality Blast team for the first time in four years is a huge testament to his hunger to keep improving and his desire to keep on playing the game he loves."'Stevo' has rightly earned his hero status amongst not only Kent Members and supporters, but fans of cricket in general, and I'm sure this news will be greeted with the congratulations it deserves. "Stevens was named as one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year ahead of this season, and is Kent's leading wicket-taker this term, and also tops the batting averages.
